Feature films directed by Robert Connolly, Jeremy Sims, Kriv Stenders and first-time directors Maziar Lahooti and Natalie Erika James have received production investment from Screen Australia.
Australian cinema's bright start to the year with The Water Diviner, Paper Planes and That Sugar Film should not distract attention from the structural problems facing producers and independent distributors.
Seven Australian films have been released in US cinemas this year led by The Water Diviner, which has grossed a decent $US2.5 million in 12 days on 320 screens.
The Australian Writer’s Guild of NSW Committee next week presents the first “Write Night†event for 2015, Maverick Masters of Mayhem, an evening with Michael Robertson and Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner, creators of Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead was the most downloaded film globally last weekend, according to one torrent site, after being launched in the US on iTunes on Friday.
Long-time Hopscotch Features/eOne executive Rachel Okine is joining Studiocanal.
In the aftermath of a comet breaking up over the Earth, most of the planet’s population succumb to a strange disease which turns them into ‘zombies’.
IFC Midnight bought US rights to The Babadook and has now added Wyrmwood to its release slate.