Opening night film Facing Monsters. Courtesy Cinefest Oz.
CinefestOZ Film Festival (25 – 29 August) gets our vote as the festival most likely to run as normal, with the South Western Australian fest happening in the safest state around. Exactly how many of the non-WA filmmakers be will be able to attend the premieres of their films remains to be seen.
The opening night film is pretty safe, with the WA-made surfing documentary Facing Monsters, directed by Bentley Dean and produced by Chris Veerhuis, having its world premiere in Margaret River.
Rochelle Siemienowicz is Screen Content Lead at Screenhub. She is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema and was the co-host of Australia's longest-running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates'. Rochelle has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Her second book, Double Happiness, a novel, is out with Midnight Sun on October 1, 2024. Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk
