Teenage Australian model Maddison Brown makes her acting debut in Strangerland, the Kim Farrant-directed mystery drama which has started shooting in Sydney.
Nicholas Hamilton has accomplished more than most at the age of 21 but there remains one ambition he is yet to fulfil.
Screen Australia recently announced a $5.4 million investment in six feature films, including Kim Farrants 'Strangerland', triggering over $32.3 million in production expenditure.
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.
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.
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.
Brendan Cowell’s directing debut Ruben Guthrie will have its world premiere as the opening night attraction of the Sydney Film Festival.
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.