This may turn out to be a premature and fanciful call but 2014 is shaping as potentially one of the strongest years for Australian films, commercially and critically, in recent memory.
Spanish filmmaker Paco León came across Josh Lawson’s 'The Little Death' via the film’s European distributor Vertigo-Wild Bunch, who offered him the opportunity to make a Spanish version.
Damon Herriman might just be the busiest Aussie actor in Hollywood, juggling roles in three US TV series.
The Australian films premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival are getting a fair bit of love from critics, and the occasional brickbat.
The good news for the producers of The Little Death is more than 160,000 people have watched the sex comedy online in the past few days.
Josh Lawson's feature film The Little Death as well as two short films and an online documentary will be showcased at the 22nd SXSW next month.
Australian author Markus Zusak, screenwriter Michael Petroni and Geoffrey Rush can take a bow- and maybe look forward to recognition at the Oscars.
Josh Lawson's feature directing and writing debut on The Little Death could not be more promising as the sex comedy has been snapped up by distributors in Europe and Taiwan.