Leah Purcell’s 'The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson', Justin Kurzel’s 'Nitram', anthology feature drama 'Here Out West', and Jennifer Peedom's 'River' will each compete for CinefestOz's $100,000 Film Prize.
Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps are among the writers aiming to win consecutive prizes at this year's AWGIE Awards.
'Here Out West', which opens Sydney Film Festival tomorrow evening, is an anthology feature in which a baby being kidnapped from a hospital sets off a series of events that brings complete strangers together over a single day.
Anthology feature 'Here Out West', which opened the 2021 Sydney Film Festival, will be released in cinemas February 3 via Mind Blowing Films.
The shortlist of 13 projects will have the opportunity to present their work to a mix of funders, broadcasters, streamers, sales agents, and distributors at the March conference.
The creatives behind the selected projects, which span mixed media and feature documentary, will join the global Doc Society team for a year-long creative mentorship and impact strategy fellowship starting next month.