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A Life Unsaved: an Interview with Sotiris Dounoukos
In the final Critics Campus 2016 article, participant Doosie Morris talks true crime, vulnerability, and community with Joe Cinque’s Consolation director Sotiris Dounoukos.
Movements in the Desert: an Interview with Celia Rowlson-Hall
Critics Campus 2016 participant Jessica Ellicott discusses virtuous women, the language of dance, and wanting to be Jesus with Ma director Celia Rowlson-Hall.
Aquarius, Four Ways
Critics Campus 2016 participants Aimee Knight, Tanya Farley, Isabella McNeill, and Ella Donald review Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Aquarius.
Emotional Mapping: an Interview with Kim A Snyder
Critics Campus 2016 participant Isabella McNeill talks tragedy, trauma, and recovery with Newtown director Kim A Snyder.
Show You the World: an Interview with Roger Ross Williams
Critics Campus 2016 participant Aimee Knight chats with Life, Animated director Roger Ross Williams about Disney, autism, and diversity.
MIFF 2016 Talking Pictures | What next, Cinephilia? | Highlight Clip
David Jenkins from Little White Lies on how forms of film criticism are evolving.
Searching for Monsieur Mayonnaise: a Conversation with Trevor Graham and Philippe Mora
Critics Campus 2016 participant Andréas Giannopoulos discusses humour, hummus and the Holocaust with Monsieur Mayonnaise filmmakers Trevor Graham and Philippe Mora.
Documentary vs Fiction
Would you rather watch a documentary about an extraordinary historical event, or a fictionalised telling? Thanks to some fortuitous programming, this...
The Low Down on Down Under: An Interview with Abe Forsythe
Critics Campus 2016 participant Tanya Farley grills director Abe Forsythe about his comedic skewering of the 2005 Cronulla riots, Down Under.
HOW TO KNOW YOU’RE IN A HONG SANG-SOO FILM
Posted by Hayley Inch Everyone you know is a former famous film director who is having a crisis over their work, or has retreated into academia. Eve...
Pulling Back the Veil: an Interview with The Family Director Rosie Jones
Critics Campus 2016 participant Dominic Barlow speaks to documentary filmmaker Rosie Jones about the secretive life of Melbourne cult leader Anne Hamilton-Byrne and The Family.