Maleficent's Elle Fanning will play the teenage Mary Shelley in A Storm in the Stars, a romantic drama scripted by Australian writer Emma Jensen, with Haifaa Al-Mansour attached to direct.
Two South Australian producers have been selected to participate in the 2014 Producers Lab Toronto during the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs September 3-7.
Director Grant Sputore made short film 'Legacy' in 2008 and was selected by the ADG to be a director’s attachment with Kriv Stenders on 'Kill Me Three times' in 2014. 'Mother' will be his feature debut.
Pia Borg’s Demonic, which investigates the mass hysteria which swept through the US in the 1980s, will have its international premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
After success with shorts 'Ophelia' and 'They Grow Up', writer-director Anthony Garland will make his feature debut with sci-fi 'Alternate', due to shoot at Adelaide Studios next year.
In a further sign of consolidation among independent distributors, Rialto Distribution has closed its Sydney office while continuing to book films into Australian cinemas via its Auckland headquarters.
Arclight Films has taken the worldwide distribution rights to coming-of-age film 'Chasing Wonders', produced by South Australia's SLA Films and the UK's Met Film, launching sales at the virtual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this week.
Gravitas Ventures will release 'Chasing Wonders' theatrically and on-demand in the US as part of a new distribution deal.