Screen Canberra has backed seven projects with $355,000, including horror film 'Sissy', expected to shoot by the end of the year.
Led by 'The Bold Type' star Aisha Dee, 'Sissy' centres on Cecilia (aka Sissy), a successful social media influencer living the dream, until she runs into her ex-teenage best friend. Invited away on a bachelorette weekend, Sissy is stuck in a remote cabin with her high school bully…and a taste for revenge.
The AMC-owned horror streamer pounced on the film ahead of its world premiere at SXSW over the weekend, where it impressed critics with its sense of humour and performances - it has a 100 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes so far.
Sydney Film Festival has unveiled the first 22 films on its line-up, with the event ready to return in-person during its traditional June dates for the first time since 2019.
Sydney Film Festival director and acting CEO Nashen Moodley hopes a program of "big emotions" will help cinemas continue to build momentum post-lockdown, with the full line-up for the 2022 event unveiled on Wednesday.
It's been 25 years since Richard Sowada began showcasing independent films in the basement back room of Perth jazz venue, the Greenwich Club with the hope they would find a place in a conservative cinematic and social environment.
This year's Sydney Film Festival attendees have declared a pair of films set in the city as their favourites.