Toby Wallace's turn as a small-time drug dealer in Shannon Murphy's debut feature 'Babyteeth' has won him the Venice Film Festival's Marcello Mastroianni award for best young actor.
Shannon Murphy's debut feature 'Babyteeth', a bittersweet comedy starring Ben Mendelsohn, Essie Davis, Eliza Scanlen and Toby Wallace, will have its world premiere in official competition at the Venice International Film Festival.
Jennifer Kent’s 'The Nightingale' won the special jury prize at the Venice International Film Festival while the Marcello Mastroianni award for best new young performer went to star Baykali Ganambarr.
The first reviews for Jennifer Kent’s 'The Nightingale' after the world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival were effusive - marred only by a disgusting comment from an Italian journalist.
The outcry over Jennifer Kent’s 'The Nightingale' as the only female-directed film among the 21 in official competition at the Venice International Film Festival has not swayed the festival’s director.
Jennifer Kent had a clear purpose when she started writing the screenplay of 'The Nightingale': To define the nature of violence and its impact on women, Aboriginal people and the land.
Warwick Thornton’s 'Sweet Country' is among the best Australian films to ever grace the Venice Film Festival, according to one of the festival's consultants.
The world premiere of Warwick Thornton’s period Western 'Sweet Country' in competition at the Venice Film Festival has been warmly received by critics.