A24 and DirecTV have acquired North American rights to Australian director Stephen McCallum’s debut feature '1%' after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Critics found a lot to like as well as several faults with Stephen McCallum’s debut feature '1%', which had its world premiere in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Two more Australian films have been added to the Toronto International Film Festival’s 2017 program, including the second entrant from Breath producer Jamie Hilton.
Simon Baker’s debut feature, 'Breath', will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
'Backtrack' cleaned up at Sunday's Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards, picking up the Soundtrack of the Year, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Design and the Members’ Choice Award.
Filming will begin on the south-east coast of Queensland in October.
American producer Mark Johnson, whose credits range from Rain Man to Breaking Bad, has landed in WA and is in the thick of pre-production on the film adaptation of Tim Winton's Breath, to be directed by Simon Baker.
A $2.3 million investment by the WA Government has secured Denmark, a coastal town in the Great Southern region, as the location for the film adaptation of Tim Winton's novel Breath.