Critics have hailed Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' as an "even deeper" and "pulpier and more explosive" look at toxic masculinity than her 2019 #MeToo thriller 'The Assistant', with many drawing comparisons between the film and Ted Kotcheff's 1971 classic 'Wake in Fright'.
Shannon Murphy's 'Babyteeth', Leigh Whannell's 'The Invisible Man' and Daniel Gordon's Adam Goodes documentary 'The Australian Dream' may all end up in contention at this year's BAFTA Awards.
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has opened applications for its ACCESS early career program, with 'Casting JonBenet' and 'Ukraine is not a Brothel' director Kitty Green to be among the mentors.
Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' will open two film festivals in the space of a week after being announced as the opening film of this year's Adelaide Film Festival (AFF).
A trio of Australian films are bound for this year's Toronto International Film Festival: NZ co-production 'The Convert', directed by Lee Tamahori, Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' and Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy'.
Inspired by the 2017 observational documentary 'Hotel Coolgardie' by filmmaker Pete Gleeson, Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' stars Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick as Hanna and Liv, two best friends backpacking around Australia.
Explorations of evil and entrapment took top honours at Thursday's AWGIE Awards, with Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes' 'Late Night with the Devil' and Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' winning the original and adapted feature prizes, respectively.
Ukraine is Not a Brothel, Australian director Kitty Green's debut documentary on the country's topless feminist movement Femen, caused a stir at its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.