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Opening Night - Becoming Bond Opening Night - Freo A Date For Mary Exhibition: Warp Installation: Suspended Voices On Her Majesty’s Secret Service / In Conversation with Lazenby Get Your Shorts On! Life in Pictures Two Nights From the Canyon Archive Experimental Showcase Next Gen Revel 8 VR: Only at the Air, Only at Each Other Night of the Living Dead Magnolia’s + Swamp Clubb Club Rev @ Babushka Exhibition: Picture Palaces Mini Rev Revelation Celebration REVSHORTS! + Notre Dame:Screen 2017

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INDUSTRIAL REVELATIONS

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Industrial Revelations Rev Academic + ATOM Guests

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FEATURES

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A Dark Song / A Dragon Arrives A Ghost Story / A Taste of Ink Are We Not Cats / Assholes AWOL / The Brick & The Mirror Dave Made a Maze / Even Lovers Get the Blues Farewell Analogue / Free Fire The Giant / The Girl With All the Gifts King of the Belgians / Lazy Bones

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Maligno / My Life As A Zucchini Neighborhood Foodrive / Patti Cake$ Radio Dreams / Sound and Fury Sylvio / Top Knot Detective The Untamed / Watch the Sunset Weirdos / Wiener-Dog Women Who Kill

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78/52 / A Life in Waves All the Rage / Amateurs in space Baxter and Me / Bobby Sands The Bomb / Chasing Trane Citizen Jane / Das Wassup Dead Hands Dig Deep / Descent Into The Maelstrom The Go Betweens: Right Here / Houston: We Have A Problem I Am Not Your Negro / It’s Not Just Me The Key to Dali / The Last Laugh Mattress Men / Meal Tickets Melanie / Orange Sunshine Roller Dreams / Safari Secrets At Sunrise / Spookers Tower / The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin Where is Rocky II / Working in Protest You Never Had it: An Evening with Bukowski

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THANK YOUS & CREDITS

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PROGRAM DIRECTOR’S PICKS TICKET & VENUE INFO FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

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JACK SARGEANT

RICHARD SOWADA

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER

This year’s festival boasts our largest programme yet, with movies from regulars such as Ben Wheatley, Jennifer Kroot, and the team of Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky, who are also festival guests.

So – it’s Rev’s 20th year! How amazing.

There are retrospective sessions focusing on the work of Curt McDowell and experimental women’s cinema, comedies ranging from the dead-pan Neighborhood Food Drive and Wiener-Dog to the bad taste pleasures of Assholes, documentaries on the nature of art, on (inner and outer) space travel, on cinema, on literature, and on four different Australian bands. There are movies about first relationships and worst relationships, demons, aliens, and pets. We have works from acclaimed emerging talents like Ingrid Jungermann and Deb Shoval, and established directors like Amat Escalante and Ulrich Seidl. We’ve partnered with the Irish Film Festival to showcase movies, and with Fremantle Arts Centre to showcase video art. We have free movies for kids. And yes we have James Bond too. Prepare to be shaken and stirred.

Over the years I’ve explained the origins of the event many times but for those interested in seeing the actual artefacts and creative progression we suggest you take a trip to the Museum of Perth where the history of Rev is included in the great history of Perth picture palaces . It’s infinitely rewarding for the event to be acknowledged as a contributor to that. In working with Jack Sargeant on the programming I feel we’re actually connected personally to the works themselves. I feel that we play an active role in the life and history of the films and filmmakers and that in some way we are linked into the past, present and future of the form in so doing. I’m very proud of what Revelation has accomplished over its 20 years. I feel that its spirit of adventure is as strong as it ever was, its critical approach to the creative and business sector continues to set the pace for programming and audience development and its political viewpoint gives it a unique sense of purpose and drive. It is quite unlike any other event internationally. Finally I must deeply thank everyone who’s ever been involved in the event from Rev’s prototypes of Bombora Theatre and Cinema Tabu, its early 16mm days through until today. All know what kind of ride it has been, what it takes, where it’s come from and what can be achieved. It is a true team effort. See you in the dark.

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HON DAVID TEMPLEMAN MLA MINISTER FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS

I am delighted to be attending the 20th Revelation Perth International Film Festival this year as Minister for Culture and the Arts. As a long-term, active participant in the arts in my local community, I have seen first-hand the positive role arts and culture plays in developing a community by bringing people together to entertain, educate and connect. For 20-years Revelation has been doing just that, building a stronger and more diverse program year upon year. Through profound documentaries, shock horror films, hilarious comedies, family friendly films, and everything in between, Rev has helped shape Perth’s film loving community not only during the festival but year round through their various touch points. And this year is no exception. I congratulate founder Richard Sowada on his immense passion and efforts guiding Revelation from inception to being an iconic film festival on the Perth festival calendar. The Western Australian Government, through Screenwest and Lotterywest, is proud to be the major supporter of the Festival. I wish the entire Revelation team and volunteers a successful festival and thank attendees for their continued support of the festival and enthusiasm for the arts.

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A true visionary and pioneer of early cinema Georges Méliès directed some of the most beautiful movies ever conceived. Perhaps the original pioneer of visual effects, a lover of fantasy and believer in the magic of cinema, Méliès was an early master of stop frame animation andDETECTIVE special effects, wellMedia as a true FAMILY RULES - Metamorflix TOP KNOT - Blue as Forest storyteller. Most recently celebrated in Martin Scorsese’s multi-Oscar winning feature Hugo (2011), which opened up the director’s work to a younger audience and emphasised that Méliès work is as beautiful, visually lavish and spectacular today as it ever was. Revelation are proud to present The Georges Méliès Project, featuring seven films by the French cinema pioneer accompanied by a live performance of original scores by American composer Phillip Johnson.

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Phillip Johnson has previously scored and performed life soundtracks to Tod Browning’s The Unknown (1927), Teinosuke Kinugasa’s Page of Madness (1926) and Murnau’s Faust (1926). He has scored numerous contemporary film and theatre productions. He has performed in Fast ’N’ Bulbous: the Captain Beefheart Project and has led The Microscopic Septet. After premiering in New York at the Lincoln Centre, The Georges Méliès Project has toured the world, wowing international audiences, and now it’s Perth’s turn! ONE SHOT: AN IMAGE AND AN ATTITUDE - Farmhouse Films SHOCK ART- Periscope Pictures

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TITLE Our annual roundup of some of the best animation out there, showcasing both exciting new talent and more established artists. From the strange adventure of a diver in Beneath to Innocent Andrew which tells of a book cover lost in a bookshop, via robots, pirates and much, much more. Plus the multi-award winning The Missing Key.

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USA

OPENING NIGHT: BECOMING BOND

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Becoming Bond tells the story of George Lazenby, the Australian James Bond. From his early career as a mechanic to taking on one of the most iconographic roles in film – despite never acting before – Lazenby’s biography is a larger than life tale of chance, risk, and opportunity. This almost-unbelievable biography – Lazenby only played Bond once, famously turning down the role after On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – is brought to life by director Greenbaum’s careful handling of the material. On screen the charismatic Lazenby is the perfect storyteller and interviewee, meanwhile the dramatic recreations (with Josh Lawson playing Lazenby) add a depth to the material. Becoming Bond is a film that appreciates and understands its subject and Lazenby’s wit and sense of the absurd are given space, but the film doesn’t gloss over his regrets either, all of which gives Becoming Bond a sense of genuine warmth. Join us for our famous opening night with guests aplenty, lashings of free drinks and food, DJs and that special vibe that is Rev’s annual celebration of cinema. From 6pm onwards we’ll have our traditional Luna Projection Show bringing the outside of the cinema to life in the most surprising of ways. After the film our fabulous volunteers will then show you to our opening party at The Blue Flamingo located 2 minutes walk down Oxford St. Ticket includes film and after party.

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FREMANTLE OPENING NIGHT: A DATE FOR MAD MARY DIRECTED BY DARREN THORNTON 2016/82MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

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A tough and tender love story about friendship, first love and staying sane in small town Ireland. ‘Mad’ Mary McArdle (Seána Kerslake) needs to find a date for her best friend’s wedding. But her attempts to find a partner are a disaster … until she meets Jess (Tara Lee - The Fall) and everything changes. This remarkable first feature from Darren Thornton has been wowing festival audiences around the world since its award winning debut at the Galway Film Fleadh last year. Thornton has a way with words and empathy for the small-town characters who inhabit the underbelly world of his home town of Drogheda (just north of Dublin). Thornton eschews the obvious picture postcard locations, choosing instead the faux pubs and tawdry discos as a background for this love story with a twist. There’s a dark but ribald humour to ‘Mad’ Mary’s cinematic small town Irish world reminiscent of Pat McCabe’s The Butcher Boy. It’s now an Ireland of fast food Mac-jobs and petty racism but Darren Thornton finds humour and hope and displays a genuine affection for the language and humanism of modern Ireland. Join us for our first ever opening night in Fremantle with complimentary drinks and nibbles from 6pm at Luna SX and film at 7pm. Usual ticket prices apply.

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EXHIBITION: WARP The Revelation Perth International Film Festival is one of the most exciting and respected independent cinema festivals in Australia. Celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2017, Revelation is renowned for its thoughtful and provocative program, lively discussion sessions and passionate advocacy for Australian screen culture.

Revelation is delighted to partner with FAC for the first time to present Warp. Bringing together eight leading and emerging artists from Victoria and WA, this exhibition of video works explores the way our increasingly screen-dominated lives are affecting our perception of reality and the way we interact and connect with others.

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Shifting ideas around intimacy and isolation, the performative instincts within our online exchanges and the threats and promises of a digitised personal history are some of the themes explored in this thought provoking and sometimes challenging series of works.

FREE EVENT

CURATED BY AMY MARJORAM (VIC) REVELATION FILM FESTIVAL COMMISSION


Exhibiting artists:

Government of Western Australia Department of Culture and the Arts

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Tom Blake (WA) Ellen Broadhurst (WA) Dale Buckley (WA) Lou Hubbard (VIC) Georgie Mattingley (VIC) Michael Meneghetti (VIC) Georgie Roxby Smith (VIC) Andrew Varano (WA)

VIDEO ART TACTICS: A WARP PANEL DISCUSSION SAT 8 JULY,10:30AM-12:30PM FAC PAVLICH ROOM Free, reservations via: eventbrite.com

To accompany WARP this special panel focuses on the changing nature of contemporary video art practice and curation. Examining questions of technology, exhibition, and reception, the panel will consider developments in video as a medium and the practical and creative challenges of presenting video art within galleries, festivals, alternative spaces and online. Discussion will focus both on the work exhibited at WARP and local and international video art directions. Artists, filmmakers, curators and all who are interested in the video medium are encouraged to attend. Panelists include: Amy Marjoram (curator WARP) Jack Sargeant (writer, programme director Revelation Perth International Film Festival) Dale Buckley (artist and curator) Michael Meneghetti (artist and curator) Georgie Roxby Smith (artist) Denah Johnson (curator) tbc Leon Marvell (writer, curator and educator) Panel facilitator: Erin Coates

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St George’s Cathedral, 38 St Georges Terrace, Perth

FREE EVENT

Gold coin donations for charity most welcome

Suspended Voices is a video projection artwork literally ‘suspended’ within Perth’s historic St George’s Cathedral. It’s an audiovisual requiem for voices and didgeridoo created by audiovisual artist/musician Roly Skender. Unlike anything that has been presented in the Cathedral before, Suspended Voices draws from the space it inhabits, including vocal performers from the St George’s Cathedral Consort and the deep didgeridoo of Noongar man Olman Walley. As a modern requiem, the theme of death pervades. However, the ‘final’ state is not viewed as a conclusion. Borrowing from the musical concept of a ‘suspended’ chord, the work presents death as an in-between state, equal to that preceding life. Subsequently, the state of suspension is also one of potential, representing a cycle of resolving life and suspended death/ pre-birth states. The magnificent St George’s Cathedral provides the perfect canvas for this mesmerising audiovisual installation.

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Special Event - special ticket price $25 1969/144MIN/ CLASSIFIED PG

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Star and Australia’s only Bond George Lazenby in attendance. Session includes film, 1 hour Conversation + 45min signing.

For many fans of James Bond On Her Majesty’s Secret Service ranks amongst the very best of the Bond movies. With a plot concerning germ warfare and the sinister S.P.E.C.T.R.E organisation, headed by Ernst Stavro Blofeld, this is classic Bond that still seems contemporary. The sixth film adapted from Ian Fleming’s books stars George Lazenby who stepped into the role vacated by Sean Connery with apparent ease, bringing a more natural nuance to Bond and leaving his own mark on 007. The film has all the classic Bond ingredients as well as boasting the dream cast that includes Telly Savalas as the villainous Blofeld, and, straight from appearing on the hit TV series The Avengers, Diana Rigg as Tracy. This screening will feature an introduction by George Lazenby, and will be followed by a very special In-Conversation between George Lazenby and FilmInk’s own Travis Johnson. Please note that there will be an interval between the end of the film and the In Conversation.

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The In Conversation will be followed by an autograph signing.*

*Autographs provided at a fee

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Get Your Shorts On! is back with another fresh and exciting line up of short films guaranteed to delight audiences and showcase the talents of WA’s emerging filmmakers. MONSTERS AS FRIENDS

CRUMBS DRAMA, 13MIN Producers: Shelby Shaw & Georgia Landre-Ord Writer/Director: Briege Whitehead

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DOCUMENTARY, 8MIN Producer: Bridgette Terlick Writer/Director: Sam Lara

Get Your Shorts On! films have received funding support from Screenwest, Lotterywest and/or the Film & Television Institute (FTI).

An observational documentary illustrating the dark, light and in-between of the endlessly charismatic artist Steve Browne as he prepares for his first solo exhibition.

After suffering a major loss, Sam actively sabotages the project of his nine year old neighbour.

Some shorts are not suitable for persons under 15.

I SAID NOTHING COMEDY, 12MIN Producers: Brett Dowson & Jess Parker Writers: Kaleb McKenna & Brett Dowson Director: Kaleb McKenna

DRAMA, 10MIN Producers: Jess Parker & Brett Dowson Writers: Cody Cameron-Brown & Brett Dowson Director: Cody Cameron-Brown

A young woman throws herself into memories of her ex when he arrives at her engagement party.

A lonely man’s compassion for life is tested whilst presiding over his favourite fishing cliffs.

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DRAMA, 9MIN Producer: Jaclyn Hewer Writer/Director: CJ Friday

COMEDY, 13MIN Producer: Georgina Isles Writer: Magda Wozniak Director: Renee Rutgrink

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A spirited child searches for the identity of her parents and comes face-to-face with the imminent loss of her sister.


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Lara is excited to be attending the government’s new Adult School but her journey toward ‘adulthood’ is thrown off track when she meets Harry, her new classmate.

