Lyndon Stone is the founder and festival director of Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Melody Gilbert is a documentary filmmaker well acquainted with the world of film festivals. In light of Covid events, both the festival director and filmmaker, have had to pivot their approaches to documentary film festivals. This is the kind of discussion we documentary filmmakers have been wanting to have ever since the pandemic greatly impacted our doc lives. Topics Discussed how Lyndon Stone has incorporated a hybrid approach to this year's MDFF how the virtual festival can actually be a good thing for both the festival director as well as the documentary filmmaker why doco Melody Gilbert was initially hesitant to premiere her documentary feature at MSPIFF which how an online film festival might actually be very advantageous to the independent documentary filmmaker   Additional ResourcesTeaser for Silicone Soul https://vimeo.com/350156250   Check out the full roster of this year's Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (https://www.mdff.org.au/) !   Sponsors & Thank YousMusic Vine 15 PERCENT OFF!Music Vine (https://musicvine.com/) Thank you to music licensing platform, Music Vine (https://musicvine.com/) for contributing the wonderful music that we’ve used in this week’s episode. We’ve used many music licensing platforms over the years for commercials, corporate videos, and documentaries and these guys are definitely different. Their music catalogue is truly fresh, diverse, full of character, their search engine is as straight forward and user friendly and their licensing fees? Unlike anywhere else we have come across. If you need any music for your doc project, we can honestly recommend Music Vine (https://musicvine.com/) . And make sure to use our promo code to get an additional 15 percent off of any subscription!! PROMO CODE: doclife15   ° Free Music Archive (http://freemusicarchive.org/) today!   Subscribe Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thedocumentarylife/the-documentary-life) |  Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/documentary-life-filmmaking-documentary-films-documentary/id1112679868?mt=2) and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!