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MIFF Blog
Movements in the Desert: an Interview with Celia Rowlson-Hall
August 13th 2016 |
Critics Campus 2016 participant Jessica Ellicott discusses virtuous women, the language of dance, and wanting to be Jesus with Ma director Celia Rowlson-Hall.
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Aquarius, Four Ways
August 12th 2016 |
Critics Campus 2016 participants Aimee Knight, Tanya Farley, Isabella McNeill, and Ella Donald review Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Aquarius.
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Emotional Mapping: an Interview with Kim A Snyder
August 12th 2016 |
Critics Campus 2016 participant Isabella McNeill talks tragedy, trauma, and recovery with Newtown director Kim A Snyder.
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Show You the World: an Interview with Roger Ross Williams
August 11th 2016 |
Critics Campus 2016 participant Aimee Knight chats with Life, Animated director Roger Ross Williams about Disney, autism, and diversity.
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MIFF 2016 Talking Pictures | What next, Cinephilia? | Highlight Clip
August 10th 2016 |
David Jenkins from Little White Lies on how forms of film criticism are evolving.
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Searching for Monsieur Mayonnaise: a Conversation with Trevor Graham and Philippe Mora
August 10th 2016 |
Critics Campus 2016 participant Andréas Giannopoulos discusses humour, hummus and the Holocaust with Monsieur Mayonnaise filmmakers Trevor Graham and Philippe Mora.
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Documentary vs Fiction
August 10th 2016 |
Would you rather watch a documentary about an extraordinary historical event, or a fictionalised telling? Thanks to some fortuitous programming, this year’s MIFF allows both. Sort of.
In 1974, newsreader Christine Chubbuck committed suicide during a live broadcast. The shocking act (which famously inspired the film Network) is depicted in two distinct films at this year’s festival.
Christine, di
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The Low Down on Down Under: An Interview with Abe Forsythe
August 10th 2016 |
Critics Campus 2016 participant Tanya Farley grills director Abe Forsythe about his comedic skewering of the 2005 Cronulla riots, Down Under.
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HOW TO KNOW YOU’RE IN A HONG SANG-SOO FILM
August 9th 2016 |
Posted by Hayley Inch
Everyone you know is a former famous film director who is having a crisis over their work, or has retreated into academia.
Everything you say, no matter how innocuous, is misunderstood by your companions, resulting in constant arguments.
You’re trying FAR too hard to impress a girl you’ve only just met.
You have friends you only do one activity with: drink soju. Speakin
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Pulling Back the Veil: an Interview with The Family Director Rosie Jones
August 9th 2016 |
Critics Campus 2016 participant Dominic Barlow speaks to documentary filmmaker Rosie Jones about the secretive life of Melbourne cult leader Anne Hamilton-Byrne and The Family.
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