It's Rev time again and this year's programme is stuffed full of goodies. The majority of films will be screened at Luna Leederville, with one or two a day in Freo at Luna on SX. The Backlot Perth has a few events, as does PICA and the WA Museum. The festival runs from Thu July 7th to Sun July 17th and there are 25 features, 15 documentaries and dozens of short films to check out, along with guest speakers doing Q&As, panel talks and other events. See the Rev site for details.
Festival director and founder, Richard Sowada, talked to us about the very first Rev in 1997 and how this year's programme showcases personal themes, small gestures and intimate relationships, while also allowing space for some suitable oddness. He also picked out a few highlights to check out. Listen below.
Films that caught my eye were: Freaks Out, an Italian/Belgian co-production about super-powered circus performers in Nazi Germany; 18½, about the missing minutes of Nixon's Watergate tape; A Life on the Farm, a doco about a strange video made by a neighbouring farmer; Navalny, about Putin's potential rival; The Passengers of the Night, with Charlotte Gainsbourg; and After Blue, a film that promises weird.
There are 12 Aussie films in the feature and doc field, including: opening night film, Sissy; Bassendream (currently sold out in Leederville); Namarali; When the Camera Stopped Rolling; Lonesome; and Edward and Isabella.
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