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Revue
Patience Pays Off: The Rewards of Tsai Ming-Liang’s Your Face
From the frontlines of the 2019 MIFF Critics Campus, participant Zach Karpinellison shares his reflections on Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-Liang's moving cinema experience Your Face.

Woman Under the Influence: An Interview with Alia Shawkat
2018 Critics Campus participant Sam Harris spoke to Alia Shawkat about autobiographical art, the influence of John Cassavetes in her work, and future projects.

Beyond the Boundary: An Interview with The Merger director Mark Grentell
MIFF Critics Campus participant Claire White talks to director Mark Grentell about The Merger.

Uncompromising Voices: An Interview with Leave No Trace Director Debra Granik
Critics Campus participant Debbie Zhou sits down for a conversation with Leave No Trace director Debra Granik at MIFF 2018.

What the dreaming doing is what the dreaming does: a conversation with the Karrabing Film Collective
James Waters sat down with Elizabeth Povinelli, Linda Yarrowin and Cecilia Lewis of the Karrabing Film Collective discuss filmmaking, developing a collective voice and censoring swear words!

Not that Kind of Asian Girl: An Interview with director Hyun Lee
MIFF 2018 Critics Campus participant André Shannon speaks with Hyun Lee, director of the short film Asian Girls screening in the WTF Shorts package.

The Mystery of the Opal: An Interview with Strange Colours director Alena Lodkina
MIFF Critics Campus intern Faith Everard speaks with Strange Colours director Alena Lodkina.

Landscapes of Trauma: An Interview with Miranda Nation, writer and director of Undertow
MIFF 2018 Critics Campus participant Eliza Janssen interviews the writer/director of the MIFF Premiere Fund-supported Undertow, Miranda Nation.

The Art of the Documentary: An Interview with Pietra Brettkelly
2018 Critics Campus participant Valerie Ng spoke to Yellow is Forbidden director Pietra Brettkelly about her artistic process, and the responsibility of being a documentary filmmaker.

Fool's Goal: An interview with Damsel co-director and actor David Zellner
MIFF 2018 Critics Campus participant Ivana Brehas caught up with festival guest David Zellner to discuss the goofy, contemporary Western, Damsel.

Shoplifters, Four Ways
Four participants from this year's Critics Campus - Sam Harris, Eliza Janssen, Claire White, and James Waters - tackle Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters from four different perspectives.