The Melbourne International Film Festival has appointed Damien Hodgkinson as its inaugural chief executive officer.
Dan Ewing had the experience of going from filming Amazon Prime Video's first Japanese original 'The Silent Service' in Tokyo to boarding horror comedy 'Zombie Plane' with Sophie Monk and Vanilla Ice earlier this year.
Noora Niasari’s 'Shayda' may soon get another chance to represent Australia on the world stage, after being submitted for the Best International Feature category at next year's Academy Awards.
First-time director Ramata-Toulaye Sy has won the $140,000 Bright Horizons competition at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival for romantic drama Banel & Adama.
Directors Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen were saving up for a house, but after hearing American director Trey Edward Shults speak at Austin Film Festival about making the micro budget 'Krisha', they decided their funds might be better spent making a debut feature that they could use as a calling card.
John Harvey’s 'Katele (Mudskipper)' has again been crowned Best Australian Short, this time at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Jack Clark and Jim Weir's 'Birdeater', with its echoes of 'Wake in Fright', joins Australia's recent indie success stories. After snaring Sydney Film Festival's Audience Award, their debut feature - made on a shoestring - sold out all its sessions at the Melbourne International Film Festival, landed distribution with Umbrella and simply generated a significant amount of buzz.
Murray Enders' 'Dive', Julian Curtis' 'The Long Passeggiata', Lauren Burgueno's 'Aysha', and Liubov Korpusova's 'Marj’s Garden' have been selected for Campari's Posters to Production initiative.