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LIFE IN PICTURES

What is ageing? Does it mean ‘getting old’? Is it ‘getting older’? Or is it simply ‘growing’? The Life in Pictures filmmaking competition is a unique collaboration between government, the arts and the community that’s centered on stimulating discussion about ageing, celebrating achievements of those who are ageing and diving into cultures each who have a different perspective on what it is to age. Relevance in the workforce, finances, living in a cashless society, sex and sexuality, relationships to family and community, housing, health care, vulnerability to elder abuse and myriad other forces come into play. Like-wise the contribution people who are now seniors make and have made in building the communities we inhabit globally and locally are not always acknowledged or recognised. Their stories of triumph, achievement and of course struggle are forces that surround them and inform us. This film competition asked filmmakers to develop and shoot a film up to 2-minutes looking at perspectives on ageing in the community and is designed to raise and enhance awareness of the rewards and challenges of ageing. There are three entry categories each with a tailored prize pool worth around $6,000 in each section: • Under 17 • 18–59 • 60+ Join us for a special screening and gala presentation of films from each of these categories as we give out more than $20,000 in cash and prizes for the lucky winners!

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16MM RETROSPECTIVE

TWO NIGHTS FROM THE CANYON ARCHIVE PRESENTED BY DENAH JOHNSON (USA)

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Always Something There to Remind Me is the result of a passionate wander through 60 years of the Canyon collection, specifically considering work made by women. Found footage, optical printing, documentary, dance, performance, repetition, time-lapse and other approaches engage in human folly between the sexes, the Anthropocene, cosmic strip tease and various issues related to agency and representation. This program aims to crack open the vault and encourage interest in exploring the various worlds and wonders within. M

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WHAT IS A MAN?

(1958) SARA KATHRYN ARLEDGE 10 MIN. COLOR, SOUND 16MM

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(1974) SHARON COUZIN 8 MIN. COLOR, SOUND 16MM

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(1973) DOROTHY WILEY 12 MIN. COLOR, SOUND 16MM

MISS JESUS FRIES ON GRILL

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NAOMI UMAN (1999) 6 MIN. COLOR, SOUND 16MM

CHRONICLES OF A LYING SPIRIT

(BY KELLY GABON) (1992) CAULEEN SMITH 13 MIN. COLOR, SOUND 16MM

LIE BACK AND ENJOY IT

(1982) JOANN ELAM 8 MIN. B&W, SOUND 16MM

TAKE OFF

GUNVOR NELSON (1972) 10 MIN. B&W, SOUND 16MM

YOU AND I REMAIN

(2015) KATE MCCABE 15 MIN. COLOR, SOUND 16MM

STINKY WIENERS AND DREAMY BEAVERS - A COLLECTION OF CURT MCDOWELL FILMS B&W/COLOR, SOUND, 16MM/74MINS/ (CONTENT ADVISORY, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL) UNCLASSIFIED 18+

Stinky Wieners and Dreamy Beavers contains seminal early films made by Curt McDowell. Oscillating between family friendly and overtly sensual, purely musical and overly dramatic here you get a full spectrum experience of the world-renowned McDowell charm. M

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Confessions is a special jewel in the program that was produced while Curt was a student at the San Francisco Art Institute studying with George Kuchar who quickly became a long-time friend, lover and collaborator. As an openly gay and truly pansexual filmmaker Curt celebrated sex, intimacy and human connection. He was as comfortable playing with genre as reveling in melodrama via camp aesthetic and counterculture bohemia. Several films star the Kuchar brothers alongside frequent collaborators Mark Ellinger and Ainsley Pryor. As portrayed in True Blue and Dreamy “dreams don’t just come true they are true.” This is the sweetest sentiment one could relate about McDowell’s fearless, heart-felt and funny work. Ainslie Trailer (1972), Confessions (1971), Wieners and Buns Musical (1972), True Blue and Dreamy (1973), Dora Myrtle (1973), The Mean Brothers “Get Stood Up” (1973), Stinky-Butt (1974) and Beaver Fever (1974). Images courtesy of Canyon Cinema Foundation


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This year we boast an exceptional selection of experimental works from across the world. Through a wide range of technologies these filmmmakers explore the flesh, the family, the individual, the transformation of self, the sublime, the structural, the beautiful and the apocalyptic.

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ANALOGUE

UNCLASSIFIED 18+

SUNFLOWERS

DIR: IAN HAIG/AUST/2MIN/2016

DIR: JEFF ZORRILLA/ ARGENTINA/6MIN/2016

BEFORE

DIR: CECILIA ARANEDA/ CANADA/4MIN/2016

ETERNAL BOGLAP

DIR: ERIN COATES, NEIL ALDUM, SIMONE JOHNSTON/AUST/4MIN/2016

MUSIC OF DESIRE

DIR: KRISTIN REEVES/USA/8MIN/2016

VERNAE

DIR: A FILM BY ETHAN FOLK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HOUSE OF IA, DEVIN MCDERMOTT, AND TYLER WARDWELL/USA/28MIN/2016

THE NEIGHBORS

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38 RIVER ROAD

DIR: JOSH WEISSBACH/USA, SWITZERLAND/7MIN/2016

CHIARA

DIR: JEFF ZORRILLA ARGENTINA/2017/4MIN

THERE’S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A MAN DIR: EMMA PENAZ EISNER/ USA/7MIN/2017

THE TREMBLING GIANT

DIR: PATRICK TARRANT/UK/19MIN/2016

LONG YEARNING

DIR: ELLIOT SPENCER AUST,CHINA/25MIN/2017


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SUN 9, THE BACKLOT PERTH RATING: M15+

The inaugural Next Gen Webfest is a festival that celebrates short form content for the web by local emerging filmmakers. Web series are the future of television so NEXT GEN and Revelation Film Festival are excited to team up and support this growing format in the form of two People’s Choice Screenings on Sunday the 9th of July at The Backlot Perth and an Awards Ceremony, hosted by Matthew Eeles from Cinema Australia, following the second screening. Get involved and support local emerging filmmakers by voting for your favourite episode to win the People’s Choice Award!


PEOPLE’S CHOICE SCREENING Sunday 9 July, doors open 1pm for a 1.30pm start The Backlot Perth, 21 Simpson Street, West Perth $20 PEOPLE’S CHOICE SCREENING + AWARDS CEREMONY Sunday 9 July, doors open 5.30pm for a 6pm start The Backlot Perth, 21 Simpson Street, West Perth $30 Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/PZBA


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Revel-8 is presented by Keith Smith, Co-ordinator Film and Video, Edith Cowan University with thanks to Lindsay Vickery and the talented music composition students at the WA Academy of Performing Arts. Join us for Australia’s only Super 8 Festival, a celebration of lo-fi grass roots community filmmaking on cool retro film cameras. Theme: ‘Magic’ Filmmaker challenge: shoot one reel of silent Super 8 film incamera lasting just 3½ minutes. Composer challenge: compose and record a music soundtrack without even meeting the director.


Audience challenge: cheer for your favourite film as you sit side-by-side with anxious filmmakers who haven’t seen or heard their films, and nervous composers who want to know if they’ve got it right! Prizes to be awarded on the night include Best Film, Best Music Soundtrack, Best Super 8 Cinematography and Audience Choice Award.

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A very special opportunity to experience Only At The Air, Only At Each Other - a unique VR work exhibited prior to the screening of 78/52 on Saturday 8th July. The work also informs the talk Working In VR at the SAE on Sunday 9th July. Only The Air, Only At Each Other is an experimental exploration of in-between spaces, of spaces like waiting rooms, airports and in the case of Only At The Air, hotel rooms. It features a virtual reimagining of Marion Crane’s room at the Bates Motel (from Alfred HItchcock’s Psycho) and works metaphorically as a purgatorial space, a space between starting point and destination, and as an in-between space between life and death. Realisation by Greg Ferris, sound design by Alex Davies, voice-over by Cameron Stewart “No one really runs away from anything. It’s like a private trap that holds us in like a prison. You know what I think? I think that we’re all in our private traps, clamped in them, and none of us can ever get out. We scratch and we claw, but only at the air, only at each other, and for all of it, we never budge an inch...” Norman Bates in Psycho. This VR work will be exhibited at 1:30pm prior to the screening of 78/52 in the Luna Bar on Sat 8th and at 11.00am on Sunday 9th prior to Working in Virtual Realities at SAE, Northbridge (see Industrial Revelations).


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NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

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Music and FX performed live by Perth outfit Genrefonix Note: This is not the entire film - just the juiciest bits!

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Perth zombie lovers and movie buffs are invited to a musical celebration of arguably the most influential zombie movie of all time. The Night of the Living Dead! George A. Romero’s 1968 classic will never sound so good, with experimental arts/music collective Genrefonix unleashing a rockin’ set of original horror music and soundscapes sync’d to a mash up of the best movie scenes and zombie action. Back in ‘68 the film’s original producers failed to file for copyright correctly, allowing the movie and themes to be copied, repackaged and resold by anyone and everyone. The result was the birth of the modern zombie, including many of the shuffling, groaning, flesh eating traits we’ve come to love. Where would the The Walking Dead be without George A. Romero?! Come in costume. Come in make up. Come and get your zombie fix back where it all began. Join us for Zombie burlesque dancers and costume prizes to the event.

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$10 or Free Entry with a ticket stub from any Revelation Film

Magnolia’s returns for its fifth entry in the franchise, promising to be better than Rocky V (the worst of the Rockys) and Star Trek V (aka Don’t Let Shatner Direct) combined! Don’t think of it as Magnolia’s Rev Show 5 then, think of it as our 4 & 1/2. Like if Fellini was alive today, but spent his time reflecting on DeNiro’s last five films on a podcast in a dusty garage. Yes, North Perth’s most iconic live DIY talk show is back at Rev to celebrate its 20th anniversary as the film festival of choice! Like a tasteful reboot of The Dick Cavett Show with the dining ambience of Casablanca and the exuberance of Zabriskie Point, Magnolias engages in fun, loose and thoughtful convos with great guests in front of an intimate audience. Hosted by Tristan Fidler (RTRFM’s Movie Squad) and Matt Aitken (Paddle Clubb), this is chance to ‘Rupert Pupkin’ local champions and visiting talents on behalf of the Revelation Film Festival. All the bonus DVD features are here as well - Mystery Drinks with Nick Odell, Amber’s Love Seat, the nonsensical interruptions of “Jimmy’s Choice”, Brett “he’s the Gladiator again” on the music cues and SFX, and a whole lot more! Grab a drink and enjoy big (hearted) (future) film “stars” live on the couch for a chat, some anecdotes and some reflections on the “silver screen”. It’s the Fast Five of Magnolias: less about cars and explosions, more about chinwagging and quality snacks, contemplating the big cinematic questions we all ask ourselves, “Who would be a better friend to hang out with - The Rock or Vin Diesel?”


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FREEWAY MEDITATION BY SWAMP CLUBB & KATIE WEST What’s underneath a freeway? What’s been hidden and erased from maps of this place?

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Come for an immersive night time walk from the cinema, under a freeway and to the edge of an ancient wetland. Reconnect with the vast wetlands that flourished in central Perth until they were drained between 1830 and 1880. Drink some tea made from foraged local plants, watch short films projected onto Lake Monger, listen to the wetlands & sink below the freeway. Tickets from eventbrite.com.au https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/freeway-meditation-by-swamp-clubb-katie-westtickets-34826157976 https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/freeway-meditation-by-swamp-clubb-katie-west-p2tickets-34826519056


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9PM: WILL STOKER AND THE EMBERS LIVE ($10 – WWW.EVENTBRITE.COM.AU)

7.30–8.30PM: DIRECTOR’S NOTES (FREE) 9PM–LATE: DJ (FREE)

Join us post screening of Meal Tickets for a special gig and Club Rev kick-off with a live performance from Will Stoker and the Embers.

Director’s Notes talk: Jack Sargeant & Richard Sowada will be joined by as many guests as we can muster to talk indie film, they’ll be looking at areas including distribution, festivals, filmmaking and much more.

SUN 9 & MON 10 JULY 7–8.30PM: CANYON CINEMA RETROSPECTIVE ($15) 9PM–LATE: DJ (FREE)

Special guest Denah Johnson presents two nights of experimental and underground film from Canyon Cinema. One of the great archives for international independent, underground, avant garde and experimental cinema their catalogue is home to filmmakers the caliber of Greata Snider, Bruce Conner, Shirley Clarke, Craig Baldwin, Jackie Leger, Kenneth Anger, Les Blank, Stan Brakhage and..well..need we go on? These two specially curated programs look at some of the most lovely and lively parts of their collection - and are presented for you here on their original 16mm formats. Both programs feature an introduction, commentary and Q&A with Canyon Cinema curator and Rev guest direct from San Francisco Denah Johnson.

WED 12 JULY 7–8.30PM: THE TRINITY COLLECTION ($10) 9PM–LATE: DJ (FREE)

We’ve always had a weird fascination for atomic test and civil defense films – so we’re going to inflict that on you with The Trinity Collection. This amazing collection of films from the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s is specially curated by Rev and presented in wonderful 16mm.

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TAKE OFF Courtesy of Canyon Cinema Foundation

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7.30–8.30PM: JACK SARGEANT ON BURROUGHS 9PM–LATE: DJ (FREE)

6–9PM: MAGNOLIA’S REV SPECIAL ($10) 9PM–LATE: DJ (FREE)

Rev Program Director Jack Sargeant’s talk examines the role of William (Naked Lunch) Burroughs in the arts - and especially his work in film and sound. He will also be selling copies of his book on Burroughs related culture: Against Control. Includes Q&A

Oh God…they’re back. Perth’s very own live film and entertainment talk show is back. Magnolia’s Rev Special goes where few fear (or want) to tread. It’s a special kind of interactive cabaret and huge amounts of fun. See page 23.

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MON 17 & TUES 18 JULY (FREE)

7–8.30PM: MONDO TEEN ($10) 9PM–LATE: DJ (FREE)

7PM–MIDNIGHT

Going right back to our roots we present Mondo Teen. Drawn from our private collection of 16mm 1950s and 1960s education and information films this is a rare and hilarious compilation insight into exactly where we went wrong. Screening includes stories and commentary.

SAT 15 JULY 7.30–8.30PM: DIRECTOR’S NOTES (FREE) 9PM–LATE: DJ (FREE)

Director’s Notes talk: Directing documentaries: harder than herding cats. Two feature documentaries, directed by WA directors, are currently in cinemas. But what does it take to craft and create real life stories for the big screen.

We’re open and DJ-ing well into the evening. Come on in and enjoy pre and post-film drinks with all your and our friends!

WED 19 JULY (FREE) 8PM–LATE

Rev is closing with the local short film showcase Get Your Shorts On! so join us for an after party with local filmmakers, Rev crew and everybody else as we wave goodbye for 2017! It’s free and is guaranteed to be a super fun celebration of all thing screen.

Cathy Henkel (Rise of the Eco-Warriors, The Burning Season) will talk with James Bogle (Whiteley) and Pete Gleeson (Hotel Coolgardie) about the directing challenges, storytelling devices and absolute force of will needed to pull together a feature documentary for cinema release. Pesented by the ADG


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EXHIBITION: PICTURE PALACES Revelation Perth International Film Festival is delighted to present our 20th anniversary commission Picture Palaces. Inspired by the recent Art Deco Society of Western Australia publication Picture Palaces of the Golden Era, published by the National Trust, this visual arts exhibition will pay homage to the evolution of the motion picture show in the West.

