Kasimir Burgess’ debut feature Fell will get a VOD launch across most of Australia following its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival this Friday.
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The best actor award for Charlie's Country's David Gulpilil in Certain Regard and a standing ovation for David Michod's thriller The Rover capped off a memorable Cannes Film Festival and market for Australian cinema.
Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's 196-minute epic Winter Sleep won the Palme d'Or for best film at the Cannes Film Festival.
These Final Hours, an Apocalyptic thriller from first-time writer-director Zak Hilditch, will screen at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section in May.
David Michod's The Rover and Rolf de Heer's Charlie's Country will have their world premieres at the Cannes Film Festival.
Australia hasn't had a film selected for official competition at the Cannes Film Festival or the Un Certain Regard sidebar since 2011 and in the Directors' Fortnight section since 2009.
The 61st Sydney Film Festival today announced 32 films to be featured in this year's event (June 4-15) in advance of the full program launch on May 7.
For a little Australian documentary about stick insects, Jilli Rose's Sticky is getting a lot of mileage around the world.