To a Land Unknown
Acclaimed documentarian Mahdi Fleifel makes his fiction debut with a Midnight Cowboy–inspired Palestinian refugee story.
Read more →Back From the Ink: Restored Animated Shorts
A collaboration between Seth MacFarlane and Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation, this restoration unearths lost classics from animation’s Golden Age.
Read more →International Shorts 1
An awarded and acclaimed cornucopia from directors known and new.
Read more →International Shorts 2
Remarkable short-form favourites from Cannes, Berlin, Tribeca and more.
Read more →Experimental Shorts
Unconventional cinema that tests the boundaries of form and function.
Read more →Golden Age of Iranian Animation, 1965-77
A showcase of Iranian animation, from the early efforts of Western-educated filmmakers to award-winning shorts produced by government agencies.
Read more →Documentary Shorts
Far-reaching, resonating subjects pulled from various corners of the world.
Read more →Accelerator Shorts 1
Bold works from emerging Australian and New Zealand filmmakers.
Read more →Some Rain Must Fall
This Berlinale award-winning domestic noir is the arresting first feature from Melbourne-trained Short Film Palme d’Or winner Qiu Yang.
Read more →Animation Shorts
Forms collide in this assorted collection of visual storytelling.
Read more →The Moogai
Jon Bell expands his MIFF 2020 Best Australian Short Film winner into a feature-length horror steeped in the trauma of the Stolen Generations.
Read more →Best MIFF Shorts
A collection of the best short films from the festival, as chosen by the MIFF Shorts Awards jury and the MIFF Shorts programmers.
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