We talk with director Madeleine-Hetherton-Miau about her film Mozart's Sister releasing in Australian cinemas on the 30th October. It tells the story of Mozart's equally talented sister Marie-Anna who history has overlooked but who many believe was a companion in Mozart's musical journey.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Madeleine Hetherton-Miau

We chat with Director/Writer David Vincent Smith about his first feature He Ain't Heavy starring Greta Scacchi, Leila George, and Sam Corlett as a family dealing with drug addiction and it's flow on affect to the whole family.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, David Vincent Smith

Saara Lamberg the focus of today's programme or more particularly her new films Conversations with Spithead and Coma are the latest in this extraordinary auteur filmmakers collection of films. Conversations with Spithead a short accompanying the feature Coma is having their world premiere at the Lido on Thursday 17th Oct at 7pm with a follow-up scr…

Two stories for Showreel today. It is the 40th anniversary of the MQFF which runs from 14-24 November. We get a sneak preview of the program from CEO David Martin and MQFF Program Director, Cerise Howard here. Full program available 16th OctWe then get to talk here with collaborators on Flicker Fest winner Yeah the Boys. It follows six young Aussie…

We speak writer/director Matt Mirams here about his film Residence, an action-packed dystopian comedy set locally.We follow with a chat with filmmaker Baris Ullusoy here about his film The Water of the Womb showing as part of The Other Film Festival. Films are free to stream from Thursday 3 Oct - Wednesday 16th October.…

We speak with the director of the darkly, comic Buried which takes a satirical look at the idyll of motherhood. Charlotte George collaborated with lead actor Miriam Glaser to bring the 5x7min online series to life.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Charlotte George

We talk with director Paul Goldman about his new release Kid Snow, in cinemas now.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Paul Goldman

We usually concentrate on Australian moving image but today we share the love to our nearest neighbour Aotearoa. Today we are chatting with film director Ant Timpson about his film Bookworm which you can already find in cinemas. Bookworm is one of those rare family films which puts a smile on the face of kids and adults alike.…

Now that Luke Eve and Maria Albiñana are out of lock down from their Valencia flat with Luke's mother Karen the hit online series Cancelled (referring to the wedding that was stopped with the rest of the world because of Covid) has morphed into a feature film. It’s called UnCANCELLED and it was shot during the spectacular Fallas Festival in Valenci…

We talk with writer/ director/ marshal artist Bren Foster about his new action film Life After Fighting.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Bren Foster

We talk to auteur filmmaker Saidin Salkic about his latest film My Heart Bled Like Niagara Falls which focuses on the experiences of a man (John Flaus) with the on-set of Alzheimer's disease. The themes and process of the film are discussed further in Sense of Cinema.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Saidin Salkic

Today we chat with Jocelyn Moorhouse about her new lots of fun film The Fabulous 4 starring Bette Midler and Susan Sarandon now in cinemas tickets.We follow-up with local documentary The Posh & The Riff Raff which delves into the history of St Kilda - screening Sunday Aug 4th, 12pm at the Nova Carlton.…

We continue to chat with filmmakers who have their films showing at this years in Theatre MDFF at the Nova Cinema.DREAMWEAVERS – GIDJA WALKER (Dir: Heather Forbes McKeon, Yanni Dellaportas, 21m) is showing as part of Shorts Session 7Sunday July 28th 4:20pm. We speak with co-director Heather Fobes McKeon here about this profile of Gidja Walker, a Mo…

Continuing our coverage of films at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF).We chat with David Holmgren here, who is featured in the film Reading the Landscape. David Homgren, co-originator of the permaculture concept, and Reading the Landscape takes us on a journey through key regenerative methods for a healthy ecological future.Then a conv…

We talk with filmmaker Darcy Newton about his film Claptrap documenting the longest across Australia tour for a rock band as he follows Kingswood for over 100 tour dates. Screening at the upcoming Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF) on July 25th.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Darcy Newton

We are continuing to chat with filmmakers who are screening films at Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2024 (MDFF).We chat with Braydon Pope here about his music biopic short Gabriel Lynch: Where I am Going Next We chat with Jye Currie here about his film The Promise At its core, THE PROMISE delves into the depths of hope and human resilience, of…

Blak Douglas vs the Commonwealth directed by Angelica Cristina Dio, will open the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF) this year. Archibald Prize winning artist Blak Douglas' uncompromising view of colonization and the affect it had on his family.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Blak Douglas

#3cr Radiothon this week Grand Total for station $275,000 & Showreel needs to raise $900 Donate hereToday's program features a chat with Cerise Howard about MQFF Pride Month Screenings.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Cerise Howard

