"I felt there was a story in there I wanted to locate, about what it is to feel a bit different, and to feel that who you are isn't really valued."
Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' and Frances O'Connor's 'Emily', produced by Arenamedia, have received a BAFTA boost, with both biopics well represented in the longlist for the annual film awards.
Madman Entertainment will release Frances O'Connor's directorial feature debut 'Emily' in cinemas January 12.
Jub Clerc's debut feature 'Sweet As' has become the first Australian winner of the Toronto International Film Festival's Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award for best Asian feature film.
Robert Connolly believes he's found the sweet spot at Arenamedia: a slate that balances large-scale, commercial feature films like 'The Dry' and 'Blueback' with features from exciting emerging voices.
In Robert Connolly’s 'Blueback', young Abby befriends a magnificent wild blue groper while diving, beginning her life-long journey to save the world’s coral reefs.
Roadshow Films will release Jub Clerc's 'Sweet As' in Australia and New Zealand next year after acquiring the distribution rights to Nyul Nyul/Yawuru director's debut feature.
'Sweet As', the debut feature from Nyul Nyul/Yawuru filmmaker Jub Clerc, is dubbed "The Breakfast Club meets the outback".