Welcome to MIFF

MIFF’s 72-year history significantly contributes to Melbourne’s standing as a cultural city. With its ongoing commitment to the collective festival experience being open to all, MIFF has contributed to community and connectedness in Melbourne. Audiences come to MIFF for its bold, diverse and adventurous programming. There is delight in the shared cinema experience and in seeking to discover something new about the self or the world.

Being part of an audience these days is not always a passive pursuit, and that is at the heart of MIFF. Our 2024 program comprises films that will hone your mind to the urgent matters of the world around you; others that will take you far from any semblance of reality; the hilarious, the escapist, and those that are warm hugs to reset your heart amid the colder days.

This year more than ever, we invite and encourage audiences to seek what they love and desire from our program. Across our 250-plus features and short films, there are stories from all corners of the globe. The program holds up a mirror to our world. When films inspire debate and discussion, we ask that this be conducted in a respectful manner – no matter what the platform. MIFF is committed to being a safe and welcoming place for everyone in our community, including our audiences, visiting guests, filmmakers, staff and volunteers.

MIFF is a festival for everyone, with an expansive program to suit all cinema-loving tastes. We hope you are excited to come together to be among the first to see an extraordinary line-up featuring some of the best and most highly anticipated films of the year.

11 July 2024

Our Vision

An enlightened, inclusive, engaged society through film.

Our Mission

To bring you the story of the world through curated and unforgettable screen experiences.

Core Values

Creativity, inspiration, integrity, independence.

About MIFF

MIFF is an independent not-for-profit organisation that has been continuously running since 1952, making it the premier film festival in Australia and one of the world’s oldest film festivals, alongside Cannes and Berlin. Presenting a curated global program of innovative screen experiences and the world’s largest showcase of exceptional Australian filmmaking, MIFF is an accessible, iconic cultural event that provides transformative experiences for audiences and filmmakers alike.

Complementing MIFF’s highly anticipated festival program is its industry program, now in its 17th year, which runs concurrently with the festival. MIFF Industry boasts a screen investment fund (the MIFF Premiere Fund), an industry-delivered directors’ development program (Accelerator Lab) and a screen financing market (37°South Market) that is a critical platform for local screen producers and creatives to connect with international screen content financiers and decision-makers. This market brings the national and international screen industry to Melbourne during the festival and contributes to Melbourne’s reputation as a centre for screen business.

Through its unique Critics Campus program (launched in 2013), MIFF accelerates emerging arts and culture writers’ practice, skills, opportunities and networks. Meanwhile, MIFF Regional allows us to take the film festival experience in real time to selected cinemas across regional Victoria.

MIFF will continue to innovate and build on its decades of achievements to ensure that Melbourne retains its place as the cultural capital of Australia, and that MIFF remains Australia’s largest and most significant film festival in terms of international profile, industry engagement, audience size, and the quality and breadth of both its festival and industry programs.