Jen Peedom's 'River' and Ben Lawrence's 'Ithaka' add to the already strong contingent of local films bound for August's Melbourne International Film Festival, which unveiled its full program today.
Leah Purcell’s 'The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson', Justin Kurzel’s 'Nitram', anthology feature drama 'Here Out West', and Jennifer Peedom's 'River' will each compete for CinefestOz's $100,000 Film Prize.
Director Jennifer Peedom’s follows her record-breaking documentary 'Mountain' with 'River', again created in collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and narrated by Willem Dafoe.
Jennifer Peedom and Rowan Woods will lead this year's Screenworks Directing Intensive, a two-day workshop to be held in late July.
To celebrate the 40 years since its inception, the Australian Directors' Guild (ADG) will launch a series of mentoring sessions from some of its most high profile members, starting this week.
Director Jennifer Peedom is set to re-team with her 'Mountain' collaborators, the ACO's Richard Tognetti and writer Robert Macfarlene, on new a theatrical documentary, 'River'.
A new feature film from Baz Luhrmann, set in a small Australian country town, is among the 18 recent projects to receive story development funding from Screen Australia.
While Australian feature documentaries are consistently punching above their weight at home and internationally leading filmmakers say the sector is facing several challenges-