Documentaries

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Vee Shi’s family docudrama Time and Tide shows China’s Filial Piety Law as emotionally and financially complex

Vee Shi’s family docudrama Time and Tide shows China’s Filial Piety Law as emotionally and financially complex

It is steadfast in its portrait of the family at their best and at their most exhausted and frayed. With the camera picking up not only the conversations and arguments, but also the physical dynamic of the family, Shi invites us into a world where the most casual acts are imbued with meaning.…

Mardi Gras Film Festival Director Lisa Rose Talks Programming the Queer Frontier, Short Films, Emerging Queer Filmmakers, and Wordle

Mardi Gras Film Festival Director Lisa Rose Talks Programming the Queer Frontier, Short Films, Emerging Queer Filmmakers, and Wordle

The Mardi Gras Film Festival returns this February with an array of fictional and documentary features and shorts, over a hundred all up. This year’s theme is the queer frontier, honouring our queer e…

Small Island Big Song - An Oceanic Songline Director Tim Cole Interview - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Small Island Big Song - An Oceanic Songline Director Tim Cole Interview - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Small Island Big Song - An Oceanic Songline is a collaborative film, made over 16 Island nations from the Pacific & Indian Oceans, following musicians from Madagascar, to Taiwan, to Zendath…

Ten Films You Need to See at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival

The Sydney Film Festival line up has launched, and it’s as extensive and exhaustive as you’d ever expect. As is the case with this being one of the major, most prestigious festivals in Australia, ther…