Festival Archive (1952–2023)

The MIFF online archive contains 70 past editions of the festival (1952–2022) for you to browse or search through. We hope the archive will be a resource used by festival-goers, film lovers, students, historians and whoever else would like to learn more about the types of films MIFF has screened over the years, or to track the trajectory of the festival’s curatorship, its directors and its scope.

You can search by festival year, film title, director or place of origin.

A big thank you to our MIFF volunteers and partners who have helped make this archive possible.

Please note: This archive is an ongoing body of work. With over 12,000 film synopses and more than 9000 directors’ names, there may appear a few typos here and there as our database comes to terms with special characters (my, there was a huge amount of Eastern European cinema screened at the festival back in the 60s!) and other items that need manual tweaking. Similarly, sometimes the credit information (director, year, etc.) isn’t available, so these fields may be left blank; we are slowly filling these in with further research. 

2020 - 2029
2023 Al Cossar
# 71
2022 Al Cossar
# 70
2021 Al Cossar
# 69
2020 Al Cossar
# 68.5
2010 - 2019
2019 Al Cossar
# 68
2018 Michelle Carey
# 67
2017
# 66
2016
# 65
2015
# 64
2014
# 63
2013
# 62
2012
# 61
2011
# 60
2010
# 59
2000 - 2009
# 58
2008 Richard Moore
# 57
2007
# 56
2006 James Hewison
# 55
2005 James Hewison
# 54
2004 James Hewison
# 53
2003 James Hewison
# 52
2002 James Hewison
# 51
2001 James Hewison
# 50
2000 Sandra Sdraulig
# 49
1990 - 1999
1999 Sandra Sdraulig
# 48
1998 Sandra Sdraulig
# 47
1997 Sandra Sdraulig
# 46
1996 Tait Brady
# 45
1995 Tait Brady
# 44
1994 Tait Brady
# 43
1993 Tait Brady
# 42
1992 Tait Brady
# 41
1991 Tait Brady
# 40
1990 Tait Brady
# 39
1980 - 1989
1989 Tait Brady
# 38
1988 Tait Brady
# 37
1987 Santina Musumeci
# 36
1986 Santina Musumeci
# 35
1985 Paul Coulter
# 34
1984 Paul Seto
# 33
1983 Mari Kuttna (Programme Director), Erwin Rado (Acting Director)
# 32
1982 Geoff Gardner
# 31
1981 Geoff Gardner
# 30
1980 Geoff Gardner
# 29
1970 - 1979
1979 Erwin Rado
# 28
1978 Erwin Rado
# 27
1977 Erwin Rado
# 26
1976 Erwin Rado
# 25
1975 Erwin Rado
# 24
1974 Erwin Rado
# 23
1973 Erwin Rado
# 22
1972 Erwin Rado
# 21
1971 Erwin Rado
# 20
1970 Erwin Rado
# 19
1960 - 1969
1969 Erwin Rado
# 18
1968 Erwin Rado
# 17
1967 Erwin Rado
# 16
1966 Erwin Rado
# 15
1965 Erwin Rado
# 14
1964 Erwin Rado
# 13
1963 Erwin Rado
# 12
1962 Erwin Rado
# 11
1961 Erwin Rado
# 10
1960 Erwin Rado
# 9
1950 - 1959
1959 Erwin Rado
# 8
1958 Erwin Rado
# 7
1957 Erwin Rado
# 6
1956 Organising Committee
# 5
1955 Organising Committee
# 4
1954 Organising Committee
# 3
1953 Organising Committee
# 2
1952 Organising Committee
# 1