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Secrets at Sunrise is a documentary about the critically endangered Western Ground Parrot and the people who work tirelessly to work to conserve the parrot and the bio-diverse environment they live in in the South West of Western Australia. Andrew caught up with director Jennene Riggs to discuss her documentary and the work that went in to gathering the footage for it. 

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Watch the Sunset is a film about crime, drugs and rural Australia. It's also a film that was shot in one take. Andrew sat down with co-director, writer, actor Tristan Barr, actor Aaron Walton, cinematographer Damien Lipp, and  and Stephanie Mauro who is the graphic designer, Stewart Tyson who is along for the ride, to discuss the film and what the influence was on the production of it. This was recorded right in the middle of Revelation Film Festival, and also right in the middle of Leederville, so there is a bit of ambient noise, but if you make yourself a coffee you'll feel like you were there too.

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Meal Tickets is one of the best Australian films of the year. Director Mat De Koning spent 10 years collating footage for this story about Perth band Screwtop Detonators and then combining it into a 90 minute feature about hope, dreams and kick ass music. I gave it a huge four and a half out of five in my review (here), and can't recommend checking it out while it screens at Revelation Film Festival (here). 

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Top Knot Detective is a Perth made film by directors Aaron McCaan & Dominic Pearce. It's an homage to SBS films from the nineties – specifically the samurai films screened there. It's insanely fun and it screens at Perth's Revelation Film Festival. Read my review here, and check out when it's screening at Revelation Film Festival here.

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Director Mary Zournazi explores her heritage, refugees and canines in the documentary Dogs of Democracy. It's a film that tells fascinating stories about the history of a city through the eyes of dogs, and the roles these dogs play in the ever changing society within Athens. Andrew was able to talk to Mary about her film as well as what inspired her to tell this tale. 

Dogs of Democracy screens at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival on the 16th of July at 9:30am. You can purchase tickets here. The screening is a charity screening, with the money raised going towards the RSPCA.

For those interested in reading Mary's book which she co-authored with director Wim Wenders, Inventing Peace: A Dialogue on Perception, then you can find more out about it here or purchase it on Amazon here. 

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China's 3Dreams is a documentary by director Nick Torrens that looks at the history of China, and the 'three dreams' that help shape the country going forward. It's a truly fascinating, eye opening film that I am really glad I was able to watch, and most importantly, was able to discuss with Nick. Thanks to the output of this years Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, I've been exposed to some truly great films that showcase stories from around the world that I never knew existed. China's 3Dreams is one such film. There are a lot of documentaries that Nick recommends seeking out at the end of the episode, so I'll link to some of them here: First of all, a link to Nick's website where you can find out about his films. And some of the films he recommended; Putuparri and the Rainmakers by Nicole Ma, Contact by Bentley Dean & Martin Butler, Snow Monkey by George Gittoes, Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts by Scott Hicks, Hephzibah by Curtis Levy and Prison Songs by Kelrick Martin. If you're in Melbourne when China's 3Dreams is playing, then make sure to buy a ticket here.  Listen to my interview with Complicit co-director Heather White here.  

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Andrew goes solo on this episode as he breaks format to interview Complicit co-director Heather White. This is a documentary which explores the toxic work environments that make up the cheap migrant labour in China - specifically focusing on the work environments that many people who create the latest smart phones and tablet devices work within. It's a truly powerful documentary that needs to be seen by everyone.

For Australians, your chance to see Complicit comes with the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival which will be screening the film on July 14th at 6:30pm. Tickets can be purchased here.

If you're not in Melbourne on July 14th, then head over to the Complicit website and find out about where the film will be showing, as well as more information as to what you can do to help out.

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Director Pete Gleeson joins Andrew to discuss his new documentary Hotel Coolgardie. This is fascinating documentary about two barmaids who have taken up employment at the remote bar in Coolgardie. Not only do they get work, but they get a different kind of attention than they expected. Please seek out this great film as it's a fascinating look at an aspect of Australia that isn't usually shown on film. 

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Oh hey! Gay icon, horror masterwork, AACTA award winning film The Babadook finally gets its due with a maxed out, two hour long episode which discusses Jennifer Kent's film in all the depth it requires. The main discussion was recorded after the internet deemed the top hat wearing figure that is the Babadook was a gay icon, so unfortunately we don't touch on that too much - but, there is still a Ru Paul's Drag Race clip though. As if talking about The Babadook longer than its own running time wasn't enough, there's a very short bonus discussion about Cate Shortland's Berlin Syndrome. 

The Polygon article on how the Babadook became a gay icon can be read here. 

Dave's great show Pop Culture Case Study can be listened to here, and the essential episode on Patty Jenkin's Monster can be heard here. 

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This is an episode which has crawled out of our very shallow archives. It was supposed to be released earlier this year to coincide with the cinematic release of David Stratton's documentary David Stratton: A Cinematic Life, but instead just didn't get released! So here it is in all its average audio glory.

This interview was aptly recorded in the foyer of the great Windsor Cinema here in Perth, Western Australia, and alongside the background noises, David was under the weather on the day of the interview. None the less, I feel it's an interesting enough interview (even if my nerves of interviewing an idol come through a little bit too much).

The rest of the episode is the Q&A which took place after the screening with local film reviewer Mark Naglazas and David Stratton. Again, the audio isn't the best, but it's still worth listening to if you can.

David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema is playing on ABC iView right now, so make sure to check that out alongside the many Australian films on there before they disappear.

When they do disappear, make sure to head over to Ozflix.tv to rent old and new Australian films.

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