Australasian titles 'Finding Jia' and 'The Red Room' are among five new shorts added to the SXSW Sydney screen program.
Director Warwick Thornton, musician and composer Jed Kurzel, Luckychap Entertainment producer Josey McNamara, and US animator and filmmaker Mark Andrews will take the stage at this year's SXSW Sydney as part of the October event's screen industry program.
Brooklyn-based Australian filmmakers Matthew Salleh and Rose Tucker will premiere their third documentary feature 'Slice of Life: The American Dream. In Former Pizza Huts' at this year's SXSW Sydney.
A documentary capturing the rise of Australian 80s punk band The Hard-Ons and a contemporary snapshot of the US told through former Pizza Hut restaurants are among the first features to be included in this year's SXSW Sydney screen program.
Blossom Films will go into production on 'The Last Anniversary' for Binge next month, Nicole Kidman and Per Saari told SXSW Sydney yesterday.
'Black Mirror' creator Charlie Brooker is in Sydney for the first time as a keynote speaker for SXSW, where he will speak about the series and society's complex relationship with technology.
A networking breakfast hosted by Australians in Film and a discussion with Naomi Watts are the newest additions to SXSW Sydney.
Baz Luhrmann's 'Faraway Downs', a six-part series cut from his 2008 film 'Australia', will have its world premiere on the closing night of this month's SXSW Sydney Screen Festival.