MIFF Encores at ACMI

From Friday 9 to Sunday 11 October, MIFF and ACMI present encore screenings of award-winning festival titles from MIFF 2026, including Bright Horizons Award winner La Gradiva, Intrepid Audience Award winner Hard as Puck, MIFF Schools Youth Jury Award winner Sad Girlz and documentary package Sovereign Shorts.

MIFF Awards

The MIFF Awards recognise filmmaking excellence across a suite of categories. See who took home the big prizes at MIFF 2026, including the Bright Horizons Award, The Best Australian Director Award, The Uncle Jack Charles Award, the Intrepid Audience Award and the MIFF Schools Youth Jury Award.

MIFF Member Screenings

MIFF Members enjoy exclusive, complimentary preview screenings ahead of their release in cinemas. Next up, on Thursday 15 October at Lido Cinemas, is Visitation, a century-spanning epic from master filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff; while on Friday 16 October, join us for a special encore screening of MIFF 2026 Headliner Queen at Sea.

17 Sep 2026

“A Physical Response”: Ariāna Osborne on Mārama

Critics Campus 2026 participant Alia Ardon speaks to Mārama star Ariāna Osborne about how she developed her performance, acting methodologies that have inspired her and the global resonance of Indigenous storytelling.
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07 Sep 2026

“Films Should Be Sound and Images”: An Interview With Lisandro Alonso

Critics Campus 2026 participant Jamie Tak speaks to director Lisandro Alonso about audience expectations, the importance of objects and landscapes in his filmmaking, and the influence of Iranian cinema on his work.
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27 Aug 2026

Shadow Incarnate: Corrin Evans on Corpus

Critics Campus 2026 participant Andrew Cordon speaks to director Corrin Evans about Jungian archetypes, intimacy coordination and representations of sexuality in the context of erotic thriller Corpus.
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26 Aug 2026

Close Encounters of the Kiwi Kind: Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant

Critics Campus 2026 participant Guy Webster speaks to directorial duo THUNDERLIPS about medical misogyny, genre tropes, and finding the right balance between comedy and body horror in their outrageous feature directorial debut.