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2011 Melbourne International Film Festival

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Meet MIFF's new artistic director

Like many Melbournians at this time of year, Michelle Carey has a well-thumbed copy of the Melbourne International Film Festival program. The difference is that the numerous red ink markings that appear in Carey's guide as a form of cinematic shorthand denote the films that the event's Artistic Director hasn't yet seen. For most festival goers the program is a welcome aid, but for Carey it's the physical realisation of almost a year's work... Read more

OPENING NIGHT FILM

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The Fairy

(Belgium/France)

Directors: Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel, Bruno Romy

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CLOSING NIGHT FILM

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Drive

(US)

Director: Nicholas Winding Refn

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INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA

Melancholia

(Denmark/Sweden) Director: Lars Von Trier Read synopsis

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Outside Satan

(France)

Director: Bruno Dumont

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Le Havre

(France/Finland/Germany)

Director: Aki Kaurismaki

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A Separation (Iran/France)

Director: Asghar Farhadi

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The Guard (Ireland)

Director: John Michael McDonagh

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Intimate Grammar

(Israel)

Director: Nir Bergman

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Beginners

(US)

Director: Mike Mills
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Silent Souls

(Russia)

Director: Aleksei Fedorchenko

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Jane Eyre

(UK)

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga

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Submarine

(UK)

Director: Richard Ayoade

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Tyrannosaur

(UK)

Director: Paddy Considine

Neds (UK/France/Italy)

Director: Peter Mullan

A Useful Life

(Uruguay)

Director: Louis Garrel

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Terri (US)

Director: Azazel Jacobs

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The Forgiveness of Blood

(US/Albania/Denmark/Italy)

Director: Joshua Marston

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Win Win

(US)

Director: Tom McCarthy

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Martha Marcy May Marlene

(US)

Director: Sean Durkin

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Tiny Furniture (US) Director: Lena Dunham Read synopsis and review Take Shelter

(US)

Director: Jeff Nichols

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The Future

(US/Germany)

Director: Miranda July

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Circumstance

(Iran/US)

Director: Maryam Keshavarz

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Another Earth (US)

Director: Mike Cahill

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Our Idiot Brother (US)

Director: Jesse Peretz

The Kid With A Bike

(Belgium/France/Italy)

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

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You Are Here

(Canada)

Director: Daniel Cockburn

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Michael

(Austria)

Director: Markus Schleinzer

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Attenberg (pictured, top)

(Greece)

Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari

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Finisterrae

(Spain)

Director: Sergio Caballero

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AUSTRALIAN SHOWCASE

33 Postcards (Australia/China)

Director: Pauline Chan

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Face To Face

(Australia)

Director: Michael Rymer

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Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure

(Australia)

Director: Matthew Bate

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Red Dog

(Australia)

Director: Kriv Stenders

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The Eye of the Storm (Australia)

Director: Fred Schepisi

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Toomelah

(Australia)

Director: Ivan Sen
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Life In Movement (Australia)

Directors: Bryan Mason, Sophie Hyde

My Wedding and Other Secrets

(Australia)

Director: Roseanne Liang

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X

(Australia)

Director: Jon Hewitt

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ACCENT ON ASIA

Outrage (Japan)

Director: Takeshe Kitano

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13 Assassins

(Japan)

Director: Takashi Miike

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Norwegian Wood

(Japan)

Director: Tran Anh Hung

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The Day He Arrives

(South Korea)

Director: Hong Sang-Soo

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CRIME SCENE

Polisse

(France)

Director: Maiwenn

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Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

(Turkey/Bosnia Herzegovina)

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

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THIS SPORTING LIFE

Boxing Gym (US) Director: Frederick Wiseman

Knuckle (Ireland) Director: Ian Palmer Read review and synopsis Senna (UK) Director: Asif Kapadia

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DOCUMENTARIES

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

(Canada/US/France/Germany/UK)

Director: Werner Herzog

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Armadillo (Denmark)

Director: Janus Mertz

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Tabloid (US)

Director: Errol Morris
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Project Nim

(US)

Director: James Marsh

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POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

(US)

Director: Morgan Spurlock

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BACKBEAT LennoNYC

(US) Director: Michael Epstein

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PRIME TIME

The Mysteries of Lisbon (Portugal/France)

Director: Raul Ruiz

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