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Festival Update – more Toronto, plus an Oscar feature hopeful

Two more films at Toronto rewrite the statistics while Australia gets a Foreign Language Oscar contender.

24 Aug 2016 12:00

David Tiley

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Image: Boys in the Trees.

The really moving announcement in Australian exhibition news is a sidebar. Tanna, the feature set on a Pacific Island in a local language has been nominated as the Australian entry in the Foreign Language Oscar competition. It was written by John Collee, Bentley Dean, the people of Yakel, and Martin Butler, directed by Bentley Dean, and Martin Butler, and produced by Bentley Dean, Martin Butler, and Carolyn Johnson.

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David Tiley

David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.