Rochelle Siemienowicz

Rochelle Siemienowicz is a Melbourne writer and editor. Her first book Fallen, a memoir was published in 2014 and her second, Double Happiness, a novel, in 2024. She has a PhD in Australian cinema and was previously a journalist at ScreenHub and ArtsHub. ou can find her on Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle or at Substack where she writes a fortnightly newsletter, The Fool and the Queen.

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Memoir of a Snail. Image: Madman Entertainment
Industry News

Golden Globes nominate Memoir of a Snail, Kidman, Blanchett, Watts and Pearce

Golden Globe nominees span 27 film and TV categories and include Australians Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce and Naomi Watts.

The Future and Other Fictions exhibition at ACMI. image Eugene Hyland.
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Review: The Future and Other Fictions at ACMI is hopeful

ACMI's centrepiece summer exhibition imagines a future where things could be better.

2025 AACTA nominees collage
Industry News

Nominees announced for 2025 AACTA Awards

Better Man, Boy Swallows Universe and the ABC dominate the nominations for the 2025 AACTA Awards

Bluey is a national treasure. Image: ABC
Industry News

Bluey wins prestigious Rose d'Or in London

Aussie kids' animation Bluey wins again, this time at the prestigious Rose d'Or Awards for international TV.

Moana 2. Image: Disney
Industry News

Australian cinemas celebrate biggest weekend since Barbenheimer

Make it musical and make it big seems to be the box office message for getting Australians back to the…

Hugo Weaving in How to Make Gravy, Binge.
Features

New Christmas films to stream for 2024

From How to Make Gravy to Nugget is Dead, Dear Santa and Hot Frosty, these new Christmas films are streaming…

Image by Google's gen AI tool DeepMind/ Unsplash.
Industry News

'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
Industry News

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…

crew of Sweat it Out!
Industry News

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.

A TV by Nevels Unsplash.
Industry News

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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