Michael and Peter Spierig's Predestination has won the $10,000 John Hinde award for produced science fiction.
The American Film Market was hardly a hive of activity for Australian distributors but a reasonable number of deals were signed or are about to close.
The list of Australian films released in US cinemas so far this year is short and, on the surface, unimpressive.
The Spierig brothers' sci-fi feature Predestination is set to begin its six-week shoot in April.
Predestination, The Babadook and Wyrmwood featured prominently in the Toronto After Dark Film Festival awards.
The 63rd Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is thrilled to announce that the 2014 Festival will open with the Australian Premiere of the Spierig Brothers' new feature Predestination.
Acclaimed Australian actor Noah Taylor will join Ethan Hawke and AACTA-Award winner Sarah Snook in the upcoming feature Predestination.
Responding to the tough outlook for most independent films, Pinnacle Films is moving away from releasing a large slate of small theatrical titles and instead plans to focus on two or three wide-release commercial films per year.