Annemarie Jacir on reclamation and telling hidden histories in Palestine 36
All the details of how to control and occupy a people are placed from that (British colonial) moment. The British were experts at it by the time they came to Palestine.…
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Producer Blayke Hoffman on the importance of listening to women with the impactful documentary Silenced
Documentarian Selina Miles has crafted a filmography that gives space to women's voices and stories. From her debut feature, Martha: A Picture Story, which took us into the world of street art, to…
Sophy Romvari on the unreliability of memory in Blue Heron and merging fiction and documentary
I feel very strongly that we are when you are given the opportunity to make a film, you get to build your own world around it, and you get to build the environment that you shoot in, and I think I feel that I think that because I did that, it impacted the outcome of the film.…
Paloma Schneideman on staying true to her instincts
Instinctually, you know what you know. No one really knows the film better than you. I mean, there are logistical things that people know better, and there are technical things that people know better. But there's no one who knows the chain of importance around the storytelling better than yourself.…
Arlo Cook & Ness Thornton the ten year journey to bringing Jebediah: Are We Ok? to life on screen
When I think of the sounds of Western Australia, the licks of Wide Open Road by the Triffids hits my mind, or maybe The Waifs yearning to be back in London, or occasionally it'll be a wistful memo…
Kiyoshi Kurosawa and power of the unseen
The legendary Japanese director brings the art of suggestion to jidaigeki with The Samurai and the Prisoner, a murder mystery set inside a besieged 16th-century castle. Kiyoshi Kurosawa has spent for…
Violence on the Ice: Isaac Elliott on the intensity of his para ice hockey doc Hard as Puck
Broken bones. Smashed egos. Bruised bodies. That's what players of the intense sport of para ice hockey can expect when they strap themselves into the sled and skate out onto the ice, sharp paddl…
“I’m much more interested in filming sex than in violence.” Lukas Dhont on making Coward
Coward screens at the Melbourne International Film Festival on 15, 20, 22 August 2026. Tickets are available here: CowardLukas Dhont’s stirring latest film – which won its leads a pair of Best Actor…
Tony Jones on embedding empathy in the animal testing documentary Sentient
At the dawn of his career, Tony Jones filmed Four Corners documentaries like Frozen Asset alongside producer Martin Butler. Now, for the first time in decades, Tony steps back into the world of docume…
James Hunter & Lucy Lovegrove on building the atmospheric horror film The Latcher
James Hunter is no stranger to the Melbourne International Film Festival, having participated in the MIFF Accelerator Lab for his short film Nest (2021). He now returns to MIFF with his feature film d…
A New York story: Ira Sachs on The Man I Love
Ira Sachs The Man I Love screens at the Melbourne International Film Festival on 8, 16, & 23 August 2026. Tickets are available here: The Man I LoveRami Malek captivates as an HIV-positive man wh…
David and Liani Greaves on the party, the poetry, and finishing a father's film: Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Few forces have shaped global culture more than the creative explosion that came out of the collision of African and American life in New York City in the twentieth century. Tracing it back to a singl…