National Geographic Documentary Films has acquired the worldwide rights to Sally Aitken's documentary about iconic Australian diver and filmmaker Valerie Taylor following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
In feature documentary 'Girls Can't Surf', director Christopher Nelius tells the story of how a "ragtag bunch of inspired, punk girls" who took on the male-dominated sport of professional surfing in order to achieve equality.
Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Essie Davis and Anthony LaPaglia will star in Justin Kurzel's 'Nitram', a feature film for Stan about Martin Bryant, the Port Arthur gunman who murdered 35 people and injured 23 others.
'The Flood', Victoria Wharfe-McIntyre's debut feature, follows a female heroine (Alexis Lane) as she exacts revenge on an unjust colonial Australia.
Set in 1930s Arnhem Land, High Ground chronicles young Aboriginal man Gutjuk, who in a bid to save the last of his family teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara—the most dangerous warrior in the Territory, who is also his uncle. As Travis and Gutjuk journey through the outback they begin to earn each other’s trust, but when the truths of Travis’ past actions are suddenly revealed, it is he who becomes the hunted.
Most independent Australian distributors are doing it tough, forced to postpone releases while the exhibition business languishes with Victorian cinemas closed and seating capacity restricted in the rest of the country.
Madman Entertainment's father-and-son comedy 'Made in Italy' and Icon's Mel Gibson-starrer 'Force of Nature' launched reasonably well last weekend but neither could match the market leader, Studiocanal's 'Unhinged' in its third frame.
In this unprecedented, fractured year for Australian cinemas, finally enough Aussie films have been released to compile the top 10 titles.