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In 1896 the city’s first motion picture show was screened to a street audience by projection from a Barrack Street hotel balcony. After several weeks the police tried to close down the enterprise because crowds were blocking the street! It would take another 20 years before Perth would see the construction of its first cinema but from then Perth’s city, its suburbs and its country-side saw some of the most spectacular cinemas and theatres anywhere in the country. Many are sadly forgotten despite their auditoriums still existing right in the heart of the city, but this exhibition brings this glorious and fascinating history to life in unexpected ways. Revelation is proud to have been part of this great tradition having screened and been housed in some of Perth’s most iconic theatre and cinemas buildings - His Majesty’s Theatre, Victoria Hall, the Princess Theatre, The Astor, Cinema Paradiso, Luna and The Blue Room Theatre. Picture Palaces will also bring to life the Rev journey with the very first public display of 19 years of poster artworks, artefacts and a film festival narrative by festival founder and director Richard Sowada. The exhibition concept and design has been driven by a talented ECU Design team who’ve delivered a wonderful space filled with reflections of the past and visions of the future. We invite you to step into one of Perth’s finest examples of 1930’s Art Deco architecture, the Museum of Perth, and immerse yourself in our bold exhibition Picture Palaces.

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MINI REV: FREE JULY HOLIDAY KIDS SCREENINGS Mini Rev is proudly presented by Revelation, City of Perth, Awesome Arts and the State Library of Western Australia. After sell out houses last year we are back by popular demand with two programs of brand spanking new international kids animations. This delightful two-part program features an array of colourful, crazy and music loving animals. You will get to see a sausage dog bridge, trees in boots, a wolf ballerina, country and western featuring noodles and get to meet Queen Bum! We are delighted to welcome back AWESOME Arts interactive workshops where you get to make your very own movie sound effects. Join us half hour prior to screenings in the theatre foyer for complimentary guacamole and chip goody bags for everyone to crunch on served courtesy of Guzman y Gomez™ Mexican Taqueria. Come and join Revelation as we celebrate our 20th birthday and enjoy a big day out in the city! FREE EVENT

PROGRAM 1: QUEEN BUM & CHUMS!

(50MINS) MON 3 – FRI 14, 10.30AM (EXCEPT TUE 4) STATE LIBRARY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA THEATRE Free for the whole family to enjoy Reservations required, bookings through slwa.eventbrite.com.au Proudly presented by


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PROGRAM 2: GIRAFFE SOUP & CHEESE DOODLES!

(50MINS) MON 3 – FRI 14, 2.00PM STATE LIBRARY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA THEATRE Free for the whole family to enjoy Reservations required, bookings through slwa.eventbrite.com.au

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TUE 4 – THU 6, TUE 11 – THU 13, 12.30PM STATE LIBRARY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, THE EDUCATION ROOM SUITABLE FOR AGES 6-12 DURATION: 50MINS COST: $20.30 PER PARTICIPANT Join AWESOME Arts for an interactive workshop where you’ll learn about and create movie sound effects from recycled materials! Bookings through www.trybooking.com/QGQM

MINI MAKERS FREE

MON 3 & MON 10, 11.30AM – 1PM STATE LIBRARY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, BIBLIOTECH CO-WORKING STUDIO LEVEL 1 Are you interested in LEGO® Animation? Come along to a new, interactive workshop for 7 to 12 year olds, exploring stop motion animation techniques using LEGO® and images from the State Library collections. Storyboard, build, create and explore with our resident LEGO® expert. Bookings through slwa.eventbrite.com.au

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FREE FILMS FOR CHILDREN at Luna Palace Cinemas Leederville and Luna on SX! It’s the school holidays and Revelation are very happy to announce free screenings of animated feature films for families every weekday morning (10–14 July, 10.30am) at both the Luna Leederville and the Luna on SX in Fremantle. There are three titles, playing at both locations, so come and celebrate family cinema on the big screen! Children must be accompanied by an adult. Proudly presented by

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THE SECRET OF THE KELLS

DIR: TOMM MOORE AND NORA TWOMWY FRANCE, BELGIUM, IRELAND/2009/75MINS A multi-award winning animated tale that celebrates Celtic culture and Irish mythology, as twelve year old Brendan must battle Vikings and a god, and complete the Book of Kells. Rated PG Leederville 10 and 11 / SX 13 and 14

THE BOY AND THE BEAST

DIR: MAMORU HOSODA JAPAN, 2015/120MINS Young orphan Kyuta lives on the streets of Shibuya, until he meets Kumatestsu and discovers the world of the beasts. The unlikely pair have to overcome their differences and save both human and beast worlds in the glorious, multi-award winning anime Rated PG SX 11 and 12 / Leederville 14

WOLF CHILDREN

DIR: MAMORU HOSODA JAPAN, 2012/117MINS Wolf Children tells the story of young mother Hana and her two very special children, and their lives together. A magical, award winning, and moving anime, and a beautifully realised fairy tale. Rated PG SX 10 / Leederville 12 and 13

Reservations essential. Bookings via www.revelationfilmfest.org

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A pop up cinema? In a library? YES! Come and enjoy a selection of the very best children’s animation from around the world during the July school holidays. Perfect for the whole family. CITY OF VINCENT MON 3 & 10, TUE 4 & 11, THU 6 & 13 JULY 11.30am & 1.30pm - No bookings required


City of Vincent Library & Local History Centre The Loftus Centre, Leederville

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The Meeting Place, 245 South Terrace, Fremantle

North Perth Community Bank® Branch

THU 13 JULY Fremantle Library, 8 William Street, Fremantle All sessions: 2.00 – 3.00 pm Bookings essential through www.eventbrite.com.au/o/lifelong-learningfremantle-7193668641

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NOTRE DAME:SCREEN 2017 A retrospective collection of works from our award-winning and nominated film and journalism students. Screen 2017 will feature some of the best screen works that have come out of the Communications and Media degree at The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus.

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PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY THE CITY OF PERTH | FURTHER INFORMATION: WWW.MUSEUMOFPERTH.COM

Can you see yourself working as a cinematographer, director or producer? Perfect the art of visual storytelling with a Screen Production degree at Murdoch University. Designed specifically to reflect the latest industry practices, this degree provides you with the necessary skills and conceptual knowledge required for a successful career in creative media.

For more information, visit midyear.murdoch.edu.au or come along to our Open Day on Sunday 30 July to find out more.

Perth | Dubai | Singapore

CRICOS Provider Code 00125J

You’ll learn hands-on skills from your first semester and gain valuable experience by working in multidisciplinary teams. You will also have the chance to work on real projects and build your own diverse professional portfolio before you graduate.

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INDUSTRIAL REVELATIONS PROUDLY PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH SAE QANTM CREATIVE MEDIA INSTITUTE

MICHAEL GALINSKY - PRODUCING LOW BUDGET DOCUMENTARIES

YOUR PRESS RELEASE SUCKS: HOW TO GET NOTICED AND WRITTEN ABOUT

SATURDAY 8 JULY, 10AM-NOON THE BACKLOT PERTH, 21 SIMPSON ST WEST PERTH

SAT 15 JULY, 1-3PM BUDBURST, 406 OXFORD ST, MT HAWTHORN

Michael Galinsky will give a survey of his work, including his music, photography, and film- discussing how the different forms build upon each other, allowing the work to grow and expand. He will discuss his evolving relationship to documentation, cultural frames, perception, work, and health. Further he will discuss strategies that he and Suki Hawley have developed that help them take advantage of the resources they have access to. He will ramble a little, but so does his work. Suki will try to get him back on track.

Arts journalists and editors are busy, overworked, and underappreciated people who are bombarded day and night by requests for free publicity. You’re an artist, a musician, a filmmaker, or a performer who needs people to know about your work – how do you stand out from the pack without resorting to actually paying for advertising? Travis Johnson will teach you.

Register at: www.revelation-michael-galinsky.eventbrite.com.au

This is practical workshop covering writing style, formatting, imagery and more, exposing the nuts and bolts principles behind effective self-promotion to the arts media. Participants are asked to bring along a press release of artist’s biography of their own devising for ritual dissection. Register at: www.revelation-travis-johnson-critic.eventbrite.com.au

SUKI HAWLEY - EDITING WORKSHOP SATURDAY 8 JULY, 1-3PM THE BACKLOT PERTH, 21 SIMPSON ST WEST PERTH

Suki Hawley will begin by discussing the process of organizing, shooting, and editing the two Rumur narrative films Half-Cocked and Radiation. As these films are a mash-up between narrative and documentary, she will talk about the difficulty of merging these different aesthetics. She’ll then shift to focus on the transition from narrative to documentary filmmaking from an editing/storytelling standpoint. Working from the films, she will go through strategies she and Michael Galinsky have developed for delivering information in ways that people can digest - how technology and technique has to unite with ideas and content to make an effective film.

SO YOU WANT TO BE A FILM CRITIC SUNDAY 16 JULY, 3-5PM THE OLD LAUNDRY, 22 ANGOVE ST, NORTH PERTH

Everyone’s got an opinion about movies. Some of those opinions are worth money. Is yours? No, probably not – but nobody’s is these days. Still, there’s merit in applying critical thought to film, and Travis Johnson is here to show you how. Participants are asked to bring one piece of film criticism that they have written of about 500 words length for discussion. Register at: www.revelation-travis-johnson-critic.eventbrite.com.au

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WORKING IN VIRTUAL REALITIES FREE EVENT SUN 9 JULY, 11AM–12:30PM SAE CREATIVE MEDIA INSTITUTE PERTH 116-120 ROE STREET, NORTHBRIDGE

During this session Greg Ferris will discuss his VR work Only at the Air, Only at Each Other and the processes that informed its creation, both aesthetic and technological. Greg will examine the nature of AR (augmented reality), MR (mixed reality) and VR as mediums and the ways in which VR is changing practices of curation and exhibition. In addition he will examine the future for VR and ways in which contemporary moving image artists and filmmakers can mobilise VR within their own practices. Register at: www.workinginvirtualrealities.eventbrite.com.au

SCREEN INDUSTRY OPEN DAY SUN 16 JULY, 1PM- 5PM 742 NEWCASTLE ST, LEEDERVILLE (UPSTAIRS)

Are you interested in a career in the film & TV industry? Then come along to Revelation’s SCREEN INDUSTRY OPEN DAY on Sunday 16 July at Babushka in Leederville from 1-5pm. Perth is rich with resources for filmmakers, production companies and students… but where exactly do you start? Rev’s Open day will offer a full overview of what it’s like to work in film, as well as providing an opportunity to meet local professional film crew and talent. This event will be bursting with booths from WA screen sector education facilities, guilds, groups, funding bodies and more. Providing diverse information sessions that will aim to answer all of your budding career questions. Knowing what’s out there is the first step forward into a career in the screen industry. This event is ideally for school leavers, job-seekers, emerging screen practitioners, graduates, and those seeking diverse exciting job opportunities. Perfect for all budding writers, directors, filmmakers, games designers, animators, actors, producers, sound designers, costume designers and more. So come get your ‘network on’! Register at www.revelation-screen-industry-open-day. eventbrite.com.au

VISION FOR BEATS PERTH MUSIC VIDEO FORUM FRI 14 JULY, 6:30 - MIDNIGHT JOHNNY MA STUDIOS, 305A RAILWAY PARADE, MAYLANDS

Revelation is hosting VISION FOR BEATS Music Video Forum and networking event on Friday 14 July from 6:30pm, held at Johnny Ma Studios in Maylands. Vision for Beats will showcase music videos from a selection of WA’s talented filmmakers with networking opportunities to connect and discuss local productions. This event is proudly supported by The Australian Cinematographers Society (WA branch) and Johnny Ma Studios. Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/vision-for-beatsperth-music-video-forum-tickets-34945700531

AUSTRALIAN WRITERS’ GUILD SAT 15 JULY, 4PM-6PM FIELDER ST CREATIVE HUB, LEVEL 2 30 FIELDER ST, EAST PERTH

Writing for interactivity can present many challenges to the newcomer, and involves shedding a lot of what we’ve always been taught about storytelling. Are beginning, middle, and end, really essential? Do we need to move in straight lines anymore? Is conflict really essential? Join our guest of games and interactive writing as she leads you through the basics of changing your mindset to level up your writing by including interactivity and reader agency into your stories! Moderated by Tracey Defty-Rashid with Christy Dena (Qld) and Leena van Deventer (Vic). RSVP: www.awg.com.au/view/event/awg-rff-17presents-navigating-interactive-writing

‘A FOCUS ON FOCUS’ WORKSHOP WITH RUSTY GELLER MON 17 JULY, 1-3PM SAE CREATIVE MEDIA INSTITUTE PERTH 116-120 ROE STREET, NORTHBRIDGE

Revelation’s A FOCUS ON FOCUS Workshop explores how old-school filmmaking techniques can be applied to today’s DSLR cameras with Rusty Geller S.O.C. Although shooting in digital is much easier because you can do more in less time.‘Focus on Focus’ takes a look at some of the important factors filmmakers overlook with automatic functions on DSLR cameras. Register at: www.revelation-rusty-geller-focus.eventbrite.com.au Free event



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Revelation Academic presented in association with Murdoch University

Revelation in association with Murdoch University proudly present this year’s Academic Conference. With a selection of papers given by academics, students, independent scholars, and film fans, from across the country get ready for two days of forensic discussion and intense debate! While preference is given to those presenting papers, a limited number of places may be available for those who want to attend but do not plan on presenting a paper. Conference attendees receive a delicious lunch at Guzman Y Gomez Mexican Taqueria, festival tickets and an industry soiree. Bookings can be made online at: http://www.revelationfilmfest.org/ academic-registration.php Registration is $100 for both days.

ATOM WA MEDIA EDUCATION SEMINAR Proudly supported by

WED 12 JULY NORTH METROPOLITAN TAFE, NORTHBRIDGE 25 & 30 ABERDEEN ST, NORTHBRIDGE

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GUESTS Denah Johnston is a teacher, writer, filmmaker, and curator based in San Francisco. She has a special interest in bringing experimental film to the people. She has worked as programmer and pre-screener for the San Francisco LGBT Film Festival, San Francisco International and Athens International Film & Video Festival. Some of her highlights include a Queer Underground Film panel supported by the NEA and Warhol Foundation, presenting films to audiences worldwide: US, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Berlin, and St. Petersburg, and as former Executive Director of Canyon Cinema Foundation, she transformed the organization into a nonprofit. Denah is currently the Chair of the Cinema Department at City College of San Francisco where she teaches film studies. She is also an editor for agnesfilms.com showcasing work made by women and feminist scholars. Denah’s current research involves the women of Canyon Cinema. Leon Marvell is a writer, curator and educator with a long academic career teaching in universities in Australia, China and Cyprus. Most recently he was Associate Professor of Film and Digital Media at Deakin University. He has been on the board of the international conference series Transdisciplinary Imaging at the Intersections between Art, Science and Culture since its inception. He is widely published in the area of aesthetics, philosophy, European and Eastern esotericism, and film studies. His recent books include The Physics of Transfigured Light: The Imaginal Realm and the Hermetic Foundations of Science, 2016, and Endangering Science Fiction Film (with Sean Redmond), 2015. Dr Enda Murray BSc MA DCA is an award winning filmmaker and educator with 30 years experience in the media industry having worked in Ireland, England and Australia. His body of media and academic work spans his interest in cinema, culture, education and social change. Enda Murray has written, produced and directed TV and radio content for RTE (Irish national broadcaster), BBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Special Broadcasting Services, National Indigenous TV and Maori TV. His work has been screened at international film festivals including Mumbai, Dublin, Rotterdam, Galway, Cork, Berlin Ethnofest, St. Kilda, Docs NZ, Message Sticks (Indigenous festival), Sydney Arab Film Festival and many more. He currently teaches screen production at the University of Technology Sydney and the University of New South Wales. Enda Murray is the Founder and Director of the Irish Australian Film Festival.


