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Two doctors in Melbourne are using psilocybin to help ease the anguish of patients at end of life, and the results they have seen are remarkable. We talk with filmmaker Lynette Wall worth about her film Edge of Life which follows the journey of discovery opened by their clinical trials.

Yaara Bou Belhem joins us to talk about Yurlu I Country which follows the last year of a Banjima Elder Maitland Parker in his journey to preserve his culture and heal his contaminated homeland. This is the story of Wittenoom, asbestos and the biggest contaminated site in the Southern Hemisphere. Unfinished business screening in cinemas during November.

Today we chat with the co-director's of the film Journey Home, David Gulpilil, Maggie Miles and Trisha Morton-Thomas opening in cinemas on Oct 30th.

Today we talk with Stephen Gaunson here, RMIT film expert, on the screening of For The Term of His Natural Life at the Capitol on Sunday 26th Oct at 1pm. The most expensive silent film ever made in Australia as the talkies exclipsed the silent stage. Once in a life time event.Curator of the upcoming British Film Festival (BFF 2025), Kim Pelalas here, joins us to discuss the festival highlights. Screening at all Palace Cinemas in Melbourne Nov 5-Dec 7th.

First up we talk with Simon Troon here from the Environmental Film Festival 2025 running at various locations starting 16th Oct - 23 Oct. Secondly we chat with writer/director Kiah Roach-Turner here about Beast of War starring Mark Coles-Smith out in cinemas on 9th Oct.

We speak with the director James Morcan and lead producer Gil Ben-Moshe for the Australian indie movie ‘Anno 2020', which was shot during the height of the pandemic in 5 countries, 4 continents and in 17 different cities.The film is a kaleidoscope which contains multiple plots happening simultaneously in different parts of the world, as we find characters seeking redemption, forgiveness, reconciliation and answers amongst the dystopia of 2020.

An exerpt from Documentary Australia's Masterclass into fundraising and relationship building with Sal Balharrie and Petrina Dorrington (Like My Brother). For the full webinaire and others from the series go to here.

Talking with filmmaker Loren Clarke about her first doco Also John Clarke is an exploration of the artist process. A great adventure a must watch.

Mother, Country A film by Pablo Navarrete showed at Domecritus House on Sept 11 to mark and revisit the 1973 coup in Chila. We hear from Pablo Navarrete here and then from the organiser of the local screening Pilar Aguiler here a Chilean/ Australian.

Today we chat with screen writer & director Samuel Van Grinsven about his second feature Went Up the Hill starring Vicky Krieps & Dacre Montgomery.

We chat with director Kate Woods about her newest film the comedy/family movie Kangaroo set in the NT with an ensemble cast that includes Ryan Corr, Brooke Satchwell, Rachel House, Deborah Mailman, Ernie Dingo, Roy Billings and new comer Lily Whiteley. Co-produced by Cultivator Films Australia, Bunya Productions & Brindle Films, distributed by StudioCanal with release dates  21 August 2025 (Germany) & 18 September 2025 (Australia/New Zealand)

We talk with Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine  about their fantastic new production XR Instrallation The World Came Flooding In being launch with the support of MIFF and Now or Never Festival 21-24 August and playing at ACMI Swinburne Studio. Go to the MIFF for tickets. 

David Ngo talks to us about the Winner of a Sundance Directing Award Never Get Busted which is having it's Australian Premier at MIFF.

We are joined by Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film, 2040) here as he releases his new film Future Council. You can see Damon at special Q&A screenings of FUTURE COUNCIL at Classic Cinema Elsternwick, Cinema Nova, Cameo Belgrave, Sun Yarraville and Astor Theatre this weekend or catch the film in cinemas everywhere August 7.  Tickets are on sale now.Filmmaker Samuel Kostevc here joins us to talk about his film Love in the Walls. In a Melbourne social housing community, this moving 60-minute documentary explores residents' resilience amid Australia's deepening housing crisis. 

Today we chat with filmmaker Mark Newbold here about his observational feature The Nicholas Building which explores the artistic process.We finish with a chat with Jordan Osmond here here about his film New Peasants as he follows the lives of a family that lives the majority of their life outside the mainstream economy. Both films were screened at MDFF.

We talk to two filmmakers Tim Whybrow here & Peter C. Downey here featured in this years Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF) at the Nova.Tim Whybrow's passion project "Hot Water: Investigating Australia's Marine Ecosystem", explores Australia's marine wonders and the efforts of eco-heroes to combat rising ocean acidity.Peter C. Downey's films "Stupa" and "Deep Ecology" are two documentaries selected for the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF) in July 2025, screening at Cinema Nova in Carlton. "Stupa" focuses on Boinga Bob and his unique, artistic home, while "Deep Ecology" explores the connection between personal and collective grief related to environmental and societal issues.

