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The film is premiering at the Cannes Film Festival as part of the Official Selection program
Hopscotch/eOne releases The Sapphires locally on August 9
The Australian musical has grossed $US40,900 across four screens in its opening weekend
The Sapphires is set to be Hopscotch/eOne's most ambitious local release since Mao's Last Dancer in 2009
The addition of Wayne Blair's debut about an all-girl Aboriginal group singing to the troops in Vietnam gives Australia a feature in official selection.
Golapost Pictures Australia producers Rosemary Blight and Kylie Du Fresne have won the FILM PRODUCED BY A WOMAN category of the US based WIN Awards, for THE SAPPHIRES.
The film has now grossed $8.4m, surpassing Happy Feet Two