Amy Marjoram has curated and co-curated video art exhibitions at Shifted, Screen Space, Strange Neighbour and Federation Square, Melbourne and has specific interests in video-based performance practice, internet art and the creative and cultural impact of screen-mediated living. Amy has written for publications including Excerpt Magazine, Art Guide Australia, RealTime and Photofile, she was the founding editor of the photography and video art publication Excerpt Magazine and has participated in exhibition selection panels for Centre for Contemporary Photography and Strange Neighbour, Melbourne. Erin Coates is a Perth-based creative producer and artist, and currently Special Projects Coordinator at Fremantle Arts Centre. She has curated exhibitions in both institutional and independent spaces, including staging a number of screen-based projects in disused urban sites. Other exhibitions include; Light Geist, Fremantle Arts Centre (2016); Rumblestrip, a night-one exhibition in an abandoned car park in Perth (2016); We don’t need a map: a Martu experience of the Western Desert, Fremantle Arts Centre (2012), then touring nationally (2014-2016); The Cars That Ate Perth, Spectrum Project Space (2013); In her own practice, Coates uses video, installation and drawing and her work is shown in both galleries and film festivals. Her artwork was included in the major survey exhibition The National: New Australian Art, held across the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Carriageworks and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) in 2017. Andrew Leavold owned and managed Trash Video, the largest cult video rental store in Australia, from 1995 to 2010. He is also a filmmaker, published author, researcher, film festival curator, musician, and above all, unrepentant and voracious fan of the pulpier aspects of genre cinema. His writing has been published globally in mainstream magazines, academic journals and underground cinema fanzines, for the last two decades. Dr Grady Hancock is a lecturer in Screen and Design at Deakin University, Melbourne. Her research interests include Australian film and female filmmakers, science fiction and affect, and feminism in all film forms. Grady has chaired RevCon Academic, the conference arm of Perth Revelation Film Festival, for the past two years.


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in against incredible odds. Their films have played at festivals and on television worldwide. In 2012, they received a Guggenhiem grant to support their work. Their features Horns and Halos and Battle for Brooklyn were shortlisted for the Oscar. They are currently preparing to release All The Rage to theatres in the US. Dr Anne Démy-Geroe is a scholar and programmer of Asian cinema, specializing in Iranian Cinema, and teaches Asia Pacific Cinema at Griffith Film School. She is co-Director of the Iranian Film Festival Australia, an inaugural member of the Nominations Council for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards and current Vice President of NETPAC, the Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema. Anne was the inaugural Artistic Director and then Executive Director of the Brisbane International Film Festival, 1991 to 2010. She is a past Council Member of the National Film and Sound Archive and has served on international juries from Hawaii to Karlovy Vary and Tehran. In 2003 Anne was awarded an Australian Centenary Medal for services to the film industry. Her PhD was in the field of contemporary Iranian cinema. George Lazenby: Australia’s Man Of Action There are a thousand ways to find fame in the movie industry, but few come close to George Lazenby who used his good looks, charm and a double-dose of Aussie self confidence to win one of Cinema’s most coveted roles: James Bond, 007. Born in Goulburn, Australia in 1939, Lazenby had little interest in schooling; instead choosing to find his own way– first as a highly successful car salesman, then as a top male model. It was his modeling career that brought him to London where an agent suggested he try to get an audition with the Bond filmmakers, not an easy proposition for someone with no acting experience! Not only did George get the audition, he landed the role and his film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), was a huge success and is now considered one of the best in the series. Not wanting to be locked into Bondage, George again went his own way, appearing in a myriad of films including the 1972 action/thriller Universal Soldier; Hong Kong action films like The Man From Hong Kong (1975) and A Queen’s Ransom (1976); American TV series including Hawaii 5-0, Superboy and Baywatch. He also starred in the Emmanuel series with Sylvia Kristel and still receives offers, appearing in recent movies like Death Game, A Winter’s Rose and the forthcoming crime thriller, The Order. George is based in Los Angeles and represented by Swedish talent agent Anders Frejdh ([email protected]) Photo by Stuart Kortekaas

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IRELAND, UK

A DARK SONG DIRECTED BY LIAM GAVIN, 2016/99MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 18+

A desperate young woman and an experienced occultist undertake a complex magical ritual to grant her wishes, but both are haunted by their pasts and their magical journey is exceptionally demanding.

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A Dark Song is a strong character driven work, matching the obsessive and unnerving Joseph (an impressive performance from Steve Oram seen in Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers and director of Aaaaaaaah! at last year’s Rev), with the haunted and desperate Sophia (an equally impressive Catherine Walker seen at Rev in Patrick’s Day last year), each driven to psychological extremes. A Dark Song eschews many of the clichés associated with the genre in favour of an exploration of the protagonists and the process they are undertaking, the tension between the psychological and magical elements that follows is both unexpected and fascinating. The considered handling of magical and psychological themes is exceptionally effective, and in part the film is reminiscent of The Wicker Man, while the intense mood draws upon films such as Nick Roeg’s Performance. “A spellbinding psycho-horror debut, despite its limited budget.” THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

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A DRAGON ARRIVES DIRECTED BY MANI HAGHIGHI, 2016/108MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

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In 1965 a young detective working for the Shah’s secret police heads for the remote island of Qeshm in his tangerine Chevy Impala to investigate the purported suicide of an exiled political prisoner. The prisoner has been living in the wreck of a ship from the seventeenth century, a relic from a battle when the British fought with the Persians against the Portuguese. Is this the opening of some kind of historical allegory? The detective enlists two friends to assist him. One is a sound engineer, who then goes missing on a film currently being shot, The Brick and the Mirror, (also screening at Rev) which is excerpted in this film. Another synopsis of A Dragon Arrives might read, “What happened to the soundman of Brick and Mirror while missing from the set?” They leave the island with a baby (some kind of reference again to Brick and Mirror), and the day after the Prime Minister is assassinated the detective is arrested. All these elements and more blend into an aesthetically outstanding film that Variety with justification calls “a high-end brainteaser”.

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A GHOST STORY DIRECTED BY DAVID LOWERY, 2017/87MINS/CLASSIFIED M

David Lowery, director of Ain’t Them Bodies Saints and Pete’s Dragon, returns with A Ghost Story. Telling the story of a ghost returning to console his wife (Rooney Mara), the spectre (Casey Affleck) – literally a white-sheet – finds that the world he once knew is somehow slipping away from him. M

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“It’s a rare privilege to see a contemporary American film as ambitious, emotionally honest, and just-plain-breathtaking as David Lowery’s Sundance entry A Ghost Story.” FILMMAKER

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A TASTE OF INK (COMPTE TES BLESSURES) DIRECTED BY MORGAN SIMON, 2016/80MIN/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

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A few months after the death of his mother, heavily tattooed postpunk musician Vincent (an award-winning performance from Kevin Azais) finds himself in an ever-escalating conflict with his father Hervé (Nathan Willcocks), with whom he lives in a small apartment, and emotionally torn by the choices that he faces. When Hervé starts dating Julia (Monia Chokri) Vincent’s life starts to develop in an unexpected way. Multi-award winning writer/director Morgan Simon’s feature debut is an assured family drama, well-written and driven by a strong performances, all set against the background of the Parisian hardcore scene – which contributes to the driving soundtrack. A Taste of Ink is a powerful work that retains an immediacy and tension throughout.

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ARE WE NOT CATS DIRECTED BY XANDER ROBIN, 2016/78MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

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Losing his girlfriend, job and home in a matter of days, Eli finds himself living in the back of his truck, a parting gift from his parents who have decided to move to Arizona. Deep in an existential crisis, and despite the fact that it’s the middle of winter, he agrees to deliver an engine to a mechanic upstate. A chance meeting with a young woman, Anya, leads to a slowly developing relationship. But it becomes apparent that things may not be quite as straightforward as they appear, with both Eli and Anya having uncommon interests in hair. A truly unique film, which has variously been described as comedy, horror, road movie, and romance, Are We Not Cats is the feature debut from award winning short filmmaker Xander Robin.

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With a cast that includes Michael Patrick Nicholson (We Are Still Here) and Chelsea Lopez (Him), Are We Not Cats is markedly different from most indie films, in part because of its joyously off-kilter sensibility but also because it retains a visceral quality more familiar from horror.

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ASSHOLES DIRECTED BY PETER VACK, 2017/85MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 18+

Every once in a while a movie comes along that utterly defies belief. The SXSW award winning Assholes is such a film. Self important assholes Adah and Aaron spend their time being assholes, and when they discover their love for each other (and shared love of poppers), their asshole behaviour just increases. They are, after all, assholes.


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Definitely not for the sensitive, Assholes is a comedy about selfish assholes that goes where few other films have. In terms of sheer audacity, shock value, and inventive humour there’s few comparisons, although the work of filmmakers such as John Waters and David Cronenberg would offer a starting place, but Assholes exists in a world of its own. You will be joyously offended. “Vack’s impressively disgusting Assholes is the kind of movie that you wish you could un-see, one you have to watch in your peripheral vision because straight-on viewing would be way too nauseating.” INDIEWIRE

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AWOL DIRECTED BY DEB SHOVAL, 2016/85MIN/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

First time feature film director Deb Shoval’s AWOL is a well-crafted tender, romantic drama that follows the relationship between two women; recent high school graduate Joey (Lola Kirke) and the older Rayna (Breeda Wool).

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THE BRICK AND THE MIRROR DIRECTED BY EBRAHIM GOLESTAN, 1965/125MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

A seminal film of the ‘first Iranian New Wave,’ and heavily influenced by the French New Wave, Ebrahim Golestan’s first feature The Brick and the Mirror is a minimalist tale of a taxi driver left to deal with a baby abandoned on his back seat.

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Thematically the existentialist film explores the meaning of love and the difficulty commitment and has been compared to Antonioni’s L’Avventura. But this groundbreaking film also branches out into a biting social commentary of Iranian society in the 60s, a society undergoing rapid modernisation but blind to its future. Soleyman Minassian’s expressionistic black-and-white widescreen photography, with its stylish evocation of the urban milieau by night, is notable. The Brick and the Mirror is essential viewing for those seeking to understand the roots of the post-revolutionary New Iranian Cinema. Revelation screens a digitally restored version of the film.


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DAVE MADE A MAZE DIRECTED BY BILL WATTERSON, 2017/80MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+


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EVEN LOVERS GET THE BLUES DIRECTED BY LAURENT MICHELI, 2016/95MIN/UNCLASSIFIED 18+ CONTAINS EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT

Theatre director Laurent Micheli’s debut feature tells the stories of a group of thirty-something friends through a series of sexual and social encounters. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE M

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Tracing the web of relationships and events through the protagonists’ lives Even Lovers Get the Blues paints a naturalistic picture of contemporary mores following a sudden tragic event that affects the group. The exceptional ensemble cast, free flowing and organic narrative, and warm visual style, create a film that is both immediate and profoundly human, Only Lovers Get The Blues recognises the needs, desires, lusts, and vulnerabilities of us all. “An honest and enjoyable portrayal of the trials and tribulations of relationships [the film] presents a question of what it really means to devote oneself to another person” EYES ON SCREEN

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FAREWELL ANALOG DIRECTED BY HIWA AMINNEJAD, 2015/62MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Farewell Analog is set in a Kurdish village in the mountains of Iran, close to the border with Iraq. Kak Saee has bought an old analog video camera to record the village life. Despite opposition from some villagers and even his own wife, he gets enthusiastic support from the children. M

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FREE FIRE DIRECTED BY BEN WHEATLEY, 2017/90MINS/CLASSIFIED MA

Revelation favourite Ben Wheatley (Kill List, High Rise, A Field in England, and Down Terrace) returns with the seventies-set, Boston shootout Free Fire.

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Primarily a crime-action movie, with a healthy touch of darkcomedy, Free Fire follows two gangs of criminals as they meet to complete a deal involving a large quantity of guns. Invariably whatever plans that have been put in place are soon derailed and the bullets start to fly (and fly). What follows is a character-driven piece where Wheatley and regular scriptwriter Amy Jump continue to showcase their talent for tightly, wryly scripted, well-paced narrative cinema. From costume design to camera-work to the score, Free Fire stands out. Add a killer top-notch cast that includes Cillian Murphy, Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley and Jack Reynor, and it’s clear that Free Fire is yet another success for Wheatley and Jump, who at this point seem to be carving out their own unique place in contemporary cinema. “Free Fire cements Wheatley and Jump’s reputation as the UK’s most vigorously anarchic film-making duo.” MARK KERMODE, THE GUARDIAN

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THE GIANT (JATTEN) DIRECTED BY JOHANNES NYHOLM, 2016/86MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Rikard is obsessed by two things: his beloved game Boules for which he is particularly gifted and being reunited with his mother with whom he was separated at birth. Rikard was also born with autism and an issue at birth somewhat resembling that of the Elephant Man.


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Despite the obvious challenges of his physical world, Rikard is utterly committed to his sport but finds some kind of emotional safety, power and strength through his friend – a 50ft giant (perhaps imaginary, perhaps not). His skill at Boules alongside those who stand by him and not seem to notice, propel their team to the Scandinavian Boules finals but for Rikard the road is more fraught than for most. The Giant is yet another excellent addition to the current worldwide “magical realism” film movement seen in such strength and numbers this year. More than a story of a person coping with a confusing and unjust community, The Giant is perhaps more about having to build our own reality to survive the narrowness of others.

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THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS DIRECTED BY COLM MCCARTHY, 2016/111MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

The zombie subgenre gets taken in a bold new direction in this horror/YA mash-up directed by Colm McCarthy (Outcast) and adapted by M.R. Carey from his own novel. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE M

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In a near future Britain ravaged by hordes of flesh-eating zombies, a group of very special children are the subject of a desperate military experiment. Helen (Gemma Arterton) sees the subjects as the bright, inquisitive children they present as, but military commander Parks (Paddy Considine) and head scientist Dr Caldwell (Glenn Close) are all too aware of the grim truth: the kids are second generation zombies who have retained their intelligence but also their hunger for flesh. When the base is overrun, the survivors must rely on one of the children, Melanie (Sennia Nanua) to survive – but can they trust her? Featuring a top-notch cast, a provocative storyline and some grim and gory set pieces, The Girl With All the Gifts is a must see for genre fans.

