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Ah! The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival always brings wonderful films to my inbox, with delights like Leaving Allen Street for me to watch and engage with. This lovely documentary is directed by Katrina Channells, of We Are Yarn, and it follows the residents of an institution for the intellectually disabled in Melbourne as they move from their old home to a new, custom built facility that will bring them new independence.

This is a genuine treat of a film and you should definitely check it out when the festival kicks off on June 30th, wrapping up online on the 15th of July.

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After the debacle that was Cavalcade, we take a dig into one of the films it triumphed over: Lloyd Bacon's enduring classic 42nd Street. Digging into the reason why films like this endure, hosts Andrew and Dave lament about the need for positive films in times of darkness.

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On this episode of Awards Don't Matter, intrepid hosts Andrew and Dave venture into the sixth Best Picture winner, Frank Lloyd's multi-award winning film, Cavalcade. Focusing on the history of England in the 1900's, this broadly spanning film follows two families through the era.

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As expected, going through the Best Picture winner history, we were bound to find a forgotten classic, neglected by time and popular culture, and worthwhile celebrating. Well, here we are with Edmund Goulding's Best Picture winner, Grand Hotel.

Featuring stellar performances from an all star cast, with Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt, and more, Grand Hotel was nominated for one single Oscar - Best Picture - and triumphed in its sole category.

Hosts Andrew and Dave discuss the tragedy of its sole nomination, and the value of a talkie like this. Dig on in.

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Featured comfortably on my Best Australian Films of 2020 list is the joyous WA made short film, Sparkles. Written, co-produced, and starring Tina Fielding, this wonderful film follows Courtney, a thirty-something Downs Syndrome woman leaving her country home to find a new life in the city. On the way, she encounters Diamond, a drag queen, and the two spark a beautiful relationship.

Directed by Jacqueline Pelczar and produced by Cody Greenwood, Sparkles recently had its World Premiere at Flickerfest Film Festival. I got to catch up with Tina, Jacqueline, and Cody, to talk about the making of Sparkles and the process of making a short film.

Find out more at RUSH films website.

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Andrew caught up with director Sally Ingleton to talk about her latest documentary, Wild Things.

WILD THINGS is a feature length documentary that follows a new generation of environmental activists that are mobilising against forces more powerful than themselves and saying, enough. Armed only with mobile phones, this growing army of eco warriors will do whatever it takes to save their futures from the ravages of climate change. From chaining themselves to coal trains, sitting high in the canopy of threatened rainforest for days on end or locking onto bulldozers, their non-violent tactics are designed to generate mass action with one finger tap. Messages go viral within seconds. It's a far cry from the heady days of the Franklin River Blockade when street marches were the only way to be heard.

Against a backdrop of unprecedented drought, fire and floods; we witness how today's environmentalists are making a difference and explore connections with the past through the untold stories of previous campaigns. Surprisingly the methods of old still have currency when a groundswell of school students inspired by the actions of 16-year old Greta Thunberg say, ‘change is coming' and call a national strike demanding action against global warming.

Find out more about Wild Things by visiting the website.

If you're interested in some of the activism seen in the film, visit Frontline Action on Coal, School Strike 4 Climate, Rainforest Rescue, and Forests for Life.

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THEATRE ROYAL FB WILD THINGS Q&A
NEW FARM CINEMA FB WILD THINGS Q&A
LUNA PALACE FB WILD THINGS Q&A
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Potential Films' exciting early 2021 news is that Bob Brown will join Director Sally Ingleton and guests at four of our Australia wide Q&A's from January 29.

We are thrilled to be releasing WILD THINGS on February 4.

ADVANCE SPECIAL SCREENINGS & Q & A's

VIC
Thursday January 28, 730pm
The Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
Panel: Director Sally Ingleton, Harriet O'Shea Carre, Milou Albrecht, Callum Neilson Bridgefoot

Wednesday February 3, 630pm
Classic Elsternwick 
Panel: Director Sally Ingleton, Dr Paul Sinclair -ACF,  Dr. Bob Brown via zoom, Dr. Lisa Searle via zoom with Moderator/ Executive Producer Shaun Miller

Thursday February 4, 630pm
Cinema Nova
Panel: Director Sally Ingleton, Dr. Paul Sinclair -ACF, Dr. Bob Brown via zoom, Dr. Lisa Searle via zoom with Moderator/ Executive Producer Shaun Miller

QUEENSLAND
Friday Jan 29, 630pm
New Farm Cinema, Brisbane
Panel: Activist Andy Paine, Director Sally Ingleton via zoom, Dr. Bob Brown via zoom, Dr. Lisa Searle via zoom with Moderator Debra Beattie -Griffith University

WA
Saturday January 30, 4pm
Luna Cinema
Panel: Director Sally Ingleton via zoom, Dr. Bob Brown via zoom, Dr. Lisa Searle via zoom with Moderator Cathy Henkel.

NSW
Tuesday February 2, 645pm
Dendy Newtown
Panel: David Ritter CEO Greenpeace In Person, Director Sally Ingleton via zoom, Dr. Bob Brown via zoom, Dr. Lisa Searle via zoom,

IN CINEMAS FROM FEBRUARY 4, 2021

VICTORIA
Cinema Nova, Carlton
Lido Cinema, Hawthorn
Classic Cinema, Elsternwick
Cameo Cinema,  Belgrave
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
Thornbury Picture House

NSW
Dendy Cinema, Newtown
Ritz Cinema, Randwick
Regent Cinema, Murwillumbah
Star Court Theatre, Lismore
Gala Cinema, Warrawong
Majestic Cinema, Nambucca
Majestic Cinema Sawtell
Majestic Cinema, Port Macquarie

WA
Luna, Leederville

ACT
Dendy Cinema, Canberra

QUEENSLAND
New Farm Cinema
Majestic, Nambour

SA
Mitcham
Mt Barker

NT
Deckchair Theatre

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Every so often I get the chance to chat with a genuine Aussie icon of film and TV, and in this interview, I get to chat with the King of Kings: Roger Ward. 

Star of Turkey Shoot, The Man From Hong Kong, Mad Max, and writer of The Set, Roger's new film, The Faceless Man, is landing around the world for horror fans to enjoy, and in this discussion we talk about his long history of working with great directors in great films. 

Dig on in. 

(Apologies for the background noise as well on this one, it was recorded during a rainy day in Perth.)

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Thanks to the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, I get to interview wonderful people from all around the world who have fascinating stories to tell and beautiful films to share. In this interview, I chat with director Joshua Belinfante who is one such person, and whose film, The World's Best Film, is full of likeminded folks. It's a gentle, kind film that encourages you to look for the positive in the world.

It's currently screening online via the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival and Perth's Revelation Film Festival.

Check out Joshua's site for The World's Best Film here.

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