IF you love a good documentary, why not sign up for Australia's first fully digital film festival this month?
The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival launched on June 30 and will be online across the nation until July 15.
The festival boasts a strong commitment to Australian documentaries -including independent films, with Australian films making up over 55 per cent of content.
It will feature four world premieres, 38 Australian premieres and 45 documentaries directed by females.
The program also features films from Brazil, Russia, Canada, New Zealand, Finland, Israel, United States, United Kingdom, Spain, South Korea and France.
Subjects covered include an observational documentary about one of Melbourne's best writers and the story of a 74-year-old musical genius finally finding recognition.
Other films will include an exploration of the 80's synth wave phenomenon, dating confidence tricksters and an eclectic mix of documentaries to appeal to all tastes.
Highlights of the program include:
Wongar
The story of Serbian-Australian writer B. Wongar (Sreten Bozic), who fled his native Yugoslavia in the 1950s.
The Boy Who Said No
Tells the story of the Vietnam War draft resistance movement.
Can Art Stop a Bullet?
The film explores the relationship between art and activism, through the lens of the art of William Kelly..
Strangers to the World
A dramatised documentary starring Rachel Griffiths and Oscar Redding that examines the lives of Etty Hillesum and Franz Jaegerstaetter, who stood their ground against Nazi oppressors in Europe in 1943.
Paradise Without People
Tells the story of two Syrian women who give birth in the same Greek hospital at the height of Europe's refugee crisis.
Forman vs Forman
The ultimate documentary biography of Oscar winning Czech director Milos Forman.
Ocean to Sky
Tells the story of Sir Edmund Hillary's journey along the length of India's Ganges river, soon after the death of his wife and youngest daughter.
For the full line up or to book tickets, click here.