When Australian films 'Friends and Strangers' and 'Lone Wolf' screened at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam this week, it was the culmination of a decade's worth of work between their respective directors.
Aquarius Films is developing a feature film based on journalist Abdul Karim Hekmat's The Monthly article 'True Love in Nauru', about two gay refugees who meet and fall in love while in offshore detention.
Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford's Aquarius Films has stepped up its feature film and TV drama development slate, collaborating with such creatives as Justine Flynn, Del Kathryn Barton and Huna Amweero, Clementine Ford, Anya Beyersdorf, Roger Monk and Rhys Graham.
Australian writers, producers, directors, funding agencies and distributors should ask one key question when evaluating feature film projects: “Does this warrant a theatrical release or is streaming a smarter option?”
While more Australian films are securing distribution in the US - mostly limited theatrical combined with online release- generally the returns to producers are exceedingly modest.
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.
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.
Writer-director Jub Clerc's debut feature 'Sweet As' is due to shoot on location in the Pilbara early next year, after receiving major production funding from Screen Australia's Indigenous department.