Go beyond the screen and get closer to the themes, ideas and talent of the 2022 festival through MIFF’s engaging panel and conversation events.
MIFF Talks & In-Conversations

MIFF Talks: A Melbourne on Film Conversation & Book Launch
Celebrate the launch of MIFF’s new publication commemorating stories of our city on screen with some of its most iconic directors and creators.
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MIFF Talks: Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream
Take a masterclass with visionary director Brett Morgen, exploring his sublime new David Bowie film.
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MIFF Talks: Consuming Culture
Movies. Television. Books. Art. The entire internet. An always-timely conversation about how and what we’re consuming, and why.
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MIFF Talks: Death & Dignity on Screen
Join a stirring discussion about empathetically exploring end of life on screen as well as the wider assisted-dying movement.
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MIFF Talks: Natural World: Environmental Activism on Screen
A conversation with the powerhouses behind Delikado and Franklin, documentaries that spotlight the natural world and the need to protect it.
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MIFF Talks: On Trend: Key Directions in Screen Culture
Delve into current and emerging screen-based movements with academics and screen practitioners as they consider what’s next.
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MIFF Talks: Punks & Pioneers in the Archives
Unearth archival insights from filmmakers who have dug deep to explore the legacies of artists who sat squarely outside the mainstream.
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MIFF In-Conversations events will be held at official venue partner The Edge at Fed Square.

In Conversation: Carlos Reygadas Masterclass
Spend an hour with the celebrated “one-man third wave of Mexican cinema”.
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In Conversation: Greenhouse by Joost
Be inspired by the visionary designer of the Greenhouse, Joost Bakker, and one of its collaborative residents, chef Jo Stafford.
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In Conversation: New Visions in Australian Cinema
Three of the Australia’s most insightful filmmakers – Alena Lodkina, Goran Stolevski and Thomas M. Wright – discuss their Gala and Competition Films.
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