Filmmakers are invited to submit films that have been completed in the last 18 months. Entries are open until August 31.
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The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, July 9 - 11, will be opened and closed by local films.
Queensland Film Festival has unveiled the program for its second year, to be held July 15-24.
Rosemary Myers' Girl Asleep has taken out the Official Competition Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival.
Anya Beyersdorf, Alex Ryan, Brooke Goldfinch and Alex Murawski were chosen from a shortlist of 21 filmmakers, whittled down to four by Davis, SFF Director Nashen Moodley, Lexus Australia's Adrian Weimers, Jan Chapman and Darren Dale.
Those films include Sing Street, Swiss Army Man, The Lure, Personal Shopper, Aquarius, Wednesday 9 May, Paterson, Tokyo Story, Weiner, Tickled and Janis: Little Girl Blue.
Writer and programmer Kier-La Janisse joins the team as festival director alongside festival co-founder and head of Monster Pictures acquisitions Neil Foley.
The Sydney Film Festival has added eight new films and one restoration to its program, including films starring Kristen Stewart, Adam Driver and Marlon Brando.