Mark Leonard Winter's feature directorial debut 'The Rooster', nominated for four AACTA Awards, will get a cinema release February 22 via Bonsai Films.
Noora Niasari has earned yet another accolade for her debut feature 'Shayda', taking home the top prize at Tuesday evening's Australian Directors' Guild Awards.
First-time narrative feature directors Noora Niasari and Gracie Otto will vie against Warwick Thornton, Jeffrey Walker and Colin and Cameron Cairnes for the top prize at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards next month.
Bonsai Films owner Jonathan Page talks about releasing two Christmas films within a fortnight of each other and why he is leaning more towards documentaries going forward.
In coming up with the story for his feature directorial debut 'The Rooster', starring Phoenix Raei and Hugo Weaving, Mark Leonard Winter tried to depict the strangeness and difficulty that came with a time of "deep depression".
The full line-up for this year's Melbourne International Film Festival was revealed Tuesday evening, with a significant number of Australian additions, such as the world premieres of Jason Raftopoulos' sophomore feature 'Voices in Deep' and Matthew Adekponya's behind-the-scenes look at how the Boomers took bronze in Tokyo, 'Rose Gold'.
Having already announced 'Shayda' and 'Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story' as gala films last month, Melbourne International Film Festival has unveiled a further 20 titles for its August line-up.
Hugo Weaving and Phoenix Raei lead the cast of a new mystery drama that has wrapped principal photography in central Victoria.