US critics lauded Shawn Seet’s 'Storm Boy' as a beautiful and contemporary retelling of Colin Thiele's classic tale but the drama faced stiff competition in the specialty market last weekend.
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'.
The producers of Anthony Maras’ debut feature 'Hotel Mumbai' are free to shop the thriller about the 2008 terrorist attacks on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel to US distributors after a court ruling.
The Australian films and feature documentaries released in cinemas this year including holdovers collectively have grossed $39.7 million.
Anthony Maras has sat in on numerous screenings of his debut film 'Hotel Mumbai', including test screenings in Los Angeles, the world premiere in Toronto and the Adelaide Film Festival, and the audience responses have been uniform.
John Collee is not only among Australia’s most successful screenwriters, his strike rate of scripts-to-screen is the envy of most of his peers.
Australian film projects made in collaboration with India have the potential to deliver on issues the industry is “constantly talking about", according to Australian India Film Council chair Anupam Sharma.
The nominees for this year’s Australian Production Design Guild (APDG) Awards have been unveiled, with 140 nominees across 19 categories .