The 16th Annual Revelation Perth International Film Festival officially opened last night to the thrill of lovers of the independent film scene. The festival is bigger and better this year with over 50 films, documentaries and shorts coming our way spread across three wonderful venues.
Having out grown their old home at The Astor Theatre the festival is now taking over Luna Leederville, Luna Fremantle and Cinema Paradiso in Northbridge. While I'll miss the convenience of having just the one venue, spreading it across a few places gives it a real festival feel. Plus there's a plethora of amazing food around their main hub in Leederville.
This festival has consumed my existence for ten days the last few years. It's great to immerse yourself in independent film and see the world through some very talented film maker's lenses. I love going in blind to a film and seeing something you'd never typically see. Confronting documentaries, live score performances, mind boggling experimental films, hilarious shorts and late night horror flicks are amongst the delights you can catch.
I was lucky enough to attend the Program Launch last month and Opening Night last night so I've seen two fantastic films already; Icelandic survival film The Deep and Burn, a documentary about the embattled firefighters of Detroit.
Join me after the jump for my thoughts on both!
