Lucky Miles begins with drama. Two groups of people are landed on a dazzlingly white, empty beach. As they wade and stagger through the surf, the boatman spreads his arms expansively. 'Welcome to ...

SINGAPORE -- The Third Asian Festival of First Films tapped two productions for its best film award Monday night, jointly awarding the prize to India's "Dharm" and Australia's "Lucky Miles." By Sonia ...

In this year’s CineManila International Film Festival, filmmakers from all over the world flocked to Manila to screen their films for the Filipino audience. One of the festival’s highlights was a ...

The story of would-be refugees who wash up on Australian shores hardly rings of non-stop hilarity but this is a surprisingly effective comedy One question sometimes asked of the Australian film ...

Boat people landing on Australian shores seems an unlikely subject for a comedy, but a combination of quirky characters and clever scriptwriting ensures Lucky Miles brings a smile to viewers’ faces.

Dir: Michael James Rowland. Aus. 2007. 105mins. The debut feature from Michael James Rowland, Lucky Miles follows a boatload of asylum seekers cynically dumped on the vast, barely inhabited West ...

With a winning streak of wry humor and a proudly humanist outlook, "Lucky Miles" throws refugees, people smugglers and border-patrol soldiers into the outback and emerges with entertaining and gently ...

SYDNEY -- With his debut feature Michael James Rowland leaches the politics out of the prickly topic of illegal immigration and turns out an unexpectedly amiable comedy. By Megan Lehmann, The ...

Critics have wondered why Australian cinema doesn't make more of hot-button topics that regularly hit the headlines. For instance, the experiences of asylum seekers. Michael James Rowland's first ...

For a country founded by boat people, we don't show much enthusiasm for films about migrants. There are only a handful of features in the past 40 years that deal with their stories - although that may ...