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Four new feature projects have been announced as being funded by Film Finance Australia Corp., the funding agency, for production next year. Two of the films mark a return home for two critically acclaimed Australian filmmakers while another is set to be helmed by Australia’s most exciting up-and-coming.

Voted by a jury of 16 members,Pascale Ferran's Lady Chatterley won the 64th Prix Louis Delluc for best feature of the year while the eighth Prix Louis Delluc for first film went to thesp Jean-Pierre Darroussin for "The Premonition" (Le Pressentiment).

Okay let's get one thing straight. It's not Ralph Nader's fault that George W. got elected. It's the X million number of people who voted for him that are to blame. Opening January 31st @ the IFC Center New York, An Unreasonable Man is a doc film (that preemed at Sundance 06') that looks at the career of consumer advocate Ralph Nader from wannabe presidential candidate to public pariah.

Pulitzer and Tony Award winning playwright John Patrick Stanley has teamed up with Miramax and producer Scott Rubin to bring the Catholic school drama Doubt to the big screen. Stanley will pen and helm the 2007 project, which is set to lens in the fall in Gotham. The project started as an Off-Broadway 4-man show before moving on to the main strip and garnering four Tony’s and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play completed its run last summer after more than 500 perfs.

The reason why I like receiving this press release – is because usually those who assist in Sundance Institute’ screenwriting labs – are the ones who’ll I’ll end up treasuring – here is a most recent list: Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden’s HALF NELSON, Dito Montiel’s A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS, Hilary Brougher’s STEPHANIE DALEY, Goran Dukic’s WRISTCUTTERS, Michael Kang’s THE MOTEL, and Cam Archer’s WILD TIGERS I HAVE KNOWN...