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Alena Lodkina’s Surreal New Film Petrol Invites the Audience to Be a Creative Viewer

Andrew F Peirce May 14, 2023 11 min read

Petrol is currently screening around Australia with Q&A screenings. Visit petrolfilm.com for more information. Alena Lodkina’s second feature Petrol is a film that has been referred to by critics…

Alena Lodkina's Masterful New Film PETROL to Receive Q&A Run This May

Press Releases Apr 30, 2023 2 min read

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PRESS RELEASE Fresh from its return from New York’s New Directors/New Films festival, and a glowing review from The New Yorker, Australian audiences will have an opportunity to see Alena Lodkina’s n…

Melbourne International Film Festival at 70 – From Of an Age to The Plains, This Years Fest is ‘Something Like a Religious Experience’

Andrew F Peirce Aug 27, 2022 12 min read

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When the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), one of the oldest continuing film festivals in the world, announced a mammoth celebration of Melbourne on Film for their 70th anniversary, the jo…

Petrol Writer/Director Alena Lodkina Talks About the Feeling of Unreality in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Aug 13, 2022 15 min read

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Alena Lodkina’s second feature film Petrol had its domestic launch at the Melbourne International Film Festival alongside a wealth of other Australian films that presented the Melbournian landscape on…