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farsouthproject @farsouthproject.bsky.social · Jul 31

Here's a link to my short film Temple Lament that was shown at the UNFIX NYC 2025 Film Festival and at Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.
Enjoy: vimeo.com/1037315566

TEMPLE LAMENT

Bereep-Bereep is the Indigenous name for Mount Cole. It translates as ‘wild’ in the language of the Beeripmo balug group of the Djab wurrung people.…

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Andrew Garton @andrewgarton.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thanks everyone who came to the premier of KNOW ME at the @mdff.bsky.social (Melbourne Documentary Film Festival) last Sunday afternoon. There were tears, heart warming embraces, reunions too and discussion that flowed from Cinema Nova's foyer onto a nearby pub and into the evening back home.

Post-screening Q&A with the afternoon session's filmmakers. Photo by Neil Grant.

The filmmaker at the festival. Photo by Neil or Amanda Grant.

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Documentary Drive @documentarydrive.bsky.social · Jul 28

Review: "Expression of Illness" screening online at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival @mdff.bsky.social

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Review: 'Expression of Illness' - Documentary Drive

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...

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farsouthproject @farsouthproject.bsky.social · Jul 27

First time seeing Temple Lament on the big screen @mdff.bsky.social Good to see the space and the detail in the film, to have a live audience, to discuss the movie at the Q&A with 3CR's Annie McLaughlin, and the young director of Verge Collection, another of the films at the session. Fun time.

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National Indigenous Times 🤖 (unofficial) @nit-bot.bsky.social · Jul 8

A Perth filmmaker has taken out the top award at this year's Australia Youth Film Festival, held in Melbourne on Friday night. Dannon Wu, 24, won the ABC Best Overall Film award for 'Black Cockatoos: Cultural Significance,' a documentary centred on an Elders Yarning Circle.

Noongar Elders’ stories drive award-winning Black Cockatoo film

A Perth filmmaker has taken out the top award at this year's Australia Youth Film Festival, held in Melbourne on Friday night. Dannon Wu, 24, won the ABC Best Overall Film award for 'Black Cockatoos: Cultural Significance,' a documentary centred on an Elders Yarning Circle.

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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · Jul 9

Screening at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, REFLECTIONS OF COURAGE is "Distressing, powerful and thought-provoking…" according to Annette Basile's review

Reflections of Courage - FilmInk

Distressing, powerful and thought-provoking…

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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · Jul 14

The Longer You Bleed filmmaker Ewan Waddell writes about the over-riding themes of his documentary, when screens numb the soul.

The Longer You Bleed screens at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Is Our Empathy Dying in the Digital Age? - FilmInk

The Longer You Bleed (2025): When screens numb the soul

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Riccardo Servini @ricservini.bsky.social · Jul 15

I really appreciate this thoughtful review of Dwarf Story from Documentary Drive in Australia. They really got the film! Thank you.

The film is available for two more weeks for audiences in Australia as part of the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.

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Review: 'Dwarf Story: Little People, Big Choice' - Documentary Drive

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...

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nsgordo.bsky.social @nsgordo.bsky.social · Jul 16

The best guitarist you've never heard of finally gets her due in: 'Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Ellen McIlwaine' screening as part of the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. My review:

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Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Ellen McIlwaine (Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2025) - Film Review

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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · Jul 18

What's the definition of happiness?

It's in the title of new Australian documentary.

Annette Basile reviews.

The Definition of Happiness screens at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

The Definition of Happiness - FilmInk

… fun, upbeat ...

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Andrew Garton @andrewgarton.bsky.social · Jul 18

Join me on Sunday 27 July at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival for the first public screening of KNOW ME at Cinema Nova, 12:20 PM, Carlton, Melbourne. Booking details in bio link. KNOW ME is one of several incredible short films being screened at that session. It's going to be great!

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National Indigenous Times 🤖 (unofficial) @nit-bot.bsky.social · Jul 21

The natural and cultural values of the Kimberley's Martuwarra Fitzroy River was showcased to a Naarm audience recently, when powerful nature documentary Lifeblood premiered at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.

Beauty of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River showcased at Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

The natural and cultural values of the Kimberley's Martuwarra Fitzroy River was showcased to a Naarm audience recently, when powerful nature documentary Lifeblood premiered at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.

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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · Jul 24

Melbourne's iconic Nicholas Building gets its own documentary.,

The Nicholas Building screens at Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.

