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The Art of the Documentary: An Interview with Pietra Brettkelly

The Art of the Documentary: An Interview with Pietra Brettkelly

August 16th 2018 | MIFF 2018InterviewsDocumentaryCritics Campus67th MIFF
2018 Critics Campus participant Valerie Ng spoke to Yellow is Forbidden director Pietra Brettkelly about her artistic process, and the responsibility of being a documentary filmmaker.
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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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Q&A with UNDERMINED: TALES FROM THE KIMBERLEY Director Nicholas Wrathall

Q&A with UNDERMINED: TALES FROM THE KIMBERLEY Director Nicholas Wrathall

July 27th 2018 | World PremiereMIFF Premiere FundMIFF 2018InterviewsDocumentaryAustralian Films67th MIFF
Director of the MIFF Premiere Fund-supported UNDERMINED: TALES FROM THE KIMBERLEY speaks about the unique challenges of making a film in the remote Kimberley region, and the international relevance of the tensions between first peoples and developers.
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Q&A with The Eulogy director Janine Hosking

Q&A with The Eulogy director Janine Hosking

July 13th 2018 | World PremiereMIFF Premiere FundMIFF 2018InterviewsDocumentaryAustralian Films67th MIFF
The director of the MIFF Premiere Fund supported documentary The Eulogy spoke to us about how she became interested in the work of Geoffrey Tozer, and what it was like to work with the big personalities of Paul Keating and Richard Gill.
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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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 “It’s Really Worth Watching a Whole Range of Cinema”: An Interview with Wendall Thomas

“It’s Really Worth Watching a Whole Range of Cinema”: An Interview with Wendall Thomas

August 16th 2017 | Seminars and MasterclassesMIFF 2017InterviewsCritics Campus66th MIFF
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.
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The Ashes of a Medium: Anocha Suwichakornpong on the Death and Resurrection of Film

The Ashes of a Medium: Anocha Suwichakornpong on the Death and Resurrection of Film

August 15th 2017 | 66th MIFFCritics CampusInterviewsMIFF 2017Women Filmmakers
MIFF2017 Critics Campus participant Kai Perrignon speaks to Thai director Anocha Suwichakornpong about her film By the Time it Gets Dark
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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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Q&A with Jungle director Greg McLean

Q&A with Jungle director Greg McLean

June 28th 2017 | World PremiereSpecial EventsMIFF Premiere FundMIFF 2017InterviewsFestival GuestsAustralian Films66th MIFF
Greg McLean, director of Opening Night film Jungle answers a few questions about the wild shoot for the film, and returning to MIFF 12 years after his debut feature Wolf Creek screened.
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