Australian actor Sam Worthington has been cast in the upcoming Vietnam War film, The Battle of Long Tan, which Bruce Beresford is attached to direct after finishing work on Mao's Last Dancer.
In the run-up to the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, CNN will feature the power and reach of Asia-Pacific cinema in four half-hour documentaries starting October 4th, that will include Bruce Beresford's Mao's Last Dancer.
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards has announced members of its 2008 International Jury who will join this year's Jury President, Academy Award nominated director Bruce Beresford, in determining the winners of the second annual Awards on November 11.
The International Jury of the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, headed by Academy-Award nominated Australian director, Bruce Beresford begins its deliberations today on the Gold Coast.
Australian film legend Jack Thompson and his broadcast journalist brother Peter Thompson has been announced amongst three others, to present the Asia Pacific Screen Awards ceremony on Queensland's Gold Coast on Tuesday, November 11.
Bruce Beresford's next project will be an Aus-Canadian co-production penned by David Williamson
The Sydney Film School Robin Anderson Scholarship winner will be announced by director Bruce Beresford
Last year's dance epic Mao's Last Dancer will be released in the US on August 6 by Samuel Goldwyn Films