Australian feel-good film Around the Block, starring Christina Ricci, has begun filming this week in Sydney
Veronika Jenet began her film career in the same place as many others, at film school. Unlike many others, she wasn't enrolled there.
Six Australian films will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) next month following the overnight announcement that Around the Block and Canopy have been selected.
A story of love, revenge, and triumph, an Aboriginal boy is torn between his unexpected love of acting and the disintegration of his family.
Before the world premiere of Sarah Spillane's Around the Block at the Toronto International Film Festival, producer Brian Rosen predicted its young lead, Hunter Page-Lochard, will become Australia's premier indigenous filmmaker in the next 10 years.
Around the Block looks like being a catalyst for the careers of first-time writer/director Sarah Spillane and co-star Hunter Page-Lochard.
The rhetorical question addressed by a panel at the Australian Directors Guild conference in Sydney on Thursday was: Do We Really Need Directors?
Writer-director Sarah Spillane's debut film Around the Block will test the viability of a short window between theatrical and home entertainment release.