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SciFi Fest + Boys in the Trees + Joe Cinque

A weekend to challenge the possibilities of Australian cinema, while Dungog runs a boutique rural take on the movies.

20 Oct 2016

David Tiley

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Perhaps the most interesting festival this weekend started last night. The 2016 SciFi Film Festival, assembled by Dov Kornits, is running until 23 October at the Ritz Cinema in Sydney’s Randwick. You won’t have seen these films before, they are not loaded with space ships, and they assert the fun and power of a genre neglected badly in Australia.

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David Tiley

David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.