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Today we are chatting with Molly Reynolds about her film ShoPaapaa made in collaboration with English Filmmaker Shekhar Bassi. Set in covid lock-down London ShoPaapaa reveals all. Virtual screenings during Sydney Film FestivalSFF On Demand 12–21 NovemberTix here: ondemand.sff.org.au/film/shopaapaapa/

Today with covid woes we are going against the trend to talk to Sean Gannon producer, production manager and post production hero on a locally produced romantic comedy Love You Like That.

This week we speak with Hagyung Koo about her first feature documentary Black Summer. As Hagyung explains she joined up with Blazeaid to help out farmers affected by the 2019 fires. Hagyung was stationed at Bombala NSW but the film Black Summer concentrates on the people at Goongerah just across the border in Victoria. Black Summer is part of Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Online.

Today we are looking at how Autstralian content can be maintained with the supremacy of the Streaming Services like Netflix. The Australian Institute hosted Matthew Deaner CEO of  Screen Producer Australia and actor/ producer Erik Thomson speaking with Ebony Bennett about just this subject. This is just an exerpt you can get the whole lot from the Australian Institute YouTube channel in the next few days.  On Thursday 30 Sept tonight at 7pm"CHÁVEZ" - a documentary online screening Supporting the Venezuelan people All proceeds from this film night will go directly to support communities from grassroots organisations to build a childcare centre to support families in areas affected by the economic blockade led by U.S. It is also $10.Book onhttps://www.trybooking.com/BUELL.Vicki Lesley's film The Atom: A Love Affair online at https://www.dartmouthfilms.com

We get to speak to a filmmaker responsible for the very elegantly made and gripping film Disclosure which is coming out on the Home Entertainment Platform.Disclosure is about a socially disturbing subject the fall out when a young child discloses sexual abuse at the hands of another child who is the offspring of family friends. An amazing film because of it's tight focus on the emotions of the unravelling adults who come to metaphorical blows as they strive to gain their social equalibrium with one family trying to skirt the actual issue of the assault and the other demanding an appropriate response to deal with the assault.

Today we hear an exerpt from the AWG discussion about diversity with a panel including: Donna Chang, Commissioning Editor, SBS ScriptingGrainne Brunsdon, Head of Screen NSWSabina Giado, writer, filmmaker and consultant on Information & Cultural Exchange's Cultural Safety Risk Assessment ToolkitLaurrie Brannington-Onato, Development & Investment Manager Screen Australia.Bernard Zuel tied the discussion together.

The Last Days of Loneliness is a locally produced film, avant garde in intention and profound in result. It is a collaboration between filmmaker Saidin Salkic and the incomparable John Flaus. This is a conversation I had with Saidin and John. A particularly enjoyable experience I must say given our present lock down. Enjoy.

We talk with Jake Ryan, actor, about his work and his role in new Australian film Streamline.Streamline is a coming of age film built around the pressures on a 15 year old boy favoured or cursed depending on your view with the potential for Olympic Gold in swimming. Written and directed by Tyson Wade Johnston, starring Levi Miller and co produced by Ian Thorpe the film had an online screening during MIFF and will have follow up regional screenings as part of the MIFF Travelling Showcase, and CinefestOZ Film Festival.There will be a theatrical release starting September 2 in all states not in hard lock down Tasmania, Queensland,   Territory, Western Australia and South Australia with NSW and Victoria able to catch it on Stan from September 16. And it is worth seeing.

One of the best aspects of documentary film is it's ability to look into issues, lives and experiences that we may know very little about. Wanting to Fly by Matthew Morden falls into this category. Wanting to Fly gives a much more incisive investigation of human suspension through the experiences of people involved and in particualar from the eyes of a man about to do his first suspension.

Today we are going back to the 2019/2020 fires. Inferno Without Borders  takes us on a fascinating exploration of cultural burning and indigenous land management techniques which bring us to the brink of a possible future away from Australia's dominate colonial mind set.