As momentum builds for the September 20 launch of Bruce Beresford’s 'Ladies in Black', the distributor and exhibitors are increasingly confident of a sizable opening weekend and a long run sustained run by word-of-mouth and repeat business.
Benjamin Gilmour’s Afghanistan-set drama Jirga has won the $100,000 best film prize, Australia's richest, at CinfestOZ, surprising the writer-director.
Here is a rarity: Australian exhibitors are extremely positive about the upcoming line-up of Australian films, with one circuit chief rating it as the most commercial in years.
Sigrid Thornton will chair the film prize jury at the fifth CinefestOZ Film Festival which runs from August 22-26.
This year 46 production businesses are in contention across the 13 categories for the 18th Screen Producers Australia (SPA) Awards.
No Australian film has broken through with mainstream cinema audiences since Simon Baker’s 'Breath' launched in May. Even so, the upcoming line-up looks sufficiently appealing to ensure this year will surpass the 2017 calendar year total of $49.4 million
It’s taken more than 20 years to bring to the screen but Bruce Beresford’s 'Ladies in Black', his first Australian movie since 'Mao’s Last Dancer', is shaping as one of the most commercial films of his storied career.
'Ladies in Black', Bruce Beresford’s first Australian film since 'Mao’s Last Dancer', is set to begin production in Sydney and the Blue Mountains later this month.