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Film on Film is all about making movies. Who makes them, how they make them, who's in them...and how did all this crazy light fantastic get started? This is a great section for anyone interested film, it's beginnings, it's personalities, it's ups and downs and it's future. Look behind the red velvet curtain and discover the machine behind the screen. Pictured: The tumultous life of film maker Ed Wood is explored in 'Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora'

A Flickering Truth (2015)

7.2/10
Director: Pietra Brettkelly

The fourth feature-length offering from New Zealand documentary filmmaker Pietra Brettkelly (Maori Boy Genius, NZIFF12) is her most ambitious project... Read more

Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans (2015)

9.1/10
Director: John McKenna, Gabriel Clark
Starring: Steve McQueen

By the end of the 60s Steve McQueen was amongst Hollywoods highest paid and most powerful stars  and the coolest dude behind the wheel of any vehicl... Read more

Walt Disney: His Life and Legacy (2015)

7.9/10
Director: Sarah Colt

Walt Disney was uniquely adept at art as well as commerce, a master filmmaker who harnessed the power of technology and storytelling. This new film ex... Read more

Women He's Undressed (2015)

7/10
Director: Gillian Armstrong

Women He's Undressed is a cinema length documentary that explores the life of Australia's most prolific costume designer. Until now Orry-Kelly has bee... Read more

Listen to Me Marlon (2015)

8.2/10
Director: Stevan Riley
Starring: Marlon Brando

There is no other actor who possesses the cinema screen with the authority of Brando in his great roles. And there's not been a biography yet that cut... Read more

Life Itself (2014)

7.8/10
Director: Steve James
Starring: Roger Ebert

Filmmaker Steve James chronicles the life of film critic Roger Ebert, especially his career highlights, his battle with alcohol, and his sometimes rut... Read more

Actress (2014)

6.1/10
Director: Robert Greene
Starring: Brandy Burre

When Brandy decides to reclaim her life as an actor, the domestic world she's carefully created crumbles around her. Actress is both a present tense p... Read more

Filmed in Supermarionation (2014)

7.8/10
Director: Stephen La Riviere

The ground-breaking puppetry and animation technique pioneered by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson is brought to life in this definitive documentary, reveali... Read more

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014)

7.4/10
Director: Dave LaMattina, Chad Walker
Starring: Caroll Spinney

Think you know everything there is to know about Sesame Street? You don't. You might know that Frank Oz turned down an offer to play Big Bird, but you... Read more

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

7.4/10
Director: Mark Hartley

Electric Boogaloo is a documentary about Israeli filmmakers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus who, having produced the biggest Israeli box office hit eve... Read more