Wednesday's AACTA Awards saw a trifecta for Jennifer Kent, who took home Best Film, Best Direction and Best Screenplay for 'The Nightingale', with star Aisling Franciosi also winning Best Lead Actress.
Jennifer Kent had a clear purpose when she started writing the screenplay of 'The Nightingale': To define the nature of violence and its impact on women, Aboriginal people and the land.
Jennifer Kent's 'The Nightingale' was honoured as the Best Film at Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards yesterday evening, with the film's star Aisling Franciosi also awarded Best Actress.
While Jennifer Kent’s 'The Nightingale' has achieved an 86 per cent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes since the world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, many critics have described the tale of rape, murder as revenge as harrowing and bleak.
The outcry over Jennifer Kent’s 'The Nightingale' as the only female-directed film among the 21 in official competition at the Venice International Film Festival has not swayed the festival’s director.
Jennifer Kent's 'The Nightingale' dominated the Australian Film Critics Association's annual awards, winning all eight prizes for local narrative features, while 'The Australian Dream' was named best documentary.
Jennifer Kent’s dance card is filling up after 'The Nightingale': Amazon Studios is angling to distribute her next film worldwide and the filmmaker is set to write and direct an episode of a horror anthology for Netflix and the pilot for a US sci-fi series.
Directors Jennifer Kent and Ivan Sen, producer Liz Watts and Oscar-nominated production designer Fiona Crombie have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.