Erika Addis, head of cinematography at Griffith Film School and Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Queensland president and national vice-president, chairs the ACS' Women's Advisory Panel. She reflects on why cinematography remains male-dominated.
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.
Earlier this year, industry veterans Richard Becker and Robert Slaviero announced they were launching a new venture, distribution and consultancy company R & R Films. The two speak to IF about how their longstanding friendship has evolved into a new business partnership.
"Someone asked me the other day in an interview, 'What was it like handing the script over to a director?' and I went 'It's the easiest thing the world.' It was ours."
CJZ co-owners Michael Cordell and Nick Murray tell IF about working together to establish one of the most successful indies in Australia.
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.
Director Gregory Erdstein and actor Alice Foulcher are the husband-and-wife duo behind indie comedy 'That’s Not Me'. The film follows Polly (Foulcher), whose dreams of making it as an actor are shattered when her identical twin sister lands a lead role on a HBO show. The couple wrote the script together, and it is both filmmakers’ feature debut. They talk to Jackie Keast about how they met and the journey of their working relationship.
Aquarius Films turns 10 this year, and the company is on a roll.