Acclaimed director Neil Armfield has adapted Luke Davies' best-selling novel Candy and produced a contemporary love story of startling beauty for the screen. In the title role, Abbie Cornish delivers a fearless portrayal of a young artist whose lust for life takes her to the edge of sanity. Heath Ledger breathes a sweet optimism into Dan, a sometime poet lost in love with Candy. In heroin they find a path to limitless pleasure. But as addiction takes hold they lose the very thing they sought. Candy opens the door on a dream vision that will have meaning for all who have been dazzled by the beauty of the world.

One of Australia's foremost directors, Neil Armfield is currently Artistic Director of the internationally renowned Belvoir Street Theatre in Sydney. Neil has directed for all of Australia's state theatre companies, Opera Australia, the Welsh National Opera, the Bregenz Festival in Austria, Zurich Opera, Canadian Opera, English National Opera, the Lyric Theatre in Chicago and the Royal Opera House, London. Neil is a recipient of numerous Australian and international awards, and his film credits are Twelfth Night and The Castanet Club.

Margaret Fink cast Judy Davis and Sam Neill in My Brilliant Career, establishing both as international stars. The film, which she produced, won six Australian Film Institute Awards, two BAFTAs and was nominated for Academy and Golden Globe awards. The mini-series Eden's Lost, which Margaret produced and Neil Armfield directed, won four Australian Film Institute Awards and the New York International Television and Film Festival Best Drama award. Margaret's other feature credits are For Love Alone and The Removalists, based on Australian playwright David Williamson's award-winning play of the same title.

Emile Sherman founded Ocean Pictures in 2000 and produced and executive produced and distributed many features, including Phillip Noyce's internationally acclaimed Rabbit Proof Fence; The Night We Called It a Day, starring Dennis Hopper and Melanie Griffith; and The Honourable Wally Norman, which opened the Sydney Film Festival in 2003. Through his current production company Sherman Pictures, Emile executive produced the Australia/UK co-production Oyster Farmer (2005) and most recently produced Opal Dream, directed by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty).