Responding to growing audience interest in factual and documentary content, the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) today announced a new award for best short documentary
Who needs film schools? Not Brendan Pinches, whose documentary about an anonymous female street artist who paints portraits of train commuters won the main prize at Tropfest in Sydney on Saturday night.
Tropfest has unveiled the 16 finalists for this year’s festival, which will be held on February 9.
Tropfest Australia is calling for submissions from amateurs and pros with a passion for storytelling, with entries opening on October 17.
Emerging Melbourne writer-director Greta Nash waited on tables and tended bars to save several thousand dollars to fund her third short film.
For Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling, the May 17 launch in Australian cinemas of their debut feature Cargo followed by worldwide release on Netflix will be the culmination of a five-year journey.
The film follows three adult siblings as they assist their terminally ill mother to commit suicide.
'Jasper Jones' director Rachel Perkins and Aussie producer Bruna Papandrea ('Big Little Lies', 'Gone Girl') will also front the panel.