MIFF 1994

Tait Brady
#43

Festival Program
100 feature films and 181 short films were screened from 2 June to 17 June
Full Program

Program in Focus
The 43rd MIFF program continued a focus on regional cinema, this year looking at Indonesia, as well as Architecture and Design, Environmental and Science films. Documentaries featured strongly, also as retrospective screenings. A focus on animation, featured a tribute to the films of Wladyslaw Starewicz, Tim Burton and the Aardman Animations studio in Bristol. 

Filmmaker in Focus
Prince Chatri. A retrospective of the filmmaker's work was screened.
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Opening Night Film
Muriel's Wedding (P J Hogan)
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Films

BACK TO BACK, FACE TO FACE

Bei Dui Bei, Lian Dui Lian
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Black Spot in the Desert

Ketem Shachor Bmidbar
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By the Lake

Au Bord Du Lac
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UK
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Manila Child

Anak Maynila
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THE TUNNEL

De Tunnel
Director Dree Andrea
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Wings of Shadow

Les Ailes De L'Ombre
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From the Festival Files

Making the Festival

The Melbourne Film Festival began as the idea of a few passionate individuals. A sub-committee, formed from delegates to the 1951 Australian Council of Film Societies film weekend, suggested that a small festival of films in the tourist town of Olinda should be held in 1952. The resulting festival was a testament to the do-it-yourself initiative of the Olinda festival committee. As some 800 festiv …

The Living Festival

What would a festival be without its audience? There wouldn’t be a festival at all! … People are the beating heart of MIFF. It was the coming together of some 800 people in Olinda in 1952 that gave birth to the Melbourne Film Festival. Since that unanticipated outpouring of community love for film, MIFF has become an annual gathering space for film enthusiasts and the cine-curious from Melbourne …