A record six Australian feature films will screen at the Sundance Film Festival, with 'Animals', 'Judy and Punch', 'Little Monsters', 'I Am Mother' and 'Top End Wedding' having their world premieres in the Utah-based festival.
Lingo Pictures' 'Lambs of God' was the big winner at yesterday's AACTA Industry Luncheon, taking home seven of a potential nine awards, while Rodd Rathjen's debut feature 'Buoyancy' was named Best Indie Film.
'Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears' - the feature film spin-off Every Cloud Productions' series 'Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries' - will make its world premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in early January.
These are heady times for Damon Herriman, who has just scored his fifth AACTA nomination after winning the Qantas Orry-Kelly Award from Australians in Film and wrapping a film with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie.
Mirrah Foulkes’ prospects of cracking the US market as an actor and director after the world premiere of 'Judy & Punch' at Sundance just got better after she signed with UTA.
In the anarchic town of Seaside, nowhere near the sea, puppeteers Judy and Punch are trying to resurrect their marionette show. The show is a hit due to Judy's superior puppeteering, but Punch's driving ambition and penchant for whisky lead to an inevitable tragedy that Judy must avenge. In a visceral and dynamic live-action reinterpretation of the famous 17th century puppet show, writer director Mirrah Foulkes turns the traditional story of Punch and Judy on its head and brings to life a fierce, darkly comic and epic female-driven revenge story, starring Mia Wasikowska and Damon Herriman.
The cast of Mirrah Foulkes' feature directorial debut 'Judy and Punch' will be led by 'Tracks' and 'Stoker' star Mia Wasikowska.
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.