Several producers who have had the common experience of finding it hard to negotiate deals with increasingly risk-averse Australian distributors have taken the bold step of launching their own distribution company.
A trio of music icons and a legendary racehorse are among the subjects of eight projects to receive $2.3 million in documentary production funding from Screen Australia.
First-time writer/director Hugh Sullivan's time travel comedy The Infinite Man opened at four cinemas - Dendy Newton, Melbourne's Cinema Nova, Perth's Cinema Paradiso and Adelaide's Palace Nova Eastend - last Thursday.