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.
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.
Award-winning director Nicholas Wrathall investigates the true costs of development in the world-famous Kimberley, where mega-mining and pastoral developments threaten not just the pristine environment but more than 200 Indigenous communities and their peoples’ sacred links to Country.
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.
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o shines bright as a ukulele-playing, zombie-slaying kindergarten teacher in Abe Forsythe’s sweetly hilarious zom-com 'Little Monsters'.
Kriv Stenders’ MIFF Premiere Fund co-financed film Kill Me Three Times has been selected as 2014’s Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) Centrepiece Gala event on Saturday 9 August.
This year’s Melbourne International Film Festival will be the last for its artistic director Michelle Carey.