The accolades look set to continue for director Christopher Weekes and his debut film Bitter & Twisted, after the film received an extended standing ovation at the Turin Film Festival, where it is currently playing in official competition...
The second directorial effort by Matthew Newton, Three Blind Mice, has picked up the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the London Film Festival.
The acclaimed feature-length documentary about Australian athlete Peter Norman and his role in the black power salute at the 1968 Olympics is garnering worldwide coverage, ahead of its market premiere at the American Film Market in November.
Australian genre director and composer Jamie Blanks will score $2m thriller Crush, fresh from shooting the remake of Long Weekend with Claudia Karvan and Jim Caviezel.