Neon and Hulu have jointly acquired US rights to Abe Forsythe’s 'Little Monsters' in the first major deal for the Australian films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Another four Australian projects have joined the line-up at the Berlin International Film Festival: feature documentary 'She Who Must Be Loved', 2015 film 'Tanna' and two shorts, 'Blackbird' and 'The Mermaids, Or Aiden in Wonderland'.
Tropfest has unveiled the 16 finalists for this year’s festival, which will be held on February 9.
Writer-director Rodd Rathjen’s debut feature 'Buoyancy', a drama set in rural Cambodia that follows Chakra, a 14-year-old boy enslaved on a fishing trawler, will have its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Nathan Mewett and Curtis Taylor’s 'Yulubidyi – Until the End' was named best Australian short and Marisa Martin’s 'Della Mortika: Carousel of Shame' best Australian animated short at the 28th annual Flickerfest International Short Film Festival.
Filmmakers across Australia and around the world have two to six weeks to finalise their submissions for the 66th Sydney Film Festival, which will run from June 5-16.
Mathew Kesting has been named the new chief executive and creative director of the Adelaide Film Festival (AFF).
Ten New Zealand features and shorts including a record number by female directors will screen in official selection at the Berlin International Film Festival next month while two will feature at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas in March.