Wayne Blair's feature debut will also open the Melbourne International Film Festival after its world premiere this Saturday in Cannes
Maverick US distributor/producer Harvey Weinstein is so notorious for cutting films that he acquires he earned the soubriquet Harvey Scissorhands.
It will be the largest cash fellowship for short film in Australia.
Garth Davis’ Lion has been presented with the ‘Diversity in Film’ award by the Zurich Film Festival.