No one could accuse Causeway Films’ Kristina Ceyton and Sam Jennings of resting on their laurels. The producers’ thriller 'Cargo' is about to debut at the Adelaide Film Festival ahead of its launch as a Netflix Original, they’re in post on Jennifer Kent’s 'The Nightingale', and have just gotten the greenlight on 'Buoyancy', the debut feature from writer-director Rodd Rathjen. The two speak to IF about establishing their company and working together.
Over the past five years, Screenworks CEO Ken Crouch and programs and operations manager Lisa O’Meara have grown the organisation's focus from NSW's Northern Rivers to the whole of regional Australia. They talk to IF about working together to achieve that ambition.
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'.
Since launching in 2020, Breathless Films has helped a bring a steady stream of micro-budget titles to life, including Craig Boreham’s 'Lonesome' and Jack Clark and Jim Weir’s 'Birdeater'. With the company having just begun work on a new slate of projects, IF speaks with founders Ben Ferris and Ulysses Oliver about the road so far.
Fourteen-year-old Alyla Browne talks playing young versions of Alice Hart and Furiosa, the former of which has secured a Logie nomination for Most Popular New Talent.
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.
There's a distinctly Antipodean bent to this year's IFFR, from the work of managing director Clare Stewart and selection committee member Michelle Carey, through to last week's opening night film 'Head South', and other selections such as 'Flathead' and 'Paragon'.
Jane Corden, CEO Of Entertainment Partners powered by Moneypenny, writes that it is time the industry think about how digital solutions can save the production office time and money, and, given skill shortages, improve workforce retention.