CinefestOZ, Australia’s premier destination film festival, was delighted to make two special announcements at tonight’s Gala Night presentations. Girl Asleep was announced the winner of the CinefestOZ $100,000 Film Prize and the 2016 Screen Legend was awarded to Gillian Armstrong. Girl Asleep, directed by Rosemary Myers, written by Matthew Whittet and produced by Jo Dyer,…
CinefestOZ Film Prize Finalist, Girl Asleep, directed by Rosemary Myers, is set to make its Western Australian premiere at CinefestOZ at the Orana Cinemas in Busselton on Friday 26 August at 8.15pm. Girl Asleep is a journey into the absurdities of the teenage mind. Navigating puberty in 1970s suburbia, Greta doesn’t want to grow up. Her mum is…
Umbrella Entertainment has announced the Australian release of the internationally lauded, coming-of-age comic drama Girl Asleep on Thursday 8 September, with a series of advance Q&A events featuring key cast members taking place across the country. Based on the acclaimed production by Adelaide’s Windmill Theatre, Girl Asleep is a journey into the absurd, scary and beautiful…
Jasper Jones, Spin Out, Girl Asleep and The Death and Life of Otto Bloom have been announced as the four finalists vying for Australia’s richest film prize at CinéfestOZ. Now into its third year, the highly coveted $100,000 film prize was established with the aim of pursuing excellence in Australian filmmaking. It is awarded to the…
Bad Girl Written and Directed by Fin Edquist Starring Samara Weaving, Felicity Price, Benjamin Winspear, Sara West and Liam Graham Secrets and lies will change lives in this pulse-pounding psychological thriller. Sullen, defiant and on probation following her release from juvenile detention, 16-year-old foster child Amy Anderson struggles with her new life in the countryside…
The nominees for the 17th annual South Australian Screen Awards (SASAs) have been announced. Among the nominees for Best Feature film is the coming-of-age feature film Girl Asleep, which takes a look at the world through the weird and wonderful mind of a teenage girl with great performances by Australians Bethany Whitmore, Eamon Farren, Harrison Feldman, Danielle Catanzariti…
