Director Mark Street Rated M Score 6/6 Can Art Stop a Bullet, at its simplest, is a documentary about artist William Kelly, but it’s so much more than that. Centred around the creation of an artwork for Kelly’s State Library of Victoria Fellowship the film explores the relationship between art and activism, and the power…
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Grant Fraser Strangers to the World Interview – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
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A big thank you to Grant Fraser for the interview about his documentary Strangers to the World which has been accepted into the 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Luke Farrell · Interview with Grant Fraser about his documentary Strangers to the World
The Boys Who Said No – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020
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Director Judith Ehrlich Rated M Score 6/6 Half a century ago, young Americans coming of age watch as President Johnson suddenly launches a war in Vietnam, drafting a thousand men a day to go into combat, and then watch again as the war proves brutal and senseless. Though many find a way out, some decide…
Batman and Me – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
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Director Michael Wayne Rated G Score 6/6 Darren Maxwell became addicted to collecting Batman merchandise in late 1980s Australia as a way to be a part of nascent geek culture. Decades later, Darren’s stuck with a room full of collectables – a membership card to a fandom he no longer recognises – yet powerful forces…
Interview with director Joshua Belinfante – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
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A big thank you to Joshua Belinfante for the phone interview about his Documentary The World’s Best Film which has been accepted into the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Luke Farrell · Interview with director Joshua Belinfante
The World’s Best Film
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Director Joshua Belinfante Rated G Score 6/6 ‘The World’s Best Film’ is an anthology documentary following 12 people that are striving to be the world’s best at strange and amazing things. From the world’s best bummer of cigarettes to the world’s best town planner to the best griller of bananas. Filmed over a period of…
Katrina Channels Leaving Allen Street Interview – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020
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A big thank you to Katrina Channels taking the time to answer some questions about her Documentary Leaving Allen Street which is featured in the 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Luke Farrell · Interview with Documentary Director Katrina Channels
Strangers to the World – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020
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Director Grant Fraser Rated M Score 6/6 Strangers to the World examines individual moral courage in the face of almost overwhelming pressure from the world to conform and in doing so, act against that conscience. A dramatised documentary starring Rachel Griffiths and Oscar Redding that examines the lives of two people, Etty Hillesum and Franz…
Wongar – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020
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Director Andrijana Stojković Rated G Score 5/6 Serbian-Australian writer Wongar lives a secluded life taking care of his 6 dingoes for which he believes embody the spirits of his tragically lost Aboriginal family. It is time for the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, so before we get to far into things there is going to be…
Leaving Allen Street – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020
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Director Katrina Channells Rated G Score 6/6 After years of living an institutionalised life, a group of intellectually disabled adults discover what it feels like to be free. It is time for the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, so before we get to far into things there is going to be a series of reviews of…