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MIFF Talks Podcast: Pioneering Women
Co-presented with the Australian Directors’ Guild, the MIFF Talks Pioneering Women panel brought together influential Australian female director...
A Soft Film About Tough Punk Men: An Interview with Sami Saif
MIFF 2017 Critics Campus participant Keva York interviews The Allins’ director Sam Saif about the family GG Allin left behind.
Top of the Lake: China Girl – An Interview with Ariel Kleiman
Jane Campion’s Top of the Lake: China Girl co-director Ariel Kleiman talks about the project with MIFF 2017 Critics Campus participant Blythe Worthy
On Character and the Feeling of a City: An Interview With Peter Mackie-Burns
Filmmaker Peter Mackie Burns talks to 2017 Critics Campus participant Phoebe Chen about his movie Daphne, his influences and filming London.
Michel on Malick: The Disembodied Interview - A Video Essay
MIFF2017 Critics Campus participant Amanda Barbour presents a video essay of her interview with legendary composer, filmmaker, historian, writer and sound theorist Michel Chion.
More Heart than Horror: An Interview with Florian Habicht
In an interview with director Florian Habicht, MIFF 2017 Critics Campus participant Dominic Ellis looks behind the theme-park frights in the documentary Spookers.
“It’s Really Worth Watching a Whole Range of Cinema”: An Interview with Wendall Thomas
Delivering a series lectures as part of MIFF’s Industry Public Access Events, developer, writer and lecturer Wendall Thomas speaks to 2017 Critics Campus participant Greer Forrester.
Not Just a “Woman Director”: An Interview with Gillian Armstrong
Gillian Armstrong talks Starstruck, High Tide and being a Pioneering Woman in an interview with MIFF2017 Critics Campus participant Faith Everard.
The Ashes of a Medium: Anocha Suwichakornpong on the Death and Resurrection of Film
MIFF2017 Critics Campus participant Kai Perrignon speaks to Thai director Anocha Suwichakornpong about her film By the Time it Gets Dark
Song to Song, Four Ways
Four participants from the 2017 Critics Campus tackle Terrence Malick’s Song to Song in these short reviews, with a diverse range of responses.
Higher Learning: The MIFF Kids and MIFF Schools Programs
2017 Critics Campus participant Greer Forrester talks to programmer Thomas Caldwell about the MIFF Kids and MIFF Schools programs, and the Kids’ Gala screening of Ash Brannon’s Rock Dog.