Revue

Podcast: The Kids Will Be Alright

Critics Campus participant Vyshnavee Wijekumar takes an in-depth look at Off Country and The Kids, two documentaries that explore the experiences of young people within vulnerable communities across different eras and geographic locations.

By Vyshnavee Wijekumar | 21 Aug 2021
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Interviews MIFF Premiere Fund

Ablaze – Q&A with Alec Morgan and Tiriki Onus

A chat with Alec Morgan and Tiriki Onus about their MIFF Premiere Fund–supported documentary Ablaze and delving deep into Indigenous and film history.

By MIFF Staff | 20 Aug 2021

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Interviews Critics Campus

Transience and Transformation: An Interview with Kyle Davis

Critics Campus 2021 participant Jared Richards speaks to Dry Winter director Kyle Davis about big transitions – from short to feature filmmaking, and in life – as well as depicting rural Australia in his affecting film.

By Jared Richards | 19 Aug 2021

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Interviews MIFF Premiere Fund

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.

By MIFF Staff | 18 Aug 2021

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Critics Campus Reviews

Transcending the Solitary Body in Bodies in Motion

Critics Campus 2021 participant Tiia Kelly unpicks the thematic and artistic threads weaving together the short films in the Bodies in Motion package.

By Tiia Kelly | 18 Aug 2021

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Interviews MIFF Premiere Fund

Lone Wolf – Q&A with Jonathan Ogilvie

A chat with Lone Wolf writer/director Jonathan Ogilvie on bringing Joseph Conrad to Melbourne through his visually inventive political thriller.

By MIFF Staff | 17 Aug 2021

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Critics Campus Reviews

Souad – Four Ways

Ayten Amin’s Souad is given the critical treatment by four of our 2021 Critics Campus participants: Tiia Kelly, Hassan Abul, Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Ying-Di Yin.

17 Aug 2021

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Interviews MIFF Premiere Fund

Little Tornadoes – Q&A with Aaron Wilson

An interview with MIFF Accelerator Lab alumnus Aaron Wilson on recreating 1970s Australia in period drama Little Tornadoes.

By MIFF Staff | 16 Aug 2021

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Critics Campus Reviews

All Light, Everywhere – Four Ways

Theo Anthony’s All Light, Everywhere receives some critical attention from four of our 2021 Critics Campus participants: Muhib Nabulsi, Jared Richards, Charlotte Daraio and Louise Cain.

16 Aug 2021

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Critics Campus Reviews

Meditations on Mortality: Christopher Makoto Yogi’s I Was a Simple Man

Critics Campus 2021 participant Ying-Di Yin examines the portrayals of death, diaspora and family in I Was a Simple Man.

By Ying-Di Yin | 15 Aug 2021

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Interviews MIFF Premiere Fund

Hating Peter Tatchell – Q&A with Christopher Amos

A chat with director Christopher Amos on his biographical account of human rights activist Peter Tatchell and the activism that inspires him.

By MIFF Staff | 15 Aug 2021