Australian cinema's bright start to the year with The Water Diviner, Paper Planes and That Sugar Film should not distract attention from the structural problems facing producers and independent distributors.
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.
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.
Brendan Cowell’s directing debut Ruben Guthrie will have its world premiere as the opening night attraction of the Sydney Film Festival.
A new US distributor has acquired first-time feature director Kim Farrant's Strangerland after its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance.
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.
Teenage Australian model Maddison Brown makes her acting debut in Strangerland, the Kim Farrant-directed mystery drama which has started shooting in Sydney.
Joseph Fiennes has replaced Guy Pearce as the co-lead in Strangerland, the Kim Farrant-directed drama about a couple whose teenage kids disappear.