A quartet of Australian films has made it into the line-up for next year's Sundance Film Festival, with Robert Connolly's 'Blueback', Noora Niasari's 'Shayda', Daina Reid's 'Run Rabbit Run' and Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou's 'Talk To Me' all set to screen.
Daina Reid's horror/thriller 'Run Rabbit Run' stars Sarah Snook as a fertility doctor whose grasp on the cycle of life is put to the test when her young daughter Mia, played by newcomer Lily LaTorre, begins to exhibit increasingly strange behaviour.
'The Handmaid's Tale' creator, showrunner and executive producer Bruce Miller understands where people are coming from when they question what right he has to lead a series about injustice towards women.
The Australian Director's Guild has revealed the program for its conference Director's Cut later this month, with the theme 'Cutting Through the Noise'.
The four-part drama is set in the outer-west suburb of Sunshine and its surrounds, and is a co-production between Essential Media and Carver Films.
The virtual Cannes Film Market is underway with a raft of titles driven by Australian talent being pitched to buyers either as pre-sales or completed films.
Far fewer directors in Australia get the chance to make their second feature, or more, than the global average.
Directors Daina Reid ('The Handmaid’s Tale', 'Romper Stomper') and Kay Pavlou ('Race to London', 'Who Do You Think You Are?') will be the special guest presenters for Screenworks’ 2020 Online Directing Intensive.