Film inspired by Daniel Morcombe manhunt to lead 70th Melbourne Film Festival

Film inspired by Daniel Morcombe manhunt to lead 70th Melbourne Film Festival

A chilling story inspired by the hunt for the killer of 13-year-old Daniel Morcombe is one of the highlights in a historic program.

  • byKarl Quinn

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‘I think she would have liked it’:Trauma Cleaner doco set to debut in Melbourne

‘I think she would have liked it’:Trauma Cleaner doco set to debut in Melbourne

The Trauma Cleaner took Sandra Pankhurst’s extraordinary tale to the world in 2017,and now a documentary puts it on screen. But she won’t be there to see it.

  • byKarl Quinn
Melbourne launches $140k best film prize in bid for global spotlight

Melbourne launches $140k best film prize in bid for global spotlight

To mark its 70th year,the Melbourne International Film Festival has launched a $140,000 Best Film prize that’s the equal of anything the world has to offer.

  • byKarl Quinn
‘It stings’:MIFF forced to cancel in-cinema program and go online only

‘It stings’:MIFF forced to cancel in-cinema program and go online only

Melbourne’s sixth lockdown has forced the Melbourne International Film Festival to abandon its plans for an in-cinema and drive-in program.

  • byKarl Quinn
The tragedy of cinema’s ‘most beautiful boy’

The tragedy of cinema’s ‘most beautiful boy’

Bjorn Andresen’s life was already troubled when Luchino Visconti cast him in Death in Venice. A documentary showing at MIFF charts the film’s painful aftermath.

  • byChris Harvey
After 50 years,Peter Tatchell still has plenty to fight for

After 50 years,Peter Tatchell still has plenty to fight for

There’s a long list of people who hate the former Mount Waverley boy and it doesn’t bother him a jot.

  • byStephanie Bunbury
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Film festival gems worth mining if you’re stuck on the couch

Film festival gems worth mining if you’re stuck on the couch

Melbourne International Film Festival includes an online cinema:here are our expert’s picks of the best of what’s on offer.

  • byStephanie Bunbury
Melbourne Film Festival flips virtual and cinema programs to beat COVID

Melbourne Film Festival flips virtual and cinema programs to beat COVID

Just days out from its planned opening night,MIFF has had to reorient its program,while hoping attendance caps lift by August 12.

  • byKarl Quinn
Jojo Rabbit star says Justice of Bunny King is the story of many women

Jojo Rabbit star says Justice of Bunny King is the story of many women

The young NZ star of this gritty tale has caught the eye of directors such as Jane Campion and M. Night Shyamalan.

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Actor Rob Collins:‘There’s a thirst for seeing First Nations people on screen’

Actor Rob Collins:‘There’s a thirst for seeing First Nations people on screen’

The Logie Award-winning actor discusses change coming too slowly for Indigenous mortality rates,representation and diversity and show business,and why he doesn’t view himself as rich.

  • byBenjamin Law
‘I was kind of a boy for a long time’:Tilda Swinton on fluidity and her ‘mistaken’ career

‘I was kind of a boy for a long time’:Tilda Swinton on fluidity and her ‘mistaken’ career

The dazzling star of Memoria planned to be a poet,but those film offers kept coming.

  • byStephanie Bunbury