Attendees at next month's Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) will be treated to the Gold and Silver Lion-winning films from this year's Venice Film Festival, with Pedro Almodóvar's 'The Room Next Door' and Brady Corbet's 'The Brutalist' confirmed as special presentations for the event.
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Next month's SXSW Sydney will host the Australian premieres of upcoming horrors 'The Front Room' and 'Smile 2', along with dark comedy 'Nightbitch', and Saturday Night Live biopic 'Saturday Night'.
Timothy David's South Australian-shot debut feature 'Kangaroo Island' will close this year's Adelaide Film Festival, joining more than 110 films from 46 countries at the event.
SXSW Sydney has unveiled more than twenty films which will feature in this year's screen program including a range of local and international drama, horror, comedy and documentaries.
Indigenous psychological horror film The Moogai has claimed the 2024 CinefestOZ Film Prize Award and its $100,000 cashpot.
Australian film doyen David Stratton AM is set to receive the Society of Australian Cinema Pioneers' top honour at a presentation in Sydney on November 29.
The festival opened with a special screening of kids film Runt, which will screen in cinemas from September 12.
The new partnership comes as Indian films continue to post strong results at the Australian box office.