Samuel Goldwyn Films continues to show a greater appetite for Australian films than any other North American distributor, with Jeremy Sims' 'RAMS' as the latest acquisition.
The launches last weekend of Gregor Jordan's 'Dirt Music' and Alister Grierson's 'Bloody Hell' underlined the challenges facing independent films in a theatrical market that is severely weakened by the Victorian shutdown, limits on seating capacity and the absence of Hollywood tentpoles.
Opening on 250-plus screens on August 27, the day after its CinefestOZ premiere at Orana Cinemas in Busselton, Jeremy Sims' 'RAMS' will be the first Australian wide release since cinemas re-opened.
In remote Western Australia, two estranged brothers, Colin (Sam Neill) and Les (Michael Caton), are at war. Raising separate flocks of sheep descended from their family’s prized bloodline, the two men work side by side yet are worlds apart.
Screen Australia's head of content Sally Caplan rates 2019 as a good year for Australian films at home and abroad - and she is even more optimistic about the 2020 slate.
Admirers of Leon Ford who enjoyed his work as Ruben in the ABC’s 'The Letdown' should savour his performance in Jeremy Sims’ upcoming movie 'Rams' because after that he will be off screen for a while.
Jules Duncan’s 'The Big Yarn' and Nir Shelter’s 'Home' won the Monte Miller Awards for the best unproduced scripts presented by the Australian Writers Guild in Melbourne on Tuesday night.
Actor and emerging director Kipan Rothbury has signed with high-powered US talent management firm Brillstein Entertainment Partners.