Distributor Umbrella Entertainment is expanding into production via a partnership with Julie Ryan, director of Cyan Films. To be known as Sanctuary Pictures, the new arm of the company will have a focus on genre titles.
Producer Julie Ryan was in post-production for 'Hotel Mumbai' when writer Lisa Hoppe’s script for 'H is for Happiness' came across her desk. She loved it straight away - by page 40, she'd recognised it would make a heartwarming, funny family film.
Australian horror comedy 100 Bloody Acres was watched by a handful of people in US and Australian cinemas, a tiny fraction of the number who have illegally downloaded the film.
Australian filmmakers have offered their support to Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr, who starred in My Tehran For Sale