Revue

Program Manager Mia Falstein-Rush revisits her fantastically frenzied time at SXSW 2023.

Programmer Kate Fitzpatrick muses on the cinematic highlights of Berlinale 2023.

Coinciding with the theatrical release of the MIFF Premiere Fund–supported Of an Age, Stephen A Russell speaks to director Goran Stolevski about inspiration, casting and capturing intimacy, as seen in his masterful MIFF 70 festival opener.

We speak to Debbie Zhou and Jessica Kiang about their experiences as mentee and mentor, respectively, during MIFF 2018’s Critics Campus.

Artistic Director Al Cossar reports from Sundance Film Festival 2023.

Programmer Kate Jinx reports from Film Bazaar 2023 in Goa, India.

Programmer Kate Fitzpatrick reports from International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023.

Critics Campus participant James Walsh speaks to The Home Song Stories director Tony Ayres about exposing the personal, the power of storytelling and what’s next for the screen.

Critics Campus participant Lamya Nawar speaks to Hannah Barlow about self-awareness, self-forgiveness, and the power and perils of social media, as tackled in the pop-horror film Sissy.

Critics Campus participant Digby Houghton speaks to Senses of Cinema co-director John Hughes about subversion, collective filmmaking and historiography.