The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts will stage screenings of Strangerland, Glitch, Ruben Guthrie and Last Cab to Darwin in the next two months as it ramps up its events program for members.
It’s not a done deal but talks between distributors and exhibitors are progressing, perhaps inexorably, towards a far more flexible regime for releasing films theatrically and on home entertainment in 2016.
Joseph Fiennes has replaced Guy Pearce as the co-lead in Strangerland, the Kim Farrant-directed drama about a couple whose teenage kids disappear.
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 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.
Nicole Kidman's performance in Kim Farrant's Strangerland has been praised by US critics after its multi-platform US debut last Friday.
A new online platform for Australia’s myriad film festivals goes live on May 1, giving audiences a central location to follow festival events through the year.