Out With the Old: Plan 75, Incredible but True and the Fear of Ageing on Screen
Critics Campus participant Brooke Heinz explores two MIFF 70 sci-fi films’ distinctly executed yet converging warnings against resisting the course of nature.
By Brooke Heinz | 11 Aug 2022
Illustrated Film Talks – Q&A with Adrian Wootton OBE
Former London Film Festival and British Film Institute director Adrian Wootton OBE returns to celebrate the 10th Melbourne instalment of his illustrious Illustrated Film Talks series. In conversation with MIFF, he offers a teaser for his upcoming talks about Cher, Elvis, David Bowie and Baz Luhrmann.
MIFF Staff
27 Jul 2022
The Trappings of Wealth: An Interview with Amalia Ulman
Critics Campus 2021 participant Charlotte Daraio speaks to Amalia Ulman about poverty, preconceptions and the cultural pressure of “being proper”, as depicted in her film El Planeta.
Charlotte Daraio
25 Apr 2022
A Fantasy of Control: Agency and Abrasiveness in The Scary of Sixty-First
Critics Campus 2021 alumnus Jared Richards dives head-first into the manic imagery and manifold references of Dasha Nekrasova’s provocative The Scary of Sixty-First.
Jared Richards
18 Apr 2022
Post-screening Q&A: River
From mountain high to river deep, director Jennifer Peedom follows her 2017 MIFF hit Mountain with a stunning new cine-sonic journey along the world’s waterways.
MIFF Staff
12 Apr 2022
MIFF Talks: Anonymous Club
Melbourne writer and critic Brodie Lancaster chats to Danny Cohen, director of the MIFF Premiere Fund-supported documentary Anonymous Club and musician Courtney Barnett.
MIFF Staff
01 Mar 2022
MIFF Talks: Family Affair: Filmmakers Share Their Lives
Jason Di Rosso, host of ABC Radio National’s The Screen Show, speaks to three directors whose intimate films screened at MIFF 69, each shining a light on their own families – and therefore themselves.
MIFF Staff
01 Feb 2022
MIFF Talks: Folk Heroes: Documenting Artists and Icons
A conversation with four filmmakers whose documentaries, which screened at MIFF 69, spotlight an individual who has carved out an influential career amid their own personal and professional struggles.
MIFF Staff
04 Jan 2022
MIFF Talks: Queer Activism: From Life to Screen
A panel of filmmakers, academics and activists explore one of the prevalent documentary themes at MIFF 69: queer activism.
MIFF Staff
10 Dec 2021
MIFF Talks: New Iranian Cinema
Bandar Band director Manijeh Hekmat discusses the films spotlighted in MIFF 69’s New Iranian Cinema strand and the rise of filmmaking in this region.
MIFF Staff
06 Oct 2021
MIFF Talks: Consuming Culture: Pandemic Habits
A roundtable discussion dedicated to how we have – or haven’t – changed when it comes to watching, reading, and otherwise consuming film and media since the start of the pandemic.
MIFF Staff
14 Sep 2021
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