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Revue
What the dreaming doing is what the dreaming does: a conversation with the Karrabing Film Collective
James Waters sat down with Elizabeth Povinelli, Linda Yarrowin and Cecilia Lewis of the Karrabing Film Collective discuss filmmaking, developing a collective voice and censoring swear words!
Not that Kind of Asian Girl: An Interview with director Hyun Lee
MIFF 2018 Critics Campus participant André Shannon speaks with Hyun Lee, director of the short film Asian Girls screening in the WTF Shorts package.
The Mystery of the Opal: An Interview with Strange Colours director Alena Lodkina
MIFF Critics Campus intern Faith Everard speaks with Strange Colours director Alena Lodkina.
Landscapes of Trauma: An Interview with Miranda Nation, writer and director of Undertow
MIFF 2018 Critics Campus participant Eliza Janssen interviews the writer/director of the MIFF Premiere Fund-supported Undertow, Miranda Nation.
The Art of the Documentary: An Interview with Pietra Brettkelly
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.
Fool's Goal: An interview with Damsel co-director and actor David Zellner
MIFF 2018 Critics Campus participant Ivana Brehas caught up with festival guest David Zellner to discuss the goofy, contemporary Western, Damsel.
Shoplifters, Four Ways
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.
It’s Like He Was Never Really Here: How Lynne Ramsay Externalises Inner Trauma in You Were Never Really Here
MIFF2018 Critics Campus participant Debbie Zhou considers Lynne Ramsay's breathtaking You Were Never Really Here through the lens of her previous films.
Bodied: Look What You Made Joseph Kahn Do
MIFF2018 participant Sam Harris celebrates the work of Joseph Kahn through the release of his latest feature, Bodied.
Third Wave Nicolas Cage
MIFF2018 participant Eliza Janssen braves the wild, weird world of Nicolas Cage in anticipation of the upcoming Cage-A-Thon!
Like How I Pictured It: Fangirls and the Enduring Power of the Boyband
From the sweaty front row of the MIFF2018 Critics Campus, participant Ivana Brehas writes about Jessica Leski’s I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story