Join David Stratton in conversation with Australian auteur Paul Cox as they discuss his MIFF 2015 Opening Night film, Force of Destiny, and celebrate his achievements as one of Australia's most important filmmakers.

Paul Cox is an auteur of international acclaim and is one of Australia’s most prolific filmmakers with 47 features, shorts and documentaries to his name. Paul has been the recipient of numerous special tributes and retrospectives at film festivals across the world including a major retrospective at the Lincoln Centre in New York.

David Stratton co-hosted The Movie Show on SBS and At The Movies on ABC with Margaret Pomeranz for nearly three decades. He was Director of the Sydney Film Festival from 1966 until 1983. During this period he became particularly involved in the renaissance of Australian cinema, and the festival screened the world premieres of the first short and feature work of several key directors, including Peter Weir, Phillip Noyce, Fred Schepisi, Gillian Armstrong, Paul Cox, George Miller and others.