Meet MIFF Ambassador Megan Hajjar
Measure for Measure star Megan Hajjar joins our MIFF Ambassadors in 2019 – find out more...
22 Jul 2019
Meet MIFF Ambassador Rone
Rone is a Melbourne-based artist who joins us for the first time as a MIFF Ambassador this year.
22 Jul 2019
Meet MIFF Ambassador Gyton Grantley
Actor Gyton Grantley is one of our 2019 MIFF Ambassadors. Find out what he's looking forward to seeing at this year's festival, and more.
22 Jul 2019
Meet MIFF Ambassador Anna McGahan
Get to know actor and author Anna McGahan, one of our 2019 MIFF Ambassadors
18 Jul 2019
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks – Q&A with director Serge Ou
Serge Ou's film Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks is the wild story of how the way of the dragon became a global phenomenon. Here talks to MIFF about the kung-fu genre's global appeal, its problematic and progressive histories, Australia's small but important place in kung-fu cinema and much more.
MIFF Staff
11 Jul 2019
Buoyancy – Q&A with director Rodd Rathjen
Making his feature debut after several short films, Accelerator Lab alumnus Rodd Rathjen combines an edge-of-your-seat, high-seas thriller with the stark reality of the modern-day slave trade in Buoyancy. He spoke with MIFF about bringing this important story to global audiences.
MIFF Staff
10 Jul 2019
Peter Strickland Presents: Influences and Inspirations
In celebration of singular British director Peter Strickland’s newest work of art, In Fabric, MIFF is proud to present a retrospective of his feature films accompanied by a mini program of shorts and features that have inspired the director – selected by Strickland himself especially for MIFF audiences.
10 Jul 2019
H is for Happiness – Q&A director John Sheedy
We sat down with MIFF Accelerator Lab alumnus John Sheedy, director of the MIFF 2017 Best Australian Short Film Mrs McCutcheon and this year's Family Gala film, the sunny and buoyant coming-of-age tale, H is for Happiness.
MIFF Staff
09 Jul 2019
Below – Q+A with director Maziar Lahooti
Starring Ryan Corr and Anthony LaPaglia, Below is a pitch-black comedy that dances a fine line between satire and hard-hitting truths about the global refugee crisis and the conditions in detention. We asked director Maziar Lahooti why he wanted to make this film, and how he hopes audiences will react.
08 Jul 2019
No Time for Quiet – Q&A with directors Hylton Shaw & Samantha Dinning
No Time for Quiet directors Hylton Shaw & Samantha Dinning discuss making their film with an all-female cast and crew, the benefits of music for people living with mental illness and the importance of representation.
MIFF Staff
07 Jul 2019
A Family – Q&A with director Jayden Stevens
The feature-film debut from MIFF Accelerator Lab alumus Jayden Stevens, A Family is an offbeat comedy about a lonely man who hires actors to play his parents, brother and sister. We caught up with Stevens for a chat about shooting a film in a language you don't speak and creating a showcase of the bizarre and the unfamiliar.
MIFF Staff
06 Jul 2019
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