'Back to the Rafters' and 'Five Bedrooms' star Hugh Sheridan plans to make his feature writing and directing debut on The Dance, a coming-of-age drama which follows a teenager who fulfills his dream of joining the Australian Ballet School.
It’s an all too familiar story: Australian films open in a handful of cinemas with minimal marketing and publicity and audiences don’t go because they don’t know where or when these films are playing.
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'.
When Rena Owen weights up whether to accept roles, her main goal is to portray characters who are not the same as or similar to those she’s played before.
The Gold Coast Film Festival will open in early April with the Australian premiere of Damon Gameau's '2040', and close with the world premiere of Storm Ashwood's war film 'Escape and Evasion'.
Bronte Pictures is set to produce four features next year after signing deals for two films and a feature doc at TIFF.