A cross-section of the country’s emerging screen talent has received the endorsement of the Casting Guild of Australia (Cga) with the announcement of the guild’s annual Rising Stars.
The 2021 list comprises Albert Mwangi (Bump), BeBe Bettencourt (The Dry), Clarence Ryan (Stateless), Claude Jabbour (Eden), Elizabeth Cullen (Elvis), Georgie Stone (Neighbours), Jacob Junior Nayinggul (High Ground), Marlo Kelly (Joe Exotic), Ngali Shaw (Rfds) and Yerin Ha (Halo).
Now in its seventh year, the program is designed to identify Australian actors that have the potential to shine on the world stage, with previous recipients including Eliza Scanlan (Babyteeth), Katherine Langford (13 Reasons Why), Zoe Terakes (Nine Perfect Strangers), Tilda Cobham-Harvey (Hotel Mumbai) and Alexander England (Little Monsters).
Cga president David Newman said the guild was particularly proud of the “talent, tenacity, drive, and passion” of the 2021 Cga Rising Stars.
“In a time when an actor has had to adapt like never before,...
The 2021 list comprises Albert Mwangi (Bump), BeBe Bettencourt (The Dry), Clarence Ryan (Stateless), Claude Jabbour (Eden), Elizabeth Cullen (Elvis), Georgie Stone (Neighbours), Jacob Junior Nayinggul (High Ground), Marlo Kelly (Joe Exotic), Ngali Shaw (Rfds) and Yerin Ha (Halo).
Now in its seventh year, the program is designed to identify Australian actors that have the potential to shine on the world stage, with previous recipients including Eliza Scanlan (Babyteeth), Katherine Langford (13 Reasons Why), Zoe Terakes (Nine Perfect Strangers), Tilda Cobham-Harvey (Hotel Mumbai) and Alexander England (Little Monsters).
Cga president David Newman said the guild was particularly proud of the “talent, tenacity, drive, and passion” of the 2021 Cga Rising Stars.
“In a time when an actor has had to adapt like never before,...
- 11/9/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Imogen McCluskey with longtime Dop Lucca Barone-Peters.
After graduating from Aftrs in 2017 filmmaker Imogen McCluskey’s career is taking off, with one feature and several shorts under her belt and multiple projects in development.
Currently she is writing and will direct one of seven segments of the anthology Masc, which will give female and non-binary perspectives on contemporary masculinity, with development funding from Screen Australia.
Her co-collaborators are Madeleine Gottlieb and Laura Nagy, who both came up with the concept, Renée Marie Petropoulos, Hyun Lee, Shari Sebbens and Cloudy Rhodes.
A comedy, her episode will focus on a 16-year-old boy who attends a single sex school and is being pressured by his friends to have sex with a girl.
In a surreal twist, his post-sex self comes to life as a kind of guardian angel. “It looks at hyper-masculine archetypes that boys are taught to live up to, and takes...
After graduating from Aftrs in 2017 filmmaker Imogen McCluskey’s career is taking off, with one feature and several shorts under her belt and multiple projects in development.
Currently she is writing and will direct one of seven segments of the anthology Masc, which will give female and non-binary perspectives on contemporary masculinity, with development funding from Screen Australia.
Her co-collaborators are Madeleine Gottlieb and Laura Nagy, who both came up with the concept, Renée Marie Petropoulos, Hyun Lee, Shari Sebbens and Cloudy Rhodes.
A comedy, her episode will focus on a 16-year-old boy who attends a single sex school and is being pressured by his friends to have sex with a girl.
In a surreal twist, his post-sex self comes to life as a kind of guardian angel. “It looks at hyper-masculine archetypes that boys are taught to live up to, and takes...
- 3/11/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘The Unboxing’.
There’s a guiding philosophy that’s successfully steered much of Hannah Lehmann’s career so far: When people are spending so much time on their phones and social media anyway, why not give them interesting content to watch via their apps?
Lehmann’s short-form work has garnered millions of views, with the Sydney filmmaker first grabbing industry attention after she distributed her 13 x one minute drama series The Out There via Instagram back in 2016. That led to her getting signed with Gersh Agency and Pathfinder in the Us and a Snapchat Original commission in Two Sides, premiering last year. Screen Australia also recently sent Lehmann to La as part of its Talent USA delegation, recognising her as an up-and-coming talent.
