Catherine Scott's Backtrack Boys, which examines a youth program run by rule-breaking jackaroo Bernie Shakeshaft on the outskirts of Armidale NSW, was voted the top feature documentary at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
The township of Bodgy Creek has seen better days: the population is dwindling, jobs are scarce & the litter has built up around the fading Tidy Town sign. The next victim of the town’s decline is the cash strapped Aussie Rules footy club.
“I just want to play characters whose ethnicity is incidental and I’ve been lucky to be able to do that in the past few years."
No Australian film has broken through with mainstream cinema audiences since Simon Baker’s 'Breath' launched in May. Even so, the upcoming line-up looks sufficiently appealing to ensure this year will surpass the 2017 calendar year total of $49.4 million
The Australian titles released in cinemas this year including holdovers will overtake the calendar 2017 total in the next week or so, boosted by Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black.
Warner Bros’ 'Crazy Rich Asians' has been hailed as a game-changer in the US and is now wowing Australian cinemagoers.
Glowing reviews and copious publicity for Mark Grentell’s 'The Merger' and Jeremy Sims’ feature documentary 'Wayne' counted for very little.
Does the world need another iteration of the 'Predator' franchise?