Whose career do you think is about to truly take off? Whose names do you predict that in a few years time, everyone will know?
IF is currently compiling its Rising Talent list for 2024, our annual celebration of the industry’s next big things, both above and below-the-line. And as always, we encourage you to have your say.
We’re interested in people who have exciting creative vision. Perhaps they’re also taking a different path and shaking up industry norms. Maybe they’ve recently gotten into a position of leadership where they can make real change. Or maybe they simply are just putting in hard work that is overdue recognition.
We’d love to hear your suggestions across the following categories:
Actors
Casting Directors
Cinematographers
Composers
Costume Designers
Directors
Editors
Hair and Makeup
Producers
Production Designers
Sound
VFX and Animation
Writers
To note, every year we get hundreds of submissions for above-the-line talent, but we’d strongly encourage the industry to also think about crew who are making strides in their respective departments – particularly those who have just or should soon step up to HOD positions – and put them forward to us for consideration.
With kindness, we ask you do not submit yourself, but think about others – share the love!
In your submission, please tell us why the industry should sit up and pay attention to this person’s body of work. Send your suggestions to risingstars@if.com.au before COB November 3. Submissions after the deadline or without a testimonial will not be considered.
The Rising Talent list will feature in our December-January issue.
2023
Actors: Julia Savage, Markella Kavenagh, Tuuli Narkle, Shantae Barnes-Cowan, the ensemble cast of Heartbreak High
Cinematographers: Tyson Perkins, Kate Cornish, Maxx Corkindale, Edward Goldner, Sissy Reyes
Composers: Angela Little, Evelyn Ida Morris, Salliana Seven Campbell, Daniel O’Brien, Dmitri Golovko
Costume Designers: Emma Lamp, Olivia Simpson, Victoria Perry, Eryn Burnett-Blue, Genevieve Graham
Directors: Imogen McCluskey, Neil Sharma, Matt Vesely, Stef Smith, Kane Senes and Hannah Barlow
Editors: Lily Davis, Daniel Oates, Michelle McGilvray, Rishi Shukla, Isaac Coen Lindsay
Hair and Makeup: Aoife Murray, Rebecca Burrato, Karen Gower, Rebecca Allen, Samara Gildea
Producers: Bethany Bruce, Liam Heyen, Jessica Magro, Tsu Shan Chambers, Sarah Freeman
Production Designers: Marni Kornhauser, Wei Guo, Aisha Phillips, Jonah Booth-Remmers, Emma Bourke
Sound: Weronika Raźna, Adam Dixon-Galea, Xoe Baird, Marisa Marsionis, Rose Mackenzie-Peterson
VFX and animation: Alana Lennie, Matt Crump, Tessa Bright, Jordan McInnes, John Bastian and Ben Ward
Writers: Huna Amweero, Hannah Carroll Chapman, Gretel Vella, Josh Sambono, Jessica Tuckwell
2022
Actors: Evie Macdonald, Mabel Li, Jillian Nguyen, Nathalie Morris, Sophie Wilde
Cinematographers: Sherwin Akbarzadeh, Emma Paine, Lewis Potts, Lucas Tomoana, Meg White
Composers: Brontë Horder, Freya Berkhout, Helena Czajka, Thomas E Rouch, Chiara Costanza
Costume Designers: Sabina Myers, Ellen Stanistreet, Valentina Serebrennikova, Lien See Leong, Emily Pires
Directors: Madeleine Gottlieb, Samuel Van Grinsven, Isaac Elliott, Katie Found, David O’Donnell
Editors: Christine Cheung, Rachel Grierson-Johns, Grace Eyre, Pip Hart, Jessie Hildebrand
Producers: Taryne Laffar, Hannah Ngo, Nikki Tran, Cody Greenwood, Hayley Adams
Production Designers: Ara Nuri Steel, Laura Anna Lucas, Celeste Veldze, Courtney Westbrook, Maya Coombs
VFX and Animation: Luke Gravett, Heidy Villafane, Francesca Milde, Roy Malhi, Christina Ryan
Writers: Philip Tarl Denson, Enoch Mailangi, Kim Ho, Caitlin Richardson, Clare Sladden