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2023 Program

Feature Feature Films & Documentaries

An Untitled And Perfectly-Legal Coming-Of-Age Parody Film

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

An Untitled And Perfectly-Legal Coming-Of-Age Parody Film

This movie, though much discussed and clearly ground-breaking, is screened here as a hush-hush secret presentation.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries

Bolan’s Shoes

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Bolan’s Shoes

Seventies Britain and T-Rex mania reigns supreme, especially with a group of kids from a children’s home, until tragedy strikes.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As

Devil’s Peak + Q&A

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Devil’s Peak + Q&A

In a gripping blend of crime and family dynamics, this southern gothic drama delves into the evolving relationship between drug lord Charlie and his son Jacob.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries

Enter Mycel

Started on July 12, 2023 to July 12, 2023

Enter Mycel

What follows in Limmer’s debut feature combines a kind of unsettling psychological horror that worms into the viewer’s psyche with a post-Lynchian surrealism.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries

Frank and Frank (Or The Valley And The Walrus: Ruminations On The Mystery From Soup To Nuts) + Q&A

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

Frank and Frank (Or The Valley And The Walrus: Ruminations On The Mystery From Soup To Nuts) + Q&A

A subtly, knowing portrait of two men as they enter the middle years of their lives.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries

Heavenly Resentments

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Heavenly Resentments

Experimental filmmaker Carey Burtt’s latest feature is an exploration of the phenomena of ‘men going their own way.’
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As

Hello Dankness + Q&A

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Hello Dankness + Q&A

Australia’s most radical filmmakers explore contemporary US politics and the era of the Trump presidency.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As

Holy Shit + Intro

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

Holy Shit + Intro

The tense toilet thriller you need.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries

How To Blow Up A Pipeline

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

How To Blow Up A Pipeline

A group of twenty-something environmental activists who become engaged in a radical action.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries

I Like Movies

Started on July 12, 2023 to July 12, 2023

I Like Movies

A hopelessly ambitious small town cinephile seventeen-year-old who dreams of film school.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As Special Events

Love Me Lex +Q&A

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Love Me Lex +Q&A

This locally produced seven-part web series tells the tale of Lex, who’s single, in her forties, and searching for love in her local lesbian community. This special session includes a screening of the series and a discussion with the key creatives behind it as they come together at the Backlot to discuss the production process.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries

Mammalia

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

Mammalia

39-year old Camil is on the edge of middle-age as he struggles with all facets of his existence – work, relationship, his own body.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Special Events

Maniac Cop

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

Maniac Cop

Join us for a special screening of the cult classic film, hosted by the Black Maria Film Collective.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence + Q&A

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence + Q&A

Telling the story of a Japanese prisoner of war camp, the film has been described by Akira Kurosawa and Christopher Nolan as among their favourite films.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Special Events

Opening Night 2023

Started on July 12, 2023 to July 12, 2023

Opening Night 2023

Come and enjoy the Australian premiere of Devil’s Peak at the Revelation Opening Night 2023, with drinks and food and good company.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries

Paco

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

Paco

A beautifully realised work that reimagines film sounds with surprising and magical results.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As

Paco + Q&A

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Paco + Q&A

A beautifully realised work that reimagines film sounds with surprising and magical results.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries

Riceboy Sleeps

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Riceboy Sleeps

A beautiful study of the relationship between an immigrant Korean mother and her son, both of whom are caught between cultures and traditions.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries

Shin Ultraman

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Shin Ultraman

Shin Ultraman reimagines the genre and the original 1966 TV series with a joyous appreciation of the material and a true sense of fun.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries

The Integrity of Joseph Chambers

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

The Integrity of Joseph Chambers

A haunting feature that explores family, masculinity and ethics.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Special Events

The Mummy

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

The Mummy

Archaeologists facing the menace of the resurrected figure of the high priest Kharis, out for revenge.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries

Unidentified Objects

Started on July 12, 2023 to July 12, 2023

Unidentified Objects

Convinced of contact with advanced aliens, free-spirited sex worker Winona hires Peter for a border-defying road trip towards her alien abduction.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries

Circus Of The Scars

Started on June 26, 2023 to June 26, 2023

Circus Of The Scars

The story of the touring sideshow and the people who made it happen.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries

Citizen Sleuth

Started on July 12, 2023 to July 12, 2023

Citizen Sleuth

Explores true crime podcast culture, but primarily the focus is on the troubled podcast Mile Marker 181.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries

De Humani Corporis Fabrica

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

De Humani Corporis Fabrica

In five Parisian hospitals, the body opens up for doctors, surgeons, researchers and the filmmaker’s camera.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries

Dùthchas

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

Dùthchas

Using archival home movies showing the Isle of Berneray and the people who live there, alongside interviews with the island’s inhabitants.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries

Fragments of Paradise

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Fragments of Paradise

Chronicles Jonas Mekas' life, from a displaced person after World War II to his influential role as a poet, writer, and filmmaker in the realm of experimental and underground cinema.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As

IX XI + Q&A

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

IX XI + Q&A

A deeply human documentary that weaves together the experiences of a handful of ordinary people in New York on 9/11.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries

Lee Fields: Faithful Man

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

Lee Fields: Faithful Man

Nine years in the making, Lee Fields: Faithful Man tells the singer’s story, charting his life and musical career.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries

Little Richard: I Am Everything

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

Little Richard: I Am Everything

A unique rock and roll icon - let’s be honest no-one else really came close to Little Richard - the queer, African American musician and visionary was a true original and innovator.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries

Manifesto

Started on July 12, 2023 to July 12, 2023

Manifesto

Edited from videos posted online by Russian teenagers, Manifesto presents an increasingly troubling image of the lives of these young people.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries

Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV

Known for coining the term “Electronic Superhighway” and as the father of video art, he was a key figure in the avant-garde of the 20th century.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries Special Events

Show Me The Magic + Documentary Masterclass

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Show Me The Magic + Documentary Masterclass

Explores the life and work of cinematographer and DoP Don McAlpine. Plus a Documentary Masterclass with Cathy Henkel.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

A truly exceptional documentary focusing on a rural sauna in Estonia in which women come together to share their innermost secrets and personal experiences.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As

Sunlight: Yes +Q&A

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Sunlight: Yes +Q&A

An exploration of WA based bio-artists Symbiotica’s ‘Sunlight, Soil & Shit (De)Cycle’ exhibition which transpired in Fremantle in February 2022.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries

The New Americans: Gaming A Revolution

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

The New Americans: Gaming A Revolution

Delving into the world of at-home stock traders, this exploration illuminates the individuals who navigate the markets like a game.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries

The Space Race

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

The Space Race

In the 1950s, there exists another narrative that highlights the often neglected yet crucial role played by African Americans in shaping space exploration
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

Revealing something of the man behind some of the greatest films of the last fifty years.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries

What You Could Not Visualise

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

What You Could Not Visualise

Telling the story of Rema Rema, this film paints a portrait of the unknown yet influential band against a background that includes the likes of Joy Division, The Cure, Cabaret Voltaire and many others.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries Special Events

Where the Green Ants Dream

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

Where the Green Ants Dream

A visually stunning work that focuses on a dispute between a mining company and the local indigenous community whose land is under threat.
Shorts

3 Seconds In, 6 Seconds Out

Started on July 12, 2023 to July 16, 2023

3 Seconds In, 6 Seconds Out

After suffering a panic attack in public, a young woman decides to never leave her apartment again.
Shorts

60 Second Thoughts: Volume Two

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

60 Second Thoughts: Volume Two

A new collection of anti-commercials created to question the answers.
Shorts

Against All Odds

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Against All Odds

Cautiously testing and expanding boundaries, Younus is playing a risky game. When the tension finally unloads, he questions the deeper foundation of the fragile relationship.
Shorts

Bald Future

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Bald Future

A follicly challenged outcast's desperate pursuit to fit in at work takes a deadly turn, leading him to devise a hair-raising plan to save his job.
Shorts

Chip

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Chip

Chip volunteers to have a brain-computer interface implanted in his spinal cord by a nascent startup, only for the company to go bust and leave him stuck with obsolete technology intertwined with his biology.
Shorts

Chokehole: Drag Wrestlers Do Deutschland

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Chokehole: Drag Wrestlers Do Deutschland

The story of how disenfranchised, queer performers defeated all the odds to make a compelling theatrical show.
Shorts Shorts Showcases Special Events

Closing Night: GYSO + COV 2023

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Closing Night: GYSO + COV 2023

Our Closing Night event is Get Your Shorts On! and the premiere of the City of Vincent Film Project 2023 films!
Shorts

Correa

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Correa

The story of the beings that animate the bush, beginning with their gestation in the bellies of flowers and gum nuts.
Shorts

Death Drive

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Death Drive

A young man drives along a country road in his new sports car, until he is waved down by a stranded mysterious woman, with a love of speed and a lust for death.
Shorts

Don’t You Go Nowhere

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Don’t You Go Nowhere

A jazz dynamo belts his way through his weekly set until he makes an unexpected connection with an audience member.
Shorts

Goodbye, Munchkin

Started on July 12, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Goodbye, Munchkin

Two part-time food-delivery drivers find themselves in a temple in suburbia.
Shorts

Language Unknown

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Language Unknown

Leaves, mycelium, and roots playfully examine how humans experience the world and the (supposedly) silent watchers consider what language those swift blurs of human might possibly understand.
Shorts

Love Forever

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Love Forever

A girl from Canberra navigates the treacherous waters of first love with a boy from Sydney's northern beaches.
Shorts

Making Waves

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Making Waves

Celebrates the inspiring and diverse women who compete at the top level of the dynamic sport of waveski surfing.
Shorts

Marungka Tjaalatjunu (Dipped In Black)

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Marungka Tjaalatjunu (Dipped In Black)

A journey from the oppression of white city life in Adelaide as Yankunytjatjara man Derik Lynch's returns to his remote Anangu community to seek spiritual healing, and perform on sacred Inma ground.
Shorts

MumLife

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

MumLife

A first-time mother struggles to connect with her newborn baby and is pushed to her limits when she discovers her insta famous bestie has thrown her a surprise birthday party.
Shorts

Once Upon A Time In Ribolla (C’era Una Volta A Ribolla)

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Once Upon A Time In Ribolla (C’era Una Volta A Ribolla)

Inspired by the tragic events of May 4, 1954 when, 43 miners lost their lives following a gas leak in a tunnel: the most serious mining tragedy in Italy since the war.
Shorts

Requiem

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Requiem

Requiem imagines the last remaining astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) bidding farewell to their vessel before it is deorbited and crashed into the remote South Pacific (an event scheduled to take place by the end of 2030).
Shorts

Salt Dreams

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Salt Dreams

A race car driver must confront his past to pursue his dreams.
Shorts

SOS Extase

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

SOS Extase

Ultimate pleasures and indigo fluids: these are the experiences of SOS EXTASE, a trip organised by a mysterious travel agency.
Shorts

Sparky

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Sparky

A bunch of true blue Aussie tradies struggle to accept the new female plumber on the job, yet as sparks begin to fly between her and an electrician, they discover a spark that might be too huge to handle…
Shorts

Still Up There

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Still Up There

A mortally wounded Astronaut awakens in the upper atmosphere after a catastrophic event.
Shorts

The Discoverer of The Discoverers

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

The Discoverer of The Discoverers

A family in West Africa tells the story of how their ancestor discovered the European explorers — to a European film crew.
Shorts

The Interval

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

The Interval

A young WWII soldier posted on the Rhine River encounters three apparent strangers who challenge his perception of reality.
Shorts

Useless Eaters

Started on July 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Useless Eaters

Mutated hackable bodies, bodies that didn’t quite work out and bodies that can no longer be classified as bodies.
Shorts Shorts Showcases Special Events

Closing Night: GYSO + COV 2023

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Closing Night: GYSO + COV 2023

Our Closing Night event is Get Your Shorts On! and the premiere of the City of Vincent Film Project 2023 films!
Feature Films & Documentaries Shorts Showcases

Documentary Shorts 1: The World and All Within It

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

Documentary Shorts 1: The World and All Within It

A trio of short-documentaries meets experimental auto-fiction. A quartet of personal stories about our lives and the world around us, told by filmmakers who explore the nature of the documentary form.
Q&As Shorts Showcases

