'Dune: Part Two' has delivered cinemas their first blockbuster hit of 2024, with the sci-fi sequel posting the highest opening weekend of any film released since last July's 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer'.
Ahead of next week's Australian International Documentary Conference, IF spoke with both local and international decision makers about the current documentary and factual landscape, and the types of projects they're interested in.
With the new academic year underway, recent graduates share advice for current students and outline their experiences breaking into the screen industry.
'Bob Marley: One Love' was the only film to crack $1 million mark at the box office last weekend, with cinemas quiet ahead of Thursday's release of 'Dune: Part Two'.
At the Australian International Movie Convention late last year, filmmaker Christopher Amos noted there was one genre that seemed to be absent from the distributor presentations: documentary. The observation prompted him to acquire the Academy Award-nominated 'Four Daughters', due in cinemas this Thursday.
Almost the day after production wrapped on 'Ali's Wedding' in 2016, Osamah Sami pitched Matchbox Pictures his next project, one that would once again see him draw on his experiences as the son of a lead cleric, but was instead a drama that showed his community in "all its realism".
One of the key decisions Lingo Pictures made through the development of SBS anthology series 'Erotic Stories' was that sex had to be central to the story. How sex would then be depicted on screen became paramount, as did creating a safe workplace for cast and crew to create such content.
Ahead of his spotlight session at next month's Australian International Documentary Conference, Mstyslav Chernov, director of the Oscar-nominated '20 Days in Mariupol', talks to IF about working in a conflict zone, and the differences between news and documentary storytelling, both in terms of craft and impact on the audience.