Rochelle Siemienowicz

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

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'Unprecedented theft': the senate report on AI and how it affects creative industries

Recommendations from the Select Committee on Adopting AI seek to address 'unprecedented theft' by Meta, Google and Amazon.

Working Dog compilation via AACTA
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Working Dog awarded AACTA's 2025 Longford Lyell Award

Straight to the pool room! The Longford Lyell Award will go to Working Dog, the team behind The Castle, Utopia…

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Oz Rock documentary Sweat It Out! acquired by Umbrella

Sweat It Out! will do for Oz Rock what Not Quite Hollywood did for 'Ozploitation' films.

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A new manifesto for Australian TV production

Freestyle Television is a radical new approach to creating high-quality, low-budget Australian television.

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The Diplomat and five other great TV marriages

From Friday Night Lights to Love My Way, marriage on TV can be complicated, fraught and funny.

Very Short Film Festival
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Very Short Film Festival 2025: 'seed' is the signature item

The Very Short Film Festival is free to enter and judges include Essie Davis, Marta Dusseldorp and Leah Purcell.

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Bump Season 5 promises babies, cancer and a finale

The final season of Bump sees more family complexity and Claudia Karvan deals with cancer.

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Casting Guild Awards 2024: Windcatcher and Boy Swallows Universe

The 2024 CGA winners include Nathan Lloyd for casting Windcatcher and Nikki Barrett for Boy Swallows Universe.

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Aquarius film review: a celebration of radical ratbags

Aquarius is the festival that first brought the dreamers, tree-huggers and activists to Nimbin and Byron Bay.

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Did you know you can opt out of ads for gambling, booze and fast-food on SBS on Demand?

Around 1300 SBS on Demand subscribers have opted out, mostly from gambling ads.

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