Screen Australia today announced the recipients of the second round of its Feature Enterprise program, providing $380,000 in support to feature film producers.
The state agency has invested in The Rocket, Rake, Mabo, Redfern Now, Sundowner, Dripping in Chocolate, Make Hummus not War, First Footprints
Local TAFE students are hopeful for success at the 86th Academy Awards for their role in the Australian-Lao flim The Rocket which was released to cinemas around the country last month.
TAFE students involved in the making of “The Rocket†are today thrilled to learn that the Australian-Lao film secured award for Best Original Screenplay at the 3rd Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards last night in Sydney.
A boy who is believed to bring bad luck leads his family and a couple of ragged misfits through Laos to find a new home.
The two Australian features have been selected for Berlin's Generation program
New York's notoriously hard-to-please critics have embraced The Rocket with as much enthusiasm as their counterparts around the world since it premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it was named best debut film
Australian/Laotian co-production, The Rocket, which was released in Australia last August, is set to be released in UK cinemas from the 14th of March.