Tony Kaye’s documentary on his legendary battle with Hollywood is wildly engrossing
Tony Kaye’s documentary is a vivid portrait of a man so over his head that he’s become more than a little mad.…
Documentaries
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Conquering Breast Cancer asks us to imagine a world without cancer
Imagine a world without cancer… Conquering Breast Cancer is a compelling social impact film that inspires us to do just that. Asking: Can Australia rise to the challenge of conquering breast cancer?…
Troy Cassar-Daley on the importance of inviting audiences into his childhood home in A Journey Between the Fires
Troy Cassar-Daley one of Australia’s finest country music songwriters and musicians. He’s a familiar face and voice across the nation, with supporters getting to know him through his music and lyrics.…
Old Habits documentarian Alfie Faber on the gay liberation journey of The Sydney Order of Perpetual Indulgence
There's a beautiful charm that resides at the core of Alfie Faber's invitational and heartwarming documentary Old Habits. It's a charm that encompasses and overwhelms the impact of d…
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…
The Department Screens on SBS October 10, Putting the Spotlight on the NSW Child Protection System
SBS puts the spotlight on the workers and families within NSW’s child protection system in a new landmark documentary In a bold new documentary made by Shark Island Productions and Noble Savage Pictu…
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…
Best Documentaries of 2018
I know that at the end of the year there is an overwhelming mass of ‘Best of’ lists to work through, so as I gradually work my way up to my ‘Best Films of 2018’ list, I thought I’d throw another selec…