First Glance
Our 2026 First Glance line-up has been announced! Get ready for eye-opening cinema in Naarm and surrounds this August with this first look at the MIFF 2026 program.
Order your print program guide
The MIFF 2026 print program guide will be available from Thursday 9 July. Pre-order now to have the guide delivered to your home.
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10 Apr 2026
Critics Campus: Where Are They Now? (Part 5)
In the fifth instalment of a series in which we shine a spotlight on Critics Campus’s illustrious alumni, we speak to Michelle Wang (2020 cohort), Charles Carrall (2023 cohort) and Indigo Bailey (2023 cohort) about where their professional paths have led since their participation in MIFF’s incubator program for emerging critics.
25 Mar 2026
“A Tradition of Reinvention”: Lorin Clarke on But Also John Clarke
Lorin Clarke speaks about the challenges of documentary storytelling, the changing cultural footprint of television and her own journey in making the film.
16 Feb 2026
Striking Gold: Maria Angelico and Zoe Coldham on Spare Time
Director Maria Angelico and cinematographer Zoe Coldham discuss their affectionate and often very funny documentary portrait of men bonding over a shared passion.
08 Dec 2025
Cracking the Shell: Ravi Chand and Sara Norman on Coconut
Recent VCA graduates Ravi Chand and Sara Norman talk to MIFF about their film Coconut, a short comedy screening in the 2025 VCA Film and Television Graduate Season.
Melbourne International Film Festival acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we live,
learn and work, and pays respect to their Elders past and present, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples. MIFF celebrates the history and contemporary creativity of the world’s oldest living culture.