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Short documentary films and multimedia installations for museums and other organisations and for community events

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    Edith’s Lyrebird (16.9mb 7’07”)
A re-telling of the story of an unlikely relationship between a male lyrebird and a stout widow in the Dandenongs, on the edge of Melbourne, in the 1930s. Developed in collaboration with Jackie Kerin for exhibition at the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, Lilydale.
© Malcolm McKinnon & Jackie Kerin, 2010		      
             
    Legendary Appearances (8.5mb 3’30”)
The Gaiety Theatre in Zeehan, on Tasmania’s wild west coast, has been the site of many gala events. Here, Zeehan locals relate differing views about the appearance of various artistic luminaries in a far-gone era of contested memory. Developed in collaboration with Bernard Lloyd for exhibition at the West Coast Pioneers Museum, Zeehan. Tasmania.
(For some other films from this project see: http://open.abc.net.au/openregions/tas-north-west-82BO2Uo/posts/the-gaeity-theatre-gets-the-dancing-started-19WJ9Ih )
© No Flicker Films, 2010		        
             
    The Price of Paradise (9.8mb 4’10”)
One of an ongoing series of films presenting personal understandings and difficult truths about the role of fire within particular Victorian environments.
© Malcolm McKinnon & Regional Arts Victoria, 2010
For more films from this collection see www.rav.net.au/storyboard/blog/films 		     
             
    Roasting the Rabbit (13.4mb 5’36”)
One of two films about “feral foods” produced with storytellers in Quorn, South Australia, as part of a filmmaker in residence project.
© Malcolm McKinnon, 2010
For more information see: www.everydishtellsastory.com.au/?p=576		      
             
   
Sea of Faces (6.9mb 2'53”)
One of a large series of films created for Memory Bank, an ongoing project to record personal stories of changing places across Geelong and surrounding areas.
All of the Memory Bank stories can be viewed here: www.geelongaustralia.com.au/connectingidentities
© Malcolm McKinnon & City of Greater Geelong , 2008

 

        
             
    The Sound of Music at Finniss Springs [13mb 5'30"]
One of a series of films for the South Australian Museum and the Marree Arabunna Peoples' Committee, telling stories of life at Finniss Springs Aboriginal Mission.
© Malcolm McKinnon & Marree Arabunna Peoples' Committee, 2007

     
             
   

Grey Ghosts (excerpt) (4.9mb 2'01”)
A film created for the exhibition Walk, Talk & Chalk at City Gallery, Melbourne Town Hall, concerned with the history and culture of parking enforcement in the city of Melbourne.
http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/citygallery/Exhibitions/Pages/WalkTalkChalk.aspx
© Malcolm McKinnon & City of Melbourne, 2007

     
             
   

Blandowski's Specimens (excerpt) [8.5mb 3'25”]
A film about the legacies from an 1857 scientific expedition to the Murray and Darling Rivers, created for an exhibition by Mildura Arts Centre and Museum Victoria.
© Malcolm McKinnon & Mildura Arts Centre, 2007

     
             
  click to view   Jim Simpson's Knitted War Trophy [12.8mb 5'21"]
Film commissioned by Murray Arts Inc. [a cross-border arts organisation in Albury-Wodonga] as part of the project "Stories of the Upper Murray", 2006.
See http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/stories/but-thats-another-story/
© Malcolm McKinnon & Murray Arts Inc, 2005 		     
             
   

Mick Cleeland’s Ticket to Immortality [6.6mb 2’52”]
A film created for the Victorian Country Football League and the State Library of Victoria as part of the Country Football Living Memory project.
The complete set of these country football stories can be viewed here
© Malcolm McKinnon, 2006

      
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  click to view   Some Nukunu Words [7.52mb 3'12"]
One of nine films created for a permanent exhibition titled Nunkunu- stories of heritage & identity at Melrose Museum in South Australia. Created in collaboration with the Nukunu Peoples' Council and Melrose & Districts Historical Society, 2003 - 2006.
© Nukunu People's Council, 2005 		     
             
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Disappeared racecourses of north west Victoria [9.27mb 3'51"]
Film created in 2002 for Warracknabeal Historical Society as part of an artist-initiated project called Triggered Stories, engaging several community museums in regional Victoria and South Australia.
© Malcolm McKinnon & Warracknabeal & District Historical Society, 2002 		     
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