SXSW selections 'Audrey' and 'The Moogai' will battle it out against feature animation 'Memoir of a Snail' and the WA-filmed 'Runt' for this year's $100,000 CinefestOZ film prize.
Adam Elliot's Docklands-shot animated feature 'Memoir of a Snail' will raise the curtain on this year's Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), headlining a first-look line-up that also includes five other MIFF Premiere Fund titles and nearly 20 international selections.
Australia is among the most represented countries outside of the US in the initial line-up for this year's SXSW Film and TV Festival, with Natalie Bailey’s 'Audrey', Jon Bell's 'The Moogai', and Jack Clark and Jim Weir's 'Birdeater' among the films selected.
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, known for his roles in 'Heartbreak High', 'The Dry', and 'The Claremont Murders' has stepped behind the camera to direct new short 'Dusty'.
Family features 'Drone Racers' and 'Whale Shark Jack' join new children's series 'Galaxy Girl' in being among nine projects to share in $7.4 million in production funding from Screen Australia.
Natalie Bailey was set to shoot feature comedy 'Sumo' in South Africa when the pandemic struck, which turned out to be a blessing as she was then asked to serve as set-up director on Aquarius Films' SBS miniseries 'The Unusual Suspects'.