Leah Purcell's 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' and Thomas M Wright's 'The Stranger' lead the nominees for the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, to be announced later this month.
Thomas M. Wright's crime thriller 'The Stranger' has proven popular with the Film Critics Circle of Australia, winning five gongs at the organisation's awards in Sydney.
In the late summer along the Australian coast during the '90s, young father Bosch hits the road in a hurry to avoid a run-in with the law. In tow is his teenage son Rockit, who believes he is on a magical holiday.
With NSW reopening for the fully vaccinated, Sydney Film Festival is set to finally go ahead, with a line-up that director Nashen Moodley believes is one the most diverse and exciting in the event's 68-year history.
With few splashy studio releases until mid-September, exhibitors are bracing through a quiet period at the box office: Last weekend was the slowest yet in 2022.
The box office had a much-needed refresh last weekend by way of Julia Roberts and George Clooney rom-com 'Ticket to Paradise' and 'DC League of Super-Pets', and to a lesser extent, 'Moonage Daydream' and 'Bodies Bodies Bodies'.
Caitlin Yeo leads the nominees for this year's Screen Music Awards, having been recognised across five categories, while Brett Alpin and Piers Burbrook de Vere have each received three nominations.
Indie distributor Gravitas Ventures has snapped up North American rights to Tyler Atkins' Bosch and Rockit, with the coastal drama to be released under the new title of Ocean Boy theatrically and on-demand on February 3.