Feature films directed by Robert Connolly, Jeremy Sims, Kriv Stenders and first-time directors Maziar Lahooti and Natalie Erika James have received production investment from Screen Australia.
Screenwriter/producer Stuart Beattie's illustrious career is in overdrive, with multiple projects bubbling in the US, Australia and Germany.
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'.
Jennifer Kent’s 'The Nightingale' will open in Australian cinemas on January 24.
A film about Vietnam’s Battle of Long Tan is set in shoot in Queensland in April, with Travis Fimmel to star.
IF has 10 in-season double passes to give away to director Kriv Stender's' Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan', courtesy of Transmission Films.