The Children’s International Film Festival has kicked off in Melbourne. Now in its third year, the festival brings kid’s cinema from around the globe to Melbourne movie screens. Artistic Director Thomas Caldwell chats…

Peter Strickland is an award-winning British writer and director whose films include The Duke of Burgundy and Katalin Varga. Peter joins the program for a long-form interview and discussion of his craft, including…

Brazen Hussies is a new documentary about the feminist movement in Australia throughout the ’70s. It shines a light on local artists from the time, including punk group Toxic Shock.

Sylvie Leber, former…

Stephen Page, a descendant of the Nunukul people and the Munaldjali clan of the Yugambeh Nation from Southeast Queensland, has been the Artistic Director of Bangarra Dance Theatre since 1991. He choreographed the…

The Environmental Film Festival Australia (EFFA), now in its tenth year, has had to adapt to the online space and is bringing the audience four seasonal mini-events. The first event Out Of This…

Amiel Courtin-Wilson released his first feature documentary at age 19 and is now one of Australia’s most prolific filmmakers. Lockdown, luckily, has not slowed him down. Amiel joins Flick, Sally and Paul to…

Jill Bilcock is a world renowned and award-winning film editor whose filmography includes Muriel’s Wedding and Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo+Juliet. She joins the program to discuss her experiences as an editor, including the…

Shalini Kantayya joins Areej to chat about her documentary Coded Bias that is featuring in the Melbourne International Film Festival (on now). She jokes that she was unable to go to parties for…

It was nice while it lasted. For a few brief weeks, restaurants and bars reopened, intimate live gigs took place, and cinemas opened their doors once more to movie-starved Melburnians. But all good…

Ennio Morricone, who sadly passed away on 6 July, composed some of the most iconic film scores of all time. But did you know he started out as a trumpeter? Systa BB explores…