A trio of Australian films are bound for this year's Toronto International Film Festival: NZ co-production 'The Convert', directed by Lee Tamahori, Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' and Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy'.
After helming TV series such as 'Mystery Road' and 'Firebite', Warwick Thornton returns to where he says his heart is – cinema – with 'The New Boy'. The writer, director and DOP talks to IF about the making of the film and his approach to directing - "there are no f***ing rules".
Scarlett Pictures' Kath Shelper may have made a decision a few years ago to retire from producing, yet she's helped to bring to screen two of the most anticipated Australian films of late: Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy', which lands in cinemas on Thursday after a Cannes berth, and Kitty Green's upcoming 'The Royal Hotel'.
More than two and a half years after Screen Australia announced it would be promoting 'The Dry' via its Summer of Cinema campaign, the film's sequel is set to get the same treatment.
Warwick Thornton’s latest feature, the 1940s-set 'The New Boy', sees Cate Blanchett star as a renegade nun, Sister Eileen, who runs a mission for Aboriginal children.
The reviews are in for Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy' after it premiered in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section on Friday.
Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy' is heading direct from Cannes to Sydney Film Festival, where it will be the opening night film for the event's 70th edition.
Warwick Thornton's latest feature, 'The New Boy', has been selected for the Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard program.