2018
Michelle Carey

Michelle Carey
Artistic Director
In 2018 we beckon you to see another side of film. This year’s festival is nothing if not a feast for all the senses!
Taste Japanese culinary delights with the new restoration of Juzo Itami’s Tampopo. Bathe your ears in the pulsating analogue synths of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive – presented in live concert by Hear My Eyes. Slip into some slinky couture with the Fashion x Cinema program, including new documentaries on Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen. As part of this year’s feast, we are delighted to offer a careful selection of accessible screenings that revel in the visual for our patrons who are Deaf and hard of hearing as well as screenings that provide accompanying audio description tracks.
In an era over-saturated with images and sounds, it’s vital to not take for granted what we experience. With so much passive screen exposure in our lives, MIFF reminds us why cinema matters. It’s the intensity of the big screen and absorbing the creative vision of a filmmaker with hundreds of fellow cinephiles by your side. It can be solitary and reflective, it can be social and entertaining. It can be all of these things at once. How to start? Come immerse yourself in the program, starting right here.
Think you know Nicolas Cage? Well, get up close and personal with this singular American actor in a manner that you will never experience again with our 12+ hour Cage-a-Thon. Also intense and epic are the penetrating, intimate filmed diaries of the late Anne Charlotte Robinson, in their Australian Premiere and curated for MIFF by the Harvard Film Archive, as part of our Experimentations program. And, for the first time in Melbourne, prepare yourselves for the sensual onslaught of the psychedelic, cine-loving films of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani.
MIFF 2018 offers a particularly international Headliners section – the place to start if you want to see the big films of the year, including 11 direct from Cannes. Our Australian selection is wonderfully diverse – from blockbuster TV to incredible documentaries to the freshest low-budget indies from a new generation of filmmakers, as well as our Premiere Fund films, the latter all in world premiere. There are Sports Docs, the latest and most sensational in VR, documentaries that recast the past in History Uncovered, a selection of exciting New Voices from China.
We have a selection of new Australian Restorations, a program of newly restored classics in African Film Rediscovered and the cool poliziotteschi thrillers of the 60s and 70s in the Italo Crime retrospective. All this in addition to our regular offerings of the best features, shorts, documentaries, talks and guests from Australia and around the world.
Films

VESTIGE

VAMPIRE'S KISS

UNITED SKATES

UNDERTOW

UNDER THE COVER OF CLOUD

Ultraviolet

UNDERMINED: TALES FROM THE KIMBERLEY

Tungrus

TYREL

The True History Of Billie The Kid

Transformation

TRANSIT

TOWER. A BRIGHT DAY

TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID

Waiting

VICTORY DAY

THE VIOLENT FOUR

THE WANDERING SOAP OPERA

Wasteland no. 1: Ardent, Verdant

WAJIB - THE WEDDING INVITATION

Water

WAYNE

WEST OF SUNSHINE

WESTWOOD: PUNK, ICON, ACTIVIST

WE THE ANIMALS

We Vanish

WHAT WALAA WANTS

WHEN THE TREES FALL

WHO ARE YOU, POLLY MAGGOO?

THE WICKER MAN

WILDLIFE

THE WIDOWED WITCH

THE WILD PEAR TREE

WILD STYLE

Three Centimetres

THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS

Those Who Love

THOROUGHBREDS

THE THIRD MURDER

THAT SUMMER

THALU: DREAMTIME IS NOW

TAMPOPO

Tangles And Knots

THE TALE

Symphony Of A Sad Sea

SUMMATION OF FORCE

Swamp

The Subject

STRANGE COLOURS

Still Water Runs Deep

THE STRANGE COLOR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS

THE SPY GONE NORTH

SPIRITS OF THE AIR, GREMLINS OF THE CLOUDS

SPEAK UP

SORRY ANGEL

SOLLERS POINT

SOFIA

SKATE KITCHEN

Silica

SIGN O' THE TIMES

SHUT UP AND PLAY THE PIANO

SIGHTED EYES/FEELING HEART

SHOPLIFTERS

Shiloh

Shmama

SHOCK WAVES - DIARY OF MY MIND

Set Me As A Seal Upon Thine Heart

SHEIKH JACKSON

Second Best

THE SEEN AND UNSEEN

SEASON OF THE DEVIL

Santos Palace

SCARY MOTHER

Run Rabbit

RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA

REVOLVER

THE RIDER

RETABLO

The Remains

RELAXER

Red Invite

RED ROCK WEST

Real Men Smell Like Diesel

THE REAL THING

THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR

RAISING ARIZONA

THE RAFT

RAFIKI

PROFILE

PROTOTYPE

THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING

Prisoner Of Society

POPE FRANCIS: A MAN OF HIS WORD

PITY

PIG

PIERCING

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK

Perfect Town

Perisher

Phone Duty

PICK OF THE LITTER

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF DESIRE

Paper Crane

PARIS IS BURNING

OVER THE LIMIT

OUTRAGE CODA

OUR NEW PRESIDENT

OUR HOUSE

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL

ON THE ROAD

Onward Lossless Follows

THE OTHER SIDE OF EVERYTHING

ON HER SHOULDERS

ON HAPPINESS ROAD

ONE DAY

O is for Orgasm

OLD BEAST

OF FATHERS AND SONS

Nursery Rhymes

[O]

