Film in Revolt

ABOUT FILM IN REVOLT

Film in Revolt is a platform for youth who want to talk film, make film and write for/about film. The revolution has arrived. Film in Revolt aims to Reshape the… Read More

MEET OUR TEAM

Meet our team – they are young writers, filmmakers, artists and film lovers. Want to join our team? Click here for more info.

If you want to reshape the narrative about what you want from cinema, work alongside industry professionals & network with like minded peers, critique & write about film, interview Australian &… Read More

Interview with writer, director Dean Francis / Body Blow (SFF26)

Body Blow is a sumptuous, neon-drenched, queer thriller, following disgraced cop Aiden (Tim Pocock), who must go undercover in Sydney’s gay night-life but is quickly charmed by Cody (Tom… Read More

Interview with Jorrybell Agoto / Filipiñana (SFF26)

I got the chance to sit with the wonderful Jorrybell Agoto, the star of powerful, subdued and stylistically awe-inspiring Filipiñana. Filipiñana will be playing this year’s Sydney Film Festival, which… Read More

Interview with Kim Shin-Wan / The Seoul Guardians (SFF26)

I got the opportunity to speak to one of the directors of a truly special film. A film that is more vital than ever in this current political climate. A… Read More

Interview with Jake Kuhn & Noah Stratton-Twine / The Peril at Pincer Point (SFF26)

The strangest game of Go-fish. Interview by Aksharaa Agarwal It’s a rainy Monday here in Sydney as I’m ducking in to wait on a Zoom call. The sound of silence… Read More

Interview with Sam Voutas / Yesterday Island (SFF26)

Stay this time: An interview with Sam Voutas for Yesterday Island Aksharaa Agarwal interviewed Sam Voutas for the Australian Premiere of his latest feature, Yesterday Island. Aksharaa Agarwal: I understand this… Read More

Interview with Vee Shi / Time and Tide (SFF26)

By Jesse Dixon Time and Tide Contemporary China is seen through the eyes of a multigenerational family navigating the pressures of familial obligation in this compelling, hybrid docu-drama. Jesse Dixon:… Read More

Review : The Premiere

By Aksharaa Agarwal All it takes is an idea. In the dark, a booming voice proclaims, ‘all is dead, save the light, which falls on Michael Caine.’ (This must’ve been… Read More

Persian Film Festival : Cutting Through Rocks

by Billy Newbery The 12th Persian Film Festival has kicked off with its first film, Cutting Through Rocks. The film centres on the incredibly stirring and empowering tale of a… Read More

Review: Calle Málaga

by Billy Newbery In Calle Málaga, we are welcomed into a simple, straightforward story with a big heart. One that joyfully plays on the edge of pain and pleasure throughout… Read More

Review: Hokum

by Molly Page Hokum is a claustrophobic horror film which has a great central performance from Adam Scott and plenty of scary moments. Damian McCarthy’s third feature film was met… Read More

Review: The North

by Jesse Dixon Coming in at 100km longer than Bart Schrijver’s debut hike-based feature,The North is a personal tale about two estranged friends who will walk the equivalent of… Read More

Careful around the corners: A review of Exit 8

by Aksharaa Agarwal We take our exits for granted. By the same lack of logic that governs transitory spaces, the modern metro station suspends reality. A place you enter just… Read More

Review : The Drama

By Aksharaa Agarwal Oh, there’s just some drama: and other times Robert Pattinson happens to stop you as you cross the street We’re all guilty. It’s the talked-to-death paranoia age:… Read More

Review : Vie Privée (A Private Life)

by Aksharaa Agarwal A not so Vie Privée after all. You close your eyes. In the dark, a tap on your shoulder. You turn. Again. You open your eyes. You… Read More

Fantastic Film Festival Opening Night

As drizzling rain hits the concrete, I walk along a string of busy restaurants. Turning the corner, I see the gorgeous Ritz Cinema, home of the Fantastic Film Festival. Tonight,… Read More

Queer Screen’s Pride in Film

Emerging and established filmmakers, future film festival staff, and fans of movie magic are invited to attend Queer Screen’s Pride in Film events during the Mardi Gras Film Festival (MGFF)… Read More

Film is Not a Film without an Audience

“This exhibition seeks to explore the importance of the audience in art. The gallery will hold a diverse and eclectic compilation of artworks, thoughtfully curated by Shea Donohoe. Each artist… Read More

Film Series: Louise Bourgeois goes to the movies

The Art Gallery of New South Wales have announced their latest film program to run aside the Louise Bourgeois exhibition. This is a free film series, so jump on in.… Read More

Coming of Age series, Series One

Matilda / Jesue Valle

I didn’t discover my appetite for fiction until, when I turned 7, my family and I moved to New Zealand from the Philippines. I grew up with books but they… Read More

Coming of Age series, Series One

Atonement / Greta Nash

My mum got into the habit of dragging me along to the movies as soon as I was old enough to appreciate all the films my Dad probably had no… Read More

Coming of Age series, Series One

10 Things I Hate About You / Alice Foulcher

If there is one single film that both shaped and defined my youth, it has to be 10 Things I Hate About You. There’s so many more than 10 reasons… Read More

Coming of Age series, Series One, Sydney Film Festival

The Year My Voice Broke / Vanessa Berry

As a teenager in the 1990s I had about a dozen VHS video cassettes of movies and TV shows I’d taped off the television. I put them together carefully, pausing to… Read More

Coming of Age series, Series One

Mulholland Drive / Vanessa Gazy

I was eighteen I suppose, because I remember where I was and it was where I was when I was eighteen: my small white bedroom at the Sydney Uni Village,… Read More

Coming of Age series, Series One

Almost Famous / Ryan Cassata

I first saw Almost Famous in my Senior English class which was focused around film. I was the only 9th grader among about thirty 12th graders. I was extremely ambitious… Read More