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Welcome to MIFF 2026!
MIFF 2026 is underway! See 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. Tickets are still available, but sessions are filling up fast – book now to ensure you don’t miss out.
Up Next
Got a free space on your MIFF calendar? Need to make last-minute afternoon or evening plans? See a regularly updated list of upcoming sessions to find out what’s up next.
Rush Tix
In 2026, MIFF is once again offering on-the-day Rush Tix! Enjoy $12 tickets for selected sessions – on sale from 12pm–2pm online, or anytime from 12pm at the ACMI Box Office or the cinema venue.
The Natural World
From the tiniest plants and animals to the future of the Earth, MIFF 2026’s nature-loving documentaries take you on an astounding cinematic journey to discover how life finds a way.
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.
North America
From Hollywood heavyweights to breakout indies, MIFF’s North America strand celebrates the complexity and originality of US and Canadian cinema.
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.