CinefestOZ defines the program, with Richard Roxburgh at the head of the jury

Boutique West Australia Film Festival, CinefestOZ has announced its 2022 program featuring 270 film screenings and events.

In its 15th edition, the six-day destination film festival will be held from August 23-28, 2022 at 35 venues across the south-west of Western Australia, famous as one of the main wine-producing regions.

Veteran actor, Richard Roxburgh ("Moulin Rouge", "Elvis") has been named chairman of the judging panel which will award a prize of A$100,000 ($65,000) for the best Australian feature film or documentary .

Competiting for the prize is director Gracie Otto's feature debut "Seriously Red" (which screened at SXSW earlier this year) which stars the film's writer Krew Boylan as an impersonator by Dolly Parton. It also stars Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale.

Competition also includes: the world premiere of "Transfusion", the directorial debut of actor Matt Nable ("The Dry", "The Twelve") and features Sam Worthington ("Avatar") in the role of a man trying to connect with his young son after a devastating loss; 'Sweet As', writer-director Jub Clerc's feature debut is set in the Pilbara region of Western Australia; and Macedonian-born, Australian-based writer-director Goran Stolevski's "Of An Age" ("Won't Be Alone"). The film, which also appears at the Melbourne festival, is set in the summer of 1999, where an intense romance blossoms between a young Serbian ballroom dancer and his dance partner's older brother.

“An extraordinary program appeals to a diversity of audiences: hilarious comedies and gripping dramas, thought-provoking documentaries about current social and environmental issues, stories that highlight our First Nations peoples, and films that tap into culture and music,” said Margaret Buswell, President of CinefestOZ.

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