Rodd Rathjen’s debut feature 'Buoyancy' has been awarded a prize from the Ecumenical Jury after its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Seven films supported by the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) Premiere Fund will make their premiere at this year's iteration, including Maziar Lahooti’s 'Below' and Paul Ireland's 'Measure for Measure'.
Some 34 feature films will compete for nominations for this year's AACTA Awards, and the longlist covers diverse range of titles, from box office earners like 'Top End Wedding' and 'Storm Boy', through to the critically lauded 'The Nightingale' and micro budget indies like 'Suburban Wildlife'.
Robert Slaviero has joined Umbrella Entertainment as head of sales as the distributor continues its commitment to release a sizable slate of Australian feature films and documentaries.
Writer-director Rodd Rathjen’s debut feature 'Buoyancy', a drama set in rural Cambodia that follows Chakra, a 14-year-old boy enslaved on a fishing trawler, will have its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.