Fresh off a Sydney Film Festival win for his doco 'Ghosthunter', writer-director Ben Lawrence has received funding from Screen Australia and Create NSW for narrative feature 'Hearts and Bones', set in Western Sydney.
Hugo Weaving will star opposite newcomer Andrew Luri in 'Hearts and Bones', writer-director Ben Lawrence’s feature debut that's just begun shooting in Sydney.
Warwick Thornton, Garth Davis, Joel Edgerton and Anthony Maras have been nominated for best direction in a feature film budgeted at $1 million or more in the 2019 Australian Directors’ Guild Awards.
Two Aussie films, Mirrah Foulkes' 'Judy & Punch' and Ben Lawrence's 'Hearts and Bones', will be among the 12 features in official competition at this year’s Sydney Film Festival (SFF).
This year's Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) opener - director Daniel Gordon's The Australian Dream - has proved an audience favourite, winning the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature.
A war photographer and a refugee discover a photograph that threatens to destroy them both.
For director Ben Lawrence, the reaction to his feature debut 'Hearts and Bones' at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was both “emotional and overwhelming”.
Screen Australia has selected 11 creatives selected to travel to New York in April as part of the Talent USA: New York. The delegation will attend the Australian International Screen Forum where they take part in professional development and networking opportunities.