Emma Thompson will play a widow who hires a sex worker for a "night of bliss" in the UK comedy Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, directed by Sophie Hyde.
Ian Darling documentary 'The Final Quarter', which looks at AFL footballer and Indigenous leader Adam Goodes' public call out of racism and Australia's heated response, will premiere at the Sydney Film Festival in June.
Production has begun on new low-budget feature Animals based on Movie Extra WebFest entry, Where Were You.
First-time feature directors Thomas Wright ('Acute Misfortune'), John Sheedy ('H is for Happiness'), Ben Lawrence ('Hearts and Bones') and Natalie Erika James ('Relic') will vie for the Australian Directors' Guild Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film ($1 million or over) against Sophie Hyde ('Animals') and Wayne Blair ('Top End Wedding').
A record six Australian feature films will screen at the Sundance Film Festival, with 'Animals', 'Judy and Punch', 'Little Monsters', 'I Am Mother' and 'Top End Wedding' having their world premieres in the Utah-based festival.
Grainer and Shawkat are Laura and Tyler, flatmates and best friends for 10 years. After a decade of partying, their friendship is strained when Laura falls in love. But what is really stopping her from fulfilling her dreams?