Nicholas Hamilton has accomplished more than most at the age of 21 but there remains one ambition he is yet to fulfil.
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.
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.
Nicole Kidman's performance in Kim Farrant's Strangerland has been praised by US critics after its multi-platform US debut last Friday.
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.
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.
Kim Farrant is attached to direct a UK psychological thriller produced by Michael Winterbottom's company and a US indie drama as well as developing an ambitious TV anthology series.