We chat with John Hewison from Dogmilk Films Collective about the two nights they are screening for the St Kilda Film Festival:Dogmilk: Expanded Sunday, June 9th 6:00 - 7:00 pmDogmilk: Collection 2 Sunday 16th 5:30 - 7:00 pmLocationAlex Theatre Studio - 1/135 Fitzroy St, St Kilda VIC 3182Autor: Annie McLoughlin, John Hewison

Freyja Gillard, EFFA Festival Co-Director, joins us with film maker Le Luo, whoes film Outpicker features in the one day program of shorts, features and panel discussions at ACMI on June 1. From the tops of Mt Kosciuszko and all the way down to Bruny Island, EFFA presents: Home Grown sharing distinctly Australian perspectives on the environment her…

During Reconciliation Week the award winning documentary Ḻuku Ngärra: The Law of the Land will be running screenings across the country with the Melbourne screening at the Nova Cinema in Carlton on Friday 31st at 6:30pm with Q&A featuring the filmmaker Sinem Saban and special guest Uncle Robbie Thorpe (Gunai Nation) in attendance. Sinem Saban joins…

We chat with St Kilda Film Festival Director Richard Sowada about the upcoming SKFF 40th Festival which continues the love affair with film, short and long form 6th - 16th June.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Richard Sowada

We hear a snippet from a Sustainable Film and Television Panel held during Melbourne Women in Film Festival (MWFF) in collaboration with ATOM - Australian Teachers of Media. It includes information from Sustainable Screen Australia as well as the lived experience of filmmakers behind the short documentary The Oyster Gardener.…

Lucie McMahon (Director and Producer) & Celeste De Clario (DOP and Producer) talk to me about their documentary Things Will Be Different. It covers the experiences of two residents at the Walker Estate in Northcote, as they are being evicted - the Walker Estate was demolished by the State Government, removing it out of public housing into the Gover…

Today we chat with Mushroom Studios' Chief Operating Officer Bethany Jones here. Mushroom Studios' has been producing and distributing independent content for 30 years, starting with Chopper, including miniseries Molly and now a new film following the journey of an Afghani translator as she tries to settle into working class Freemont USA. Committed…

We talk with director Tom Haramis about his new documentary feature Fight to Live which takes us into the life of Australian UFC and Bare Knuckle Fighting champion and domestic abuse survivor “Rowdy” Bec Rawlings. Fight to Live is one of the Australian features screening at this years Setting Sun Film Festival.…

We chat with writer/director/ actor John Jarrett about his new film What about Sal? which focuses on the question what happens to a person with down syndrome when their parents die. A rousing, domestic drama starring Gerard O' Dywer supported by a great cast of actors is a truly life affirming film. Catch it in its first week to support Australia f…

We talk with Lucy Nelson from AWG and last years winner of the short form Emerging Writers' Award, Kayti Murphy about how useful entering the award is for aspiring screen writers.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Lucy Nelson, Kayti Murphy

Today we are going to the last night of the Melbourne Women's Film Festival. Jeni Thornley's film Memory Film: A Filmmaker's Diary was the final film of the festival. It is a mediative film cafted from Thornley's visual diary made up of super 8. It was commissioned by the Australian Film and Sound Archive. Here is the q&a after the film screening w…

We chat with Greg Dolgopolov, co-curator of the Inner West Film Festival running from 11-21 April. In it's second year this festival gives opportunities for an electic program which hosts the work of local Western Sydney creatives while digging deep to the past and present of different world cinemas. Greg gives and insight into why a festival and w…

We chat with Jonathan Page from Bonsai Films about their work as Executive Producer/ Producer & Distributor of some of Australia's best indi films.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Jonathan Page

MWFF Festival Director Sian Mitchell with program details for the Festival running from March 21-25 at ACMIHightlights include: Jazz Money's WINHANGANHA, Margot Nash's Undercurrents and closing nights Memory Film: a Filmmaker's Diary by Jeni ThornleyAutor: Annie McLoughlin, Sian Mitchell

We chat with the makers of Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) Matthew Thorne & Derik Lynch here. The film won a Silver Bear (Short) at the 73th Berlin Film Festival and is showing as part of the AIDC's public screening program during the AIDC Conference 3-6 March at ACMI.We have a quick word with Jo-Anne Brechin here, director of One Perfect Mat…

Film culture in Melbourne has been given a boost by the Best Films You've Never Seen Program screening at The Capitol. We chat with RMIT Cinema Studies Lecturers Adrian Danks, and Alexia Kannas about the choices they have made for the Feb 28th sessions Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing and Charles Laughton's Night of the Hunter.…

