Cover Your Ears

From Ice-T and Public Enemy to Twisted Sister, AC/DC and today’s
YSL Records case, this doc charts the long, looping battle over music censorship.
Much of the history will be familiar, but the framing — as a cycle we’re at risk of repeating —
lands with fresh urgency.

Energy: A Documentary about Damo Suzuki

I’d never heard of Damo Suzuki, his Network, or Can. This deeply moving portrait
follows a man living — and performing — through cancer, touching audiences well beyond the mainstream.

Musk Vs Bezos: The New Star Wars

A brisk overview of the SpaceX vs Blue Origin rivalry — boyhood dreams, billionaire egos,
and the bigger question of who truly benefits from this new space race.

Surviving Sunset: An Actor’s Hollywood Journey

Actor Shaun Anthony Robinson heads to Hollywood to figure out what it really takes.
Amateur edges aside, hearing from working actors (not megastars) is a refreshing angle.

The Girl in the Picture

Revisiting Nick Ut’s searing napalm photograph, this film speaks with the photographer,
the subject and on-the-ground journalists — unpacking that day, the war and the life that followed.

At 23,000 Feet

“After setting a speed record on Black Peak (6,387 m), Kovid Mittal sets his sights on a 23,000-foot ‘final chapter’ before Everest — despite limited experience. A journey of wrestling demons, chasing meaning and testing limits.”

Eat Bitter

“In the Central African Republic, a Chinese construction manager and a local sand worker labor on opposite ends of a bank build amid civil war — deadlines, coups and shutdowns threaten jobs, relationships and hopes.”

My Friend Freddie

“A 25-year-old lets dice decide his life and ends up rooming with 65-year-old ‘Freddie’. An unlikely friendship becomes a naked, punk, heartbreaking road movie about longing, meaning and love.”

Rainbow Video

“A playful oral-history-meets-city-portrait of how Melbourne’s indie video shops shaped artists and weirdos alike — a crucial, transitional era whose impact still echoes.”

Teacher

“Following Nkanga Nsa through a full year in Chicago Public Schools — training at Curtis School of Excellence while balancing a Master’s and motherhood — this raw portrait tackles burnout, hope and the stakes of a teacher shortage.”

How to watch

• Stream the online program:
  watch.eventive.org/mdff
• Book in-cinema sessions (from July 21) at
  Cinema Nova