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Last look at the MDFF's Shorts Focus Sessions at the Nova Cinema on Sunday May 23.First up is Derek Ho whoes film A Thousand Words Unspoken is showing in the Fourth Session at 5.40pm.Chouwa Liang's film Intimate Strangers is a beautifully crafted film showing in session 2 of the MDFF focus on film on Sunday May 23 at the Nova at 1:10.

Today we talk with filmmaker Jamie Wilson about his film Burgermen screening on May 23 at the Nova as part of the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival's Focus on Shorts.

Short Film Focus as part of the MDFF screenings at the Nova on May 23 will be screening 5 Sessions of short films. Today we feature two of those films and their filmmakers. Out of The Closets, into the streets takes us back to 1970s Melbourne when a group of students made a stand for gay pride at a time when homosexuality was criminalised and discrimination and abuse was wide spread. More than 40 years on, Gay Liberation Front members reflect on the impact of those days. We hear from producer Kathie Mayer.The Last Extinction takes us from the lives of some of the smallest beings on the planet, bees and termites, to some of the biggest elephants and hippos to explore the castrophe of the last extinction and what that means for humans. We speak to filmmaker Reily Archer-Whelan.

We talk with Stephen Curry about June Again starring Noni Hazelhurst and Claudia Kavan and himself of course. In cinemas May 6. Then we chat with Susanna Duffy who explains her recent adventures in making virtual tours which take international guests on a tour of Melbourne from their armchairs. What is involved?

We speak to the filmmaker and the subject of Rosemary's Way the ultimate social development film.

We talk to Michelle Joy about a series of films exploring the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers is premiering on the 27th April during Melbourne Knowledge Week at the State Library Victoria.Each of the films in the RESPOND series is a unique collaboration between a healthcare worker responding to COVID-19, and a filmmaker in isolation because of it. The result is eight very different, but equally affecting films — including drama, documentary, animation, and comedy.

We are talking with Director Luke Eve who is holed up in Spain but is finally getting a release of his pre covid movie I Met a Girl. It is now out on Netflix Australia New Zealand.

I have a couple of interesting tidbits for you today.First up I spoke to James Mathers from the Digital Cinema Society and then chatted with Alicia Brown, Film Victoria’s Production Investment Manager, about a project called Originate which in their words is designed to accelerate the development of a slate of creative-led fiction features, turning early draft scripts into production-ready screenplays by aspirational filmmakers who identify with underrepresented groups in our society. Funding Info

Melbourne Documentary Film Festival returns with a monthly series of the best docos from their past season. They are showing at the Nova in Carlton with two programs of five films showing on the Nova site the first is for this Sunday March 28th followed by five more on 18th of April. And true to the allure of documentaries the stories told are magnificant in their range. Today we are going back into the Showreel vault to hear what Joshua Belinfante said about his kooky, delightful and life affirming film World's Best Film and follow up with a word with co producer of Save the Reef Act Now, Hiroki Iijima.

First up is  Steve Jaggi from  a Queensland Production company who has been working busily despite covid and is releasing Kidnapped through Village cinemas.We follow this with a chat with Grace Truman who is the star of a web series called Amazing Grace which is going into its second season called Graceful, amazing grace series 2. It started when she was 1o now she is 16 high production values, heart warming tips on life and funny happily funny.