Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford's Aquarius Films has stepped up its feature film and TV drama development slate, collaborating with such creatives as Justine Flynn, Del Kathryn Barton and Huna Amweero, Clementine Ford, Anya Beyersdorf, Roger Monk and Rhys Graham.
Co-founders Charlie Aspinwall and Daley Pearson have taken Ludo Studio from humble beginnings to a multi-Emmy Award winning powerhouse, with credits that include 'Bluey', 'Doodles', '#7DaysLater', 'The Strange Chores', 'Robbie Hood' and 'Content'. The Brisbane-based duo explain to IF how they met and how their working relationship developed.
"No matter what, we’ll always look out for each other. It’s why we’re calling the documentary 'Kindred', because that’s how we feel – that we are kindred spirits, that are meant to be in this life in some way together.
By his own admission, Dylan River had "big boots to fill" in directing the ABC's upcoming 'Mystery Road: Origin'.
"There are so many Aboriginal languages across this country and we want them all on screen. Even the ones that are being revitalised, there's a place for it. It's rich; our country is rich with this stuff."
Bentley Dean’s 2009 documentary 'Contact' marked the beginning of the director’s working relationship with editor Tania Nehme, which has also spanned 'First Footprints, 'A Sense of Self', Oscar-nominated feature film 'Tanna', and more recently, 'Facing Monsters' and 'Amongst Us – Neo Nazi Australia'.
The main character in Alena Lodkina's sophomore feature 'Petrol' may be a filmmaker of Russian background, but the writer-director insists it's a personal tale, not necessarily an autobiographical one.
"We made a horror film and it's found this wonderful audience. It's definitely unexpected. And I wouldn't even necessarily say that our film is a straight horror film, but obviously as soon as you squash someone's head, it tends to not really fall in any other genre, no matter what the rest of the movie's about."