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KING OF THE BELGIANS DIRECTED BY PETER BROSENS AND JESSICA WOODWORTH, 2016/94MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

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Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth (both known to Rev audiences for The Fifth Season) return with King of the Belgians. This off-beat satirical comedy/drama follows the Belgian King Nicolas III on a state visit to Turkey. Here he discovers his country is facing a constitutional crisis, with Wallonia announcing its independence. Worse, the King finds out that he can’t return home as a solar storm has stopped all planes and telecommunications. Thankfully British filmmaker Duncan Lloyd offers to help smuggle the King across the border to Europe and travel back to Belgium, overland, through the Balkans. Although made before Brexit, with its themes of travel, migration and political crisis it’s hard not to see similarities to contemporary political debates in King of the Belgians. With its timely release, tight and well-observed script, and perfect performances from the cast, the film is a joy to watch. “An enormously appealing mockumentary blending gently satirical humour with deeper underpinnings, ‘King of the Belgians’ is a delightful, surprisingly respectful ribbing of the incongruity of monarchy, Belgium, and the Balkans.” VARIETY WINNER KNF AWARD ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL


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LAZYBONES DIRECTED BY MICHAEL JONES, 2017/81MIN/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Twenty-something Ben (a perfectly pitched Jackson Tozer) seems to be just drifting through life. He spends his days hanging out with his friends and driving an Uber, and his nights performing stand-up comedy at clubs across the city. His daily life and haphazard dating routines informs his comedy, but he begins to wonder if there is more to life. M

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A deft combination of comedy and drama, Lazybones examines those moments in life where decisions are not made and where possibilities that should be taken seem to drift-by. With a naturalistic-style, that matches the subject, the film follows those who are neither career-bound nor selfie-obsessed but just somehow get by. “Lazybones is an accurate portrayal of modern life for a large portion of Australian 20-somethings. It’s a highly enjoyable watch and one of the finest examples of low-budget, independent filmmaking we’ve seen in years.” CINEMAAUSTRALIA.COM.AU

“Australia’s own addition to the modern stand-up comedian lifestyle film is not always happy but manages to stay funny.” FILMINK


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MALIGNO DIRECTED BY PACO BARDALES, MARTIN CASAPIA CASANOVA, 2016/87MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 18+

In a sub-basement corridor in a city hospital, a trio of workmen are instructed to break down a wall. Remodelling and improvements are essential. Against their better judgement they start to demolition, unleashing whatever lurks imprisoned in the darkness behind. M

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Combining Amazonian folklore that describes a forest spirit with the ill-lit corridors and wards of a hospital at night, the film spins a dark story of blood, violence and demonic possession. Directors Bardales and Casanova have a genuine appreciation for the creepy and Maligno is rich in haunted, uncanny atmosphere as the hospital is slowly swallowed by darkness.

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“Solid scary effects and intense performances. Suffice it to say I’m glad I viewed it during the day” THIRD COAST REVIEW

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MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI DIRECTED BY CLAUDE BARRAS, 2016/66MINS/PG

This Oscar nominated animated feature tells the story of nineyear-old Zucchini, who, following his Mother’s death, finds himself the new resident at the foster home. Here he comes face to face with other children, all of whom have experienced some trauma that has led them there. Slowly Zucchini, and his new friends, learn about trust, community, family, and love. M

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Beautifully animated, My Life As A Zucchini presents an honest look at the lives of ten-year olds, as Zucchini and his new friends grow and find their way in the world. Winning the Most Popular Feature Film at Melbourne International Film Festival in 2016, alongside eighteen other awards, My Life As A Zucchini is an emotionally complex and subtly powerful feature. Not suitable for younger children, My Life As A Zucchini touches on areas that some parents may find uncomfortable, although there is little here that the average twelve-year-old may be unfamiliar with, and the resulting film is far more honest and human for this. MOST POPULAR FEATURE MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2016

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USA

NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD DRIVE DIRECTED BY JERZY ROSE, 2017/85MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Naomi and Madeline are best friends and business partners. Opening a restaurant, and contributing to the gentrification of their Chicago neighborhood, they decide to run a food drive to win the hearts of the locals. But Naomi and Madeline, and their friends, are painfully divorced from the real world, and as the movie progresses it’s clear that the road to hell isn’t paved with good intentions, it’s paved with the witless desires of egomaniac restaurateurs and their interns.


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Delivered with an absurd and black sense of humour Neighborhood Food Drive offers a terrifying glimpse into the abyss of contemporary self-indulgence. Watching it, you enter a world populated with self-congratulatory entitlement, psychological dysfunction, and the relentlessness of the modern middle class. The power of both Jerzy Rose’s direction, and the excellent cast (including Lyra Hill and Bruce Bundy), is that, however unpleasant everyone is, you simply can’t look away as events slowly unfold.

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“It’s a refreshing change of pace from mainstream comedies and their mandatory gooey, feel-good moments.”

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PATTI CAKE$ DIRECTED BY GEREMY JASPER, 2017/108MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

One of the buzz films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser through and through.

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Along with her best friend Jheri, Patti encounters a bizarre hard rock/rap dark spirit Bastard on an open mic night and quickly becomes fascinated with this outsider who we find living in a shack on the outskirts of town recording his own special brand of musical weirdness. Together with Patti’s grandmother (don’t ask!) a strange magic develops between this group of outsiders as the film twists and turns from raw drama to laugh-out-loud comedy. Patti Cake$ is a genuinely honest film with finely drawn characters each of whom audiences are utterly happy to follow, cry with, love with, cheer with and fight with.


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Patti Cake$ a.k.a Killer P a.k.a a lot of other names - real name Patricia Dombrowski - dreams of making it as a rapper but things are stacked against her. She’s on the wrong side of the tracks. Her mother is a boozy barfly whose past career as a rock star still haunts her (and Patti) and Patti is doing everything she can to keep the debt collecting foreclosing wolves from the door.

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RADIO DREAMS DIRECTED BY BABAK JALALI, 2016/94MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

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Hamid Royani has a very special event booked for the San Francisco-based Persian radio station he programs: Metallica is scheduled to stop by the studio to jam with Kabul Dreams, a rock band who have flown in from Afghanistan especially for the occasion. For Royani, an idealistic writer, the two bands coming together to play music symbolises the potential for peace between the United States and Afghanistan. But first, the megastar metal band needs to show up. And the whole station is flustered waiting.

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Winner of a Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival, Babak Jalali’s satirical sophomore film, tackles themes of artistic integrity, commercialism and cultural identity. In keeping with the music theme of the film, Royani is played by controversial US-based Iranian singer-songwriter Mohsen Namjoo, dubbed “the Bob Dylan of Iran”. “Under Jalali’s confident stewardship, the circumscribed world of the struggling radio station becomes the perfect microcosmic stage on which to deftly play out global tensions of profit vs. art, East vs. West, isolationism vs. assimilation, and pragmatism vs. idealism.” VARIETY

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SOUND AND FURY DIRECTED BY HOOMAN SEYEDI, 2016/95MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Khosro, a pop singer, lives a hectic life with his wife Tina and their son Moez. His life becomes still more complicated when he begins a love affair with a female fan. When a terrible event ensues, it obliges the lovers to each recount their side of the story in pursuit of the truth. Indeed, wherein lies the truth? In sound or in fury? And what is the impact of fame on the private lives of individuals? M

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Director’s Statement: In my world there is crime and prostitution. In my world there are felonies and lies. In my world there is hypocrisy and complexity. There is everything in my world. There is judgment in my world. Yet, is everything as it appears? Is the truth exactly what we see? Indeed, wherein lies the truth? In sound or in fury?

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SYLVIO DIRECTED BY ALBERT BIRNEY AND KENTUCKER AUDLEY, 2017/80MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Sylvio is a gorilla who just wants to find his place in the everyday, human world.

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While he works a dull job, in a small town, he would prefer to be playing with Herbert Herpels, his hand puppet. Through a strange turn of events Sylvio finds himself appearing on television, and his life rapidly starts to change, as he starts to discover the gorilla he really could be. An off-beat comedy, with a comic mood that has been compared to Tim and Eric, Sylvio is the kind of low-budget slightly skewed existential movie from which cults are born. Bonus oddity: according to the film’s credits the titular gorilla plays himself in the film.

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“A hilarious and touching examination of our search for fulfilment and one of those weird little movies that is worth seeking out.”

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AUSTRALIA

TOP KNOT DETECTIVE DIRECTED BY AARON MCCANN, DOMINIC PEARCE, 2017/86MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

When Japanese television series Ronin Suiri Tentai (Deductive Reasoning Ronin) was first broadcast in Australia as Top Knot Detective in the ‘90s it rapidly became a cult hit with battling ninjas, monsters and so much more. Now directors McCann and Pearce tell the full story behind the show and the legendary Takashi Tawagoto.


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Top Knot Detective is a gloriously joyous celebration of cult television and Japanese culture with contributions from the likes of Des Mangan, Travis Johnson and many other fans! More than this, it recognises the half-remembered viewing of youth, and the effect television has on our cultural memories. And if you don’t remember watching Top Knot Detective back in the 90s? That’s because the series celebrated in this comedymockumentary never existed. Previously seen on SBS on Demand, Top Knot Detective has been finessed, fine-toned and edited for film festivals, and this is the version we will be screening at Revelation.

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THE UNTAMED DIRECTED BY AMAT ESCALANTE, 2016/100MIN/ CLASSIFICATION R

Telling the story of a strange alien creature that can give pleasure, pain, or both, and is hidden in a remote cabin, The Untamed is a unique work from multi award winning director Amat Escalante (Los Bastardos, Heli, and Sangre).

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A genuinely uncanny work, which combines elements of science fiction, horror, and family drama, the film has been compared to both Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession and Jonathan Glazer’s Under The Skin (seen at Revelation in 2015). Like these cult movies The Untamed expands drama and genre in new unexplored and unexpected ways, creating a world that is not-quite-familiar and in which the everyday slowly becomes something different. “The Untamed is sure to leave a remarkable impression” SCREEN ANARCHY

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AUSTRALIA

WATCH THE SUNSET DIRECTED BY TRISTAN BARR AND MICHAEL GOSDEN, 2017/82MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

An incredibly powerful feature, set amongst a group of ice addicts and criminals. Watch The Sunset tells the story of Danny (director Barr) an excon and his small - and rightly terrified – family, over one brutal afternoon. This is a visceral, tense, nervous thriller that unfolds in one shot, in real time.

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While in lesser hands this would seem to be a mere device, in Watch The Sunset the pacing is absolutely essential to the film, and as events rapidly unfold it adds to the tight knot of tension in your stomach. This powerful intensity doesn’t let-up until the final credits have rolled and the film is one of the few that will truly have you on the edge of your seat. Watching the film is an emotionally raw, experience and the cast deliver some incredible intimate performances. One of the most impressive Australian features of the last five years. Intro and Q+A with filmmakers Damien Lipp and Tristan Barr on some sessions

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CANADA

WEIRDOS DIRECTED BY BRUCE MCDONALD, 2016/85MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

1976 and fifteen-year-old Kit (Dylan Authors) and his girlfriend Alice (Julia Sarah Stone) decide to run away, hitching across Nova Scotia to meet with Kit’s artistic mother Laura (Molly Parker) whose very existence sounds exciting to the bored teens. As they hit the road, they start to find out more about one another, and what they hope for in life: Alice loves Kit, but Kit’s spiritual guide seems to be Andy Warhol, and as the road trip continues he approaches a life changing realisation.


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A beautifully realised coming-of-age film/road movie, Weirdos explores the lives of its youthful protagonists with a genuine understanding thanks to both the excellent cast and multi-awardwinning direction from Bruce (Hardcore Logo, Pontypool, Highway 61) McDonald. Weirdos is a movie which catches the long final summer of youth with a poignant affection.

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“A lovely, low-key memory piece, vibrant with the awkward grace of adolescence”


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WIENER-DOG DIRECTED BY TODD SOLONDZ, 2016/88MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

With a cast that boasts the likes of Ellen Burstyn, Danny DeVito, Kieran Culkin, and Greta Gerwig, Weiner-Dog follows the life and travels of a cute dachshund as he moves across the United States being adopted by different owners, each facing their own particular existential desperation.

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Of course, this is no ordinary cute-puppy movie, under the keen eye of auteur Todd (Welcome To The Dollhouse, Happiness, Palindromes) Solondz, Weiner-Dog slowly reveals itself to be a perfectly realised bleak-dark comedy. With perfectly pitched performances from the cast, Weiner-Dog is a movie for people who may like dogs but may not relate to people and who definitely don’t relate to most animal movies. “Like all of Todd Solondz’s movies, ‘Wiener-Dog’ is a black comedy with the comedy removed, leaving just the black: a tarry, sticky, dense residue of bleakness and callousness” THE GUARDIAN

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WOMEN WHO KILL DIRECTED BY INGRID JUNGERMANN, 2016/93MIN/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Morgan (director Ingrid Jungermann) and her ex-girlfriend Jean (Ann Carr) run a true crime podcast from their hip Brooklyn home. Then Morgan meets Simone, and despite not really knowing her, starts a new relationship… what follows examines the nature of love and the fascination in uncovering the evidence for crime.

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A perfectly realised deadpan, dark comedy, Women Who Kill is an outstanding feature debut from the woman behind the web series The Slope and F to 7th. “My favorite of the American films, Ingrid Jungermann’s Women Who Kill, is a comedy so low-key and diffident, not to mention morbid, that it can take several beats to catch on to the jokes.” NEW YORK TIMES

“Imagine ‘Serial’ recast as a dark comedy, mixing the fear, paranoia, and sharp humor that can spring up in both relationships and murder mysteries.” PAPER MAGAZINE

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Our annual roundup of some of the best animation out there, showcasing both exciting new talent and more established artists. From the strange adventure of a diver in Beneath to Innocent Andrew which tells of a book cover lost in a bookshop, via robots, pirates and much, much more. Plus the multi-award winning The Missing Key.

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78/52 DIRECTED BY ALEXANDRE O. PHILLIPPE, 2017/91MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

There are few more famous sequences in cinema than the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s legendary Psycho.

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Essential viewing for fans of Hitchcock, students of cinema and culture, and filmmakers, 78/52 is a fascinating journey into movie making and the enduring power of the silver screen.

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Experience the shower scene yourself at Rev in VR by Rev guest Greg Ferris. See page 21.

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A LIFE IN WAVES DIRECTED BY BRETT WHITCOMB, 2017/74MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Studying classical music at Wellesley College and music composition at the University of California, Suzanne Ciani was introduced to the modular synthesiser at the start of the seventies.


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Working with music and sound effects on the synthesiser, her groundbreaking work appeared on adverts, video games, and films. In 1977 she provided effects for Meco’s disco version of the Star Wars theme and worked with the Starlight Vocal Band on Afternoon Delight. Ciani has also released numerous new-age records – Seven Waves, The Velocity of Love and the award-winning Silver Ship. A visionary composer and musician, A Life In Waves charts Ciani’s career, her music, and her on-going influence, as well as her key role as a pioneering electronic musician.