Reviewed by Melbourne's own Finnlay Dall

The Nicholas Building - FilmInk

The film’s contents may lack the polish or shape, but its tactility – its sounds, colours and characters – are what makes The Nicholas Building priceless.

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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · Jul 25

Annette Basile reviews LOVE IN THE WALLS, closing night film at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Love in the Walls - FilmInk

... important, fairly hopeful and very watchable ...

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Melbourne Doco Fest / Naarm Doco Film Fest @mdff.bsky.social · Jul 22

🎬 The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

🎟️ Browse the full lineup + get tickets here: watch.eventive.org/mdff
🎟️ www.cinemanova.com.au/events/melbo...
🎟️ imaxmelbourne.com.au/movie/the-lo...
#MDFFest #DocumentaryFilm #MelbourneFilmFestival #SupportIndieFilm

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Melbourne Doco Fest / Naarm Doco Film Fest @mdff.bsky.social · Jul 22

🎬 The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

🎟️ Browse the full lineup + get tickets here: watch.eventive.org/mdff
🎟️ www.cinemanova.com.au/events/melbo...
🎟️ imaxmelbourne.com.au/movie/the-lo...
#MDFFest #DocumentaryFilm #MelbourneFilmFestival #SupportIndieFilm

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Melbourne Doco Fest / Naarm Doco Film Fest @mdff.bsky.social · Jul 20

Left Behind follows a group of bold NYC moms fighting for the first public dyslexic school in America’s largest district. Three years. One mission: justice in education. 🎓 Don’t miss the MDFF screening — July 30, 8:50pm, Cinema Nova.
#MDFF2025 #LeftBehindDoc #DyslexiaAwareness #cinemanova

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Melbourne Doco Fest / Naarm Doco Film Fest @mdff.bsky.social · Jul 20

Left Behind follows a group of bold NYC moms fighting for the first public dyslexic school in America’s largest district. Three years. One mission: justice in education. 🎓 Don’t miss the MDFF screening — July 30, 8:50pm, Cinema Nova.
#MDFF2025 #LeftBehindDoc #DyslexiaAwareness #cinemanova

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Melbourne Doco Fest / Naarm Doco Film Fest @mdff.bsky.social · Jul 19

Don’t miss Union at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, July 29, 9:10pm at Cinema Nova! This powerful Sundance doc follows Chris Smalls and workers fighting Amazon for labor rights, capturing their historic union win. #MDFFest #MDFFest2025 #UnionDoc
🎟️ www.cinemanova.com.au/films/mdff-u...

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Melbourne Doco Fest / Naarm Doco Film Fest @mdff.bsky.social · Jul 19

Don’t miss Union at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, July 29, 9:10pm at Cinema Nova! This powerful Sundance doc follows Chris Smalls and workers fighting Amazon for labor rights, capturing their historic union win. #MDFFest #MDFFest2025 #UnionDoc
🎟️ www.cinemanova.com.au/films/mdff-u...

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Documentary Drive @documentarydrive.bsky.social · Jul 17

Review: 5 Standout Shorts at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival @mdff.bsky.social

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Review: 5 Standout Shorts at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival - Documentary Drive

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...

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farsouthproject @farsouthproject.bsky.social · Jul 16

Melbourne Documentary Film Festival @mdff.bsky.social is on right now. Packed with fascinating docos. www.mdff.org.au Now in cinema at @cinemanova.bsky.social My own Temple Lament is on July 27th 10.30am session followed by Q&A. It would be good to meet folks from Blue Sky there. Sarva Mangalam!

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farsouthproject @farsouthproject.bsky.social · Jul 15

Not long back from Whoopee Blues, first night in cinema @mdff.bsky.social A real education for me as relative newcomer to Melbourne on the wild 70s in old Prahran. Crazy iterations of the eclectic band, with a side of Circus Oz. Very impressed that Jim Conway played harp with Brownie McGee.

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Documentary Drive @documentarydrive.bsky.social · Jul 14

Review: "Scars Unseen" screening July 16th at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival @mdff.bsky.social

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Review: 'Scars Unseen' - Documentary Drive

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...

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Documentary Drive @documentarydrive.bsky.social · Jul 13

Review: "Dwarf Story: Little People, Big Choice" screening online at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival @mdff.bsky.social

www.documentarydrive.com/review-dwarf...

Review: 'Dwarf Story: Little People, Big Choice' - Documentary Drive

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...

www.documentarydrive.com

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