Revue

A Campfire of Stories: An Interview with John Harvey

We speak to writer/director John Harvey, whose film Katele (Mudskipper) won the VicScreen Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short Film, about submitting to MIFF, being part of a community and how festivals can foster creativity.
By MIFF Staff | 17 Jan 2024
BFI London Film Festival 2023 report

BFI London Film Festival 2023 report

Programmer Kate Fitzpatrick visits English haunts both old and new – while, of course, catching the latest flicks – as part of her UK trip for the BFI London Film Festival.
 MIFF Staff 06 Nov 2023
New York Redux

New York Redux

Program Manager Mia Falstein-Rush returns to New York City – this time to attend the 61st New York Film Festival and the 35th NewFest, as well as to present the MIFF 2023–screened Safi Faye retrospective at the Museum of the Moving Image.
 MIFF Staff 06 Nov 2023
Making Connections: An Interview with Annelise Hickey

Making Connections: An Interview with Annelise Hickey

We speak to Award for Emerging Australian Filmmaker recipient Annelise Hickey about taking the leap and submitting her film to MIFF as well as her experiences and learnings from the festival.
 MIFF Staff 12 Oct 2023
Venice International Film Festival 2023 Report

Venice International Film Festival 2023 Report

Programmer Kate Jinx revisits the cinema, sun and Cynar spritzes of Venice, including highlights from its eponymous film festival’s 80th edition – along with a pit stop at London’s Open City Documentary Festival.
 MIFF Staff 11 Oct 2023
An Eternal Present: Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Millennium Mambo

An Eternal Present: Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Millennium Mambo

Critics Campus participant Christy Tan discusses Hou Hsiao-hsien’s 2001 feature, with particular focus on its subordination of narrative to the evocation of a certain place and time in its protagonist’s life.
 Christy Tan 29 Aug 2023
Danger and Poetry: Sue Brooks on Japanese Story

Danger and Poetry: Sue Brooks on Japanese Story

Critics Campus participant Charles Carrall speaks to director Sue Brooks about the making of her 2003 feature Japanese Story, shooting the film in the Pilbara and Toni Collette wearing pants.
 Charles Carrall 27 Aug 2023
“We Forget That We Are Part of Everything”: Lila Avilés on Tótem

“We Forget That We Are Part of Everything”: Lila Avilés on Tótem

Critics Campus participant Eric Jiang speaks to writer/director Lila Avilés about her intuitive approach to casting and its central role in creating the immersive, deeply empathetic atmosphere of Tótem.
 Eric Jiang 25 Aug 2023
Blooming in Suburbia: Gabriel Carrubba on Sunflower

Blooming in Suburbia: Gabriel Carrubba on Sunflower

Critics Campus participant Erika Lay speaks to writer/director Gabriel Carrubba about his debut feature, a queer coming-of-age story set in a far-flung suburb of Melbourne.
 Erika Lay 24 Aug 2023
Time Bomb Y2K – Four Ways

Time Bomb Y2K – Four Ways

Marley McDonald and Brian Becker’s debut documentary Time Bomb Y2K receives some critical attention from four of our Critics Campus participants: Lauren Collee, Eric Jiang, Charles Carrall and Indigo Bailey.
23 Aug 2023
In the Warmth of a Frozen Sun: Anthony Chen on The Breaking Ice

In the Warmth of a Frozen Sun: Anthony Chen on The Breaking Ice

Critics Campus participant Đăng Tùng Bạch speaks to director Anthony Chen about his latest feature, an exploration of the burning passion of youth in a cold climate.
 Đăng Tùng Bạch 22 Aug 2023
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