Bentley Dean’s 2009 documentary 'Contact' marked the beginning of the director’s working relationship with editor Tania Nehme, which has also spanned 'First Footprints, 'A Sense of Self', Oscar-nominated feature film 'Tanna', and more recently, 'Facing Monsters' and 'Amongst Us – Neo Nazi Australia'.
An upcoming feature documentary exploring neo-Nazi communities in Australia will introduce a new slate of long-form investigative factual content from Nine-owned streamer Stan.
Bentley Dean was invited to dig deep into the psyche of his subject, West Australian ‘slab wave’ surfer Kerby Brown, in filming 'Facing Monsters'.
Another four Australian projects have joined the line-up at the Berlin International Film Festival: feature documentary 'She Who Must Be Loved', 2015 film 'Tanna' and two shorts, 'Blackbird' and 'The Mermaids, Or Aiden in Wonderland'.
AACTA has named Martin Butler and Bentley Dean as this year’s recipients of the Byron Kennedy Award, which celebrates innovation and “outstanding creative enterprise” in the screen industry.
Producer and manager Raquelle David is helping Australian directors and writers to package film and television projects in the US.
Joel Edgerton, Chris Hemsworth, Margot Robbie, Rebel Wilson, Garth Davis, Cate Shortland, Jocelyn Moorhouse and Eva Orner are among the Australians who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
The film premiered at Venice last year and is about to bow Stateside via Lightyear Entertainment, which nabbed the rights in February.