MIFF 2017 | Talking Pictures Podcasts Series 2

Series 2, Episode 10 | Cinema, Reimagined

Join MIFF 2015 Vertical Cinema guests Joost Rekveld and Erwin van ‘t Hart, along with University of Melbourne film and media lecturers Wendy Haslem and Scott McQuire, and Breaching Transmissions cinema artist Sally Golding, as they discuss the development of vertical screens, expanded cinema and the future of film.

Co-presented with the School of Culture & Communication, University of Melbourne.

Thanks to JMC technical crew: Nik Bading (Editor), Nick Noltemeyer (Camera 1), Dean Musumeci (Camera 2), and Executive Producers Peter George (JMC Academy Head of Film & Television) and David Pavlich (Film & Television Lecturer).

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Series 2, Episode 9 | Getting the Look: The Pitch of the Movie Poster

ABC's Zak Hepburn chats with film poster designer Jeremy Saunders (who has created posters for films including MIFF 2014's What We Do in the Shadows and MIFF 2015 Centrepiece Gala film Holding the Man) on a panel that includes artist-turned director Jason Lei Howden (Deathgasm, MIFF 2015), comic book artist Bernard Caleo, visual artist Sonny Day (one half of We Buy Your Kids, the team behind the MIFF 2015 artwork) and title designer Donna McCrum (Paper Planes, MIFF 2014; The Slap, MIFF 2011), to dissect the art of designing movie posters.

Recorded at The Wheeler Centre Wednesday 5 August 2015.

Thanks to JMC Academy students: Nik Bading (Editor), Michael Sanders (Camera 1), Luke Beall (Camera 2) and Executive Producers Peter George (JMC Academy Head of Film & Television) and David Pavlich (Film & Television Lecturer).

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Series 2, Episode 8 | Foodie-ism: Are We Full Up?

Does your meal really exist if you haven’t photographed it? In an age when everyone is a food critic, and chefs are some of our biggest celebrities, many of us seem more focused on documenting our food experiences than actually eating it! Join The Age’s Dani Valent, Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold (City of Gold, MIFF 2015), chef Shane Delia, Gelato Messina’s Declan Lee, The Katering Show's Kate McLennan and food blogger Emily Naismith as they discuss the trend of foodie-ism and whether it has gone too far.

Recorded at The Wheeler Centre Thursday 13 August 2015.

Thanks to Oh My! Creative Studio, Matt Cleaves and George Clipp for filming and editing.

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Series 2, Episode 7 | In Conversation with Benny Safdie

New York-based Benny Safdie (pictured above right), one half of the sibling filmmaker duo with his brother Joshua Safdie, was a guest of MIFF to discuss his celebrated body of work, featured as a retrospective at MIFF 2015. Benny Safdie is in conversation with local filmmaker Rhys Graham.

Recorded at The Wheeler Centre Tuesday 4 August 2015.

Thanks to JMC Academy students: Harrison Mullan (Editor), Shannon Keeley (Camera 1), Luke Beall (Camera 2) and Executive Producers Peter George (JMC Academy Head of Film & Television) and David Pavlich (Film & Television Lecturer).

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Series 2, Episode 6 | History & Her Story

She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (MIFF 2015) documentary reflects on the history of the women’s movement in the late 1960s, and focuses on the important women who fought for equality. The film provides an excellent opportunity to look back on women in Melbourne who actively fought for women’s rights and brought about change.

Join Kate Jinx, Merle Thornton, Mary Crooks, Marilyn Lake and Jean Taylor to hear their stories, and find out how their activism has affected us today.

Co-presented with Women in Film and Television Victoria. Recorded at The Wheeler Centre on Saturday 15 August 2015.

Thanks to JMC Academy students: Tom Robertson (Editor), Marion Slatter (Camera 1), Jacqui Williamson (Camera 2) and Executive Producers Peter George (JMC Academy Head of Film & Television) and David Pavlich (Film & Television Lecturer).

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Series 2, Episode 5 | Joshua Oppenheimer

MIFF 2015 film The Look of Silence is Oscar-nominated director and MacArthur fellow Joshua Oppenheimer's powerful follow-up to The Act of Killing (MIFF 2013). John Safran talks to Oppenheimer and, via Skype, the film's subject, Adi Rukun. Co-presented with the Indonesia Forum, University of Melbourne and Herb Feith Foundation.

Recorded at The Wheeler Centre on Sunday 9 August 2015.

Thanks to JMC Academy students: Tom Robertson (Editor), Callum Finn (Camera 1), Dean Musumeci (Camera 2) and Executive Producers Peter George (JMC Academy Head of Film & Television) and David Pavlich (Film & Television Lecturer). Edited by Dean Musumeci.

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Series 2, Episode 4 | Guilty Pleasures

We all have a film we’re embarrassed to admit we like. A film that, despite our awareness that it’s overloaded with cheesiness or bad acting, we have sitting in our DVD collection (Michael Bay anyone?).

Join comedians Lawrence Leung (screenwriter of Sucker, MIFF 2015), Hannah Gadsby and Alan Brough, director Kriv Stenders (The Principal, MIFF 2015) and ABC's Zak Hepburn as they reveal some unexpected, shameful favourite films in their cinematic repetoire and discuss why they believe these shouldn’t have been overlooked by critics and audiences.

Recorded at The Wheeler Centre on Wednesday 12 August 2015. Photograph by Damian Sullivan.

Thanks to George Clipp and Matt Cleaves from Oh My! Creative Studio for the recording and edit.

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Series 2, Episode 3 | Uneasy Laughs

Sometimes the funniest comedy comes from the most fantastical, awkward and tragic situations; from humour that violates our moral expectations, oversteps boundaries or finds light in the darkest corners. TV director Natalie Bailey (The Thick of It) joins comedian Josh Thomas (Please Like Me), playwright Lally Katz (star of Stories I Want to Tell You in Person, MIFF 2015) and directors Sebastián Silva (the subject of a MIFF 2015 retrospective) and Adam Elliot (Ernie Biscuit, MIFF 2015) to discuss how the juxtaposition of these opposing forces results in humour.

Recorded at The Wheeler Centre on Saturday 8 August 2015. Photograph by Dan Cahill.

Thanks to JMC Academy technical crew:
Director/Vision Switchers: Alexander Beattie, Lewis Day
Camera Operator: Thomas Gathercole, Christopher Witham, Valentine Doherty
Executive Producers: Peter George (JMC Academy Head of Film & Television) and David Pavlich (Film & Television Lecturer).

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Episode 2 | Lights, Camera, Action: Film and Social Impact

Can a film really make a difference? Academy Award-winning documentarian Louie Psihoyos (Racing Extinction, MIFF 2015), along with Shark Island Productions' Malinda Wink and filmmakers George Gittoes (Snow Monkey, MIFF 2015), Nick Batzias (That Sugar Film) and Susan Lambert (Tyke Elephant Outlaw, MIFF 2015) discuss how a film can cross over from telling a story to influencing real world situations.

Recorded at The Wheeler Centre on Thursday 6 August 2015.

Thanks to George Clipp and Matt Cleaves from Oh My! Creative Studio for the recording and edit.

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Episode 1 | Holding the Man: Behind the Scenes

Moderator Richard Watts (Triple R) joins director Neil Armfield, screenwriter Tommy Murphy and stars Ryan Corr and Craig Stott to discuss Holding the Man, MIFF's 2015 Centrepiece Gala.

Co-presented with the Australian Directors Guild. Recorded at The Forum Theatre, Melbourne, Sunday 9 August 2015.

Thanks to Matt Cleaves and George Clipp from Oh My! Creative Studio for the recording and edit.

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