From environmental issues to stories of triumph and resilience: Your complete list of Australian films screening at MDFF 2023

The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, held online 1 – 31 July and in-cinema 21 – 30 July, will once again showcase the best of non-fiction cinema from around the world. The festival, known for its commitment to showcasing thought-provoking and socially relevant documentaries, will attract film enthusiasts and industry professionals alike. With its diverse lineup…

MDFF Review: Who Would You Tell?

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Directed by Dery Sultana Review by Gavin Bond This appropriately titled documentary is yet another sobering and chilling account of child abuse.  Who Would You Tell? chronicles the tragic true story of a family of post-war migrant children who were sent…

Over 60 Australian documentaries will screen at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Punks, rebels, mavericks and renegades – The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival returns for its seventh edition this July with a quality program packed full of world class documentaries. Cinema Australia has compiled your complete list of Australian documentaries screening during the…

Making Small Island Big Song – An Oceanic Songline

Cinema Australia Original Content: Filmed over three years on 16 Island nations across the Pacific & Indian Oceans, this grassroots musical follows the ocean highways uniting ancient musical lineages. From Madagascar to Rapa Nui/Easter Island, Taiwan to Zenadth Kes/The Torres Strait. A heartfelt plea for environmental awareness and cultural preservation from those on the frontline…

A complete list of Australian films screening during the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. This year, the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival heads online with a mammoth lineup of Australian content available for your viewing pleasure including the award -winning documentary, Descent, and the quirky art doc, D’art. Here’s your complete list of Australian films available…

Woodstock legend to rock Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival will play host to one of the most memorable figures of Woodstock ‘69 in the lead-up to the iconic festival’s fiftieth anniversary. Lighting designer and M.C. Chip Monck is perhaps best known for his role in one of the most successful documentaries of all time – Woodstock, where he made…

The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival program has launched

From 19th – 30th July 2019 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival will profile an eclectic, diverse and wide ranging collection of documentaries from both Australia and abroad. The final selection is an uncompromising, award-winning and challenging slate of documentaries from the world’s very best film festivals. Nearly half of the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival’s total schedule…

Focus on MDFF #3: China’s 3Dreams

“These searing comments, delivered frankly on camera, are ones that the current political authorities lack the vocabularies or intellectual framework to deal with.” Professor Kerry Brown, Kings College London, Team Leader Europe China Research & Advice Network. World Policy Journal, New York: How did you get these people to speak so candidly? How did you…