Now in its 22nd year, the Revelation Perth International Film Festival is back to give Western Australians a healthy dose of film-related goodness between 4 and 17 July 2019.
With 27 features, 32 documentaries, 42 shorts, and a whole lot of events, there’s a lot to get through in the two-week period.
To make your lives a little easier, we’ve hand-picked the clickbaitable headline of 11 must-see films. Odd numbers play better for social engagement, you see.
MONOS: A completely immersive and harrowing experience. This is not one you watch so much as survive. Now I’m cold and west and waiting instructions. May we all think fondly of Shakira the Milk Cow as we journey through this life together. 
CHILDREN OF THE SEA: Some of the psychedelic animation was amazing, and totally did my head in. Which might explain why I had no idea what was going on half the time. A rare chance to see brand new Japanese animation on the big screen. 
FRAMING JOHN DELOREAN: Made famous by Back to the Future, the man behind the car has story even more fantastic than time travel. A mixture of documentary footage, interviews, and drama featuring Alec Baldwin, where this film is going we don’t need roads. 
MILES DAVIS: THE BIRTH OF COOL: I’ll admit that the gap in my musical knowledge is jazz, so this doco provides a solid primer for a career and has done an amazing job by summarising a life and getting me to go and seek out more of his albums. 
THE FINAL QUARTER: Pulled together entirely from archival footage, this look at the last few years of the career of Adam Goodes becomes a disturbing examination of not just how the media treats race, but the undercurrent of racism that is inherent in our nation’s structures. 
THE WIND: While it doesn’t always hit the right marks, this western-cum-psychological thriller is still fascinating to watch. A beautifully shot and haunting scored film, the leaps are occasionally jarring, but that’s kind of the point. It’s no Repulsion, but it’s still a distant relation. 
THE QUIET EARTH: A special RevFest screening of this 1985 New Zealand sci-fi film about the last human on the planet. Directed by the late Geoff Murphy (Young Guns II, 2nd unit on the Lord of the Rings trilogy, you should jump at the chance to see this cult favourite on the big screen. 
INTERNATIONAL FALLS: RevFest presents the Australia debut of Amber McGinnis’ (The Company We Keep) comedy-drama set in the small town of International Falls, Minnesota. I wonder if this is closer to St. Olaf or the purifying waters of Lake Minnetonka? 
HAIL SATAN?: A crowd favourite at the Sydney Film Festival in June, this is a mostly fun documentary that uses a singular subject to explore the influence of monotheism in state institutions as some Satanists try to erect a statue of Baphomet. 
MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN: Alexandre O. Phillipe’s exploration of one of the greatest science fiction and horror films of all time is essential for fans of cinema and comes complete with interviews from Veronica Cartwright, Ron Shusett, Diane O’Bannon, and Tom Skerritt. 
DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE: Director S. Craig Zahler (the underrated Bone Tomahawk) brings Mel Gibson back to the police force alongside Vince Vaughn. The film has earned fans since its debut in Venice last year, and should appeal to heist fans everywhere.
