Most independent Australian distributors are doing it tough, forced to postpone releases while the exhibition business languishes with Victorian cinemas closed and seating capacity restricted in the rest of the country.
'Slam', to be shot in Western Sydney later this year, follows the disappearance of a young Muslim woman in a climate of mistrust and xenophobia.
“Our goal is to shine a spotlight on female filmmakers in Australia, New Zealand and from around the world and to increase availability of female-centric storytelling for audiences.”
Filmmaker Jason van Genderen is set to do national Q&A tour of his documentary 'Everybody's Oma' ahead of its theatrical release August 11 via Bonsai Films.
Ben Geurens and Nathaniel Dean play estranged brothers who are the targets of an extortion racket in Heath Davis’ suspense-drama Locusts.
High-profile talent on both sides of camera punctuate the four feature films, three television dramas, and one virtual reality project that will share in more than $6.5 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Writer-director Macario de Souza's '6 Festivals' will make its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival tonight ahead of streaming on Paramount+ later this year.
The timing could not have been worse: 'Hotel Mumbai' opening in Australian cinemas the day before the horrific slaughter of innocents at two mosques in Christchurch.