The case for flexible release windows for Australian and other independent films has been reinforced by the weekend debuts of My Mistress and Rise.
First-time writer-director-producer Mack Lindon’s Rise will get a cinema release in November via Pinnacle Films.
When Stephanie Louise May heard that a movie inspired by the US TV comedy Blue Mountain State was to be shot in Canada, the enterprising Aussie actress made an audition tape and sent it to the producers.
The true story of a young male Australian nurse who was falsely accused of rape has inspired the feature film Rise, which is shooting in Queensland.