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MIFF Talks Podcast: Pioneering Women
On 05/09/2017 at 10:00 am
Co-presented with the Australian Directors’ Guild, the MIFF Talks Pioneering Women panel brought together influential Australian female directors and actors Gillian Armstrong, Claudia Karvan, Nadia Ta...
A Soft Film About Tough Punk Men: An Interview with Sami Saif
On 24/08/2017 at 9:00 am
MIFF 2017 Critics Campus participant Keva York interviews The Allins’ director Sam Saif about the family GG Allin left behind.
Top of the Lake: China Girl – An Interview with Ariel Kleiman
On 19/08/2017 at 9:00 am
Jane Campion’s Top of the Lake: China Girl co-director Ariel Kleiman talks about the project with MIFF 2017 Critics Campus participant Blythe Worthy
On Character and the Feeling of a City: An Interview With Peter Mackie-Burns
On 18/08/2017 at 1:00 pm
Filmmaker Peter Mackie Burns talks to 2017 Critics Campus participant Phoebe Chen about his movie Daphne, his influences and filming London.
Michel on Malick: The Disembodied Interview - A Video Essay
On 18/08/2017 at 9:00 am
MIFF2017 Critics Campus participant Amanda Barbour presents a video essay of her interview with legendary composer, filmmaker, historian, writer and sound theorist Michel Chion.
More Heart than Horror: An Interview with Florian Habicht
On 16/08/2017 at 4:00 pm
In an interview with director Florian Habicht, MIFF 2017 Critics Campus participant Dominic Ellis looks behind the theme-park frights in the documentary Spookers.
“It’s Really Worth Watching a Whole Range of Cinema”: An Interview with Wendall Thomas
On 16/08/2017 at 9:00 am
Delivering a series lectures as part of MIFF’s Industry Public Access Events, developer, writer and lecturer Wendall Thomas speaks to 2017 Critics Campus participant Greer Forrester.
Not Just a “Woman Director”: An Interview with Gillian Armstrong
On 15/08/2017 at 5:00 pm
Gillian Armstrong talks Starstruck, High Tide and being a Pioneering Woman in an interview with MIFF2017 Critics Campus participant Faith Everard.
The Ashes of a Medium: Anocha Suwichakornpong on the Death and Resurrection of Film
On 15/08/2017 at 1:00 pm
MIFF2017 Critics Campus participant Kai Perrignon speaks to Thai director Anocha Suwichakornpong about her film By the Time it Gets Dark
Song to Song, Four Ways
On 13/08/2017 at 4:00 pm
Four participants from the 2017 Critics Campus tackle Terrence Malick’s Song to Song in these short reviews, with a diverse range of responses.
Higher Learning: The MIFF Kids and MIFF Schools Programs
On 13/08/2017 at 7:00 am
2017 Critics Campus participant Greer Forrester talks to programmer Thomas Caldwell about the MIFF Kids and MIFF Schools programs, and the Kids’ Gala screening of Ash Brannon’s Rock Dog.
Let the Sunshine In, Four Ways
On 12/08/2017 at 6:00 pm
Let the Sunshine is reviewed by four participants from the 2017 Critics Campus, providing a range of different takes on Claire Denis' latest.
Going Underground: Celluloid in the Digital Age
On 12/08/2017 at 4:00 pm
Through Bill Morrison's Dawson City: Frozen Time and Niles Atallah’s Rey, MIFF2017 Critics Campus participant Keva York reflects on the materiality of cinema history.
Tetsuo: The Iron Man - A Queer Marxist Reading
On 12/08/2017 at 9:00 am
A video essay by 2017 Critics Campus participant Amanda Barbour explores the queer Marxist possibilities opened up by Shinya Tsukamoto’s Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
Pushing Boundaries: The Breakout Films from Pioneering Women
On 11/08/2017 at 3:00 pm
The Pioneering Women filmmakers of Australian cinema look into aspects of women’s experiences often ignored by their male counterparts, argues MIFF 2017 Critics Campus participant Faith Everard.
On Dries and Rethinking the Fashion Documentary
On 11/08/2017 at 9:40 am
2017 Critics Campus participant Phoebe Chen strips back the glamour in her look at Reiner Holzemer’s Dries and the fashion documentary.
Fitting In is Tough: The Trials of a Teenage Dahmer
On 10/08/2017 at 2:00 pm
The ethics of movies about real life serial killers like Marc Meyers' My Friend Dahmer is placed under the microscope by 2017 Critics Campus participant Kai Perrignon.
Nothings Lasts Forever and Oddball Dystopias of the 70s and 80s
On 10/08/2017 at 10:00 am
Nothing Lasts Forever is one of a number of subversive sci-fi satires worthy of your attention, says 2017 Critics Campus participant Dominic Ellis.
Alive and Radical: The Grey-Haired Girls of Top of the Lake: China Girl
On 09/08/2017 at 5:00 pm
Jane Campion celebrates the spirit of women in their prime both on screen and in person with Top of the Lake: China Girl, writes 2017 Critics Campus participant Blythe Worthy.
Michelle Carey Receives Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters
On 06/08/2017 at 4:00 pm
Congratulations to MIFF Artistic Director Michelle Carey, who has been awarded the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.
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