Essie Davis and Leah Purcell will battle it out in the best performance by an actress category at next month's Asia Pacific Screen Awards, while 'Nitram' lead Caleb Landry Jones and Australian/Afghan film 'When Pomegranates Howl' are also among the nominees.
The six finalists for this year's AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes initiative have been revealed, with the winner to be announced at the upcoming Screenworks Regional to Global Screen Forum.
Some 10 films have been nominated for the Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year Award at the Byron Bay International Film Festival, with veteran actor Jack Thompson among the judges.
Madman Entertainment aims to use the distribution strategies it learnt on Kenny for the upcoming release of Mark Hartley's documentary Not Quite Hollywood, which is due in cinemas on August 28.
Kriv Stenders' feature documentary on motor racing legend Peter Brock, 'Brock: Over the Top' will start to roll out in cinemas on Thursday before its Premium VOD release on July 3.
For Madman Entertainment 2019 was the distributor's most consistent year ever, with 14 films each grossing more than $500,000 at Australian cinemas - and the 2020 slate looks even stronger.
The company which owns Madman Entertainment, Funtastic, has posted a positive start to its financial year after slashing costs across the business
Some of the Australian nominees from this year's Oscars have joined Sony Pictures Entertainment EVP Stephen Basil-Jones and Madman Entertainment founder and CEO Paul Wiegard in being invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.