John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office + My Father's Shadow
Two stand-outs from the Melbourne International Film Festival:Filmmaker Courtney Stephens on dolphin intelligence, sensory deprivation and the psychedelic experience...her new documentary looks at the strange and often confronting work of twentieth-century utopian neuroscientist John Lilly.British-Nigerian director Akinola Davies Jr remembers the father he barely knew in his debut feature My Father's Shadow, a Lagos-set family drama that unfolds during a tumultuous period in Nigeria's political history. Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Tony NortonSound engineer, Matthew SigleyExecutive producer, Rhiannon BrownMusic from My Father's Shadow score by CJ Mirra & Duval Timothy
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My Undesirable Friends + experimental filmmaker Dirk de Bruyn
A first glance at the Melbourne International Film Festival...Russian American filmmaker Julia Loktev on her fascinating five and a half hour documentary about journalists in Russia, My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow.One of the luminaries of Australian avant-garde filmmaking Dirk de Bruyn talks about two of his profoundly personal films, appearing as part of a career retrospective at the Melbourne Cinematheque.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Tony NortonSound engineer, Ross RichardsonExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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Families Like Ours / Smoke / The Story of Souleymane
Acclaimed director Thomas Vinterberg (Festen, Another Round) on his new 7-part series Families Like Ours, which is set in a hypothetical near future where global warming has led to the imminent flooding of Denmark.Director Boris Lojkine and actor Abou Sangaré discuss Cannes Un Certain Regard winner The Story of Souleymane, a deeply empathetic drama that follows a food delivery courier through the streets of Paris as he prepares for his asylum application interview.Black Bird writer Dennis Lehane and actor Taron Egerton on Smoke, a new Apple TV+ series about serial arsonists.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Tony NortonSound engineer, Riley MellisExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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28 Years Later + Justin Kurzel's new doco Ellis Park
Australian director Justin Kurzel on his documentary Ellis Park, which follows Bad Seed and Dirty Three violinist Warren Ellis as he pursues his twin passions: making music and supporting a wildlife sanctuary in Sumatra.Filmmakers Danny Boyle and Alex Garland talk political allegory and post-Brexit Britain in their new zombie film 28 Years Later, a follow-up to the cult 2002 film 28 Days Later.Bonus zombie extra: an exhumed interview with the late George Romero, director of the seminal 1968 film Night Of The Living Dead.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Tony NortonSound engineer, Ross RichardsonExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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Materialists + The Survivors
Past Lives director Celine Song on her new rom-com Materialists, starring Dakota Johnson as a professional matchmaker who falls into a love triangle with her broke ex and a wealthy finance guy.The Rings of Power actor Charlie Vickers and showrunner Tony Ayres discuss working on the Netflix adaptation of Jane Harper's The Survivors, a story about a small coastal town haunted by the tragedy of three deaths.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Tony NortonSound engineer, Ross RichardsonExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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