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Revue
Fake It So Real: Miguel Gomes’s Grand Tour
Critics Campus 2024 participant Austin Lancaster looks at the intersecting layers of artifice in Miguel Gomes’s fantastical journey through East and South-East Asia, past and present.

Welcome to MIFF 2024
Welcome messages from MIFF’s CEO, Damien Hodgkinson, and Artistic Director, Al Cossar; as well as from the Minister for Creative Industries and the Lord Mayor of Melbourne.

Connecting Hearts: An Interview with Adrian Russell Wills and Gillian Moody
In the lead-up to Kindred's NITV/SBS premiere during National Reconciliation Week, we speak to directors Adrian Russell Wills and Gillian Moody about the risks and rewards of recounting life experiences on film as well as the ongoing importance of empowering First Nations storytellers.

Lifelong Learning: An Interview with Dr Josh Nelson
We speak to MIFF’s film-analysis and education expert Dr Josh Nelson about his lifelong love of cinema and the importance of nurturing visual literacy skills in schools and classrooms.

MIFF Partners with DECJUBA Foundation
MIFF is thrilled to announce a major philanthropic partnership with DECJUBA Foundation.

Critics Campus: Where Are They Now? (Part 3)
In the third instalment of a series in which we shine a spotlight on Critics Campus’s illustrious alumni, we speak to Kristen S. Hé (2015 cohort), Keva York (2017 cohort) and Merryana Salem (2020 cohort) about where their professional paths have led since their participation in MIFF’s incubator program for emerging critics.

Berlin International Film Festival 2024 Report
Programmer Kate Jinx reminisces about the movies, meetings and merriment of Berlinale 2024, including several films to keep an eye out for this year.

A Campfire of Stories: An Interview with John Harvey
We speak to writer/director John Harvey, whose film Katele (Mudskipper) won the VicScreen Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short Film, about submitting to MIFF, being part of a community and how festivals can foster creativity.

Experiencing the Unforgettable: An Interview with Damien Hodgkinson
We speak to MIFF’s new CEO, Damien Hodgkinson, about his love of film and his vision for Melbourne’s beloved celebration of cinema.

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.

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.