Documentary Shorts 2: Fault Lines + Q&A

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Documentary Shorts 2: Fault Lines + Q&A

A trio of ‘long-short’ documentary works that focus on race and identity and one short work about the plight of refugees fleeing PTSD. Sometimes confronting to watch, these powerful works tell stories that explore the personal and the political, telling often painful truths and asking uncomfortable questions.
Shorts Showcases

Experimental Shorts

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

Experimental Shorts

Divided like chapters, this year’s experimental program shifts through mutable changes, themes emerge and vanish, and cinema changes before your eyes, from fragmented echoes of time through the geographical space, vehicular momentum to the speed of the imagination caught on film and finally the fragmented poetics of our own existences.
Q&As Shorts Showcases

Horror Shorts + Intro

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Horror Shorts + Intro

A selection of horror and twisted shorts. From movies that embrace the gothic, the Lovecraftian and the ghostly, through to twisted surrealism and the outright bizarre…
Feature Films & Documentaries Shorts Showcases Special Events

International Family Animation Explosion 2023

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

International Family Animation Explosion 2023

A specially curated collection of international short animations that are perfect for all ages – including those who have never been to the movies before.
Q&As Shorts Showcases Special Events

WAnimate + Intro

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

WAnimate + Intro

WAnimate – the Western Australian Animation Association - represents and presents an exclusive display of WA’s vibrant animation scene; spotlighting entries from the global 3|Thirty Competition; the high-energy 48-hour WAMBAM Challenge and creations from WAnimate, WA’s thriving community of animators.
Q&As Shorts Showcases Special Events

Westralia Day 2023

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

Westralia Day 2023

Come and celebrate a section of WA short films. Exploring all areas of cinema and culture these films showcase both established and emerging talent from across the state, with filmmakers exploring all manner of filmmaking styles, exploring the possibilities of the short film as a way of telling personal stories, micro-documentaries, comedies, dramas, and much more.
Q&As Shorts Showcases Special Events

Westralia Day Session #2

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Westralia Day Session #2

Come and celebrate a section of WA short films. Exploring all areas of cinema and culture these films showcase both established and emerging talent from across the state, with filmmakers exploring all manner of filmmaking styles, exploring the possibilities of the short film as a way of telling personal stories, micro-documentaries, comedies, dramas, and much more.
Q&As Shorts Showcases Special Events

Westralia Day Session #3

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

Westralia Day Session #3

Come and celebrate a section of WA short films. Exploring all areas of cinema and culture these films showcase both established and emerging talent from across the state, with filmmakers exploring all manner of filmmaking styles, exploring the possibilities of the short film as a way of telling personal stories, micro-documentaries, comedies, dramas, and much more.
Q&As Shorts Showcases

Westralia Day: Session #1

Started on July 12, 2023 to July 12, 2023

Westralia Day: Session #1

Come and celebrate a section of WA short films. Exploring all areas of cinema and culture these films showcase both established and emerging talent from across the state, with filmmakers exploring all manner of filmmaking styles, exploring the possibilities of the short film as a way of telling personal stories, micro-documentaries, comedies, dramas, and much more.
Special Events

Book of The Banned

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Book of The Banned

Miraudo will discuss Book of the Banned and share some of those censored moments at this special Revelation Film Festival session. He will be joined by Damien Spiccia for a deeper dive into the history of banned films in Australia and an audience Q&A.
Shorts Shorts Showcases Special Events

Closing Night: GYSO + COV 2023

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Closing Night: GYSO + COV 2023

Our Closing Night event is Get Your Shorts On! and the premiere of the City of Vincent Film Project 2023 films!
Special Events

Developing the Writer

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

Developing the Writer

What’s it like in the development trenches? Hear from writers who’ve been there, done that.
Special Events

Fireside Chat: Exploring Channels to Success

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Fireside Chat: Exploring Channels to Success

Engage in conversation with industry experts who will share their experiences and valuable insights into pathways to success in the film industry.
Q&As Special Events

In Conversation with Peter Rowsthorn: Myles Pollard and Trevor Jamieson

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

In Conversation with Peter Rowsthorn: Myles Pollard and Trevor Jamieson

Take a deep dive into what it's like forming believable onscreen chemistry, the challenges of male intimacy and how to fall in love without kissing
Feature Films & Documentaries Shorts Showcases Special Events

