MIFF Artistic Director Al Cossar reports from the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, finding a wealth of new works from big-name international auteurs alongside an impressive Australian contingent.

Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson speak to MIFF about the themes and development of their film The Last Journey, and how its playful sensibility contrasts with the Swedish cinema of the past.

Director Rob Connolly talks to MIFF about his screen adaptation of Alison Lester’s classic picture book.

MIFF speaks to Bank Australia customer and filmmaker Shannon Owen about her documentary Left Write Hook, a joint winner of this year’s Intrepid Audience Award.

In the aftermath of director Jaydon Martin taking home the Blackmagic Design Australian Innovation Award at MIFF, we speak to him about his experience of screening Flathead at the festival, and the effect it’s had on his journey as an artist.

Critics Campus 2024 participant Alice Bellette speaks to director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu about her fictionalised representation of the harrowing, defiant and even joyful experiences of girls in New Zealand state care institutions in the mid 20th century.

Critics Campus 2024 participant Nicole Cadelina speaks to Constance Tsang about her feature debut, an intimate tale of sisterhood set in a Chinese massage parlour in New York.

Critics Campus 2024 participant Tara Kenny speaks to director Jodi Wille about Welcome Space Brothers, a remarkable chronicle of an alternative spiritual community that takes a very different tack from most documentaries of its kind.