Richard Sowada has been an active player in the Australian Screen Culture sector for nearly three decades.
He is founder and director of the Revelation Film Festival and was also 9-year Head of Film Programs at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI).
He is currently Director of the St Kilda Film Festival, in 2018 he co-directed the Brisbane International Film Festival and also curates film programs for cultural events nationally.
Sowada is also monthly film reviewer for ABC 774, has just completed a PhD looking at the cycles of Australian film distribution and exhibition and is a passionate advocate for screen culture in all its forms.