MIFF 1968

Erwin Rado
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Festival Program
34 feature films and 84 short films were screened from 31 May to 15 June
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Program in Focus
Notable films included China Is Near (Marco Bellocchio), Closely Watched Trains (Ji?í Menzel), Father (István Szabó), Hunger (Henning Carlsen), Judex (Georges Franju), Warrendale (Allan King), Young Törless (Volker Schlöndorff) and Mouchette (Robert Bresson).

Filmmaker in Focus

Satyajit Ray. Ray was a guest of the festival and a retrospective of his films screened.
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Filmmaker in Focus
Jerzy Skolimowski. Skolimowski was a guest of the festival and a retrospective of his films screened.
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Featured Film
Hunger (Henning Carlsen, 1966)
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From the Festival Files

Making the Festival

The Melbourne Film Festival began as the idea of a few passionate individuals. A sub-committee, formed from delegates to the 1951 Australian Council of Film Societies film weekend, suggested that a small festival of films in the tourist town of Olinda should be held in 1952. The resulting festival was a testament to the do-it-yourself initiative of the Olinda festival committee. As some 800 festiv …

The Living Festival

What would a festival be without its audience? There wouldn’t be a festival at all! … People are the beating heart of MIFF. It was the coming together of some 800 people in Olinda in 1952 that gave birth to the Melbourne Film Festival. Since that unanticipated outpouring of community love for film, MIFF has become an annual gathering space for film enthusiasts and the cine-curious from Melbourne …