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.
By MIFF Staff | 06 Nov 2023

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Hope’s Waiting Room: Alice Englert on Bad Behaviour
Critics Campus participant Indigo Bailey speaks to actor turned writer/director Alice Englert about her retreat-set black comedy and how its complicated characters were shaped.
Indigo Bailey
19 Aug 2023
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