'Bob Marley: One Love' and 'Madame Web' had a tighter race for no. 1 at the box office in Australia than in the US. Meanwhile, 'Force of Nature: The Dry 2' is already ahead of every Australian film released in 2023 after just two weekends.
In 2023, the Casting Guild of Australia expanded its group of Rising Stars from ten actors to 12. The guild believes each has potential to break out on the world stage. Here, they talk to IF.
Actress Shuang Hu started writing her own work "out of necessity" - she realised if you have a story you want to tell, you can't rely on others to tell it for you. That led her to create Australia's first Amazon Original film, rom-com 'Five Blind Dates'.
'Force of Nature', Robert Connolly's much anticipated follow up to 2021's 'The Dry', led the box office last weekend, marking the first time an Australian film has hit no. 1 since 'Elvis' in June 2022.
Casting has started for feature film 'Red Rock Run', with the filmmakers and casting director Anousha Zarkesh looking to find the lead role of 10-year-old Lucy and other supporting roles out of Western Australia.
The ABC and Matchbox Pictures drama 'House of Gods'; short-form rom-com series 'Videoland', from Melbourne production company Pikelet Pictures; the Lingo Pictures-produced NZ series 'After the Party', and the Queensland-shot 'Apples Never Fall' have been selected for this year’s Series Mania in France.
A quick round of questions with Jillian Nguyen, who's recently appeared in ‘One Night’, ‘The Clearing’, ‘Shayda’, and ‘Barons’, led the voice cast of ‘Scarygirl’, and is in the upcoming ‘White Fever’.
Following on from their collaboration on Netflix's 'Boy Swallows Universe', actress Phoebe Tonkin will both play the lead role in and executive produce crime drama 'The Dark Lake' with Brouhaha Entertainment.