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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Unearthing Small Gems: VCA Digital Archive Opens to the Public

Every VCA graduation film since 1966 is now stored in digital form. A new exhibition showcases this treasure trove for…

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Don't You Dare Despair

Film is the perfect medium to inspire and provoke direct action, says the Environmental Film Festival Australia's Director, Brooke Daly.

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From Black B*tch to Total Control - an interview with Darren Dale of Blackfella Films

The story behind their latest drama, and the secret recipe for this thriving Indigenous production company.

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Rodd Rathjen's floating prison

'Buoyancy' is Australia's submission for Best International Feature at the 2020 Oscars. We talk to the director of this brutal…

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The Trespassers: From Page to Screen

Meg Mundell's latest novel has been picked up for a big TV adaptation. What does this mean for the writer…

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Box Office 10 September: One big scary clown and some small Australian films

IT: Chapter Two goes out wide, The Nightingale sings quietly together with Angel of Mine, The Australian Dream, Danger Close…

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How to Hold Space for your Actors

Originally trained as an actor, film director Kim Farrant shares deep wisdom about getting the best from performers.

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TikTok: Critics Campus Next Generation

MIFF Critics Campus coordinator Luke Goodsell talks about Rotten Tomatoes, the future of film criticism and how the program for…

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Death, Rebirth and the Feminist Porn Star

Director Isabel Peppard talks about Morgana, her first feature documentary, a portrait of unexpected leading lady.

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Opening the Floodgates? Screen Australia's new story development guidelines, one year on

Screen Australia's Head of Development Nerida Moore says the Generate Fund's first year has been a roaring success.

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