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

Rochelle Siemienowicz's Latest Articles

First Aid box in dark times for mental health.

Mental Health First Aid training is essential for screen sector

September 9 is RU OK? Day. What if someone answers 'not really'? Ben Steel says training for mental health first…

Kitty Flanagan in comedy Fisk
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Kitty Flanagan's Fisk wins top prize at Series Mania

Beating the Emmy nominated Hacks, the ABC's low-fi legal comedy wins a big European prize.

Strong Female Lead
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Sydney Film Festival announces 12 documentary finalists for 2021

The finalists competing for the $10,000 Documentary Australia Foundation Award have a strong sense of social purpose.

Nitram won the CinefestOz prize.
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Nitram wins $100,000 CinefestOz Prize

First screened at Cannes, and now winning Australia's richest feature film prize, Nitram will release with much pre-buzz.

Brietta Hague
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Bringing truth to fiction: a chat with MIFF winner Brietta Hague

Journalist and filmmaker Brietta Hague talks about her MIFF-winning Australian short film 'Baltasar', shot in Barcelona.

Baltasar
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MIFF 2021 short film winners announced

The eight winners of the MIFF Short Film Awards are internationally flavoured, even the Australian ones.

Ljudan Michaelis-Thorpe
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Applications extended for SPA Ones to Watch program

SPA has also announced the return of the $10,000 Screen Internship supported by Screen Australia.

Noni Hazlehurst
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Noni Hazlehurst on what Australia really thinks about old people

The much-loved Australian actor talks about her new SBS project tackling stigma around ageing.

Writers selected for the initiative
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Sixteen diverse new writers announced for ScreenHub and ArtsHub

We'll be publishing fresh perspectives from these 16 writers in the coming months, as part of an ongoing initiative with…

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Teaching in isolation is intense: Four perspectives

A VFX animation teacher, primary school teacher and two academics talk about their experience and give tips for survival.

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