A drama about a gay teenager with a disability who changes into the body of a beautiful woman so that he can find love has become the first Australian film to win a $US20,000 prize at Korea’s Busan International Film Festival.
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The initial impetus behind Closer Productions' six-part ABC series 'Fucking Adelaide' was to create a show for the web that could be written quickly in between feature work and made with actors the company enjoys working with.
'Oddlands', produced together with Matchbox Pictures, sees Back to Back Theatre – which has an ensemble of actors with disabilities – officially branch into filmmaking.
Warwick Thornton’s period Western 'Sweet Country' has won a key prize at the Toronto International Film Festival, judged the best of 12 titles in the Platform program of director’s cinema.
Australian actor Matthew Newton has successfully resurrected his career as a writer-director in the US.
Simon Baker’s coming-of-age drama 'Breath' should have a healthy run in Australian cinemas and internationally, according to the first reviews following the world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
A24 and DirecTV have acquired North American rights to Australian director Stephen McCallum’s debut feature '1%' after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Warwick Thornton’s period Western 'Sweet Country' took out the Special Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival over the weekend.