We don’t usually report on international film festivals, but this one’s certainly worth a mention. Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country has won the Special Jury Prize at the 2017 Venice Film Festival. Following its world premiere screening at the festival, Sweet Country received a standing ovation and has garnered outstanding international critical reviews. The film has also won…
Wow! A new trailer has dropped for Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Inspired by real events, Sweet Country is a period western set in 1929 in the outback Northern Territory. When Aboriginal stockman Sam (Hamilton Morris) kills white station owner Harry March (Ewen Leslie) in self-defence, Sam and his…
by Matthew Eeles The first trailer has dropped for West of Sunshine – Jason Raftopoulos’ debut feature which will have its world premiere at the upcoming Venice Film Festival. West of Sunshine stars Damian Hill as Jim, a deadbeat Dad who has less than a day to repay a gambling debt to a violent loan shark. Unfortunately,…
Warwick Thornton’s latest feature Sweet Country has been selected in Official Competition at the Venice Film Festival in September and will have its Australian premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in October, it has been announced. Inspired by real events and starring Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Ewen Leslie, Thomas M. Wright, Natassia Gorey-Furber, Anni Finsterer, Matt Day and…
