This may turn out to be a premature and fanciful call but 2014 is shaping as potentially one of the strongest years for Australian films, commercially and critically, in recent memory.
Writer-director Craig Monahan will get the chance to screen his film Healing to key industry figures in Los Angeles and New York after winning the Australian Directors Guild's Finders Award.
Director Craig Monahan's first film in 10 years is an intelligent and satisfying drama.
Australian films have raked in $14 million at the national box-office this year, a much stronger start than the first three months of 2013.
Hollywood comedy Bad Neighbours ruled for the second consecutive weekend at the Australian box-office while two Australian films struggled to find audiences.
Aaron Wilson's WW2 drama Canopy won the jury grand prize and Craig Monahan's Healing took the audience award at the 16th annual St Tropez Antipodes Film Festival.
Healing, a film by Craig Monahan starring Hugo Weaving and Don Hany, will air on ABC TV on Sunday November 23 at 9.15 pm.
Craig Monahan’s acclaimed film Healing has been selected to screen in two sections of this year’s Cannes Film Festival.