What do the likes of Stephen King, Werner Herzog, Annie Lennox and Iggy Pop have in common? Well, they are nothing short of iconic.
And 'iconic' is exactly what you can expect from this year's Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF) theme. Back for its eighth iteration, MDFF will string together more than 40 of the most captivating local documentaries alongside a cavalcade of the world's best ones.
MDFF will take place online from July 1 until July 23 and in-cinema from July 21 until July 30 at Cinema Nova. The opening night will kick things off with Dig Deeper, a film about divergent Aboriginal artists who use their stories as a driving force to create urban art. The closing night of MDFF will spotlight The Trust Fall: Julian Assange, a documentary about WikiLeaks, Assange himself and the wider issues surrounding press freedom.
Other highlights of this year's 2023 program include Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer, where the director shares an insider's look into the filmmaking process with never-before-seen excerpts, interviews and archival footage. The Invisible Extinction by Steven Lawrence and Sarah Schenck follows globetrotting scientists on their race to save our vanishing ancestral microbiome before it's too late. And Annie Lennox, from Euryhmics to campaigner, the journey of a pop icon by Lucie Cariès will dive into the life of the formidable performer.
Also returning are MDFF's free masterclasses. This year's topics include AI and Documentary Filmmaking, Filming in a Developing Country, Microbudgeting and Filmmaking, Iconic: Being the Subject of a Documentary and more.
Discover more about the full line-up for MDFF and book masterclasses by visiting the website here.
