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Revue
Sundance wrap-up, with MIFF's Al Cossar
40+ films seen, minimal sleep and maximum amounts of questionable-grade quesadillas (at altitude, thanks!) all congeal into an alpine fever-dream of f...
By Trish | 06 Feb 2018
MIFF Talks
Film Criticism
podcast
Talking Pictures
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Sci Fi
MIFF Talks Podcast: Dystopia on Film
Fill the Handmaid's Tale-sized hole in your life with this panel discussion. Drawing on MIFF’s Sci-Fi Retrospective and other dystopian works,...
By max | 04 Dec 2017
MIFF 2017 Critics Campus Best Essay Winner
Congratulations to Keva York - the winner of the MIFF Critics Campus Best Essay Prize! Her piece - 'The Pet Politics in Rat Film and The Challenge' -...
By max | 06 Nov 2017
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MIFF Talks
MIFF Talks Podcast: Jungle
Opening this year’s festival, the MIFF Premiere Fund-supported Jungle tells the gloriously tense, real-life survival story of Yossi Ghinsberg (p...
By max | 03 Nov 2017
MIFF Talks
MIFF Talks Podcast: Three Summers
Acclaimed comedian, writer and director Ben Elton discusses his first Australian film, Three Summers, which screened as MIFF's Centrepiece Gala, with...
By max | 03 Oct 2017
MIFF Talks
Australian Films
Festival Guests
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MIFF 2017
Women Filmmakers
MIFF Talks Podcast: Pioneering Women
Co-presented with the Australian Directors’ Guild, the MIFF Talks Pioneering Women panel brought together influential Australian female director...
By lauren | 05 Sep 2017
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.
By Alex | 24 Aug 2017
Interviews
Critics Campus
Australian Films
Talking Pictures
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MIFF 2017
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
By Blythe Worthy | 19 Aug 2017
Critics Campus
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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.
By Alex | 18 Aug 2017
Critics Campus
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MIFF 2017
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.
By Alex | 18 Aug 2017
Critics Campus
Documentary
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MIFF 2017
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.
By Alex | 16 Aug 2017