Two Sides, which she created, wrote and directed follows a teenage couple navigating a modern-day breakup in a split-screen format, showing both characters’ point of view of the breakup simultaneously.
There’s a guiding philosophy that’s successfully steered much of Hannah Lehmann’s career so far: When people are spending so much time on their phones and social media anyway, why not give them interesting content to watch via their apps?
Lehmann’s short-form work has garnered millions of views, with the Sydney filmmaker first grabbing industry attention after she distributed her 13 x one minute drama series The Out There via Instagram back in 2016. That led to her getting signed with Gersh Agency and Pathfinder in the Us and a Snapchat Original commission in Two Sides, premiering last year. Screen Australia also recently sent Lehmann to La as part of its Talent USA delegation, recognising her as an up-and-coming talent.
Two Sides, which she created, wrote and directed follows a teenage couple navigating a modern-day breakup in a split-screen format, showing both characters’ point of view of the breakup simultaneously.
- 1/20/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Top: Hunter Page-Lochard, Lily Sullivan. Bottom: Bobbi Salvor Menuez, Isabel Lucas.
Isabel Lucas, Hunter Page-Lochard, Lily Sullivan and Us actor Bobbi Salvor Menuez lead the ensemble cast of Daniel Askill’s debut feature film, a currently untitled psychological thriller.
The See Pictures and Collider project has just started shooting in the Cape Tribulation rainforest in Queensland, with Priscilla Doueihy, actor/musician Kirin J Kallahan and Trevor Jamieson also set to star.
The film follows six individuals who receive an alluring invitation for a summer retreat from an enigmatic host but find themselves trapped by a mysterious force in a surreal psychological test. The project is semi-scripted; the actors are working to a structured framework for improvisation rather than a traditional screenplay.
Askill makes his feature film debut following a career as a visual artist, music video and commercials director, including Grammy-nominated music videos with Sia for ‘Chandelier’ and ‘Elastic Heart...
Isabel Lucas, Hunter Page-Lochard, Lily Sullivan and Us actor Bobbi Salvor Menuez lead the ensemble cast of Daniel Askill’s debut feature film, a currently untitled psychological thriller.
The See Pictures and Collider project has just started shooting in the Cape Tribulation rainforest in Queensland, with Priscilla Doueihy, actor/musician Kirin J Kallahan and Trevor Jamieson also set to star.
The film follows six individuals who receive an alluring invitation for a summer retreat from an enigmatic host but find themselves trapped by a mysterious force in a surreal psychological test. The project is semi-scripted; the actors are working to a structured framework for improvisation rather than a traditional screenplay.
Askill makes his feature film debut following a career as a visual artist, music video and commercials director, including Grammy-nominated music videos with Sia for ‘Chandelier’ and ‘Elastic Heart...
- 12/11/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Transformers’ star Isabel Lucas, I Love Dick’s Bobbi Salvor Menuez, Harrow’s Hunter Page-Lochard and Picnic at Hanging Rock’s Lily Sullivan are to star in Daniel Askill’s debut feature film.
Principal photography has started in the remote Cape Tribulation rainforest of North Queensland, Australia on the untitled psychological thriller.
Askill makes his feature film debut following a slew of hit music videos including Sia’s Chandelier and Elastic Heart and Leonard Cohen’s Happens to the Heart, which starred Salvor Menuez. He also recently worked with Michael Fassbender, Benicio del Toro and Charlize Theron on The New York Times Vr experience Take Flight and Nowness short film Universal Machine.
The story follows six individuals who receive an alluring invitation for a summer retreat from an enigmatic host but find themselves trapped by a mysterious force in a surreal psychological test. It is semi-scripted; the actors are...
Principal photography has started in the remote Cape Tribulation rainforest of North Queensland, Australia on the untitled psychological thriller.
Askill makes his feature film debut following a slew of hit music videos including Sia’s Chandelier and Elastic Heart and Leonard Cohen’s Happens to the Heart, which starred Salvor Menuez. He also recently worked with Michael Fassbender, Benicio del Toro and Charlize Theron on The New York Times Vr experience Take Flight and Nowness short film Universal Machine.
The story follows six individuals who receive an alluring invitation for a summer retreat from an enigmatic host but find themselves trapped by a mysterious force in a surreal psychological test. It is semi-scripted; the actors are...
- 12/10/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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