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2012 Press

Screen Hub of July 11th gives a great 4.5 star review of Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines and says: "If you are a geek girl, a comic book devotee, or a compulsive consumer of popular culture, Kristy Guevara-Flangagan’s documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines is a must-see."
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Arts Hub of July 10th gives a 4.5 star review of The Imposter saying: "In a mystery to rival the great films noir and a thriller guaranteed to keep audiences on the edge of their seats (as well as a sorrowful family drama and a compelling police procedural), The Imposter ponders the fluidity of perception, personality, identity and actuality."
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The Reelbits.com of July 6th gives a glowing review of Your Sister's Sister and says: "Your Sister’s Sister is filled with an intangible sweetness, and gets to the heart of complex human relations effortlessly."
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SBS's interview with the director of Lyn Shelton's excellent feature Your Sister's Sister is good reading. They say: "It’s difficult to describe Shelton’s talent because it’s so much in the dialogue, in the characters and in the way she presents decidedly modern relationships." 
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SBS also has a good little interview with Revelation Program Director Jack Sargenat saying: "Patrons of Perth’s Revelation International Film Festival have come to expect the ‘unexpected’ from their annual celebration of film culture. It’s in the title, after all."
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We Love Perth is carrying an interview with the director of the local documentary Buff saying the film explores "the topics of what it takes to be a movie buff, you’ll find local and Aussie personalities such as ABC’s At The Movies legends Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton, alongside the likes of local actors Damon Lockwood and Sam Longley, and Rev Film Festival programmer Jack plus many more."
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The Australian of July 6th ran an excellent story on Crispin Glover. They say in response to Crispin's response to their questions: "His riposte is an eloquent, thoughtful 7000-word dissertation on everything from the controversy surrounding his replacement in the Back to the Future sequels to that 1986 appearance on Late Night with David Letterman and his fondness for playing oddball characters."
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The West Australian of July 6th reports on Crispin glover's arrival quoting him as saying "These festivals are very important and it is enjoyable to travel and visit places, meet people, perform the shows and have interaction with audiences and discussions about the films afterwards"
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The West Australian of July 4th ran a great story and of and interview with the makers of the 2012 Oscar winner The Undefeated. It notes: "Yet the Rev team has scored a real coup with Undefeated, this year's Oscar winner for best documentary. And as the title suggests, Undefeated is a big winner."
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We love Perth of July 2nd has a great interview with Jack Sargeant. They love him as well as loving perth.
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WA Today of June 27th says: "Revelation Perth International Film Festival has become a critic's favourite for its signature thoughtful, yet provocative, program – and this year's installment is set to be nothing less."
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Badlit.com cites this years Revelation as "explosive"  with our Jeff Keen retrospective as one of the highlights.
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Our guest Crispin Glover graces the cover of Drum with a great story. Flip though and also get the inside story on the acclaimed special event Golden Slumbers
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Arts Hub of June 19th has a nice profile of Revelation founder Richard Sowada and his unique perspective of working in the arts.
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Our friends at Filmink have said: "The festival has demonstrated its strong cultural clout by attracting three world, and twenty Australian, premieres for its fifteenth year"
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The June 11th Issue of the West Australian says:
"Film buffs will also be in seventh heaven with a special presentation of the films of French film pioneer George Meilies" alongside other highlights.
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In issue 109, one of our favourite mazagines - Realtime - "explains how the Rev manages to combine thematic sophistication with its renowned youthful swagger."
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In an overview of our program launch, Colosoul Magazine described one of our titles Beauty is Embarrassing as "One of those rare films that have the effect of invigorating the audience long after the final credits have been rolled."
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The Music Magazine of June 7th says of the event "Revelation is Perth’s leading international film festival and Western Australia’s major annual screen culture event, which has firmly established itself as Australia’s filmmakers’ festival."
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