Program

Africa & Middle East

Be swept up by MIFF 2024’s stories from Africa and the Middle East, spanning the contemporary experience across the region.

Asia Pacific

Dive into sweeping, splendid and spirit-lifting tales from across the Asia Pacific region, including the latest from festival faves Tsai Ming-liang and Hong Sang-soo; stories from New Zealand, Vietnam and Japan; and award-winners from the Berlinale and Cannes.

Australian

MIFF is the world’s largest showcase of exceptional Australian filmmaking. This scintillating line-up of the festival’s local fare tells the nation’s story through documentary, drama, comedy and innovative First Nations filmmaking.

Bright Horizons

MIFF’s film competition, Bright Horizons, recognises the new, the next, the breakthrough and the best, with an extraordinary international line-up of first- and second-time filmmakers competing for the Bright Horizons Award.

Documentaries

Truth is definitely stranger than fiction in the Documentaries strand, which presents – and probes – the many facets of real life. From famous and not-so-famous faces to spectacular and far-flung places, these films are inspiring, blood-boiling, entertaining, educational, emotional and true.

Europe & UK

Indulge in European cinema’s very best – from the latest by Agnieszka Holland, Víctor Erice and Olivier Assayas; to star turns from Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan; to the winners of the Teddy Jury Award, the Cannes Caméra d’Or and San Sebastián’s Golden Shell.

Experimentations

Expand your understanding of narrative filmmaking with these works that foreground their formal qualities and challenge with bold approaches to sound, sight and storytelling.

Family Films

Uplifting stories for the young and young-at-heart.

Food & Film

Melbourne’s best restaurants and bars are walking distance from MIFF. Fire up the group chat, book your cinema tickets and reserve a table for a fabulous meal and conversation.

Galas & Special Events

Roll out the red carpet and celebrate MIFF’s 72nd edition in style with these unmissable events.

Headliners

The most anticipated new works from some of the world’s most revered auteurs, presented alongside exciting new talents. See films from Francis Ford Coppola, Jia Zhang-ke, David Cronenberg and Mohammad Rasoulof, and starring Adam Driver, Cate Blanchett, Demi Moore and Sebastian Stan.

Iranian New Wave: 1962–79

Iranian New Wave: 1962–79 and the original film program it is based on are curated by Ehsan Khoshbakht, Codirector, Il Cinema Ritrovato, with Joshua Siegel, Curator, and La Frances Hui, Curator, Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Latin America

Travel to Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Mexico and beyond with MIFF’s selection of Latin American films, including a sex-hotel-set erotic thriller, poignant filial portraits and a reimagining of Sappho.

MIFF Online – Streaming via ACMI

Streaming Australia-wide via ACMI Cinema 3, MIFF’s digital offering has a limited selection of festival highlights, including new films and free short films, with select access services made available.

MIFF Regional

MIFF continues its commitment to meeting audiences where they are. The MIFF Regional program, supported by VicScreen, presents a selection of th is year’s most anticipated titles across eight cinemas in regional Victoria.

MIFF Schools

A program to enhance students’ cinema and language learning, intercultural understanding, and media-analysis skills – but also open to all learners, regardless of age, beyond the classroom.

MIFF Shorts

The much-loved MIFF Shorts program highlights the art of saying more with less. This year’s selection includes animation, documentary, experimental, and Australian and international fiction shorts.

MIFF Talks

Go beyond the screen and get closer to the themes, ideas and talent of the 2024 festival through MIFF’s engaging panel and conversation events.

MIFF XR

MIFF’s program of extended reality (XR) experiences – spanning virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) – rewrite the frontiers of storytelling through total audiovisual immersion. Add three or more XR session tickets to your cart to receive 15% off.

Music on Film

Always one of MIFF’s most popular programs, Music on Film presents a cine-sonic smorgasbord that thrusts the aural onto the big screen.

The Natural World

A special collection of nonfiction films that observe and dissect the intersections of humankind and nature.

Night Shift

MIFF rolls out the dark carpet for those tempted by the provocative and the unusual, and for lovers of the outlandish, creepy and weird things that go bump in the night.

North America

Enjoy North American storytelling, including tales of migration and revenge, coming of age and coming apart, as well as films starring Tilda Swinton, Jessica Chastain, Ilana Glazer and Jesse Eisenberg.

Restorations

A program of cinematic treasures, classics and curios, newly restored to their former glory – ready to be discovered or ripe for rediscovery.

Sports

A selection of films that capture the significance and adrenaline rush of athletic success.

Surprise Screenings

New films to surprise and delight, including the top titles from recent festivals! Ramp up your final MIFF weekend with these brand-new titles.

Yvonne Rainer: Autobiographical Fictions

A pioneer of the US avant-garde performance movement, Yvonne Rainer moved into filmmaking in 1972; by that time, she had become widely regarded as one...