Melbourne International Film Festival

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MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
25 July - 10 August 2008

The 2008 Melbourne International Film Festival will screen over 300 films, including 10 World Premieres and a number of prize-winning films from world class festivals, including a record 29 films from Cannes.
The program will once again feature the work of world-renowned filmmakers, and more than a couple of unknown gems, in its popular Homegrown and Neighbourhood Watch, International Panorama, Backbeat, Animation Gallery, Next Gen, Forbidden Pleasures, Africa! Africa! and Documentaries series. The most highly regarded short film competition in the Asia Pacific, Best MIFF shorts, screens approximately 100 short films, competing for prize money of AUD$35,000.

PROGRAM OUT FRIDAY 11TH JULY 2008

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Film fans, other film festivals, film makers. Any one who likes films!
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My Blog

Buzz films and Epithets

Posted by Nick on Jul 26, 2007The ability of a film to attract and hold an epithet or nickname is a key factor in building hype. Such a film will always be more discussed than the film that is, for ex...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:29:00 GMT

A Capsule Review of 600-word Reviews

Posted by Nick on Jun 14, 2007No debate will be entered into, no issues turned over and no substantive critique proffered. No space, apparently. No matter how talented the reviewer, or how great the f...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:50:00 GMT

What We've Learnt From Art-house/World Cinema

Posted by Nick on May 21, 2007What We've Learnt From Art-house/World CinemaAn incomplete list / Initial notes 1. Secrets can never be kept; old men especially have dark secrets. They often involve s...
Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 17:28:00 GMT

Emerging sub-genres: a slanted survey of new cinema

Posted by Nick on Apr 2, 2007It's a zeitgeist thing. Among the thousands of films made each year, inevitably significant themes will emerge, as will groups of films with common preoccupations. It's im...
Posted by on Tue, 15 May 2007 19:09:00 GMT