From a moving insight into palliative care, to an exploration of the short and tragic life of Marilyn Monroe, The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival will offer plenty to pique the interest of seniors.
This year's festival will take place throughout July, with films to be screened at Cinema Nova at Lygon Court and streamed online via the festival's website.
Highlights of this year's program will include The Last Two Weeks at Longlee - a moving exploration of Victorian artist Lee Stephenson's last wish to die at home.
Directed by the artist's daughter Susie Foster, the film sees Lee navigating her own death at her home Longlee in the Goulburn Valley with grace, clarity and humour. Joining her for her for her final journey are Susie, devoted husband and primary carer Roger and granddaughter Domini. Viewers will be moved as the family and the Victorian Palliative Home Care Service work to deliver Lee's final wish in the thick of COVID restrictions.
Directed by Ian Ayres, Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe provides an intricate psychological portrait of Norma Jeane Baker, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of her death this August.
The film is the result of 10 years of extensive research and calls on never-before-interviewed relatives and experts in the field of psychology in order to correct wild inaccuracies from many existing documentaries and biographies.
Engelbert Humperdinck - The Legend Continues offers a fascinating insider's look into the life and career of the beloved British singer.
Directed by Steven Murray, the film offers never before seen concert footage, interviews with the singer's family members, friends and business associates and narration from the man himself.
Other highlights will include Speed is Expensive - an exploration of the rise and ruin of motorcycle maker Philip Vincent, and Juanita Nielsen NOW, which explores the still unsolved disappearance of the Sydney based journalist who was last seen in a Kings Cross nightclub in 1975.
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