Revue

Reconciliation cinema: First Nations filmmaking at MIFF

In honour of National Reconciliation Week 2020, we’ve compiled a list of MIFF-featured titles made by, or in collaboration with, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

By MIFF Staff | 01 Jun 2020
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Australian Films Documentary Animation Shorts Recommendations

MIFF Shorts to Watch from Home

MIFF Programmer Mia Falstein-Rush recommends past MIFF shorts you can stream now for free.

By MIFF Staff | 30 Apr 2020

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Interviews Critics Campus Australian Films Virtual Reality 2019 68th MIFF

Waiting for The Waiting Room: Rolf de Heer on the Future of VR

Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer speaks to 2019 MIFF Critics Campus participant Zach Karpinellison about his latest collaboration with directors Mark Eland and Molly Reynolds; the groundbreaking 3D VR experience The Waiting Room.

21 Aug 2019

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Through the Looking Glass: An Interview with Sequin in a Blue Room’s Conor Leach

Conor Leach dazzles in Samuel Van Grinsven’s Sequin in a Blue Room, who chats to 2019 Critics Campus participant about his role in the film and queer culture both on screen and off in Australia today.

18 Aug 2019

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Interviews Critics Campus Australian Films Documentary 2019 68th MIFF

In My Blood It Runs: An Interview with Maya Newell

Filmmaker Maya Newell talks to 2019 MIFF Critics Campus participant Claire Cao about her latest documentary, In My Blood It Runs.

17 Aug 2019

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Critics Campus Film Criticism Australian Films Women Filmmakers 2019 68th MIFF

Australian Stories, International Stories: An Interview with Animals Director Sophie Hyde

Australian filmmaker Sophie Hyde speaks to 2019 MIFF Critics Campus participant Zoë Almeida Goodall about her latest film Animals and her career more broadly.

15 Aug 2019

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Critics Campus Film Criticism Australian Films 2019 68th MIFF

“The Blue Room is Limitless”: In Conversation with Samuel Van Grinsven, Director of Sequin in a Blue Room

2019 Critics Campus participant Luke McCarthy talks to Australian filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven about his feature debut, Sequin in a Blue Room.

15 Aug 2019

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In My Blood It Runs, Four Ways

Maya Newell’s In My Blood It Runs is considered from a range of different critical perspectives by four of our 2019 Critics Campus participants, including Michael Sun, Isabella Trimboli, Jamie Tram, and Olivia Bennett.

12 Aug 2019

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67th MIFF Critics Campus Film Criticism MIFF 2018 Australian Films MIFF Premiere Fund

Beyond the Boundary: An Interview with The Merger director Mark Grentell

MIFF Critics Campus participant Claire White talks to director Mark Grentell about The Merger.

By Critics Luke | 21 Aug 2018

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67th MIFF Critics Campus Film Criticism MIFF 2018 Australian Films Festival Guests Experimental

What the dreaming doing is what the dreaming does: a conversation with the Karrabing Film Collective

James Waters sat down with Elizabeth Povinelli, Linda Yarrowin and Cecilia Lewis of the Karrabing Film Collective discuss filmmaking, developing a collective voice and censoring swear words!

By Melanie | 19 Aug 2018

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67th MIFF Critics Campus MIFF 2018 Australian Films Shorts

Not that Kind of Asian Girl: An Interview with director Hyun Lee

MIFF 2018 Critics Campus participant André Shannon speaks with Hyun Lee, director of the short film Asian Girls screening in the WTF Shorts package.

By Natalie | 18 Aug 2018