Portuguese director Miguel Gomes’ Arabian Nights has won the top award, the Sydney Film prize, at the 62nd Sydney Film Festival.
The Australian films premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival are getting a fair bit of love from critics, and the occasional brickbat.
A chance meeting with two abattoir workers in Melbourne seven years ago gave Australian writer-director Sotiris Dounoukos the inspiration to shoot A Single Body, a film about two workmates whose friendship is sorely tested by a new employee.