Wagga's highly acclaimed film The Merger continues to receive praise and accolades following its red-carpet premiere in August 2018.
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The film has been elevated further after picking up two awards at the 2019 OzFlix Independent Film Awards last Thursday.
It secured the best original screenplay and the best film with a budget between $2 million to $5 million.
Speaking at the awards, director Mark Grentell said there were many people to thank for the film's rise to national and international acclaim.
"Thank you to my hometown of Wagga Wagga," Mr Grentell said.
"The people we make it with really matter, we all know how hard it is to make an independent film.
"There was something lovely about taking the film to a small regional community.
"It's lovely to take any budget you have into those regional communities and make films that tell those stories."
The movie was shot across the Riverina and is an adaption of a stage show that tells the tale of a struggling, small town footy team that recruits refugees to survive.
The Merger has reached national and international stages, scoring it's first big break at the Global Migration Film Festival before being screened in more than a dozen countries including Nigeria, the UK, Romania and Egypt.
Producer Anne Robinson said it was a positive that the film's message has reverberated across the world.
"This is the little film that has done it," she said.
"To see people connecting around the world especially.
"Amnesty are working with us now for the next four years and we're changing the way people feel about refugees and that's really, really important."
The award of best original screenplay was won by the film's script writer Damian Callinan.
Mr Grentell accepted the award on behalf of Mr Callinan, who was overseas for a film tour.
"I know Damian would like to thank everyone who helped work on the film and the actors who helped bring it to life," Mr Grentell said.
"Damian has such a beautiful mix with this film that took a very serious issue with refugee policy and mixed it into Australian culture in regional NSW.
"He started it as a one man show and performed all the characters at numerous comedy festivals and won a whole bunch of awards.
"So we spent about four years converting from a one-man show into a fully fledged screenplay."
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