Leah Purcell’s 'The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson', Justin Kurzel’s 'Nitram', anthology feature drama 'Here Out West', and Jennifer Peedom's 'River' will each compete for CinefestOz's $100,000 Film Prize.
'Here Out West', which opens Sydney Film Festival tomorrow evening, is an anthology feature in which a baby being kidnapped from a hospital sets off a series of events that brings complete strangers together over a single day.
Aquarius Films' Sydney-set heist caper 'The Unusual Suspects' will premiere June 3 at 8:30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand, with all episodes available to stream at the same time of the premiere.
When screenwriter Roger Monk was offered a gig on the Aquarius Films/SBS crime caper 'The Unusual Suspects', he seized the opportunity to channel one of his favourite films, 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'.
A feature film from Mia Wasikowska and a TikTok mockumentary series from the creators of 'Turn Up The Volume' are among the projects to be included in the newest round of story development funding from Screen Australia.
Anthology feature 'Here Out West', which opened the 2021 Sydney Film Festival, will be released in cinemas February 3 via Mind Blowing Films.
Natalie Bailey was set to shoot feature comedy 'Sumo' in South Africa when the pandemic struck, which turned out to be a blessing as she was then asked to serve as set-up director on Aquarius Films' SBS miniseries 'The Unusual Suspects'.
Screenworks has confirmed more speakers and sessions for next month's Regional To Global Screen Forum, which will carry a focus on authenticity, diversity and inclusion.