The editors of Breath, Backtrack Boys and Blue Murder Killer Cop part 2 were among the recipients of the 2018 Ellie Awards presented by Australian Screen Editors
Director Benjamin Gilmour's 'Jirga' took home the inaugural AACTA Award for Best Indie Film - designed to honour films made under $2 million - at the AACTA Industry Luncheon in Sydney yesterday.
Four Australian films - 'Ladies in Black', 'Gurrumul', 'Breath' and 'Mary Magdalene' - have received nominations for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, to be held in Brisbane in November.
The local feature films and feature documentaries released in cinemas in the first four months of this year, plus a few holdovers, have collectively grossed $32 million.
Australian feature films and feature documentaries released in cinemas have a very good shot at beating the 2017 calendar year total of $49.4 million, judging by the results for the first five months.
At the half way mark of the year Australian feature films and feature documentaries released in cinemas have racked up nearly $40 million.
As the Australian feature films and feature docs released in cinemas this year have surpassed the calendar 2017 total, exhibitors generally are happy with the diversity of product and the number of titles that have resonated with mainstream audiences.
Surfing along on word-of-mouth, Simon Baker’s 'Breath' maintained momentum in its second weekend, easily beating new releases 'Tully', 'Chappaquiddick' and 'Crooked House'.