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An Elephant Sitting Still – “The World Is A Barren Field”

An Elephant Sitting Still – “The World Is A Barren Field”

August 17th 2018 | MIFF 2018International Films67th MIFF
MIFF Programming intern River Jiang examines the beautiful tragedy of Hu Bo and An Elephant Sitting Still
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Landscapes of Trauma: An Interview with Miranda Nation, writer and director of Undertow

Landscapes of Trauma: An Interview with Miranda Nation, writer and director of Undertow

August 17th 2018 | Women FilmmakersMIFF Premiere FundMIFF 2018InterviewsCritics CampusAustralian Films67th MIFF
MIFF 2018 Critics Campus participant Eliza Janssen interviews the writer/director of the MIFF Premiere Fund-supported Undertow, Miranda Nation.
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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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Burning and the adaptations of Haruki Murakami

Burning and the adaptations of Haruki Murakami

August 13th 2018 | Video EssayMIFF 2018HeadlinersFilm Criticism67th MIFF
MIFF 2018 Marketing Intern Claudia Biaggini takes us through Murakami's Barn Burning and the filmic adaptations of his works.
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Shoplifters, Four Ways

Shoplifters, Four Ways

August 10th 2018 | MIFF 2018International FilmsFilm CriticismCritics Campus67th MIFF
Four participants from this year's Critics Campus - Sam Harris, Eliza Janssen, Claire White, and James Waters - tackle Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters from four different perspectives.
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It’s Like He Was Never Really Here:  How Lynne Ramsay Externalises Inner Trauma in You Were Never Really Here

It’s Like He Was Never Really Here: How Lynne Ramsay Externalises Inner Trauma in You Were Never Really Here

August 10th 2018 | Women FilmmakersMIFF 2018Film CriticismCritics Campus67th MIFF
MIFF2018 Critics Campus participant Debbie Zhou considers Lynne Ramsay's breathtaking You Were Never Really Here through the lens of her previous films.
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Four Ways

The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Four Ways

August 10th 2018 |
Desiree Akhavan's The Miseducation of Cameron Post is approached from four different perspectives by MIFF2018 Critics Campus participants Ivana Brehas, Debbie Zhou, Valerie Ng, and André Shannon.
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Bodied: Look What You Made Joseph Kahn Do

Bodied: Look What You Made Joseph Kahn Do

August 9th 2018 | MIFF 2018Film CriticismCritics Campus67th MIFF
MIFF2018 participant Sam Harris celebrates the work of Joseph Kahn through the release of his latest feature, Bodied.
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Third Wave Nicolas Cage

Third Wave Nicolas Cage

August 9th 2018 | 67th MIFFCritics CampusFilm CriticismMIFF 2018
MIFF2018 participant Eliza Janssen braves the wild, weird world of Nicolas Cage in anticipation of the upcoming Cage-A-Thon!
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