Acclaimed director Gillian Armstrong's new documentary will be released in cinemas nationally in May
Girl Asleep was selected ahead of Jasper Jones, Spin Out and The Death and Life of Otto Bloom. CinefestOZ received more than 30 submissions for the prize, with the winner decided by a jury made up of Armstrong, producer Sue Taylor (Looking for Grace), DP
The SAFC today launched an annual award to commemorate the trail-blazing impact of silent film pioneer Lottie Lyell on on the screen industry and to provide financial support to a female-driven screen project.
Gillian Armstrong was 29 when she won the AFI award for best director for her debut feature 'My Brilliant Career', the first local film to be directed by a woman since the McDonagh sisters’ 'Two Minute Silence' in 1933.
Friends and former colleagues are paying tribute to Jenny Woods, a long-time executive at Film Finances Australasia, as a consummate professional and champion of Australian films and documentaries,