Experienced producer Rachel Gardner has joined the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) board.
Film4 has received a total of 41 nominations for the films it has backed at this year’s British Independent Film Awards, including six for Justin Kurzel's Macbeth.
Australian independent distributors are facing problems with the requirement to delay the release of some films until after their US or UK premieres.
Rialto Distribution is the first independent to take advantage of the earlier release window, a concession which until now had been restricted to the US majors.
The gambit of launching Kim Farrant's Strangerland and John Maclean's Slow West in a limited number of cinemas immediately following their Sydney Film Festival premieres looks like paying off.
Rob Connolly’s Paper Planes will be released in the US and UK by two of the largest mini-majors.
John Maclean’s Slow West and Kim Farrant’s Strangerland will debut in Palace cinemas and in select regional locations in June immediately after being launched at the Sydney Film Festival.
Slow West, writer-director John Maclean's Western starring Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ben Mendelsohn, has won more critical plaudits in the US after its weekend screening at the Tribeca Film Festival.