We hear exerpts from the Documentary Australia launch of the Wellbeing Documentary Guide featuring Dr Mitzi Goldman Documentary Australia and filmmaker, Dr Rebecca Barry filmmaker, Akhim Dev - filmaker and Ben Steele Screen Well & Filmmaker. The Guide has been produced by Screen Well with support from SANE Australia and the film industry, as the st…

We chat with writer/ director Mark Leonard Winter about his debut feature The Rooster starring Hugo Weaving and Pheonix Raei and featuring Rhys Mitchell (Cake, Upper Middle Bogan), John Waters (Offspring, Mystery Road), Robert Menzies (Little Tornadoes, Glitch) Tom Stokes (The Railway Man, Warnie), Jane Montgomery Griffiths (Lord of the Rings: Ring…

We speak with curator of Screams on Screen at the Capitol, Dr. Jess Babanzategui. SCREAMS ON SCREEN16-17 February, The CapitolOver two heart-stopping nights, celebrate the rebellious forces that fuel the horror genre with music, art, films and director talks. Featuring David Lynch’s early shorts, a 10th-anniversary screening of 'The Babadook' (2014…

Filmmaker Saara Lamberg tells us about her new feature The Lies We Tell Ourselves screening at the Lido on Thursday, Feb 1 @ 7pm.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Saara Lamberg

Anna Bourozikas joinsus from the Setting Sun Film Festival giving us an overview of this unique film festival and calling for entries up to 31st January.Also some great news from filmmaker Sinem Saban for Survival Day:1. Ḻuku Ngärra: The Law of the Land will be available to stream online for FREE that day.- people just have to enter the code FREEAU…

Writer/ Director Heath Davis talks to us about his very Australian christmas film Christmess.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Heath Davis

W e speak with Scott Hicks about his new film The Musical Mind: a portait in process. In this film Hick follows four muscians to get an idea about how they tick - Daniel Johns of Silverchair fame, Ben Folds, Simon Tedeschi and David Helfgott - the subject of Hick's hugely successful feature Shine. This film leads us in a privileged journey throught…

Today we focus on Bromley: Light After Dark a full length feature documentary by Melbourne filmmaker Sean McDonald about David Bromley, Australian artist, love him or hate him Bromley is a force of nature. I spoke with Sean about his film which is in theatre's now.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Sean McDonald

Madeline Blackwell here tells us about the intention behind the moving, modern drama Damage.Madeline Dyer here tells us about the making of the wild and wacky A Savage Christmas.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Madeline Blackwell, Madeline Dyer

Today two Australian films to look out for at Cinemas. The first Luke Sparke's Bring Him to me here showing now at Nova, the Sun Theatre, Village and Palace cinemas and the second The Big Dog by Dane McCusker here getting a release at the Sun Theatre in Yarraville starting Nov 9th today Thursday.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Luke Sparke, Dane McCusker

Today we chat with filmmaker Nick Barkla and revisit his film The Healing. The Healing is a fascinating film that follows the recovery that follows when a group of traumatised vets regain their own lives when they learn to re-train damaged ex-racehorses. The Healing is doing a country wide theatrical tour with Q & A with November 9th at the Nova on…

Director Ian White talks to us about his new film Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday PartyAutor: Annie McLoughlin, Ian White

First up we hear from Alice Maio Mackay here . Alice Maio Mackay is a 19-year-old transgender award-winning filmmaker. Her 3rd film T-Blockers is screening at MQFF.We go to a chat with Sarah Christie here, Senior Development Executive, Prime Video Australia about their partnership with NIDA that will support two people in their pursuit of direcotri…

We chat with the enigmatic Saidin Salkic about his up-coming 2nd Film Festival Screening at the Docklands Library on Nov 11 at 3pm and live in general for Australia's foremost avant-garde filmmaker.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Saidin Salkic

The darkly comic Aussie thriller Slant, winner of best film at the MonsterFest, showing in select cinemas around Australia from October 12 Melb plus additional filmmaker Q&A preview screenings Oct 5 at the Nova at 6:50pm. We chat with director James Vinson here.We continue the genre theme with action/ drama Suka. We speak with director Heidi Lee Do…

‘Three Chords & The Truth’ in cinemas nationally from October 5 st Sun Cinema Melb Oct 6th with Q&A is a gem of a film. Shot in Newcastle starring Jackie Marshall the film is screening at the Sun Cinema in Yarraville. We talk with writer/ director Claire Pasvolsky.Autor: Annie McLoughlin, Claire Pasvolsky