Spend an hour with visiting writer and director Celine Song (USA), whose stunning debut feature Past Lives is one of the most celebrated and talked-about of the year.

Known for her playwriting, the New York–based Korean-Canadian artist will discuss her approach to work and the intimate intricacies of this film – a wistful ode to the lingering ghosts of what might have been – that stars Greta Lee (Russian Doll), Teo Yoo (Decision to Leave, MIFF 2022) and John Magaro (First Cow, MIFF 2020), and which features in our Headliners strand. Hosted by Santilla Chingaipe.

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Santilla Chingaipe is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, historian and the founder of Behind the Screens. She is the writer, producer and presenter of the critically acclaimed SBS documentary Our African Roots; her nonfiction book, Black Convicts: How Slavery Built Australia, is forthcoming with Scribner Australia. Chingaipe was recognised at the United Nations as one of the most influential people of African descent in the world in 2019.

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