2024 Revelation Perth International Film Festival

Taking place from July 3rd – 14th, this year’s Revelation Perth International Film Festival presents over 30 feature films and documentaries and as well as over 80 short films in a captivating program that promises to deliver unforgettable moments and thought-provoking narratives that will resonate with audiences long after credits roll.

With special events at the WA Museum Boola Bardip, Scitech, State Library of WA and the Perth Library, as well as the annual Industrial Revelations program designed for both emerging and established practitioners, the festival remains steadfast in its commitment to showcasing innovative storytelling and nurturing a vibrant local film community.

The festival opens with the WA Premiere Paul Goldman’s feature drama KID SNOW, which was shot in Perth, Fremantle, Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie, and stars Billy Howle as a washed-up Irish boxer in the sweat- drenched world of 1970s tent boxing.

International feature films span genres from absurdism and avant-garde cinema to dark humour, including highlights such as Yorgos Lanthimos’ KINDS OF KINDNESS (US) – from the offbeat and strange world of writer Efthimis Fillippou (Dogtooth, The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) a triptych fable starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe; and HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS (US) – a Looney-Tunes-esque, genre-defying, slapstick crowd-pleaser about a 19th century drunken applejack salesman who must go from zero to hero and become North America’s greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

Music afficionados will revel in this year’s doco offerings, specifically: BORN INNOCENT: THE RED KROSS STORY (US) which uncovers the story of brothers Jeff and Steve Macdonald; I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD YEARS AGO (US) which explores the life, music and artistic output of Stuart Gray (AKA Stu Spasm), the notorious underground rocker who created the most psychotronic group ever to emerge from Australia – the legendary Lubricated Goat; MOGWAI: IF THE STARS HAD A SOUND (SCO); that follows the cult post-rock Scottish band as they create their 10th studio album at the height of covid; and GREEN: THE FIGHT FOR ROCK AND ROLL (AU); a feature documentary about Wayne Green – rock singer who teetered on the brink of fame not once, but three times throughout his career and is attempting a new project that represents his life’s work as a septuagenarian.

In partnership with the WA Museum Boola Bardip, Rev presents screenings of timeless classics like FIRST MEN IN THE MOON (1964) and 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968), tickets to which include entry To the Moon exhibition.

As always, the Festival closes with the annual celebration of WA’s talented emerging filmmakers at the popular GET YOUR SHORTS ON! with the CITY OF VINCENT FILM PROJECT and LIFE IN PICTURES Special Event on Sunday 14 July.

Tickets are on sale now via www.lunapalace.com.au.