MIFF 2014: the carnival is over

Beneath the glums, Melbourne always claims a certain grandeur. That spirit surely lives on in MIFF. The scale is the thing.

18 Aug 2014 12:00

David Tiley

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The Melbourne Exhibition in 1880.

MIFF 2014 ended last weekend in a flurry of extra screenings, leaving disconsolate festival goers to plunge back into reality on the glum concrete of Swanston Street.

It really was a sad event. With a seventeen day festival, patrons can make the festival part of their daily lives, rather than the intense gutzing rush of the shorter festivals.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.