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ALL THE RAGE DIRECTED BY MICHAEL GALINSKY, SUKI HAWLEY, DAVID BEILINSON, 2016/93MINS/ UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Dr John Sarno’s book Healing Back Pain has divided the medical community. Rather than seeing structure as the cause of pain, the book connects back pain with repressed emotions. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE M

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Following a bout of crippling back pain and his own experience with Dr Sarno’s work, Galinsky examines his own experiences and his developing interest in the work of Dr Sarno. Combing a twelve-year personal journey with the story of Dr Sarno, All The Rage is a fascinating journey into the cultural responses to pain and to repressed emotions. “On the surface, ‘All the Rage’ is a story about chronic pain and a doctor’s quest to help people get rid of it. But it’s really about the stories people tell themselves about themselves, despite the facts that are right in front of their faces. It’s about the devastations of childhood, the rage of the impoverished and disenfranchised and the dismissal of science despite all evidence.”

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AMATEURS IN SPACE DIRECTED BY MAX KESTNER, 2016/89MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Peter and Kristian have always dreamed of travelling into space. Now, operating under the name Copenhagen Suborbitals, the two friends, alongside a group of dedicated volunteers, devote their time to developing a rocket designed to fly to space and make the return to Earth. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE M

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BAXTER AND ME DIRECTED BY GILLIAN LEAHY, 2016/83MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

A fascinating, poignant, and engaging personal documentary from filmmaker Gillian (My Life Without Steve, Our Park) Leahy, Baxter And Me is a film about the director and her love of dogs. But more than this it is an autobiography told through dogs. M

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From her childhood pets to the present day, dogs have played central roles in the director’s life. But the film is about far more than having-pets, with the director providing her own no-nonsense narration, the film also tells one woman’s story of growing-up in Australia, of experiencing the women’s movement and feminism, of the empowerment offered by filmmaking, of female friendships, and of relationships with men. But always, underpinning everything else, of the unique and ongoing companionship offered by dogs and the way in which our canine family members provide a way into measuring our lives and the values that shape them.


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BOBBY SANDS: 66 DAYS DIRECTED BY BRENDAN BYRNE, 2016/95MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

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In the spring of 1981 Irish Republican Bobby Sands’ 66-day hunger strike brought the attention of the world to his cause. This documentary powerfully expands on the personal story of Bobby Sands using archive footage, interviews, reconstructions and excerpts from Sands’ own evocative prison diary. When this film screened at the Galway Film Festival last July the post film Q&A almost descended into blows. 35 years have passed and the passion has not abated, nor have the issues discussed in the film faded into irrelevance. 1981 was possibly the year that Northern Ireland came closest to the conflagration of civil war. This film revolves around the question of when it is morally right to resort to violence to solve a political problem. Were Bobby Sands and his IRA comrades terrorists or freedom fighters? The radicalisation of the young Bobby Sands and the dissection of his decision to follow through on the ultimate act of violence is explored in the film with equanimity and tact. Bobby Sands is a divisive figure in Irish/UK history but Brendan Byrne’s beautifully crafted film sheds light on the question of the ‘terrorist/rebel/freedom fighter’ label and who gets to apply those labels in today’s world.

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THE BOMB DIRECTED BY KEVIN FORD, SMRITI KESHARI AND ERIC SCHLOSSER, 2016/61MINS/ UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Using archival footage and a powerful, evocative soundtrack, this experimental documentary tells the story of the atomic bomb and nuclear weapons, and their spread to a handful of nuclear states.

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Through an incredible, visually dense montage of images, the film emphasises the danger of these weapons of mass destruction and, more importantly, the ongoing danger the world faces even following the end of the Cold War. The Bomb is a film of scale that that takes the viewer from early atomic test footage at Los Alamos and civil defence films into deep space in what is an always visually stunning symphonic documentary that calls into mind other big screen essay films like Koyaanisqatsi and the found footage classic The Atomic Café.

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The Bomb is a film which reminds the audience that the threat of nuclear war is not something from the past, but something that is very much part of our world.

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CHASING TRANE: THE JOHN COLTRANE DOCUMENTARY DIRECTED BY JOHN SCHEINFELD, 2016/99MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+


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Director John Scheinfeld (best known for The US vs John Lennon and Who Is Harry Nilsson…?) turns his attention to the life and music of the legendary saxophonist John Coltrane. Combining archive footage with contributions from the likes of Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Heath, McCoy Tyner, John Densmore, Bill Clinton, Wynton Marsalis, Cornel West, Common, Ravi Coltrane, Antonia Andrews, Lewis Porter, and Ben Ratliff, Chasing Trane offers a fascinating and compelling portrait of the musician and the man. “In ‘Chasing Trane’, Scheinfeld has created a moving and inspirational tribute to one of the great musicians and spiritual influences of our times.” JAZZ COLLECTOR

“What emerges in this film is not just a great artist but also a noble soul that constantly sought to be gentle. The fact that someone as wholly beautiful as John Coltrane once walked this earth is enough to make you maintain some kind of faith in humanity itself.” ROGEREBERT.COM


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CITIZEN JANE: BATTLE FOR THE CITY DIRECTED BY MATT TYRNAUER, 2016/92MIN/G

As our cities grow the way we interact with our urban environment has become a more and more important consideration in urban planning and the architecture therein. M

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Crossing decades but culminating in the 60’s this engrossing documentary chronicles one of the turning points in the realisation where the needs of people epitomised by urban activist Jane Jacobs clashed head-on government urban planner Robert Moses. Moses - an enormously influential and powerful person – literally reshaped the New York urban landscape and was responsible for the destruction of entire working-class neighbourhoods and the migration of the evicted to huge brutal housing projects. Jacob’s approach on the other hand came from the perspective of interaction and community not isolation and expediency. In a titanic struggle with the streets of New York City as the battleground, Tyrnauer’s documentary is packed with Jane’s architectural and social observations that are both philosophical and prophetic and fired directly at city hall in the most inspiring of ways.

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DAS WASSUP DIRECTED BY JOHANNES SCHAFF, 2017/96MIN/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Forming in Tampa, Florida, Yo! Majesty consists of three powerful female vocalists. In 2008 the group were described as one of the “25 Most Exciting Bands in America” by the NME. Das Wassup follows the hip hop/electro/rap group as their music takes them from Florida through to Europe. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE M

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This is a film that’s shot from the hip, it’s an edgy, lo-fi documentary that captures the excitement and power of Yo! Majesty in full swing, with some great live footage, as well as fly-on-the-wall style documentation of events unfolding behind the scenes. “Das Wassup, is a goldmine of wonderful dialogue, creative film making, explosive drama and heart warming humour.” INTERTAINMENTMAGAZINE.COM

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DEAD HANDS DIG DEEP DIRECTED BY JAI LOVE, 2016/75MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 18+

Edwin Borsheim lives in isolation, save for his guard dogs, on a remote block of land in small town California, his home looking like a set from a horror movie.

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Once the front man of legendary metal/death-rock band Kettle Cadaver, rated by some as one of the most extreme bands to see live, Borsheim was known for powerful and unique performances that were often shocking and brutal. In Dead Hands Dig Deep nineteen-year-old filmmaker Jai Love turns his camera on the singer and through a series of interviews with the performer and his associates, paints a portrait of Borsheim and the demons that drive both his art and his life.

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DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM DIRECTED BY JONATHAN SEQUEIRA, 2017/91MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Telling the story of Radio Birdman – one of the key protopunk rock bands to emerge in the mid-seventies – Descent Into The Maelstrom is a documentary that offers a journey deep into the underbelly of Australian music. Mixing thundering power-pop with the bite of 70s Detroit punk Birdman burst onto the music scene in so doing creating a whole new Australian rock sound. M

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Taking their swaggering-rock through a nightscape of bars and confronting unsuspecting audiences with their volume and power Radio Birdman changed the face of rock music, influenced a generation of sneering youths and recorded a string of great songs including the classic LP Radios Appear. Talking head interviews and archive combine to offer a vivid portrait of the band, the world they inhabited, and their role in Australian independent music.

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THE GO-BETWEENS: RIGHT HERE DIRECTED BY KRIV STENDERS, 2017/95MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

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The Go-Betweens are an Australian legend. Emerging from the conservative streets of Brisbane during the punk explosion of the seventies, the duo of Robert Forster and Grant McLennan rapidly defined their own unique musical sound. Joined by drummer Lindy Morrison the band became unstoppable. Using archive, interviews with band members, fellow musicians, and associates, the film tells the story of one of the best loved and visionary of Australian bands. Fellow Queenslander Kriv (Boxing Day, Red Dog) Stenders creates the perfect visual language for the band, creating a movie that matches the aural palette of the band. Fans of Stenders and the Go-Betweens will recall that the director also worked on the band’s single Streets of Your Town. With this documentary, Stenders has returned home. SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL

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HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM DIRECTED BY ŽIGA VIRC, 2016/88MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Houston We Have A Problem explores the myth that there were three players in the space race of the 1960s: the USA, the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia, but Yugoslavia – in the middle of the Cold War - sold its space programme to the Kennedy Administration in a secret multi-million-dollar deal. M

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Shifting seamlessly between quasi-history, conspiracy theories, and much more, this docu-fiction/mockumentary is a fascinating and often strange film about the space race, international diplomacy, the Cold War, and belief, and much more besides. Perhaps the film also tells another story, that of the rise and fall of Yugoslavia itself. As philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Zizek, who appears in the film, wrly observes in regard to belief and truth, “Even if it didn’t happen, it’s true!” A funny, strange, intriguing, and thoroughly entertaining film.

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I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO DIRECTED BY RAOUL PECK, 2016/94MINS/M

In 1979 African American author James Baldwin (Go Tell It On The Mountain, The Fire Next Time, Notes of a Native Son and others) wrote a proposal for a new work to be called Remember This House.

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Although uncompleted the book was going to be a personal examination of murdered activists Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. In this Oscar-nominated, multi-award winning documentary director Raoul Peck uses Baldwin’s proposal as a starting point for an examination into the author’s work, the civil rights movement, and the ongoing importance of both. I Am Not Your Negro is an exceptional documentary, the use of newsreel and archive footage creating a powerful picture of James Baldwin, contextualising his continuing relevance as a writer and thinker. The entire film is underpinned by Samuel L Jackson’s strong narration drawn extensively from Baldwin’s own words. Essential viewing. “…it turns Baldwin’s prescient words into a staggering achievement. It’s an exhilarating blast of focused fury.”

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IT’S NOT JUST ME DIRECTED BY JONATHAN MESSER, 2017/60MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

It’s Not Just Me follows four young Australians as they embark on the process of transitioning from female to male. Under Jonathan Messer’s careful direction the subjects discuss their lives and experiences with an emphasis that is nuanced and considered. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE M

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A rare insight into what can be a confusing and physically and emotionally demanding time for those transitioning and their family and friends, this film’s approach provides great warmth and humanity and its participants must be saluted. Messer’s debut feature documentary is an open and honest film, a mature work and valuable contribution to the ongoing contemporary debates around human rights. Made in WA, this film is a testament to both the vision of local filmmakers and to the growing film industry in the state.

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THE KEY TO DALI DIRECTED BY DAVID FERNÁNDEZ, 2016/78MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

The Key to Dali tells the story of scientist Tomeu L’Amo who made a chance discovery in a shop in 1989; a painting that seemed to bear the signature of Surrealist artist Salvador Dali along with a cryptic and seemingly personal message. But the date on the work was confusing as was the message. From there we’re drawn deeply into Dali’s own mind where codes, symbols and secret numerical references unlock some extraordinary secrets and meanings.


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A lovingly told fascinating story that explores the painting, the nature of Dali’s work, and, behind it all, the life of Tomeu L’Amo and an ode to one man’s perseverance and dedication.

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THE LAST LAUGH DIRECTED BY FERNE PEARLSTEIN, 2016/88MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Sometimes, watching comedy, it becomes clear that a line has been crossed, that something utterly horrific has become the source for humour. Looking at the Holocaust, The Last Laugh asks what – if any – is the role of humour in the face of such tragedy, what is socially acceptable in humour, and what is the relationship between humour and free speech? M

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With comedians from across generations addressing these questions – including Mel Brooks, Harry Shearer, Sarah Silverman, Rob Reiner, Gilbert Gottfried, and many others – and featuring archive footage from everything from Joan Rivers to Hogan’s Heroes and the never-seen The Day The Clown Died, as well as Holocaust survivors, The Last Laugh manages to be funny (thanks to some great interviews) and simultaneously never forgets exactly what it is focusing on.

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MATTRESS MEN DIRECTED BY COLM QUINN, 2016/81MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

In an attempt to save his struggling mattress business, sixtysomething Michael Flynn reinvents himself as the eccentric online personality ‘Mattress Mick’ under the guidance of his good friend Paul Kelly.

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Burdened with debts and living on the breadline with his family in inner city Dublin, Paul yearns to get a full time contract working with Mick. Using all his marketing savvy and entrepreneurial skills, he embarks on a mission to make Mattress Mick a viral sensation. But as business begins to grow, their friendship starts to implode. Colm Quinn paints an unflinchingly honest picture of Mick and Paul and their roller-coaster ride on the fringes of the sometimes absurd world of mattress sales.

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At times gut-wrenchingly honest and at times surreal, the story is pure Dublin in its humour yet remarkable for its intimacy - middle aged Irishmen are not renowned for their emotional honesty! Quinn has managed to combine marketing glitz and the best of Irish storytelling to tell a story of post GFC Ireland.

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MEAL TICKETS DIRECTED BY MAT DE KONING, 2016/93MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

You can almost feel the sticky carpet and smell the motel rooms in this most excellent longitudinal documentary about the ups, downs, ins and outs and roundabouts of life in a rock band.

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In what was dangerously close to becoming a life’s work for director Mat de Koning, Meal Tickets centres on the suppedup rise of Perth rock band Screwtop Detonators on the local scene then to Melbourne then on tour in the US. Along the way relationships splinter, new friendships and careers are formed and teenage dreams and expectations are stared right in the eye. As it turns out life on the road with a young rock band is exactly what you thought it might be except smellier and de Koning is right there to document a world where what happens on tour no longer stays on tour. Meal Tickets is infinitely rewarding – especially for local audiences – but beyond that it provides an often hilarious, often excruciating but always fascinating insight into friendship, loyalty and what it takes to make it. Post July 8 screening, Will Stoker and the Embers will perform at Babushkas. Seperate ticket required that can be purchased at www.eventbrite.com.au/e/will-stoker-and-the-embers-at-clubrev-tickets-35070745544 and on the door on the night.

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MELANIE DIRECTED BY SUSANNE HELMER, 2016/72MIN/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Filmmaker Susanne Helmer’s unique ‘fiction document’ is a perfectly toned celebration of chance purchases, late seventies/early eighties kitsch, imagined and real histories. Chancing on an inflatable hair dryer, Susanne buys the contraption and starts to wonder about the enigmatically smiling model pictured on the box. The smiling 1970s image sets off a strange filmmaker quest in search of the said model and as the quest deepens Melanie director Susanne Helmer begins to imagine her own history of the model.


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Here the film follows two strands: a search for the woman who appeared on the box, and the director’s imaginary biography of the model. As both elements develop slowly, inexorably the two stories start to converge to create an often surprising mix of dreamy and dream-like imaginings mixed with actual interviews and real-world events.

