A big thank you to Sean Cisterna Director of Silver Screamers for taking the time to answer these questions.
MDFF 2026 – Interview with Sean Cisterna Director of Silver Screamers
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The Fussy Eater Reboot
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After years of working with families affected by persistent feeding difficulties, Melbourne practitioner and author Marie-France Laval has released The Fussy Eater Reboot: Confident Eating: A Parenting Plan for Stubborn Picky Eaters. The book provides a practical, multi-disciplinary framework for parents who feel they have tried everything, from rewards to separate meals, only to find…
Melbourne Foot Traffic Is Back
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New analysis of City of Melbourne pedestrian sensor data shows the city’s foot traffic has recovered strongly through 2025, while the daily rhythm that once organised the CBD around the nine-to-five commute has shifted for good. The analysis, released by outdoor advertising company Rock Posters, draws on the City of Melbourne’s public pedestrian counting system.…
Upcoming Documentary MAYPILAMA: Keel Line of Creation
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A new documentary shares the journey of Yolŋu mothers, grandmothers, leaders and health workers to bring birthing back on Country, shining a bright, powerful light on First Nations maternity care and self-determination. MAYPILAMA: Keel Line of Creation is an upcoming documentary following Yolŋu Elder and Professor Ḻäwurrpa Maypilama’s mission to return Birthing on Country through…
MIFF Program First Look
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Today, Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) offers its first look at the 2026 program, announcing 25 films and special events, among them six MIFF Premiere Fund titles, a selection of 17 international and local highlights and special live events, many of which will make their Australian premiere at this year’s 74th edition. Running 6–23 August…
MDFF 2026 – TYCHO! Beyond the Baton
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A Hungarian child music prodigy survives the Holocaust, finds peace in Australia and for more than 50 years makes an extraordinary contribution to its culture.
MDFF26 That Half Barbaric Twang
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What do you get when you cross two of Australia’s most recognised actors with a musical wizard? A troubadour trio of conscientious ‘vagabonds’ who bring their ‘bad ass gospel’ country music to the most remote and marginalized people in Australia.
‘LAWRENCE OF ARABIA’ Motorcycle Auctioned by Donington Auctions
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One of the world’s rarest and most expensive motorcycles is being offered by Donington Auctions in Melbourne. Made famous as the motorcycle model ridden by the Englishman who changed the Middle East, Colonel T.E Lawrence – better known as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ – this 1933 Brough Superior SS 100 is being auctioned currently in Donington’s…
Special Screening of Pelverata at Melbourne’s Eclipse Cinema
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The chilling new Aussie folk horror flick Pelverata will screen at Melbourne’s Eclipse Cinema with director Mark Lipkin in attendance for a special Q&A session. “Pelverata finds its sense of place through disorienting reverberations of past trauma…confronting us with Australia’s sacred, sullied soil, and the restless ghosts that demand an audience.” – Anton Bitel, Projected…
Three Months to go Until MIFF 37°South Market
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With just three months to go until MIFF 37°South Market, the global screen co-financing marketplace returns to Melbourne this August with early confirmed international financiers and two new initiatives making 2026 another landmark edition. Now in its 19th year, 37°South runs from 6–9 August during the opening weekend of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF),…