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How to Watch A Jean-Luc Godard Film in 2018
MIFF 2018 Critics Campus participant André Shannon gives us some tips for the best way to enjoy Jean-Luc Godard's The Image Book.
Moments Found in Film: An Interview with Jean-François Lesage
Critics Campus 2020 participant Jack Rowland speaks to Prayer for a Lost Mitten director Jean-François Lesage about loss, melancholy, nostalgia and the making of his poignant film.
Q&A with Priscilla Cameron
Priscilla Cameron, director of the MIFF Premiere Fund-supported film The Butterfly Tree, speaks about her process and the impact the film had on her personally.
OUI OUI: Spotlight on French films
Posted by Kate Masters, Bachelor of Media & Communication (Public Relations) at Deakin University, Master of International Business graduate student at University of Melbourne, and MIFF 2016 Intern. Bonjour, Francophiles! While you’re tucking into crepes, croissants and champagne for Bastille Day, we invite you to come storm #MIFF2016 later this month as we showcase new French films, as well as Au …
Peter Strickland on...In Fabric: A Video Interview
In this video interview, 2019 festival guest Peter Strickland speaks to MIFF Critics Campus participant Olivia Bennett about his latest film, In Fabric.
Michel Chion: The Audio-Spectator
As part of Michel Chion’s historic and unlikely-to-be repeated visit to Australia, he will present an epic, two-and-a-half-hour concert for ten surround-speakers featuring three classic compositions.
Love in Bright Landscapes – Q&A with Jonathan Alley
Director Jonathan Alley talks to MIFF about his latest documentary, an engrossing portrait of the rise and untimely demise of David McComb, the virtuosic frontman of Australian rock band The Triffids.
Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be
In this Annecy Best Feature–winning adaptation of France’s famed 'Le petit Nicolas' comic book series, a mischievous character meets the men who brought him to life.
Director in Focus: An Interview with Peter Strickland
2019 Melbourne International Film Festival guest Peter Strickland talked to Critics Campus participant Isabella Trimboli about his career in the context of the festival's Director in Focus retrospective.
Dance in the Art Film
Inspired by Gaspar Noé’s Climax, MIFF2018 Critics Campus participant André Shannon’s video essay looks into the relationship between dance and art film
Michel on Malick: The Disembodied Interview - A Video Essay
MIFF2017 Critics Campus participant Amanda Barbour presents a video essay of her interview with legendary composer, filmmaker, historian, writer and sound theorist Michel Chion.
Intimacy and Insight: Jane by Charlotte and Documentary as Personal Care
Critics Campus participant James Walsh delves into the revelatory Jane by Charlotte, contrasting Charlotte Gainsbourg’s filmmaking approach with that of Jane B. par Agnès V. director Agnès Varda.
Michelle Carey Receives Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters
Congratulations to MIFF Artistic Director Michelle Carey, who has been awarded the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.
2021 MIFF Shorts Awards
MIFF features one of the most highly regarded short film competitions in the Southern Hemisphere. … The 60th MIFF Shorts Awards were presented by Mountain Goat Beer. Thanks to our generous partners, we once again celebrated the craft of short-form cinema across several categories. In 2021, the filmmakers competed for a total prize pool worth over $63,500. The 2021 jury members were writer/direct …
MIFF Shorts Awards
Shorts Awards winners … City of Melbourne Grand Prix for Best Short Film … F1ghting Looks Different 2 Me Now … Director & Producer: Fox Maxy … Jury Statement:Fox Maxy’s fast-paced composition of self-recorded footage mixed with found materials and animations is packed full of emotion and pop-culture references, and is uplifted by a killer soundtrack. F1ghting Looks Different 2 Me Now invit …
Q&A with Have You Seen the Listers? director Eddie Martin
Eddie Martin, director of the MIFF Premiere Fund-supported film Have You Seen the Listers? speaks about the process of making the film and our changing attitudes to street art.
A Sisyphean Determination: On Terry Gilliam’s struggle with The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Faith Everard takes us through the plagued production of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and explores why this film is one of the most anticipated films of MIFF 2018.
Erwin Rado – MIFF’s first artistic director
The story of film in Melbourne could not be told without including Erwin Aladar Rado. His influence, spanning more than three decades, and reaching into numerous film organisations – including the Australian Film Institute and Film Victoria – has fundamentally shaped how we watch films in this city. And by far his biggest contribution has been the mark that he made as artistic director for 24 edit …
Jerry Lewis: The Total Filmmaker Retrospective
To celebrate the MIFF 2016 Jerry Lewis program, the Melbourne-based online film journal Senses of Cinema has published a specially commissioned dossier on all things Jerry, called Deconstructing Jerry: Lewis as Director, exploring the 12 feature films he directed, all screening at MIFF. Here, Senses of Cinema Co-editor Daniel Fairfax offers a primer on the charms of this unique comedian / performe …
Class Matters at MIFF: The Souvenir and Sorry We Missed You
Isabella Trimboli is a MIFF 2019 Critics Campus participant who interrogates questions of class in the United Kingdom in two films playing at this year's festival: Ken Loach's Sorry We Missed You and Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir.
Down the Rabbit Hole – A Documentary Experience
Posted by Bianca Went, University of Melbourne, Screen & Cultural Studies, School of Culture and Communication, Graduate Student and MIFF 2016 intern. … The documentary format has been experiencing a renaissance over the past five years. With the new true crime obsession taking over popular culture, it's impossible to avoid jumping on the bandwagon. And, sometimes, jumping on the bandwagon can b …