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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News

SBS to launch free multilingual news channel

SBS will expand its multilingual news service in 2022 with WorldWatch, a new channel including Mandarin and Arabic bulletins.

Matthew Walker director of I'm Wanita
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Sydney Film Festival closes with Awards

Iranian film 'There Is No Evil' wins the $60,000 Sydney Film Prize, while Australian music doc 'I'm Wanita' continues a…

Leah Purcell and Nashen Moodley 14th APSA Awards
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Leah Purcell wins APSA Jury Grand Prize

Leah Purcell has won the Jury prize for The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson at the 2021 Asia…

Rob Collins in Firebite on AMC+
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AMC+ Launches in Australia on Apple TV and Prime

AMC+ has launched in Australia on Apple TV and Prime. SA vampire series Firebite will premiere in December.

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Career Advice

So you want my screen job: Brett Aplin, composer

Meet Brett Aplin, the film and television composer whose credits include The Gloaming, Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries and James…

News

Nominees announced for 2021 Australian Director's Guild Awards

These 20 Awards cover a wide span from commercials to music vids, features and interactive titles. Here are the 2021…

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2021 AACTA Nominations Announced

Australia's Academy reveals all the Awards nominees for film and TV, as well as a date with the Opera House.

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News

Melbourne cinemas open up and here's what's on

Melbourne cinemas are open again, hopefully for good. Moviegoers, get back to where you once belonged.

Chynna Walker in Claw, showing at the Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival
Features

Sci-Fi beyond spaceships and little green men

The 2021 Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival returns for a second outing with a program for 'Australia's most adventurous movie-goers'.

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A joyful return to queer film

Celebrating stories in every colour, the 31st MQFF takes place 18 - 29 November in Melbourne cinemas and across Australia…

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