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- Festival Director: Lyndon Stone
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Rating: MA15+ — Mature Accompanied (Restricted to 15+) (Australia)
Best of the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is a dynamic, weekly documentary series that showcases standout short documentaries from the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF), with a focus on the city’s multicultural stories. Each feature or short collections features a curated film or excerpt. The show celebrates Melbourne’s diversity, amplifies global perspectives, and promotes the art of documentary filmmaking.
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- Hosts: Jess Perkins - Dave Warneke - Matt Stewart
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Rating: M — Mature (Recommended 15+) (Australia)
Each week Arty Facts explores the fascinating history behind some of Melbourne’s most famous artworks and their artists. An accessible and fun look at art history. Arty Facts is a joint production between Do GO On and Stupid Old Studios. This program is made with the support of the Community Broadcast Foundation.
Starring Dave Warneke, Jess Perkins and Dave Warneke.
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Rating: PG — Parental Guidance (Australia)
Chasing Zephyr is for the explorers, the people that seek more. This documentary series follows the journey of Andrew Lamshed, who left a lucrative and highly stressful senior management position in the Oil & Gas industry to traverse the world and broaden his own ideas about freedom and happiness. It is an idea born of frustration and conflict, when a man was threw off his chains and sought freedom; excitement; happiness.
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Rating: M — Mature (Recommended 15+) (Australia)
At the end of the hottest year in human history, a Rising Tide of 3,000 everyday people shut down the World’s Largest Coal port for an unprecedented 32 hours in Newcastle, Australia.
Revisit the epic 2023 People’s Blockade with exclusive footage from the beach, the water, and the sky – and hear from the inspiring and dedicated Rising Tide organisers and blockaders.
About Rising Tide: Rising Tide is building an unstoppable mass movement for climate defence, we are a diverse movement demanding Australia honours our commitment to the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement; that means stopping all new coal and gas projects. We are prepared to take whatever peaceful actions are within our power to defend the climate.
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- 🏆 Winner of Outstanding Creative Achievement in a Program at the 2023 Antenna Awards
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Rating: PG — Parental Guidance (Australia)
The Art of Reconciliation follows eight First Nations people as they are each paired with an artist to tell their stories and experiences of reconciliation through the creation of portraits.
The Art of Reconciliation was produced in collaboration with the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and City Of Charles Sturt by C44 and crewed by First Nations interns as part of the South Australian Film Corporation’s First Nations Screen Strategy 2020-2025.
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- Director: Pablo Castrillon
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Rating: PG — Parental Guidance (Australia)
Beats of Colours is a short documentary exploring the fusion of Latin Classical and Tango music styles through the eyes of Sydney-based Composer and Pianist Daniel Rojas and Tango Dancers Jacqueline Gutierrez Simpson and Anthony Miller. They share a lifelong commitment and passion for the creative process as performers. During the COVID-19 pandemic they faced hardship, but persevered to reconnect and perform again.
You can find more about this documentary on here https://vermasaustralia.com/beats-of-colours
Originally aired on C31 Melbourne in 2022.
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Rating: M — Mature (Recommended 15+) (Australia)
“The Hamilton Story” is a documentary about the pioneering Hamilton family’s winemaking history in Australia.
The Hamilton brothers brought new technology to wine the industry and were leaders in the field during the early days of wine making at Marion, McLaren Vale and the Coonawarra wine regions of South Australia. Sydney and Eric Hamilton ultimately created one of Australia’s biggest winery dynasties and helped created a wine export industry for South Australia. The film can be viewed at the Hamilton and Leconfield cellar doors.
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Available in HD
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- Produced by the C31 Melbourne Production Team
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Rating: PG — Parental Guidance (Australia)
Join us as we explore the places and public spaces that make up the Australian community…in Community Designs.
This series made possible via the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation.
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Subtitles Available
Available in HD
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- Host: Matt Stewart
- Director: Shane Dunlop
- Executive Producers: Shane Dunlop - Matt Stewart - Michael Palethorpe
- Associate Producer: Emma Sharp
- Directors of Photography: Michael Palethorpe - Nick Jackson
- Sound: Michael Palethorpe - Nick Jackson
- Editor: Michael Palethorpe
- Theme Song: Damon Smith
- 🏆 Winner of Outstanding Theme Song in a Program at the 2021 Antenna Awards
- 🏆 Winner of Best Comedy Program at the 2025 Antenna Awards
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Rating: MA15+ — Mature Accompanied (Restricted to 15+) (Australia)
Join Australian comedian Matt Stewart as he travels off the beaten path, following the journeys of some of Australia’s famous and infamous adventurers, dropping in to as many craft breweries and pubs as he can.
Part history lesson, part travel show, but mostly just an excuse for a cold bevvy or two.
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- 🏆 Winner of Best Special or Documentary Feature at the 2025 Antenna Awards
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Rating: PG — Parental Guidance (Australia)
Produced by C44, this short documentary captures the joy and creativity of Every Body Dance, an inclusive dance project and creative collaboration between Australian Dance Theatre, Mount Barker District Council, Community Living Australia, and members of the disability community.
Follow participants and their support workers over five weeks of workshops as they explore creative expression through dance, under the expert guidance of ADT’s Adrianne Semmens and Tanya Voges, culminating in a performance at the UKARIA Cultural Centre.
