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Sophie Hyde, Jeffrey Walker receive double ADG Award nominations

First-time feature directors Thomas Wright ('Acute Misfortune'), John Sheedy ('H is for Happiness'), Ben Lawrence ('Hearts and Bones') and Natalie Erika James ('Relic') will vie for the Australian Directors' Guild Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film ($1 million or over) against Sophie Hyde ('Animals') and Wayne Blair ('Top End Wedding').

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John Sheedy’s ‘H is for Happiness’ sold to the US and Germany

John Sheedy's debut feature H is for Happiness has been acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films in North America and Germany's Telepool as well as distributors in multiple other markets.

Distribution Film News

Little joy for ‘H is for Happiness’ opening weekend

"Why hasn’t it reached our expectations this weekend is the million dollar question."

Festivals Film News

John Sheedy’s ‘H is for Happiness’ wins $100,000 CinefestOZ prize

John Sheedy’s feature debut 'H is for Happiness', an adaptation of Barry Jonsberg’s young adult novel My Life as an Alphabet, has won this year's $100,000 CinefestOZ Film Prize.

Festivals Film News

‘The Australian Dream’ wins MIFF audience award

This year's Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) opener - director Daniel Gordon's The Australian Dream - has proved an audience favourite, winning the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature.

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‘H is for Happiness’ (Teaser)

Led by newcomers Daisy Axon and Wesley Patten, 'H is for Happines's is the story of Candice Phee, a relentlessly optimistic and hilariously forthright girl on the cusp of her 13th birthday. Candice’s family is in disarray: her mum has been living with depression since the death of Candice’s baby sister, while her dad and his brother – Candice’s beloved Rich Uncle Brian – are not on speaking terms. As she faces the uncertainties of impending adolescence with the help of her new friend Douglas Benson, Candice hatches a variety of outlandish schemes to make her nearest and dearest happy again.

Film News Production

John Sheedy to make feature debut with ‘H is for Happiness’

Theatre director John Sheedy is currently casting for his feature film directorial debut, 'H is for Happiness', due to shoot in Albany, WA later this year.

Film News

Acclaim at MIPTV for Oz transgender children’s drama

An Australian children’s drama which centres on a 10-year-old boy who believes he was born in the wrong body has been acclaimed by TV executives during the inaugural pitching competition for live-action youth programming at MIPTV in Cannes.

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