The 6th Melbourne Documentary Film Festival runs from the 1st -31st July 2021 Online and the 21st – 31st July 2021 In-Cinema at Cinema Nova as part of Documentary Month. The festival showcases the very best documentaries from: Venice, SXSW, Slamdance, CPHDOX, Doxa, Hot Docs, VIFF, Shanghai Film Festival, Harlem International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Documentary month comprises of 140 + Documentaries, Web Series, VR and Shorts 4 World Premieres 15 Asia / Pacific Premieres: 40 Australian Premieres: 10 Victorian Premieres: 6 Digital Australian Premieres: The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is proud to showcase an incredible 60 Australian Documentaries, Web Series, VR and Shorts. Of the 60 Australian documentaries being showcased, an incredible 19 of those are Feature Length Australian Documentaries. Also on display are documentaries from Filmmakers Warrick Thornton and Bruce Beresford.
Opening Night will be on 21st July 2021 @ 6.15pm, featuring the World Premieres of two local Melbourne, documentaries Finding Creativity and The Healing. Closing Night will be on 31st July 2021 at 5.10pm with a live screening of the awards followed by Meeting the Beatles in India.