International Family Animation Explosion 2023

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

International Family Animation Explosion 2023

A specially curated collection of international short animations that are perfect for all ages – including those who have never been to the movies before.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As Special Events

Love Me Lex +Q&A

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Love Me Lex +Q&A

This locally produced seven-part web series tells the tale of Lex, who’s single, in her forties, and searching for love in her local lesbian community. This special session includes a screening of the series and a discussion with the key creatives behind it as they come together at the Backlot to discuss the production process.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Special Events

Maniac Cop

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

Maniac Cop

Join us for a special screening of the cult classic film, hosted by the Black Maria Film Collective.
Special Events

Meet the Producers & Distributors

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 14, 2023

Meet the Producers & Distributors

Screen industry professionals will be available for 20-minute meetings to discuss your project, strategy or progress in getting your work to the screen.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Special Events

Opening Night 2023

Started on July 12, 2023 to July 12, 2023

Opening Night 2023

Come and enjoy the Australian premiere of Devil’s Peak at the Revelation Opening Night 2023, with drinks and food and good company.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries Special Events

Show Me The Magic + Documentary Masterclass

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Show Me The Magic + Documentary Masterclass

Explores the life and work of cinematographer and DoP Don McAlpine. Plus a Documentary Masterclass with Cathy Henkel.
Special Events

The Essential Screen Industry Survival Guide

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

The Essential Screen Industry Survival Guide

This session explores the weapons readily at your disposal to give yourself the best possible chance of getting your work made and seen and launching yourself into the next one.
Special Events

The Future of Australian Film Distribution & Exhibition

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

The Future of Australian Film Distribution & Exhibition

What do these rapid changes in a dynamic media environment mean for filmmakers and how may they chart a course through these increasingly choppy and unpredictable waters? Hear from writers who’ve been there, done that.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Special Events

The Mummy

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

The Mummy

Archaeologists facing the menace of the resurrected figure of the high priest Kharis, out for revenge.
Q&As Shorts Showcases Special Events

WAnimate + Intro

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

WAnimate + Intro

WAnimate – the Western Australian Animation Association - represents and presents an exclusive display of WA’s vibrant animation scene; spotlighting entries from the global 3|Thirty Competition; the high-energy 48-hour WAMBAM Challenge and creations from WAnimate, WA’s thriving community of animators.
Q&As Shorts Showcases Special Events

Westralia Day 2023

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

Westralia Day 2023

Come and celebrate a section of WA short films. Exploring all areas of cinema and culture these films showcase both established and emerging talent from across the state, with filmmakers exploring all manner of filmmaking styles, exploring the possibilities of the short film as a way of telling personal stories, micro-documentaries, comedies, dramas, and much more.
Q&As Shorts Showcases Special Events

Westralia Day Session #2

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Westralia Day Session #2

Come and celebrate a section of WA short films. Exploring all areas of cinema and culture these films showcase both established and emerging talent from across the state, with filmmakers exploring all manner of filmmaking styles, exploring the possibilities of the short film as a way of telling personal stories, micro-documentaries, comedies, dramas, and much more.
Q&As Shorts Showcases Special Events

Westralia Day Session #3

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

Westralia Day Session #3

Come and celebrate a section of WA short films. Exploring all areas of cinema and culture these films showcase both established and emerging talent from across the state, with filmmakers exploring all manner of filmmaking styles, exploring the possibilities of the short film as a way of telling personal stories, micro-documentaries, comedies, dramas, and much more.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries Special Events

Where the Green Ants Dream

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

Where the Green Ants Dream

A visually stunning work that focuses on a dispute between a mining company and the local indigenous community whose land is under threat.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As

Devil’s Peak + Q&A

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Devil’s Peak + Q&A

In a gripping blend of crime and family dynamics, this southern gothic drama delves into the evolving relationship between drug lord Charlie and his son Jacob.
Q&As Shorts Showcases

Documentary Shorts 2: Fault Lines + Q&A

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Documentary Shorts 2: Fault Lines + Q&A

