Australian film Late Night With The Devil has opened with a solid result over the weekend. The post Aus box office: ‘Late Night With The Devil’ posts solid opening while Kung Fu Panda 4 continues to dominate appeared first on IF Magazine ..read more

Screen Well was inundated with more than 200 applications for a recent Matchbox Pictures’ production job-sharing pilot scheme, but managed to place just one role. The post Job-sharing scheme shows potential after trial on Matchbox Pictures production appeared first on IF Magazine ..read more

Toby Wallace has had quite the homecoming since flying back to Australia from London at the end of last year, working with Ron Howard on the Queensland-shot survival thriller 'Eden' and a cameo in Charlie Williams' feature debut 'Inside'. The post ‘Fun and complications are what drives me’: Toby Wallace ready to hit the road again after ‘Eden’ adventure appeared first on IF Magazine ..read more

Author Susan Johnson’s memoir, 'Aphrodite’s Breath', will be pitched to leading producers and directors this week after being chosen for the Cannes Film Festival's Shoot the Book! initiative. The post ‘Aphrodite’s Breath’ memoir one of two English-language books pitched at Cannes Film Festival appeared first on IF Magazine ..read more

Lorcan Finnegan’s psychological thriller 'The Surfer', starring Nicolas Cage, will have its world premiere at Cannes after being chosen as one of four films for the Midnight Screenings section. The post Lorcan Finnegan’s WA-shot ‘The Surfer’ rides a wave to Cannes appeared first on IF Magazine ..read more

The Fall Guy premiere Director David Leitch and producer Kelly McCormick celebrated the Australian premiere of the The Fall Guy on April 8, alongside local cast and crew, including a special tribute to the Aussie stunt team. The film, which stars Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, was shot in Sydney and received the Location Offset. It was written by Drew Pearce and directed by David Leitch, who also produces with Kelly McCormick via 87North, alongside Gosling and Entertainment 360’s Guymon... The post Event wrap-up: photos from ‘The Fall Guy’, ‘Fallout’, ‘Swift Street’ and ‘Heartbreak High’ screen ..read more

Canadian actress and writer Fawzia Mirza has signed on to direct an adaptation of Su Dharmapala's The Wedding Season, which Sri Lankan-Australian actress Menik Gooneratne wrote and will star in. The post Fawzia Mirza to direct Menik Gooneratne in Melbourne-set feature ‘Written in the Stars’ appeared first on IF Magazine ..read more

Kylie Minogue was one of the biggest TV stars in the country in the late-1980s. But it took the support of the government’s newly-formed screen agency, the Film Finance Corporation (FFC), to provide millions of dollars in funding for her big screen debut. The post How Kylie Minogue’s box office bomb prompted government bureaucrats to become film critics appeared first on IF Magazine ..read more

First Nations professionals working on the medical front line and an elite female cycling team are among the subjects for nine documentary titles to share in $2.3 million of Screen Australia production funding. The post ‘Our Medicine’, ‘The Kimberley’ among nine documentaries to share in $2.3 million of Screen Australia production funding appeared first on IF Magazine ..read more

IF sat down with Screen Australia CEO Deirdre Brennan and chief operating officer/content director Grainne Brunsdon discuss the priorities under their new partnership. The post ‘We can assume that disruption and change is the constant’: Deirdre Brennan and Grainne Brunsdon on leading Screen Australia into a new era (Part 1) appeared first on IF Magazine ..read more