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July 3-7 2024

Festival Guests

We’re excited to welcome back our fantastic guests from all over the world! Festival-goers have the opportunity of a lifetime to hear experienced filmmakers talk and network with them. Unmissable for those interested in the screen industry, what it takes to bring a film together – and most of these are free to attend, that’s the REV-way! 

Below is a list of people coming in for panel talks and Q&As this year. 

**list is subject to future changes

Director and Writer of Frank and Frank

Bio

Adam Morris is a multi-talented filmmaker, novelist, academic, and local historian with a passion for storytelling. 

As a writer, director, and producer, Adam has left his mark on the world of feature films with critically acclaimed works such as Edward and Isabella (2021) and received recognition in Australian Cinematographer Magazine post-release. He also has an upcoming film titled Frank and Frank” (or The Valley and the Walrus: Ruminations on the Mystery from Soup to Nuts).

Adam has also made a mark in the literary world with his novels. His works, such as Winter of One Fire and Bird showcase his diverse storytelling abilities.

In addition to his creative endeavors, Adam Morris holds a PhD and has contributed significantly to academia with his research on the topic of whiteness in Australian fiction. His doctoral thesis, awarded in 2017, delves into the complex relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, with a focus on the concept of whiteness. 

His essay on the same topic further discusses the impact of social justice novels in fostering a more compassionate society in Australia.

As a freelance writer for the esteemed Great Southern Arts and Culture magazine Aurora since 2018, Adam continues to captivate audiences with his thought-provoking and engaging content. 

With a diverse range of skills and accomplishments in the world of film, literature, academia, and local history, Adam Morris is a visionary storyteller who continues to make a profound impact on various creative mediums.

Editor of Frank and Frank

Bio

Talarah is a Malgana woman from Shark Bay, who as well as being an editor is an accomplished, award winning artist working in the mediums of textiles, sculpture and painting. Frank and Frank is Talarah’s second feature film where she has served as editor, her other editing work includes short films and documentaries. Talarah is currently working on her first novel and is in pre-production of an animation feature focusing on her late father and home country of Shark Bay. 

Actor in Frank and Frank

Bio

Myles Pollard is a leading Australian actor who has worked extensively in film, television and theatre since graduating from NIDA in 1998. 

His television credits include the long running role of Nick Ryan in McLeod’s Daughters which gained him a nomination for a TV Week Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor for 2004. 

His film credits include X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Turning, Jasper Jones, Thirst, Danger Close, How To Please A Woman and Drift opposite Sam Worthington which was released both domestically and internationally which Myles also co-produced.

Filmmaker of Hello Dankness

Bio

Soda Jerk is an artist duo who make sample-based experimental films with a rogue documentary impulse. They are fundamentally interested in the politics of images; how they circulate, whom they benefit and how they can be undone. Formed in Sydney in 2002, they’ve been in based in New York since 2012. They have exhibited extensively within the fields of art and experimental cinema, and have collaborated on projects with the cyberfeminist art collective VNS Matrix and electronic music group The Avalanches. Soda Jerk’s new feature Hello Dankness (2022) is a suburban stoner musical that bears witness to the psychotropic spectacle of American politics from 2016 to 2021. It follows their controversial political revenge fable TERROR NULLIUS (2018) which was disowned by its commissioning body, who called the film “UnAustralian”. The Guardian named the “dizzyingly ambitious satirical work” one of the best Australian movies of the decade. 

Soda Jerk’s works have been exhibited internationally at film festivals and art institutions including the Barbican Centre, London; The Whitworth, Manchester; Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin; Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund; Centre Pompidou, Metz; Moderna Museet; Stockholm; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copengahen; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus; Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis; Pioneer Works, New York; Anthology Film Archives, New York; Video Bureau, Guangzhou and Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong.

Filmography

The Phoenix Portal (2005), Hollywood Burn (2006), Astro Black (2007-2015), After the Rainbow (2009), The Time that Remains (2012), The Carousel (2011), The Was (2016), TERROR NULLIUS (2018), Hello Dankness (2022)

Filmmaker of Hello Dankness

Bio

Soda Jerk is an artist duo who make sample-based experimental films with a rogue documentary impulse. They are fundamentally interested in the politics of images; how they circulate, whom they benefit and how they can be undone. Formed in Sydney in 2002, they’ve been in based in New York since 2012. They have exhibited extensively within the fields of art and experimental cinema, and have collaborated on projects with the cyberfeminist art collective VNS Matrix and electronic music group The Avalanches. Soda Jerk’s new feature Hello Dankness (2022) is a suburban stoner musical that bears witness to the psychotropic spectacle of American politics from 2016 to 2021. It follows their controversial political revenge fable TERROR NULLIUS (2018) which was disowned by its commissioning body, who called the film “UnAustralian”. The Guardian named the “dizzyingly ambitious satirical work” one of the best Australian movies of the decade. 