We speak with writer/ director/ co-producer Nandita Chakraborty and co-producer Niru Tripathi about the CALD Community Voices project Piquancy - Silent Heroes. 

First a chat with Alicia Brescianini here about her project Espresso Cinema bringing three exciting new Italian films to Nova over the winter months starting on June 29th at 7pm with Frank and Nina award winner at the Venice Film Festival.Secondly we chat with Guy Wilkinson here about his three films playing at this years' Melbourne Documentary Film Festival - Lasting Trace, Six Strings Up, Midnight Milonga

We speak with director/writer Antonis Tsonis about his first feature Brando with a Glass Eye as it begins it's theatrical release in Australia. It will be showing with Q&A on Wed, June 25th at 8pm at the Lido in Hawthorn tickets.

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We speak with filmmaker Jamie Wilson about his reimagined film Come Back Mister Bule showing at the in cinema Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF) at the Nove on July 28.

Zev Howley here joins us to talk about his film The Enlightened State of Tara which screens on July 28th as part of the in-cinema section of the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.

A quick word about the deadline (May 29th) for The Creators program - a  career acceleration program for high-calibre mid-career screenwriters to build toward the creation of their own shows. The third year in this career intensive co-produced by Screen Australia, AWG, with industry partners, Australians in Film (AiF) and Scripted Ink.We finish with a chat with local filmmaker Sara Lamberg who is running the Winter Warmers Festival in June to centrestage her four features.

Well chat with SKFF Director Richard Sodwada about the 45th year offerings which takes us to new venues with the same level of support for the filmmakers of the present and future we all expect from the longest running short film festival in Australia. For all the details for St Kilda film festival running from June 5th - 15th here.

Spit is one of a recent flock of Australian films in cinemas at the moment (Inside, The Correspondent, Every Little Thing). Here we listen to star of Spit David Wenham in conversation with Edan Porter at a pre-release Q&A at the Rivoli.

We speak with Melbourne Women in Film Festival (MWFF) Director Sian Mitchell here about the wild and woolly nineth edition running 20th - 24th March.A little chat with filmmaker Fiona Cochrane here about her film Whoopee Blues which highlights the careers of the Conway brothers starting with the Jelly Bean Jug Band. Tickets for Melbourne Documentary Film Festival screenings at Nova July 15th.

Two Australian films out now in cinemas.Indian collaboration My Melbourne - we chat with producer Mitu Bhowmick Lange from Mind Blowing Films.Spit the second installment of the mega hit Gettin' Square is out - we chat with writer Chris Nyst.

We first speak with director/writer of Inside Charles Williams here, a remarkable film starring Cosmo Jarvis, Guy Pearce & Vincent Miller. In cinemas from 27th February. Facebook  InstagramWe follow with a word from Devina McPherson here, the co-facilitator of the AIDC 2025 Indigenous Creators Program.

We go to the launch of the fourth Birraranga Film Festival here and then chat with Tony Briggs here the director of the festival. Birraranga Film Festival is the only Indigenous run indigenous film festival in Australia.

We chat with Lachlan Hannah who works as a Videographer for Basketball Australia.

The RMIT The Best Films You Have Never Seen program at the Capitol will be screening Seven Samurai. We chat with Dr Stephen Gaunson here about this ground breaking film a must for amyone serious about filmmaking and viewing.

We chat with Warik Lawrance here, Digital Production Designer and founder of the Dome Under Film Festival which screened at Scienceworks between Jan 31-Feb 2.Michael Dillon's great adventure film The Great White Whale will be screening at The Sun Cinema and Nova with accompaning Q&A. We revisit my chat  with Michael Dillon here.

Our Warrior: The story of Robbie Thorpe is now finished and we have a special community screening set for Saturday 15 February at Cinema Nova in Carlton!After over eight years, this project is now ready for the screen and you are invited to be the first to see it.This 53-minute documentary tracks the resurgence of a powerful Black, Indigenous, anti-colonial movement that is currently reshaping the country. It looks back at Robbie's childhood, his family and his emergence as one of the most controversial and uncompromising activists in Australia today.We talk with filmmaker Anthony Kelly.

We go to the Melbourne premiere of Leigh Whannell's new film Wolfman - another reinvention of an old genre trope with surprising results. In cinema's now.

Today we chat with filmmaker Ros Horin about her film Welcome to Yiddishland which explores Yiddish as a thousand year old language and it's role in Jewish culture.

