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Michel Chion: The Audio-Spectator

On 24/04/2017 at 5:00 pm

As part of Michel Chion’s historic and unlikely-to-be repeated visit to Australia, he will present an epic, two-and-a-half-hour concert for ten surround-speakers featuring three classic compositions.

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MIFF Talking Pictures Podcast | In Conversation with Jonathan Rosenbaum

On 04/04/2017 at 4:00 pm

Philippa Hawker speaks with esteemed film scholar/journalist Jonathan Rosenbaum about his writing, film culture and the state of cinema today. ... Philippa Hawker has been writing on film and the arts...

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MIFF Talking Pictures Podcast | What Next, Cinephilia?

On 04/04/2017 at 4:00 pm

Co-presented with MIFF Critics Campus ... Prestigious film festivals, curated streaming sites, international podcasts – for a new generation of cinephile, the potential for discovery is endless! But i...

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MIFF Talking Pictures Podcast | In Conversation with the Moras

On 28/02/2017 at 12:00 pm

Join Melbourne gallerist William Mora (pictured on the right) and filmmaker Philippe Mora (pictured in the middle) as they share their unbelievable family story with Trevor Graham (pictured on the lef...

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MIFF Talking Pictures Podcast | The Family: Behind the Cult

On 31/01/2017 at 11:00 am

Journalist Martin McKenzie-Murray hears the incredible story from some of the survivors of one of Australia’s most notorious cults, The Family. Also on the panel is Lex de Man, the detective who uncov...

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International Film Festival & Awards Macao Report

On 30/01/2017 at 3:00 pm

MIFF programmer Al Cossar ventured to the inaugural International Film Festival & Awards Macao in December 2016.

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MIFF Talking Pictures Podcast | Truth is Fiction

On 06/12/2016 at 9:00 am

In documentary filmmaking, the aim to capture the subject can at times be elusive. How can a filmmaker explore a personality that won’t allow an audience in? Genevieve Bailey is joined by MIFF 2016 di...

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MIFF Staff Top 10s of 2016

On 05/12/2016 at 3:00 pm

We understand, 2016 has been quite the year. Leonard Cohen, Gene Wilder, Anton Yelchin, Prince, Alan Rickman, David Bowie, Brexit, Trump...  ... At least there have been some ripper films in 2016 and ...

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