FCCA awards outstanding achievement in Australian film

Film Critics Circle of Australia awards are held annually to recognise outstanding achievement in Australian film. This year’s contenders for best fiction feature are Breath, Cargo, Ladies in Black, Strange Colours and Sweet Country. The awards recognise the best in direction, performance, script writing, musical composition, editing and cinematography, and in feature documentary filmmaking. Backtrack… Continue reading FCCA awards outstanding achievement in Australian film

Sweet Country

Review by © Jane Freebury There’s a burning intensity to Sweet Country, a tale of revenge in the Australian outback where men turn against each other with guns and are violent with women and children. Although much of the violence is not shown in the frame, it is not this that gives the film its… Continue reading Sweet Country