With "Expression of Illness," filmmaker Bryn Silverman offers an intimate glimpse into her experience with thyroid cancer, crafting a short documentary that unfolds like a personal diary—raw, reflecti...

At this year’s Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, the short documentary category is anything but small. With 9 dedicated Shorts Sessions and shorts screening alongside many of the features at Cinema...

Healing rarely arrives with fanfare. Often, it’s quiet, cumulative, and deeply personal. In "Scars Unseen," filmmaker Meredith Yinger captures that reality with care and sensitivity, focusing not on t...

Directed by Riccardo Servini, “Dwarf Story: Little People, Big Choice” is a thoughtful and deeply moving documentary that engages with one of the most pressing and polarizing developments in the world...

Beneath the turquoise skin of the Pacific, the world slows down. Light bends. Giants drift silently. Directed by Ignacio Walker and Denis Arqueros, “Her Shark Story” captures that sense of oceanic rev...

What does it sound like when defiance becomes music? In "NAFADA: An Audio Uprising," director Reginald Tiessen explores the urgency, frustration, and fierce creativity of female artists confronting si...

Now celebrating its 10th year, the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF) has grown into one of the most dynamic and essential platforms for non-fiction storytelling in the Southern Hemisphere. Wh...