Soda Jerk’s works have been exhibited internationally at film festivals and art institutions including the Barbican Centre, London; The Whitworth, Manchester; Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin; Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund; Centre Pompidou, Metz; Moderna Museet; Stockholm; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copengahen; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus; Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis; Pioneer Works, New York; Anthology Film Archives, New York; Video Bureau, Guangzhou and Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong.

Filmography

The Phoenix Portal (2005), Hollywood Burn (2006), Astro Black (2007-2015), After the Rainbow (2009), The Time that Remains (2012), The Carousel (2011), The Was (2016), TERROR NULLIUS (2018), Hello Dankness (2022)

Roadshow Representative

Bio

Head of Australian Content – Roadshow Films

Edwina is responsible for assessing and developing Australian and NZ projects for Roadshow Films. Prior to Roadshow she ran TV & iview strategy and programming for ABC2.  Edwina was previously a Commissioning Editor and Executive Producer for ABC Factual & Documentaries and spent a number of years with the Specialist Factual Department at Channel Four UK. She began her career working with writers, directors, designers and actors at talent agencies including William Morris Agency UK (now WME), Curtis Brown UK, and HLA Australia. Roadshow’s recent titles include RAMS, THE DRY, PENGUIN BLOOM, THE DROVER’S WIFE THE LEGEND OF MOLLY JOHNSON, SERIOUSLY RED, BLUEBACK, SWEET AS, OF AN AGE, with THE NEW BOY and FORCE OF NATURE: THE DRY 2 to come.

Filmmaker of The Consequence of John Doe

Bio

Starting out as a visual arts graduate and winner of the Queensland Young Filmmakers Award, Brett cut his teeth early on with television commercials and assorted film projects. Moving permanently to Sydney, he worked for various studios including Universal and Sony Pictures before becoming a freelance writer for numerous industry and commercial publications. With a stint in Los Angeles, he developed and critiqued screenplays, and with his works having been optioned, later returned to Australia.

More recently, Brett was co-writer with Alex Proyas on the rom-com musical short ‘Lovelorn Lockdown’ (2021) and writer/director on ‘The Consequence of John Doe’ (2023). Brett is currently developing several projects including his next short horror-thriller based on Japanese mythology.

 

Co-Director/Writer of Bald Future

Bio

Michael Whyntie is an Australian filmmaker. He graduated with a Masters in Film Producing from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), where he produced several award winning short films. He is the writer and director of the short films Employee of the Month and Bald Future. He was also one of the writers and directors of the sold-out fringe musical More Than A Game. 

 

Director of Bald Future

Bio

Reilly Archer-Whelan is a professional director and producer. Her interest in social activism has lead her to create works around the refugee crisis, class struggle and mass extinction disaster. She has films which have been distributed by Bloomsbury throughout the UK and USA. Her latest film, Bald Future, co-directed with Michael Whyntie, stars the famous Mark Bonanno from Aunty Donna.

 

Director/Writer of Impression

Bio

Sarah Legg is an established emerging Boorloo filmmaker with experience in theatre, film, photography, freelance video and photo, film tutoring and teaching, academic writing and judging.
In 2017 Sarah wrote an academic paper Character Development Systems for Actors with professor Robin Pascoe, which was published in the ADEM Magazine in 2018.
She was awarded the Robin Pascoe scholarship for Innovation, Creativity and Imagination as well as the Bill Izett award for her work in film and theatre.

She then went on to write, direct, produce and act in her first feature Cherubhead, which shocked audiences at its March premiere at the WA Made Film Festival with four sold out screenings. The film then went to screen at the Revelation International Film Festival, was nominated Best Oceanic Film at the Septimius Awards, a finalist at the Boden International Film Festival and winning Best Director at the Black Hat Film Festival in Europe.
She has been a panelist for the Drug Aware YCulture Metro grants with propel Youth Arts WA and the Nedlands Youth Photography Competition. 

