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
The Fairy
(Belgium/France)
Directors: Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel, Bruno Romy
CLOSING NIGHT FILM
Drive
(US)
Director: Nicholas Winding Refn
Watch interview with Ryan Gosling and Nicholas Winding Refn
INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA
Melancholia
(Denmark/Sweden) Director: Lars Von Trier Read synopsis
Outside Satan
(France)
Director: Bruno Dumont
Le Havre
(France/Finland/Germany)
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
A Separation (Iran/France)
Director: Asghar Farhadi
The Guard (Ireland)
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Intimate Grammar
(Israel)
Director: Nir Bergman
Watch interview with writer/director Nir Bergman
Beginners
(US)
Director: Mike Mills
Read review and synopsis
Silent Souls
(Russia)
Director: Aleksei Fedorchenko
Jane Eyre
(UK)
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Submarine
(UK)
Director: Richard Ayoade
Tyrannosaur
(UK)
Director: Paddy Considine
Neds (UK/France/Italy)
Director: Peter Mullan
A Useful Life
(Uruguay)
Director: Louis Garrel
Terri (US)
Director: Azazel Jacobs
The Forgiveness of Blood
(US/Albania/Denmark/Italy)
Director: Joshua Marston
Win Win
(US)
Director: Tom McCarthy
Martha Marcy May Marlene
(US)
Director: Sean Durkin
Tiny Furniture (US) Director: Lena Dunham Read synopsis and review Take Shelter
(US)
Director: Jeff Nichols
Watch interview with Jessica Chastain
The Future
(US/Germany)
Director: Miranda July
Watch interview with director/star Miranda July
Circumstance
(Iran/US)
Director: Maryam Keshavarz
Another Earth (US)
Director: Mike Cahill
Our Idiot Brother (US)
Director: Jesse Peretz
The Kid With A Bike
(Belgium/France/Italy)
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
You Are Here
(Canada)
Director: Daniel Cockburn
Read synopsis and review TELESCOPE
Michael
(Austria)
Director: Markus Schleinzer
Attenberg (pictured, top)
(Greece)
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari
Finisterrae
(Spain)
Director: Sergio Caballero
AUSTRALIAN SHOWCASE
33 Postcards (Australia/China)
Director: Pauline Chan
Read review and synopsis
Watch interview with writer/director Pauline Chan
Face To Face
(Australia)
Director: Michael Rymer
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
(Australia)
Director: Matthew Bate
Watch interview with director Matthew Bate
Red Dog
(Australia)
Director: Kriv Stenders
Read interview with director Kriv Stenders
The Eye of the Storm (Australia)
Director: Fred Schepisi
Toomelah
(Australia)
Director: Ivan Sen
Read review and synopsis
Watch interview with writer/director Ivan Sen
Life In Movement (Australia)
Directors: Bryan Mason, Sophie Hyde
My Wedding and Other Secrets
(Australia)
Director: Roseanne Liang
Read interview with writer/director Roseanne Liang
X
(Australia)
Director: Jon Hewitt
ACCENT ON ASIA
Outrage (Japan)
Director: Takeshe Kitano
13 Assassins
(Japan)
Director: Takashi Miike
Norwegian Wood
(Japan)
Director: Tran Anh Hung
The Day He Arrives
(South Korea)
Director: Hong Sang-Soo
CRIME SCENE
Polisse
(France)
Director: Maiwenn
Read synopsis
Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
(Turkey/Bosnia Herzegovina)
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Read synopsis
THIS SPORTING LIFE
Boxing Gym (US) Director: Frederick Wiseman
Knuckle (Ireland) Director: Ian Palmer Read review and synopsis Senna (UK) Director: Asif Kapadia
DOCUMENTARIES
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
(Canada/US/France/Germany/UK)
Director: Werner Herzog
Armadillo (Denmark)
Director: Janus Mertz
Tabloid (US)
Director: Errol Morris
Read review and synopsis
Project Nim
(US)
Director: James Marsh
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
(US)
Director: Morgan Spurlock
BACKBEAT LennoNYC
(US) Director: Michael Epstein
Read interview with director Michael Epstein
PRIME TIME
The Mysteries of Lisbon (Portugal/France)
Director: Raul Ruiz