A trio of ‘long-short’ documentary works that focus on race and identity and one short work about the plight of refugees fleeing PTSD. Sometimes confronting to watch, these powerful works tell stories that explore the personal and the political, telling often painful truths and asking uncomfortable questions.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As

Hello Dankness + Q&A

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Hello Dankness + Q&A

Australia’s most radical filmmakers explore contemporary US politics and the era of the Trump presidency.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As

Holy Shit + Intro

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

Holy Shit + Intro

The tense toilet thriller you need.
Q&As Shorts Showcases

Horror Shorts + Intro

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Horror Shorts + Intro

A selection of horror and twisted shorts. From movies that embrace the gothic, the Lovecraftian and the ghostly, through to twisted surrealism and the outright bizarre…
Q&As Special Events

In Conversation with Peter Rowsthorn: Myles Pollard and Trevor Jamieson

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

In Conversation with Peter Rowsthorn: Myles Pollard and Trevor Jamieson

Take a deep dive into what it's like forming believable onscreen chemistry, the challenges of male intimacy and how to fall in love without kissing
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As

IX XI + Q&A

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

IX XI + Q&A

A deeply human documentary that weaves together the experiences of a handful of ordinary people in New York on 9/11.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As Special Events

Love Me Lex +Q&A

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Love Me Lex +Q&A

This locally produced seven-part web series tells the tale of Lex, who’s single, in her forties, and searching for love in her local lesbian community. This special session includes a screening of the series and a discussion with the key creatives behind it as they come together at the Backlot to discuss the production process.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence + Q&A

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence + Q&A

Telling the story of a Japanese prisoner of war camp, the film has been described by Akira Kurosawa and Christopher Nolan as among their favourite films.
Feature Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As

Paco + Q&A

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Paco + Q&A

A beautifully realised work that reimagines film sounds with surprising and magical results.
Documentary Feature Films & Documentaries Q&As

Sunlight: Yes +Q&A

Started on July 16, 2023 to July 16, 2023

Sunlight: Yes +Q&A

An exploration of WA based bio-artists Symbiotica’s ‘Sunlight, Soil & Shit (De)Cycle’ exhibition which transpired in Fremantle in February 2022.
Q&As Shorts Showcases Special Events

WAnimate + Intro

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

WAnimate + Intro

WAnimate – the Western Australian Animation Association - represents and presents an exclusive display of WA’s vibrant animation scene; spotlighting entries from the global 3|Thirty Competition; the high-energy 48-hour WAMBAM Challenge and creations from WAnimate, WA’s thriving community of animators.
Q&As Shorts Showcases Special Events

Westralia Day 2023

Started on July 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023

Westralia Day 2023

Come and celebrate a section of WA short films. Exploring all areas of cinema and culture these films showcase both established and emerging talent from across the state, with filmmakers exploring all manner of filmmaking styles, exploring the possibilities of the short film as a way of telling personal stories, micro-documentaries, comedies, dramas, and much more.
Q&As Shorts Showcases Special Events

Westralia Day Session #2

Started on July 13, 2023 to July 13, 2023

Westralia Day Session #2

Come and celebrate a section of WA short films. Exploring all areas of cinema and culture these films showcase both established and emerging talent from across the state, with filmmakers exploring all manner of filmmaking styles, exploring the possibilities of the short film as a way of telling personal stories, micro-documentaries, comedies, dramas, and much more.
Q&As Shorts Showcases Special Events

Westralia Day Session #3

Started on July 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023

Westralia Day Session #3

Come and celebrate a section of WA short films. Exploring all areas of cinema and culture these films showcase both established and emerging talent from across the state, with filmmakers exploring all manner of filmmaking styles, exploring the possibilities of the short film as a way of telling personal stories, micro-documentaries, comedies, dramas, and much more.
Q&As Shorts Showcases

Westralia Day: Session #1

Started on July 12, 2023 to July 12, 2023

Westralia Day: Session #1

Come and celebrate a section of WA short films. Exploring all areas of cinema and culture these films showcase both established and emerging talent from across the state, with filmmakers exploring all manner of filmmaking styles, exploring the possibilities of the short film as a way of telling personal stories, micro-documentaries, comedies, dramas, and much more.

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