Hugo Weaving and Phoenix Raei lead the cast of a new mystery drama that has wrapped principal photography in central Victoria.
Family features 'Drone Racers' and 'Whale Shark Jack' join new children's series 'Galaxy Girl' in being among nine projects to share in $7.4 million in production funding from Screen Australia.
The full line-up for this year's Melbourne International Film Festival was revealed Tuesday evening, with a significant number of Australian additions, such as the world premieres of Jason Raftopoulos' sophomore feature 'Voices in Deep' and Matthew Adekponya's behind-the-scenes look at how the Boomers took bronze in Tokyo, 'Rose Gold'.
CinefestOZ has unveiled the finalists for this year's $100,000 film prize, with Sean McDonald's 'Bromley: Light After Dark', Matt Vesely's 'Monolith', Noora Niasari's 'Shayda' and Mark Leonard Winter's 'The Rooster' vying for the award.
The world premieres of Queensland-shot films 'Bring Him To Me' and 'Savage Christmas', as well as the Australian premiere of Marc Turtletaub's sci-fi comedy 'Jules', are among the highlights of this year's CinefestOZ line-up.
In coming up with the story for his feature directorial debut 'The Rooster', starring Phoenix Raei and Hugo Weaving, Mark Leonard Winter tried to depict the strangeness and difficulty that came with a time of "deep depression".
Noora Niasari’s 'Shayda' has shone in the west, winning this year's $100,000 CinefestOZ film prize.
After announcing Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' as its opener last month, Adelaide Film Festival will close out with another South Australian feature, Scott Hicks's documentary 'My Name’s Ben Folds – I Play Piano'.