She has tutored film and runs workshops with actors
using her approach to acting published in 2018.

She now runs West Mirror Media which has a short film ‘Butterscotch’ in post-production, a feature film ‘Greenbushes’ in pre-production while working as a freelance wedding videographer, partnering up with The Backlot Perth to have couples see their wedding films in a cinema.

Sarah is driven, innovative, forward-thinking and ambitious. She is passionate about telling stories that concern the youth of today and tomorrow, and fully believes in the power and influence of film and storytelling.

Actor in Frank and Frank

Bio

Trevor Jamieson is a veteran of stage and screen with over 25 years of experience and has been an influencing actor not only for his Indigenous background but for the Australian industry as a whole. Known as an actor, dancer, guitarist and didgeridoo player, his portrait, taken by Brett Canet-Gibson, took out the People’s Choice award for the 2017 National Portrait gallery exhibition.

His screen credits include Storm Boy, Cleverman, Lockie Leonard, Thalu: Dreamtime is Now and Boys in the Trees

His stage credits include the Australian tour of The Season; the Sydney Theatre Company’s The Secret River; and the performance of Namatjira at Southbank, London in front of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.

 

Producer/Owner of Cyan Films

Bio

Julie Ryan is a prolific and award winning Australian feature film producer who has produced, co-produced or executive produced, 16 feature films over her 20+ year career with many of her films being officially selected for all major A List international film festivals. 

Her achievements include H is for Happiness, which received a Special Mention by the Children’s Jury, Generation Kplus Berlin International Film Festival 2020, and won the prestigious 2019 Cinefest Oz Film Prize; Hotel Mumbai, the most successful Australian film to release internationally in 2019; Ten Canoes, the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize winner at the Cannes International Film Festival 2006; and Australian box office smash hit in 2011 Red Dog

In 2023 Julie was Executive Producer on the much praised SXSW selected horror film Late Night With The Devil. Her other feature film credits include Satellite Boy (Toronto FF 2012, Berlin FF 2013); My Tehran For Sale (Toronto FF 2009); Alexandra’s Project (Berlin FF 2003); The Tracker (Venice FF 2002); Tracks (Venice FF, Toronto FF & Telluride Film Festivals 2013); 100 Bloody Acres (Winner Best Film, Midnight X-treme, Sitges 2013); and Scare Campaign (Winner Best Film, MonsterFest 2015). 

Julie has received eight Best Film nominations at the AFI/AACTA awards over her 20 plus career including nominations for H is for Happiness and Hotel Mumbai in 2019, and won for Ten Canoes and Red Dog

Julie’s production company Cyan Films is based in Adelaide, South Australia, and she has shot films in many remote and regions around Australia including Arnhem Land, the Kimberley, the Pilbara, Alice Springs, the Flinders Ranges, Albany and Beechworth. Internationally she has worked in Iran, Cyprus, French Guiana and India.

General Manager of Umbrella Entertainment

Bio

Ari Harrison is the General Manager at Umbrella Entertainment and the Director and Owner of Sanctuary Pictures Pty Ltd.

As one of Australia’s leading independent film distributors, Umbrella manages rights for film content spanning multiple platforms, including Theatrical, VOD, Home Entertainment, TV and Ancillary. In his role as the company’s General Manager, Ari is across all of these areas, with specific emphasis on determining the financial and artistic viability of both local and international productions for theatrical release. He also maintains Umbrella’s strong ties with the Australian, New Zealand and International film community through the ongoing acquisition and support of domestic titles. 

Over the last few years, Ari has been responsible for many of the company’s key acquisitions including features such as TALK TO ME, RUN RABBIT RUN, FALLING FOR FIGARO, RELIC, and Oscar Winning, ANOTHER ROUND, along with the globally acclaimed documentaries FOR SAMA and HONEYLAND, both of which received nominations at the 2020 Academy ® Awards. 

Ari is an Executive and Co-Producer on various Australian feature films including upcoming; TALK TO ME (Sundance 2023) , THE SURVIVAL OF KINDNESS (Berlin 2023), YOULL NEVER FIND ME (Tribeca Midnight 2023) SPEEDWAY, HEADCOUNT, THE MOOGAI and TIME ADDICTS. His previous Executive Producer credits include 2067 (Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ryan Kwanten) and MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Netflix Original, Hugo Weaving). Ari has been involved in the development, financing, production and distribution of all titles as an Executive Producer.