Showreel

Mother, Country A film by Pablo Navarrete showed at Domecritus House on Sept 11 to mark and revisit the 1973 coup in Chila. We hear from Pablo Navarrete here and then from the organiser of the local screening Pilar Aguiler here a Chilean/ Australian.

Today we chat with screen writer & director Samuel Van Grinsven about his second feature Went Up the Hill starring Vicky Krieps & Dacre Montgomery.

We chat with director Kate Woods about her newest film the comedy/family movie Kangaroo set in the NT with an ensemble cast that includes Ryan Corr, Brooke Satchwell, Rachel House, Deborah Mailman, Ernie Dingo, Roy Billings and new comer Lily Whiteley. Co-produced by Cultivator Films Australia, Bunya Productions & Brindle Films, distributed by StudioCanal with release dates  21 August 2025 (Germany) & 18 September 2025 (Australia/New Zealand)

We talk with Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine  about their fantastic new production XR Instrallation The World Came Flooding In being launch with the support of MIFF and Now or Never Festival 21-24 August and playing at ACMI Swinburne Studio. Go to the MIFF for tickets.

David Ngo talks to us about the Winner of a Sundance Directing Award Never Get Busted which is having it's Australian Premier at MIFF.

We are joined by Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film, 2040) here as he releases his new film Future Council. You can see Damon at special Q&A screenings of FUTURE COUNCIL at Classic Cinema Elsternwick, Cinema Nova, Cameo Belgrave, Sun Yarraville and Astor Theatre this weekend or catch the film in cinemas everywhere August 7.  Tickets are on sale now.Filmmaker Samuel Kostevc here joins us to talk about his film Love in the Walls. In a Melbourne social housing community, this moving 60-minute documentary explores residents’ resilience amid Australia’s deepening housing crisis.

Today we chat with filmmaker Mark Newbold here about his observational feature The Nicholas Building which explores the artistic process.We finish with a chat with Jordan Osmond here here about his film New Peasants as he follows the lives of a family that lives the majority of their life outside the mainstream economy. Both films were screened at MDFF.

We talk to two filmmakers Tim Whybrow here & Peter C. Downey here featured in this years Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF) at the Nova.Tim Whybrow's passion project "Hot Water: Investigating Australia's Marine Ecosystem", explores Australia's marine wonders and the efforts of eco-heroes to combat rising ocean acidity.Peter C. Downey's films "Stupa" and "Deep Ecology" are two documentaries selected for the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF) in July 2025, screening at Cinema Nova in Carlton. "Stupa" focuses on Boinga Bob and his unique, artistic home, while "Deep Ecology" explores the connection between personal and collective grief related to environmental and societal issues.

We speak with writer/ director/ co-producer Nandita Chakraborty and co-producer Niru Tripathi about the CALD Community Voices project Piquancy - Silent Heroes.

First a chat with Alicia Brescianini here about her project Espresso Cinema bringing three exciting new Italian films to Nova over the winter months starting on June 29th at 7pm with Frank and Nina award winner at the Venice Film Festival.Secondly we chat with Guy Wilkinson here about his three films playing at this years' Melbourne Documentary Film Festival - Lasting Trace, Six Strings Up, Midnight Milonga