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Burlesque is back!

Burlesque is back!

Lost, but never forgotten, the wonderful world of Burlesque is back. Our Head of Film Programs, Richard Sowada, shares his fascination with Burlesque culture in this confessional.

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Ooh La Mirada!

Ooh La Mirada!

As La Mirada takes off for 2011, ACMI speaks to the festival’s founder and director, Rocío García.

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MQFF: growing up and out

MQFF: growing up and out

Melbourne Queer Film Festival is turning 21, and this year it is showing more international films than ever before.

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The essential MIFF survival guide: Part Deux

The essential MIFF survival guide: Part Deux

As you assemble in the streets getting ready for the annual MIFF stampede, it’s essential that you read the final chapter in our survival guide (see Part 1). If you are among the foolhardy to get gored because you didn’t take our advice, well we have no sympathy for you.

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MIFF picks 2010

MIFF picks 2010

Why is it? You enjoyed all your festival picks, but those gems that everyone else saw and are raving about weren’t on your radar? “There was just too much good stuff”. “My brain fogged up so I went with anything starting with the letter ‘K’”. What you need this year is a little inside info.

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The essential MIFF survival guide

The essential MIFF survival guide

The doors are about to be flung open again on the Melbourne International Film Festival and as all serious festival-goers know, there is a silent code about what goes and what doesn’t.

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