Peter Hegedus' 'Sorella's Story' and Ryan Griffen's 'Lustration' join the Australian contingent for next month's Venice International Film Festival, selected as part of the Venice Immersive strand.
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Australian writer/director Andrew Dominik's 'Blonde' will premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival in September, alongside Florian Zeller's The Son, produced by See-Saw Films and starring Hugh Jackman. Australian short 'Love Forever', directed by Clare Young and EP'd by Jane Campion, has been selected for Orizzonti.
Actor, writer, producer, and director Richard Roxburgh will chair the jury for this year's CinefestOZ, which this year includes 270 film screenings and events.
Building on the tradition of the HIVE lab, Adelaide Film Festival has launched a new initiative which aims to link visual and media artists with film and XR practitioners to create new moving image works.
Melbourne International Film Festival returns to metro cinemas with a bumper program, and 70th anniversary celebrations that include a major retrospective and cinematic homages to the festival from Ivan Sen, Justin Kurzel and Soda Jerk.
Realising the long-term ambitions of its organisers, Adelaide Film Festival will become an annual event from this year onwards following a $2 million investment from the new state government.
Alena Lodkina's sophomore feature 'Petrol' has been selected for Locarno’s Cineasti del Presente (‘directors of the present’) program, dedicated to first and second features by emerging global talents.