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Revue
MIFF Talks: Anonymous Club
Melbourne writer and critic Brodie Lancaster chats to Danny Cohen, director of the MIFF Premiere Fund-supported documentary Anonymous Club and musician Courtney Barnett.

MIFF Talks: Family Affair: Filmmakers Share Their Lives
Jason Di Rosso, host of ABC Radio National’s The Screen Show, speaks to three directors whose intimate films screened at MIFF 69, each shining a light on their own families – and therefore themselves.

MIFF Talks: Folk Heroes: Documenting Artists and Icons
A conversation with four filmmakers whose documentaries, which screened at MIFF 69, spotlight an individual who has carved out an influential career amid their own personal and professional struggles.

MIFF Talks: Queer Activism: From Life to Screen
A panel of filmmakers, academics and activists explore one of the prevalent documentary themes at MIFF 69: queer activism.

MIFF Talks: New Iranian Cinema
Bandar Band director Manijeh Hekmat discusses the films spotlighted in MIFF 69’s New Iranian Cinema strand and the rise of filmmaking in this region.

MIFF Talks: Consuming Culture: Pandemic Habits
A roundtable discussion dedicated to how we have – or haven’t – changed when it comes to watching, reading, and otherwise consuming film and media since the start of the pandemic.

MIFF Talks: Right Here, Right Now: Movements & Activism on Screen
In this MIFF Talks event, a panel of filmmakers, screen practitioners and critics discuss what it’s like to try and capture current movements, protests and political shifts on both the big and small screens.

MIFF Talks: Art of the Score: The Film Music of Jóhann Jóhannsson
A live presentation of the film-soundtrack podcast Art of the Score, dissecting the work of composer Jóhann Jóhannsson (Arrival, Last and First Men).

MIFF Talks: Death in Brunswick (Table Read)
This special MIFF Talks event marks the 30th anniversary of Death in Brunswick with a digital reading of the film script, directed by John Sheedy and starring Paula Arundell, Daniel Henshall and John Leary.

MIFF Talks: Disability and Cinema – Beyond Representation
Drawing from disability scholars, activists and filmmakers, this panel considers the various ways people with disabilities are marginalised both on-screen and behind the scenes, to discuss the way forward and to celebrate the accomplishments of trailblazers paving the way for future generations.

MIFF Talks: Bruce Beresford In Conversation
Following the MIFF screening of the NFSA’s digital restoration of Bruce Beresford's 1991 Australian/Canadian co-production Black Robe, Bruce sits down for one-hour conversation about his extraordinary career.