Actor Frances O'Connor says first-time directors should receive greater support to continue their careers in Australia
Fresh from world premiering six titles at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2008, the MIFF Premiere Fund today has opened its application process for Round Four with a call for submissions that closes on 29 August 2008.
Ben Lee - Catch My Disease, a new feature doco from Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Kin, a romantic comedy from debut feature director Amanda Jane, are the latest production co-financing awards from the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) Premiere Fund.
In the middle of Australia’s bitterly divisive marriage equality vote, Melbourne hosted a gala event to honour and celebrate its LGBTI elders. These are their stories.
Alena Lodkina's sophomore feature 'Petrol' has been selected for Locarno’s Cineasti del Presente (‘directors of the present’) program, dedicated to first and second features by emerging global talents.
The Melbourne International Film Festival, the MIFF Premiere Fund today has opened its application process for Round Five with a call for submissions that closes on January 9, 2009.
Bonsai Films has released a trailer for Kasimir Burgess' 'Iron Winter' ahead of its world premiere in the International Feature Film Competition at Switzerland's Visions du Réel International Film Festival.
'Franklin', set to premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival, recounts the '80s environmental campaign to save Tasmania's Franklin River through the eyes of Oliver Cassidy, who retraces the journey taken some 40 years before by his late activist father.