Sue Maslin explains the reasoning behind the Australian Feature Film Forum, which will host an 'Ask Me Anything' session at AIMC that will see filmmakers, exhibitors and distributors ask tough questions about each other's decision making and business models. Ahead of, IF also shares some 'tough talk' from a range of industry figures.
Rather than focusing on how the theatrical marketplace best get back to where it was in 2019, next week's AIMC will instead consider the future - and how those numbers could be eclipsed. What could cinema look like? Where do new opportunities lie, and how can exhibitors capitalise on them? How can the whole of industry better collaborate?
At SXSW in March, someone asked director Matt Vesely a question about his debut feature 'Monolith': “If you had more money, what would have been different about this film?” Vesely’s answer: “We would have made a different film altogether."
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance chief executive Erin Madeley argues that with the Australian screen industry on the cusp of a growth period, it can’t afford to forget the workforce who drives it forward.
'Black Mirror' creator Charlie Brooker is in Sydney for the first time as a keynote speaker for SXSW, where he will speak about the series and society's complex relationship with technology.
'Totally Killer' offered cinematographer Judd Overton plenty of challenges; the mash between horror and comedy, the need to create two distinctive looks for the film's time periods, 1987 and 2023, and the chance to create 360-degree rotating shots inside a real gravitron.
Melanie Zanetti, known as the voice of Chilli on children's series 'Bluey', is part a strong Australian contingent in Jacob and Ben Burghart’s upcoming neo-Western thriller 'Head Count'.
Ili Baré's 'Australia's Open' will have a limited theatrical release from Friday, offering a portrait of the grand slam season opener through the moments and matches that shaped its history.