Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy' is heading direct from Cannes to Sydney Film Festival, where it will be the opening night film for the event's 70th edition.
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Queer Screen, the producer of the Mardi Gras Film Festival and Queer Screen Film Fest, is both the first LGBTIQIA+ and Australian organisation to be invited to present films to buyers as part of Marché du Film's 'Goes to Cannes' program.
Tribeca Film Festival will feature three Australian shorts this year: Steve Anthopoulos’ 'Voice Activated', Annelise Hickey’s 'Hafekasi' and Vathana Suganya Suppiah’s 'Blood'.
For Film's Sake has expanded its rapid talent development incubator, Platform, to creatives Australia-wide. To be held in person over just four days, 10 filmmakers will form creative teams to work on new fiction projects that they'll then publicly pitch at the Sydney Film Festival Hub.
South Australian indie thriller 'You'll Never Find Me', directed by Josiah Allen and Indianna Bell, will make its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Each of Jane Campion's nine features, a selection of her shorts and a documentary about her life and career will screen at Sydney Film Festival in June as part of a retrospective, Her Way.
Warwick Thornton's latest feature, 'The New Boy', has been selected for the Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard program.
Husband and wife duo Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin will be presented with the Chauvel Award at this year's Gold Coast Film Festival.