The case for flexible release windows for Australian and other independent films has been reinforced by the weekend debuts of My Mistress and Rise.
Producer Annie Kinnane expresses a common complaint in the industry: Often by the time she and her friends hear about a new Australian film it’s been yanked off screens before they had a chance to see it.
Film Movement has bought North American rights to My Mistress, Stephen Lance's erotic drama about the affair between a vulnerable teenager (Harrison Gilbertson) and a French S&M mistress (Emmanuelle Beart).
Josh Lawson's sex comedy The Little Death has raked in nearly $127,000 in its first week at 34 cinemas after Tuesday takings improved on Monday's figures.
Historically it's been tough for Australian films to score deals in Japan, a barrier which My Mistress has just broken.
LevelK is happy to announce the first sales on Stephen Lance's My Mistress.
Co-directors Stephen Lance and Mairi Cameron are just back after spending 10 days in the US polishing the screenplay of The Secrets Lives of Dresses with the Brooklyn-based writer, Aussie Emma Vuletic.
French actress Emmanuelle Beart has been cast alongside Harrison Gilbertson and Rachael Blake in Australian S&M film My Mistress.