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ORANGE SUNSHINE DIRECTED BY WILLIAM A KIRKLEY, 2016/94MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Following early experiences with LSD, a group of Californian surfers and proto-hippies saw the potentials of the drug for transforming consciousness and, they hoped, the world.


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Describing themselves as the Brotherhood of Eternal Love they started manufacturing and distributing the drug in vast quantities. Orange Sunshine – from which the film takes its name – was the street name given to a particularly well-known type of acid that the group manufactured. The Brotherhood’s story, told here for the first time, emerges as one of the central tales of sixties counter-culture. The social and cultural impact of their mission was vast. Through a combination of beautifully shot re-enactments, archive footage, and in-depth interviews (some a decade in the making), Orange Sunshine offers a fascinating insight into an era of psychedelic optimism, as the Brotherhood work towards a new future just one-step ahead of the law. With the energy and pace of a thriller Orange Sunshine is essential viewing. “Must See” ROLLING STONE

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ROLLER DREAMS DIRECTED BY KATE HICKEY, 2017/82MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Roller Dreams tells the story of the roller-dancing scene on Venice Beach, California. In the seventies a group of roller skaters came together to dance on the iconic beachfront.

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What followed would transform the nature of the beach, as crowds gathered to watch the incredible dazzling dances and join in the atmosphere of celebration. But then gentrification and politics started to conspire against the dreams of the skaters. Combing some great archive footage with contemporary interviews Roller Dreams tells a story about celebration, dance, music and community. Roller Dreams is an inspiring movie about the importance of community and the lifelong joy of finding the freedom of your own culture. A film that will have everybody getting their skates on!

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SAFARI DIRECTED BY ULRICH SEIDL, 2016/91MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Multi-award winning director Ulrich Seidl – known for films such as Dog Days, Import Export, and In The Basement – turns his meticulous gaze to hunters on safari. The horror of the hunt and all it entails, will rightly trouble many, but Seidl’s cinema does not shy away from showing the grotesque nature of humanity.


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That these hunts take place on vacation is never forgotten and the holiday experiences of these European hunters are contrasted with those of the African workers who facilitate the rich tourists, and the echoes of colonialism are never far away. “Ulrich Seidl continues to amaze and unnerve in this brilliantly composed, deeply upsetting portrait of tourist hunters in Africa.”

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SECRETS AT SUNRISE DIRECTED BY JENNENE RIGGS, 2017/80MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Secrets at Sunrise tells the story of the Western Ground Parrot, a critically endangered parrot that lives in South Western Australia.

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Decades of land clearing and the threat posed by feral cats and foxes, has decimated the bird numbers, and the species is facing extinction. Volunteers and scientists are researching the parrots and trying to save the species, Secrets of Sunrise follows these people as they try and save the birds from extinction. Director Jennene Riggs’ (who has production credits for the television documentaries Super Predator and The Search for the Ocean’s Super Predator) film offers a fascinating look at the struggle to save the parrots and those dedicated to preserving the unique Australian species, with some beautiful cinematography as she travels deep into the bush.

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SPOOKERS DIRECTED BY FLORIAN HABICHT, 2017/90MINS/CLASSFICATION M

Spookers tells the story of a community of New Zealand horror fans and gore enthusiasts who enjoy nothing more than dressing up in bloodied costumes and scaring the hell out of people at a homemade horror attraction.

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By day these are ordinary folks but at night and weekends they reveal an extraordinary pastime. Located in a former nurses’ hostel in the Kingseat Hospital, south of Auckland, the Spookers horror theme park is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. But there’s more than just splatter and terror here, and director Florian Habicht (Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets) turns his attention to the people who spend their spare time slathered in gore, and the extended family they have created. Mixing interviews with performers with footage of terrified punters, this documentary tells the story of the park and those whose lives it has affected. Spookers is an exploration of splatter and friendship, dressingup and meeting people, but more than this it is a celebration of community.

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TOWER DIRECTED BY KEITH MAITLAND, 2016/96MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

On August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman climbed the University of Texas Tower and started shooting. By the end of the day sixteen people had been killed and many more wounded. M

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Based on first person testimony, Tower tells the story of the fateful day through a combination of rotoscope animation and archive footage. Focusing on the victims and the first responders, rather than on the killer’s back-story, Tower traces the events as they unfold, and thanks to the nuanced use of animation, offers a genuinely human quality to the harrowing events.

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THE UNTOLD TALES OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN DIRECTED BY JENNIFER M KROOT, 2017/90MINS/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Revelation favourite Jennifer Kroot (To Be Takei and It Came From Kuchar) returns with an absorbing documentary of San Francisco writer Armistead Maupin, author of Tales of the City.

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With nine volumes in the series published, covering the midseventies to the present, Tales of the City spawned a TV series and cult following. Readers were drawn to the lives – both gay and straight – that were essayed in these books and many were inspired by the world they created. Through interviews with Maupin, as well as Neil Gaiman, Laura Linney, Amy Tan and Sir Ian McKellen, Kroot creates a movie, which explores Maupin’s life – from his conservative youth, to his growth into a mature, witty writer – his creative process, and ongoing cultural influence. More than this, The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin is a celebration of the writer, his life, and the cultures of San Francisco.

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WHERE IS ROCKY II? DIRECTED BY PIERRE BISMUTH, 2016/93MIN/UNCLASSIFIED 15+

Is it possible for internationally recognised artist Ed Ruscha to have created a mysterious work of art and hidden it in plain sight nearly forty years ago? Is it possible to have a movie that’s simultaneously a documentary, comedy, and mystery? Director and artist Pierre Bismuth, aided by a private detective and two screenwriters, wants to unravel the mystery and find the unknown, long lost artwork in this gloriously strange and endlessly entertaining movie that will have everyone talking long after the credits have rolled.


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Charles Bukowski – the hard living cult poet and author whose works include the novels Post Office, Ham on Rye, and Wome, and collections of poetry such as Hot Water Music, Love is a Dog from Hell and The Last Night of the Earth Poems – has long fascinated filmmakers. Commonly linked to the Beats, Bukowski had more in common with writers such as John Fante and other explorers of the tough realities of the human condition. Movies of Bukowski’s works include Barfly, Tails of Ordinary Madness, Crazy Love and Factotum and now, in You Never Had It; An Evening With Bukowski, the writer speaks. In 1981, journalist Silvia Bizio travelled to Bukowski’s home in San Pedro, California, to interview him. Spending an evening at the Bukowski home, drinking, smoking, and talking, the ensuing conversation was documented on U-matic video cassettes. But these recordings were thought to have been lost. Now, discovered nearly thirty-years later, these videotapes form the basis for You Never Had It: An Evening With Bukowski. Here the poet and author is in fine form, opening-up in an interview which is punctuated with readings by the poet. A true pleasure for fans old and new, as well as anybody interested in the literature of the twentieth century.

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WORLD PREMIERE

ABRAXAS

FOX AND THE WHALE

DIR: MAZIAR LAHOOTI/AUST/2017/10MIN

DIR: ROBIN JOSEPH/CANADA/2016/12MIN

In the middle of nowhere there is a space where brutal challenges transpire.

Once upon a time a fox decides to search for a whale in a beautiful, contemplative animation.

Screens with Watch The Sunset

Screens with King of the Belgians

WORLD PREMIERE

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FUCK EVERYTHING

WITHOUT CONSENT

DIR: KAI SMYTHE/AUST/2017/4MIN

DIR: DIANE BUSUTTIL/AUST/2017/14MIN

The hairiest of hairy soul men is back with the anthem for the modern age.

An experimental documentary that weaves a personal story of forced adoption against a journey through Australia.

Screens with You Never Had It: An Evening with Charles Bukowski WORLD PREMIERE

Screens with I Am Not Your Negro WORLD PREMIERE

DIE ANDEREN (THE OTHERS)

DRIVING TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

DIR: CARLO OPPERMANN/GERMANY/2017/15MIN

DIR: ERIN COATES/AUST/2016/11MIN

When your life seems particularly difficult, wouldn’t it be good to just start again? A late night / early morning at a rural petrol station may offer a way out to Emily.

One woman and her dog take a road trip through the disaster zone of the twenty first century.

Screens with Neighborhood Food Drive

Screens with The Bomb AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

BLIGHT

PARTY TRICKS

DIR: PERUN BONSER/AUST/2017/12MIN

DIR: SEAN PETER FOX/AUST/2016/6MIN

On Australia’s western frontier, a police constable hunts down a band of dangerous criminals aided by a young Aboriginal tracker.

Brandon takes to the task of entertaining himself at a party by pranking another random partygoer.

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A man visits a gas station late at night, and on the lonely road David struggles with his grip on reality. Screens with The Untamed WORLD PREMIERE

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DIR: KAREN PEARLMAN/AUST/2016/15MIN

DIR: FELIX JOZEPS/AUST/2017/14MIN

Inspired by Elizaveta Svilova (the editor of Dziga Vertoc’s Man With A Movie Camera), who understood the power of the editor to challenge Stalin’s censorship of film.

The one thing nobody expected in the Zombie Apocalypse was how dull it would all be. And in the end apathy could kill us all.

Screens with Where Is Rocky II?

Screens with Spookers

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KISS ME

BREAKER

DIR: LARA GISSING/AUST/2016/9MIN

DIR: PHILIPPE MCKIE/JAPAN/2017/11MIN

A young couple try and re-kindle their relationship on a camping trip in a film that captures the moment when people start to realise things are going wrong. Screens with You Never Had It: An Evening With Charles Bukowski

Welcome to tomorrow’s Tokyo, a cyberpunk dystopia where technically enhanced bodies and a data rich economy can come with a high price. Screens with Patti Cake$ AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

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DIR: JP O’BRIEN/AUST/2016/19MIN

DIR: LERA MALCHENKO & OLEKSANDR HANTS/ UKRAINE/2016/17MIN

Drawing on the true story, of convict William Buckley’s first contact with the indigenous Australians, this is a remarkable, visually powerful film.

Dnipro is one of the world’s shortest underground systems - there are few passengers and no adverts on the metro network, which retains a haunting atmosphere of retro-futurism. Screens with Citizen Jane

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DOLPHINMAN BATTLES THE SEX LOBSTERS DIR: JOHN BRENNAN/USA/2016/14MIN

Scratch away! The legendary Dolphinman has to save the inhabitants of Tromaville from a biological invasion of sexually transmitted crustaceans! Screens with Assholes AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

REVELATION - THE CITY OF HAZE

LA PETITE MORT

DIR: MAO QICHAO/CHINA/2017/14MIN

DIR: ELIZABETH JAELEIGH DAVIS/USA/2017/8MIN

A flying machine and a falling man herald the start to this beautifully realised animation set in a dystopian future.

Sometimes the most perfect days can take an unexpected turn, and events may never be the same again.

Screens with Ghost Story

Screens with Dave Made A Maze

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DIR: SAMUEL HUTCHINSON/AUST/2017/12MIN

DIR: VONNE PATIAG/AUST/2016/9MIN

Dan – known as Yowie Dan – spends his time roaming the mountains, searching for the elusive Yowie.

A gaze of desire into the street below…

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DYING FOR A LAUGH

DIR: JOSH TANNER/AUST/2016/13MIN

DIR: STIG WEMYSS/AUST/2017/16MIN

The tunnels of Cu Chi during the war in Vietnam, and following the death of a comrade a soldier finds himself facing an unexpected event.

A clown with a tragic past has a bad day at a children’s party. But then his agent calls, and maybe there’s hope after all.

Screens with A Dark Song

Screens with The Last Laugh

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THE RULE OF CAPTURE

MERRY-GO-ROUND

DIR: BRENDA L BURMEISTER/USA/2017/3MIN

DIR: IHOR PODOLCHAK/UKRAINE, POLAND/2017/5MIN

Land survey photographs and dowsing rods, water rights and the meaning of a glance: “Is there water underneath?” and “How do you know if they like you?”

A stunningly realised work in which images, shadows and light play on a carousel of dreams.

Screens with Are We Not Cats?

Screens with The Key to Dali

THROUGH THE HAZE DIR: KIERAN WHEELER/AUST/2017/11MIN

It’s the end of the week, and a team of construction workers are pleased with their latest colleague. Time to make him one of the gang. Screens with A Taste of Ink WORLD PREMIERE

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WHY DO PEOPLE HATE US?

DIR: LIZ COOPER/AUST/2016/15MIN

DIR: MARK BAKAITIS/AUST/2016/12MIN

A homeless girl, selling drugs to survive, finds an abandoned baby and faces a decision that changes both their lives.

A fast and furious portrait of punk musician and tattooist Smeer and his wife Samii. Screens with Descent into the Maelstrom

Screens with Free Fire AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

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DIR: TOM PUTNAM/USA/2017/3MIN

DIR: CONNOR FANTASIA-SERVE/AUST/2017/5MIN

Sometimes dogs don’t behave themselves.

Sometimes watching the TV shopping channel can have surprising and unintended consequences.

Screens with Dead Hands Dig Deep


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GUZMAN Y GOMEZ PRESENTS

S ' H T PER T S E H FRES N A C I MEX NACHOS PRIZE 2016

BEST BURRITOS 2016

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TITLE A true visionary and pioneer of early cinema Georges Méliès directed some of the most beautiful movies ever conceived. Perhaps the original pioneer of visual effects, a lover of fantasy and believer in the magic of cinema, Méliès was an early master of stop frame animation and special effects, as well as a true storyteller. Most recently celebrated in Martin Scorsese’s multi-Oscar winning feature Hugo (2011), which opened up the director’s work to a younger audience and emphasised that Méliès work is as beautiful, visually lavish and spectacular today as it ever was. Revelation are proud to present The Georges Méliès Project, featuring seven films by the French cinema pioneer accompanied by a live performance of original scores by American composer Phillip Johnson. Phillip Johnson has previously scored and performed life soundtracks to Tod Browning’s The Unknown (1927), Teinosuke Kinugasa’s Page of Madness (1926) and Murnau’s Faust (1926). He has scored numerous contemporary film and theatre productions. He has performed in Fast ’N’ Bulbous: the Captain Beefheart Project and has led The Microscopic Septet. After premiering in New York at the Lincoln Centre, The Georges Méliès Project has toured the world, wowing international audiences, and now it’s Perth’s turn!

