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Director Jafar Panahi.

From prison to the Palme d’Or: Jafar Panahi’s defiant message to the world

Iranian director Jafar Panahi said seeing his secretly made film with an audience after 15 years was the most exciting liberty.

  • Stephanie Bunbury

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John Clarke pictured in 2007.

‘I didn’t want to’: How John Clarke’s daughter surprised herself with a doco about her dad

Lorin Clarke had no desire to make a movie about her father – until she heard that a bunch of other filmmakers did, and they had it all wrong.

  • Karl Quinn
Universal Language co-writers Ila Firouzabadi (left) and Matthew Rankin.

What would you do if you won $140,000? These filmmakers already know

A movie set in Canada that’s a tribute to Iranian cinema has taken out Australia’s richest film prize, a competition for first- and second-time filmmakers.

  • Karl Quinn
David Lowery

He used to sleep in his car. Now he’s judging Australia’s richest film prize

Hollywood director David Lowery knows what it’s like to struggle, which is why he loves the idea of giving away $140,000 to a young filmmaker at the Melbourne International Film Festival.

  • Karl Quinn
Deborah L. Scott has designed costumes for E.T. and Titanic, but it’s the Avatar films that have really stretched her boundaries.

How Avatar’s Oscar-winning costume designer blends physics and fashion

Deborah L. Scott has worked on the biggest films in the world, including E.T. and Titanic. But it’s the Avatar movies that have truly pushed her boundaries.

  • Nell Geraets
Ava Godrey is one of the skateboarding stars of Queens of the Concrete. She is pictured with documentary maker Eliza Cox at Riverslide park by the Yarra.

Queens of Concrete: Life after the Olympic skateboarding dream

Australian Arisa Trew triumphed with a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, but the journey for girls in skateboarding isn’t straightforward, as a new film shows.

  • Cara Waters
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Special effects artist Steve Boyle in his workshop in Brisbane.

Meet the master of monsters as he embarks on his biggest challenge yet

He has created grisly monsters for The Hobbit and The Portable Door, but now Australian Steve Boyle is taking up the scariest post of all: directing.

  • Nell Geraets

Why MIFF’s hottest films this year might also be the oldest

Does cinema’s future lie in its past? The popularity of retrospective screenings would suggest so.

  • Jordan Prosser
Sarah Snook has become one of Australia’s most recognisable talents thanks to Succession.

Sarah Snook on the quirky project that brought her back home

With an Emmy and an Olivier to her name, the last year has been big for Sarah Snook, but her latest project is especially close to home.

  • Karl Quinn

‘Lydia Tar meets tarot reader’: how this film curator describes her style

Kate Jinx also reveals which movie shaped her fashion style from a young age.

  • Georgie Gordon

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