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Encore Screenings
Missed it the first time? We’ve got you covered. Catch newly announced encore sessions of MIFF 2026’s most sought-after films, including The Samurai and the Prisoner, Chili Finger, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Whistle and more.
Film Finder
Find your perfect MIFF match with our discovery tool. Browse by theme, choose based on what you’re in the mood for, or read suggestions from festival programmers, critics and fans.
MIFF Online
MIFF Online starts today! MIFF 2026’s streaming program runs until 30 August, available via ACMI Cinema 3. Access a selection of festival highlights, including new films and free short films, anywhere in Australia.
Explore the MIFF 2026 Program
There’s still so much to see at MIFF 2026. Catch the hottest titles from the worldwide festival circuit, new Aussie films, future award contenders and films showing for the first time in Victoria, all screening in cinemas until 23 August.
Last Chance
As MIFF enters its final week, there’s still a chance to catch final sessions of a number of MIFF titles. Browse our last-chance sessions and book your tickets now.
Selling Fast
Sessions for MIFF 2026 are filling up, but tickets are still available! See a list of the film screenings that are close to capacity, and book now to avoid missing out.
18 Aug 2026
Dead Man’s Wire – Four Ways
Gus Van Sant’s blackly comedic 1970s-set thriller is approached from four different angles by MIFF 2026 Critics Campus participants Guy Webster, Heather Fraser, Wen-Juenn Lee and Alia Ardon.
17 Aug 2026
On Par: Rafael Manuel’s Filipiñana and the Postcolonial Paradox
Critics Campus 2026 participant Andrew Cordon explores the imagery and political commentary at the heart of Filipiñana, a film that takes a swing at the ongoing impacts of colonisation and economic inequality in the Philippines.
17 Aug 2026
Horrors Close to Home: Abdallah Alkhatib’s Chronicles From the Siege
Critics Campus 2026 participant Alia Ardon evaluates the intentions and imperfections of Abdallah Alkhatib’s searing portrait of life under siege, making reference to the canon of absurdist and restorative Palestinian films and to key revolutionary thinkers.
16 Aug 2026
Rebel With a Cause: Mary Harron’s Unlikely Modern Heroes
Critics Campus 2026 participant Guuleed Ismail dissects the depictions of extremity, complicated humanity and the figure of the outsider in Mary Harron’s films I Shot Andy Warhol and American Psycho, highlighting the mismatch in public redemption faced by the two films’ protagonists.
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.