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CROWD FUNDING THANK YOUS A Mildenhall Aaron McCann Adam Peter Scott aihtdikh Alex Hardison Alexander Dermer Alexandra Nell Amelie la Roux Amy Benjamin Amy Lou Taylor Anarchy PR Andrea Conte Andrew Leavold Andrew O’Keefe Andrew Peirce Anika Fourie Anonymous x 22 Anthony Tran Anupo Le Faucheur Armon Hicks Ashley Barrot Basil & Kath Worner Bella Broadway Ben J Young Benjamin Black Benjamin Ward Bianca Koehler Blake Hall BOOespresso Bozenna Brenda Dilizia Brendon Humphries Brooke Tia Silcox Caila Ihle Cameron Leonard James Green Carl Freedman & Robert Cappellin Cassandra Nguyen Cassandra Sturm Cathy Henkel Chantal Victor Cinema Australia Claire Q Clayton Lin Colin Sharpe comeoutcomeout Courtney Meagher Daelle71 Damian Fasolo Damien Spiccia Dan Stone Dan Thom Daniel Dosek Daniel Plotnick

Darren R McCagh David Brinkworth David Smith David Watkins Deanna Neuzerling Debbie Thoy Demelza Rogers Denesa Dimi Nakov Dominic Pearce Donna Johnson Dov Kornits Elicia Richmond Elizabeth Fong Elizabeth Karr Ella Wright Ellie & Dan Worner Emily Simpson Erin Coates Eugenie Singleton Fleur Pereira Frances Elliott Gareth Brian Wood Genevieve McMullan George Sowada & Coco Parsons Gilbert George & Associates goingforawalk Grady Clare Hancock Graeme Plummer Grant Watson Halinka Lamparski Helen Singleton Hilda Colecchia Hudson S Ian & Nicki Booth Irene Jarzabek Jacinda Gardner Jacinta Pittorino Jack Jacob Brinkworth Jake Inglis James Lewis James Pontifex Janet Holmes a Court Janice Loreck Jannine Barnes Jas Hughes Jasmine Leivers Jay Peardon JAZAM Films Jenny Davis jenstar76 Jeny Beale

Jeremy Rigby Jessica Eva Jessica Peake Jill & Jim Downey Jimmy Von Exploder Joanne Fotakis Joe Kapiteyn Julian Wright Kathryn Lee Katrina M Tap Kaye Attfield Kaylee Higgott Keith Smith Kelly Reid Kenta Mcgrath Keren Schlink Kim Morrison Kingsley Gardner Kirby Bonavita Kylie Jade Brown Laurel Edwards Lauren McDonough lengov levonjp Liam Dunn Lindsay Hallam Little Pink Typewriter Lucy Gibson Luka Skandle Luke Caporn Luke Corbett Luke Pollard Margie Worner Marissa Bahar Mason Fleming Matthew Ammon Matthew Green Maude Pilote Meg Shields Megan Hollier Michael Facey Michael McCall Michael Thomas Michael Tucak Michelle John Michelle Morgan Mike Hoath Miranda Johnson Mitch Davis Natalie Cameron Nathan Thompson newellj97 NEXT GEN Nick Mueller nickyg83

Nicole Roberts Nikki Matthews Ozzy Man Reviews Perth Market Research Peter Bowdidge Phil Sarich Pip Christmass Poppy van OordeGrainger Rafael Baro Rebecca Caldwell Renee Newman rewnad Ric Curtin Robert Livings Robyn Jennings Roderick MacKay Sam Lara Sarah Brims Shane Pinnegar Shanta Maree Sophie Bonnin Stephen Briggs Stephen McCallum Stephen Wroth Steven Smith Stuart Campbell Suzanne Ryan Tamara Capper Tamryn Barker Tanja Visosevic Tashi Tshering The Gingerbread Man Thomas Dimmick Tim Rattigan Tobiyaez Haynes Tom Putnam & Brenna Sanchez Tom Reynolds Tom Vincent Tom Zubrycki Tony Lawrence Travis Johnson Tristan Fidler Troy Joshua Mutton Van Bach ly Vanessa Woolley Vicki Maree Wilson Wade McCagh Warren Money Yolande Pickett Zoe Oneill

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CREDITS BOARD

CREDITS

Ian Hale (Chair) Rebecca Matthews Ken Kelso Richard Skead Michael McCall Richard Sowada

Festival Director: Richard Sowada

DEEP AND PERSONAL THANKS TO

General Manager & Communications Director: Suzanne Worner

Everyone that has been part of the 20 year journey of Revelation past and present! Thank you for your passion and belief in independent film and the importance of supporting the unwavering values that guide all we do.

Partnerships & Marketing Director: Mimi McDonald

Ian Booth, Neta Gill, Tamara Bardas and everyone at ScreenWest;

Print Traffic Coordinator: Felix Burrows

Roslyn & Miller Sargeant; Keith Smith; Rebecca Rocher, Issy Rule, Dragana Danicic, Amanda Grbavac at the Dept of Local Government & Communities Paul Tonta; Leederville Connect; Steve, Elouise & Daniel Worner; Leigh, Selena & Lauren McDonald, Judie Wright; Hawthorn Hub; everybody who submitted a film or suggested a title; all of our dedicated volunteers; Ian & Jasmine at The Backlot Perth; Lauren McDonough; Rebecca Matthews; Paul Timos; Dale Fairbairn and Richard Harris at Screen Australia; everyone who has ever worked with and for the event including Mary Lusted, Anomie, Ivan Borgnino, Megan Spencer, Jo Hoss, Kate Wilson, Duncan Baynton, Rachael BernSousa, Becky Chilcott, Martin, Erin and Craig at Sumo Group, Rebecca Anderson, Sas Ericson, Pete Gurbiel, Toni Clancey, Clint McRae, Glen Adams, Sue Wilkes, Leon Delpech, Portia Zar, Amy Broadfoot, Georgina Moore, Sonia Gurbiel, Rebecca Cockram, Daniel St Vincent Pete Collins; Adil Bux & Richard Evans Yvonne Hoschke; Rhonda Simmonds; Ingrid, Tony, Candice, Sim, Jess, Morten and Toni and the whole Luna crew; everyone who has been so patient with us.

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Program Director: Jack Sargeant

CREDITS

Festival Coordinator: Jessica Barker

Photographer: Anthony Tran Social Media: Luke Caporn Bianca Kartawiria Industrial Relations Coordinator: Ashleigh Nicolau Life in Pictures Coordinator: Lezly Herbert Festival Support: James Taylor Stephanie Back Anika Fourie Event Design: Tee Ken Ng Picture Palaces Exhibition Courtesy of ECU Design: Rachel Thwaites Helena Berggren Rina Park Drishti Goojha Cathedral Projection: Roly Skender Rev 2017 Highlights Reel Courtesy of SAE QANTM: SAE students

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ASSHOLES (Pg 48)

WATCH THE SUNSET (Pg 58)

WOMEN WHO KILL (Pg 60)

NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD DRIVE (Pg 55)

STINKY WIENERS AND DREAMY BEAVERS - A COLLECTION OF CURT MCDOWELL FILMS (Pg17)

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TICKET & VENUE INFORMATION VENUES & ENQUIRIES

TERMS & CONDITIONS

LUNA LEEDERVILLE 155 Oxford Street, Leederville 9444 4056

All tickets are unreserved. General admission applies, so be early! Unless purchasing online, tickets for individual films must be purchased at the relevant screening venue. Passes do not guarantee entry to sold-out sessions please redeem your tickets from that venue. All sessions are Unclassified 15+ unless otherwise indicated. Sessions in Luna Leederville cinemas 3+4 have limited seating so do book early! All under-18s attending Luna Leederville must be accompanied and supervised by a responsible adult at all times.

CINEMA PARADISO 164 James Street, Northbridge 9227 1771 LUNA ON SX 13 Essex Street, Fremantle 9430 5999 THE BACKLOT PERTH 21 Simpson Street, West Perth 9227 1837 STATE LIBRARY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 25 Francis Street, Perth 9427 3111 NORTH METROPOLITAN TAFE Cnr Oxford & Richmond Streets, Leederville (Revelation Academic) 30 Aberdeen Street, Northbridge (ATOM seminar) BABUSHKA 742 Newcastle St, Leederville THE BLUE FLAMINGO 742 Newcastle Street, Leederville 9202 8282 THE OLD LAUNDRY 22 Angove Street, North Perth 6162 1105 BUDBURST 406 Oxford Street, Mt Hawthorn 9444 3406 MUSEUM OF PERTH 8-10 The Esplanade, Perth CITY OF FREMANTLE LIBRARY 8 William Street, Fremantle 94332 9766 CITY OF VINCENT LIBRARY 99 Loftus Street, Leederville 9273 6090 ST GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL 38 St Georges Terrace, Perth 9325 5766 FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE 1 Finnerty Street, Fremantle 9432 9555

TICKETS* SINGLE ADMISSION:

OPENING NIGHT:

$19 Full $15.50 Concession $14 Members*

$55 $45

Full Concession

Rev Club @ Babushka See pages 24 & 25 for special prices and conditions of entry In Conversation With George Lazenby see page 14 for special prices All children attending free family screenings must be accompanied by an adult *On presentation of a Revelation membership card

PASSES Passes are valid at all screenings except Opening Night, Revelation Academic, workshops, In Conversation with George Lazenby and Club Rev events at Babushka. Tickets from passes must be redeemed at the specific venue box office for the particular session Gold pass does not include Opening Night.

SAE CREATIVE MEDIA INSTITUTE PERTH 116-120 Roe Street, Northbridge 6217 4100

Not valid for multiple tickets for a single film from the same pass...it’s one ticket per pass.

JOHNNY MA STUDIOS 305A Railway Parade, Maylands

Venue passes are only available from Luna Leederville, Luna on SX & Cinema Paradiso

GENERAL ENQUIRIES: [email protected]

GOLD PASS: $200 (that’s $3 per film)

PURCHASING ONLINE*

CONNECT 4 PASS: $65 (over $75 value)

revelationfilmfest.org or lunapalace.com.au

MEMBERSHIP

Before and during the festival: advance ticket and pass purchases from lunapalace.com.au

MINI 6 PASS: $90 (over $110 value)

$250 available at revelationfilmfest.org

*Counter tickets for specific titles are only available at specific venues

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Becoming Bond Opening Night

FRIDAY 7TH JULY 6:30pm 9:00pm 11:00pm

Patti Cakes A Ghost Story Spookers

SATURDAY 8TH JULY 10:45am 12:30pm 2:30pm 4:30pm 6:30pm 8:45pm 10:45pm

The Bomb Amateurs In Space 78/52 Bobby Sands: 66 Days Meal Tickets Becoming Bond Q+A Maligno

SUNDAY 9TH JULY 11:00am 1:30pm 5:30pm 7:30pm 9:20pm

The Brick & The Mirror On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Working In Protest Top Knot Detective Free Fire

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TUESDAY 18TH JULY

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The Wolf Children Secrets At Sunrise Top Knot Detective Sound & Fury King Of The Belgians Descent Into The Maelstrom

THURSDAY 13TH JULY 10:30am 12:45pm 2:45pm 4:45pm 6:45pm 9:00pm

The Wolf Children Sylvio Orange Sunshine Wiener-Dog Free Fire Dass Wassup

FRIDAY 14TH JULY 10:30am 1:00pm 2:45pm 4:15pm 6:30pm 8:20pm 10:15pm

The Boy & The Beast Baxter And Me My Life As A Zucchini King Of The Belgians A Date For Mad Mary Dave Made A Maze Dead Hands

SATURDAY 15TH JULY 4:15pm 6:30pm 8:45pm 11:00pm

I Am Not Your Negro Girl With All The Gifts The Go-Betweens: Right Here Night Of The Living Dead

SUNDAY 16TH JULY 5:00pm 7:10pm 9:00pm

Chasing Trane The Untold Tales Of Armistead Maupin Revel-8

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WEDNESDAY 19TH JULY 2:30pm 4:45pm 7:00pm

6:45pm 8:40pm

Becoming Bond Even Lovers Get The Blues Wiener-Dog Are We Not Cats

Roller Dreams Citizen Jane Gyso!

LUNA LEEDERVILLE CINEMA 2 SATURDAY 15TH JULY 12:15pm 2:15pm

Safari The Last Laugh

SUNDAY 16TH JULY 10:45am 1:00pm 3:00pm

Citizen Jane It’s Not Just Me The Giant

LUNA LEEDERVILLE CINEMA 4* *Limited seating, Admit 1 tickets not valid


A Life In Waves Are We Not Cats Assholes

SATURDAY 8TH JULY 11:00am 12:45pm 2:45pm 4:45pm 6:45pm 8:45pm 10:45pm

MONDAY 17TH JULY 2:45pm 4:45pm

Meal Tickets A Date For Mad Mary The Untamed Free Fire

Melanie Tower Sylvio Weirdos Women Who Kill Wiener-Dog Neighborhoood Food Drive

SUNDAY 9TH JULY 10:45am 1:00pm 3:00pm 5:10pm 7:00pm 8:45pm

Experimental Showcase 1 Where Is Rocky Ii? Secrets At Sunrise Are We Not Cats Mattress Men Assholes

#REVFEST

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE MONDAY 10TH JULY

WEDNESDAY 19TH JULY

FRIDAY 14TH JULY

6:45pm 8:15pm

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Farewell Analog Even Lovers Get The Blues

TUESDAY 11TH JULY 6:45pm 8:45pm

Neighborhoood Food Drive A Dragon Arrives

Sylvio The Last Laugh

LUNA ON SX FRIDAY 7TH JULY 7:00pm

A Date For Mad Mary Sx Open Wiener-Dog

WEDNESDAY 12TH JULY

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SATURDAY 8TH JULY

The Untamed Awol

THURSDAY 13TH JULY 6:45pm 9:00pm

Spookers A Taste Of Ink


Even Lovers Get The Blues You Never Had It A Dark Song

SATURDAY 15TH JULY 12:45pm 2:45pm 4:30pm 6:45pm 8:30pm 10:45pm

Radio Dreams Melanie Houston We Have A Problem Lazybones Assholes Maligno

1:00pm 2:30pm 4:20pm 6:30pm 8:45pm

My Life As A Zucchini The Last Laugh Chasing Trane I Am Not Your Negro Free Fire

SUNDAY 9TH JULY 12:30pm 2:30pm 4:30pm 6:30pm 8:45pm

The Key To Dali Radio Dreams 78 52 King Of The Belgians The Giant

MONDAY 10TH JULY 10:30am 6:45pm 8:45pm

The Wolf Children Safari Houston We Have A Problem

6:45pm 9:00pm

The Secret Of The Kells Citizen Jane Becoming Bond

SATURDAY 15TH JULY 12:45pm 2:45pm 4:45pm 6:45pm 8:45pm

Amateurs In Space You Never Had It Women Who Kill Bobby Sands: 66 Days Patti Cakes

SUNDAY 16TH JULY 12:00pm 1:30pm 3:30pm 5:20pm 7:00pm 8:45pm

Farewell Analog Notre Dame: Screen 2017 Awol A Life In Waves Baxter And Me Descent Into The Maelstrom


It’s Not Just Me Where Is Rocky Ii?


The Untold Tales Of Armistead Maupin Sound & Fury

SUNDAY 16TH JULY

TUESDAY 11TH JULY

WEDNESDAY 19TH JULY

10:45am

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1:00pm 3:00pm 4:45pm 6:30pm 8:45pm

Experimental Showcase 1 Weirdos The Bomb The Key To Dali A Dragon Arrives Watch The Sunset


Orange Sunshine Dass Wassup


Lazybones Tower


The Boy & The Beast A Taste Of Ink All The Rage

Dave Made A Maze The Go-Betweens: Right Here

WEDNESDAY 12TH JULY 10:30am 6:45pm 8:30pm

The Boy & The Beast Mattress Men Working In Protest

THURSDAY 13TH JULY 10:30am 6:45pm 8:45pm

The Secret Of The Kells Top Knot Detective Watch The Sunset

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