Ariel Kleiman's Partisan, Kim Farrant's Strangerland and John Maclean's New Zealand-shot Slow West will compete in the world cinema dramatic section of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Brendan Cowell’s directing debut Ruben Guthrie will have its world premiere as the opening night attraction of the Sydney Film Festival.
Australian independent distributors are facing problems with the requirement to delay the release of some films until after their US or UK premieres.
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.
The Dark Horse beat 159 other films to win the Audience Award at the prestigious International Film Festival Rotterdam.
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.
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.
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.