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Fool's Goal: An interview with Damsel co-director and actor David Zellner

Fool's Goal: An interview with Damsel co-director and actor David Zellner

August 16th 2018 | MIFF 2018InterviewsFestival GuestsCritics Campus67th MIFF
MIFF 2018 Critics Campus participant Ivana Brehas caught up with festival guest David Zellner to discuss the goofy, contemporary Western, Damsel.
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Wendall Thomas Answers Five Questions

Wendall Thomas Answers Five Questions

June 26th 2018 | Special EventsSeminars and MasterclassesMIFF 2018InterviewsFestival Guests67th MIFF
Wendall Thomas returns to Melbourne for more of her series unlocking the secrets of screen writing. Ahead of her arrival we asked her a few questions.
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Adrian Wootton Answers Five Questions

Adrian Wootton Answers Five Questions

June 20th 2018 | 67th MIFFBehind the CurtainFestival GuestsInterviewsSpecial Events
Ahead of his series of Illustrated Film Talks on Tinseltown Trailblazers, we catch up with Adrian Wootton to ask him a few questions about the Hollywood stars of the turbulent 1950s.
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MIFF Talks Podcast: Pioneering Women

MIFF Talks Podcast: Pioneering Women

September 5th 2017 | Women FilmmakersMIFF TalksMIFF 2017Festival GuestsAustralian Films66th MIFF

Co-presented with the Australian Directors’ Guild, the MIFF Talks Pioneering Women panel brought together influential Australian female directors and actors Gillian ArmstrongClaudia KarvanNadia TassAna Kokkinos and Clara Law. Moderated by Sam Lang, this is an absolute must-listen (or watch!) if you missed it during the festival. Recorded on Saturday 12 August 2017 at The Wheeler Centre. Watc

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Q&A with Have You Seen the Listers? director Eddie Martin

Q&A with Have You Seen the Listers? director Eddie Martin

July 31st 2017 | MIFF Premiere FundMIFF 2017Festival GuestsDocumentaryAustralian Films66th MIFF
Eddie Martin, director of the MIFF Premiere Fund-supported film Have You Seen the Listers? speaks about the process of making the film and our changing attitudes to street art.
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A Brilliant Career: Gillian Armstrong’s Filmmaking reaches High Tide

A Brilliant Career: Gillian Armstrong’s Filmmaking reaches High Tide

July 31st 2017 | Women FilmmakersMIFF TalksMIFF 2017Festival GuestsAustralian Films66th MIFF
Rowena Lloyd traces Gillian Armstrong's career, her feminist focus, and her drive to investigate the complexities of the lives of others.
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Q&A with Rabbit's Luke Shanahan and David Ngo

Q&A with Rabbit's Luke Shanahan and David Ngo

July 20th 2017 | World PremiereMIFF Premiere FundMIFF 2017Festival GuestsAustralian Films66th MIFF
The director and producer of the MIFF Premiere Fund-supported Rabbit spoke to us about telepathy, twins and tornadoes!
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Beyond Ambition: Nicole Kidman and Jane Campion’s journey toward Top of the Lake: China Girl

Beyond Ambition: Nicole Kidman and Jane Campion’s journey toward Top of the Lake: China Girl

July 18th 2017 | MIFF 2017Festival GuestsCritics CampusAustralian Films66th MIFFWomen Filmmakers
MIFF 2017 Critics Campus participant Blythe Worthy traces the journey made by Nicole Kidman and Jane Campion to bring them both to Top of the Lake: China Girl
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Q&A with Naina Sen

Q&A with Naina Sen

July 14th 2017 | MIFF Premiere FundMIFF 2017Festival GuestsDocumentaryAustralian Films66th MIFFWomen Filmmakers
The director of the MIFF Premiere Fund-supported documentary The Song Keepers speaks about the joy and privilege involved in making her film.
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Q&A with Adrian Wooton

Q&A with Adrian Wooton

July 4th 2017 | 66th MIFFFestival GuestsHistoryInterviewsMIFF 2017Seminars and MasterclassesSpecial Events

Presented by MIFF 37ºSouth Market & Accelerator Lab, Adrian Wootton – former director of the London Film Festival, British Film Institute and the UK’s National Film Theatre – returns exclusively to Melbourne for another series of his acclaimed Illustrated Film Talks, this year focusing on the Hollywood Golden Age and four legendary actresses, who appeared in some of the greatest films in celluloid

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