We speak with writer/director Danielle Loy, about Under Streetlights set for a theatrical release on Dec 12th at select cinemas. Under Streetlights weaves a multilayered tapestry of evolving relationships, shared grief and a constant beacon of hope. Through their shared love of music, Izak (Jacob Harvey) and Ella (Madison Hull) overcome adversity, both struggling with the shadows of alcoholic fathers and losing family members, while bearing the weight of diverse cultural expectations.

Today we talk with Brendan Swift, a financial journalist, whoes book Money, Art and Madness investigates the resurgence of the Australian film industry, starting in and around the 1970s on the back of Government financing schemes. His book published by Wildsmilth Publishing looks at the success or otherwise of bureaucrats being put in charge of picking winners.

Writer of the hilarious new Australian film Audrey, Lou Sanz joins us today. When Audrey selfishly falls into a coma, Ronnie has no choice but to keep their dreams alive by assuming her identity.

Director Ian Darling takes us into a joyful space with his new feature The Pool. A film where sea, community and sixties music collide.

We talk with director Madeleine-Hetherton-Miau about her film Mozart's Sister releasing in Australian cinemas on the 30th October. It tells the story of Mozart's equally talented sister Marie-Anna who history has overlooked but who many believe was a companion in Mozart's musical journey.

We chat with Director/Writer David Vincent Smith about his first feature He Ain't Heavy starring Greta Scacchi, Leila George, and Sam Corlett as a family dealing with drug addiction and it's flow on affect to the whole family.

Saara Lamberg the focus of today's programme or more particularly her new films Conversations with Spithead and Coma are the latest in this extraordinary auteur filmmakers collection of films. Conversations with Spithead a short accompanying the feature Coma is having their world premiere at the Lido on Thursday 17th Oct at 7pm with a follow-up screening at the Sun Cinema in Yarraville on the 24th of Oct before heading off to screenings in Adelaide. There will be Q&A's at both sessions link.

Two stories for Showreel today. It is the 40th anniversary of the MQFF which runs from 14-24 November. We get a sneak preview of the program from CEO David Martin and MQFF Program Director, Cerise Howard here. Full program available 16th OctWe then get to talk here with collaborators on Flicker Fest winner Yeah the Boys. It follows six young Aussie men as they sink beers over an afternoon and well into the night. No words just an extraordinary expose in movement. Director Stefan Hunt and Writer/ choreographer Vanessa Marian Varghese talk with us about the project. Available on Youtube release 15th Oct.

We speak writer/director Matt Mirams here about his film Residence, an action-packed dystopian comedy set locally.We follow with a chat with filmmaker Baris Ullusoy here about his film The Water of the Womb showing as part of The Other Film Festival. Films are free to stream from Thursday 3 Oct - Wednesday 16th October.

We speak with the director of the darkly, comic Buried which takes a satirical look at the idyll of motherhood. Charlotte George collaborated with lead actor  Miriam Glaser to bring the 5x7min online series to life.

We talk with director Paul Goldman about his new release Kid Snow, in cinemas now.

We usually concentrate on Australian moving image but today we share the love to our nearest neighbour Aotearoa. Today we are chatting with film director Ant Timpson about his film Bookworm which you can already find in cinemas. Bookworm is one of those rare family films which puts a smile on the face of kids and adults alike.

Now that Luke Eve and Maria Albiñana are out of lock down from their Valencia flat with Luke's mother Karen the hit online series Cancelled (referring to the wedding that was stopped with the rest of the world because of Covid) has morphed into a feature film. It's called UnCANCELLED and it was shot during the spectacular Fallas Festival in Valencia. Has you hear from my chat with Luke Eve, director and co-writer and lead this film crosses the boundaries between real life and fiction in a hilarious, sobering and sometime poignant way.  the film on September 12th on youTube for two weeks only. After that, the film will be on Channel 9 who just acquired the movie. Special screening 12th September, to coincide with the launch on Youtube. It will be at the AFTRS, Sydney followed by a Q&A with Luke, Socratis Otto and Luke's  mum, Karen Eve.

We talk with writer/ director/ marshal artist Bren Foster about his new action film Life After Fighting.

We talk to auteur filmmaker Saidin Salkic about his latest film My Heart Bled Like Niagara Falls which focuses on the experiences of a man (John Flaus) with the on-set of Alzheimer's disease. The themes and process of the film are discussed further in Sense of Cinema.

Today we chat with Jocelyn Moorhouse about her new lots of fun film The Fabulous 4 starring Bette Midler and Susan Sarandon now in cinemas tickets.We follow-up with local documentary The Posh & The Riff Raff which delves into the history of St Kilda - screening Sunday Aug 4th, 12pm at the Nova Carlton.