Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy' is heading direct from Cannes to Sydney Film Festival, where it will be the opening night film for the event's 70th edition.
Thomas M. Wright's crime thriller 'The Stranger' has proven popular with the Film Critics Circle of Australia, winning five gongs at the organisation's awards in Sydney.
Leah Purcell's 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' and Thomas M Wright's 'The Stranger' lead the nominees for the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, to be announced later this month.
Melbourne International Film Festival returns to metro cinemas with a bumper program, and 70th anniversary celebrations that include a major retrospective and cinematic homages to the festival from Ivan Sen, Justin Kurzel and Soda Jerk.