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Today we are speaking with Melbourne Independent Filmmaker Sinem Saban. She has been working on an extraordinary film Luku Ngärra: The Law of the Land in collaboration with Dr Djiniyini Gondarra OAM, a highly respected Yolngu clan leader, initiated lawman and civil rights activist who has led the battle for the spiritual and political freedom of his people for over 45 years. GofundmeChauvel Cinema June 1 screening

We are chatting with animator Cath Murphy who is the Director of Pollyannafilms an animation house in Melbourne that operates as a social enterprise.They have started production on a feature documentary based on an interview with a nurse who worked at many of Australia's detention Centres and are looking to promote the work so that anyone interested in supporting them financially to pay their interns will get on board.

The Survival of Kindness is Rolf de Heer's most recent film. We are joined by the Director Rolf De Heer and actor Mwajemi Hussein to talk about The Survival of Kindness which is in cinemas May 4th.

John Ogilvie's adaptation of Conrad's The Secret Agent takes us into the surveillance world of modern Australia.  Lone Wolf is set in Melbourne and starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Hugo Weaving and Chris Bunton Lone Wolf is available:LabelDIRECT/VimeoGooglePlayYouTubeMoviesAppleTV/iTunesMovies

ReelGood Film Festival on Saturday 22 April at the Lido Hawthorn is a showcase of Australian Filmmakers, knockout shorts, talks, discussion and socialising. For one day only from 10am to 6:30 pm tickets

We talk with filmmakers Laurence Billiet and Rachel Antony, whoes film The Giants melds the life of activist Bob Brown with the Gondwana-era forests of the Tarkine.

First here Bronwyn Kidd, Director of Flickerfest gives us a background to this important long lived Shorts Festival and the up-coming Best of Melbourne Shorts - 2023 Tour at Kino Wednesday 12th April 7pm.Then here an exerpt from the AIDC for an exclusive deep dive into two of the most anticipated factual series' upcoming in 2023 - First Weapons and The First Inventors - and the importance of First Nations-led filmmaking practices in ensuring authenticity and respect when handling First Nations knowledge.

Today we are lucky enough to be chatting with filmmaker Jolyon Hoff with his collaborator in his latest film Muzafar Ali. Muzafar is an internationally renowned Afgani photographer who arrived with his family as a refugee and in their effort to work out the type of future they would be able to carve out in Australia Muzafar made the discovery of Afgans having been an integral part of Australia for over 160 years. In Watandar: My Countryman Jolyon and Muzafar go in search of the descendants.

We chat with Tony Briggs, Birrarangga Film Festival Director.

We are joined by independent filmmaker David Bradbury to talk about his new film The Road to War which focuses on the unhealthy alliance between Australia and US military policy in the era of AUKUS. The premiere of The Road to War will be at Nova Carlton 22 March 6.30pm tickets.