Obon

NOW SOUND: MELBOURNE'S LISTENING

NOTES ON AN APPEARANCE + CLASSICAL PERIOD

NO GREATER LAW

Night Time Go

THE NIGHT OF COUNTING THE YEARS

THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD

NICO, 1988

NFSA RESTORES: THE CHEATERS

NERVOUS TRANSLATION

MY AFRICA

MUSEUM

MURDER ME, MONSTER

MUG

MUEDA, MEMORY AND MASSACRE

Mr. Deer

MR INBETWEEN

Mother

MOSSANE

more than everything

MOROCCO

MOMENTUM GENERATION

MIRAI

THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST

MIND AT WAR

MILLA

MILAN CALIBER 9

MIFF TRAVELLING SHOWCASE - UNDERTOW

MIFF TRAVELLING SHOWCASE - UNDERMINED: TALES FROM THE KIMBERLEY

MIFF TRAVELLING SHOWCASE - THE MERGER

MIFF TRAVELLING SHOWCASE - THE EULOGY

MIFF TRAVELLING SHOWCASE - THE COMING BACK OUT BALL MOVIE

MIFF TRAVELLING SHOWCASE - JULIET, NAKED

MIFF TRAVELLING SHOWCASE - AMERICAN ANIMALS

MIFF TRAVELLING SHOWCASE - ACUTE MISFORTUNE

MIFF OPENING NIGHT GALA - WILDLIFE

MIFF KIDS' GALA - THE BIG BAD FOX & OTHER TALES...

MIFF CLOSING NIGHT GALA - THE COMING BACK OUT BALL MOVIE

MIFF CENTREPIECE GALA - THE MERGER

Mestiza

Mermaids And Rhinos

The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland

THE MERGER

Meninas Formicida

Matria

MCQUEEN

MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.

THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE

MANTO

MANDY

MAHOGANY

MADELINE'S MADELINE

Magic Alps

LU OVER THE WALL

Lost & Found

The Lost Sound

LOTS OF KIDS, A MONKEY AND A CASTLE

Long Distance Relationship

LOS SILENCIOS

LET THE CORPSES TAN

L'Etrange Portrait de la Dame en Jaune

A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT

LEAVE NO TRACE

La Fin de Notre Amour

LEAN ON PETE

The Knife Salesman

KUSAMA: INFINITY

KNIFE + HEART

THE KING

THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

Kaya

A KID LIKE JAKE

KARRABING FILM COLLECTIVE NEW WORKS

Judas Collar

JULIET, NAKED

JOHN MCENROE: IN THE REALM OF PERFECTION

The Jealous One

Jiejie

JIRGA

I USED TO BE NORMAL: A BOYBAND FANGIRL STORY

ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS

INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION

INVENTING TOMORROW

IN THE LAND OF WOLVES

THE INSULT

Inanimate

INFINITE FOOTBALL

III

THE IMAGE BOOK

THE IMAGE YOU MISSED

Icebergs

IF I LEAVE HERE TOMORROW: A FILM ABOUT LYNYRD SKYNYRD

IFO

I Have Sinned A Rapturous Sin

Home Shopper

House Of JXN

The Hymns Of Muscovy

HOLIDAY

Hiatus

HIGH CRIME

Helen

HERE TO BE HEARD: THE STORY OF THE SLITS

HEARTS BEAT LOUD

HEAR MY EYES: DRIVE

THE HARVESTERS

HARD PAINT

HAPPY SAD MAN

Hair Wolf

HAPPY AS LAZZARO

HAGAZUSSA: A HEATHEN'S CURSE

THE GUILTY

THE GREAT BUDDHA+

THE GREEN FOG

GRASS

Great Again

GOOD LUCK

GOOD MANNERS

GOD'S GIFT

THE GIRL WITHOUT HANDS

GHOSTHUNTER

GIRL

GIRLS ALWAYS HAPPY

FUNNY FACE

FULL MOON IN PARIS

FUGUE

FLAME

FIRST REFORMED

THE FIRST LAP

Fire Mouth

FINDING HAKA

FINKE: THERE AND BACK

FIELD GUIDE TO EVIL

Fauve

FATMA 75

THE EYES OF ORSON WELLES

EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS

EXQUISITE CORPSE

EX LIBRIS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

EVERYBODY KNOWS
Evelyn Ida Morris

EUTHANIZER

End Of The Line

THE EULOGY

Emergency

EMA NUDAR UMANU

AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL

EDHEL

EATING ANIMALS

DYING TO LIVE

DRIVE ANGRY

Down Escalation

DRESSAGE

DON'T WORRY, HE WON'T GET FAR ON FOOT

DONBASS

DOGMAN

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

DOG

DJON ÁFRICA

DISTANT CONSTELLATION

DINNER PARTY

DIMENSIONS - ONCE UPON OUR REALITY

DIAMANTINO

DENOISE

THE DESERTED

DEAR SON

THE DEAD NATION

THE DAWN WALL

DARK RIVER

THE CURED

DAMSEL

The Crying Wind

Counterfeit Kunkoo

Coyote

CROW: THE LEGEND - Chapter 1

Cosmic Debris

CONFESSIONS OF A POLICE CAPTAIN

CON AIR

THE COMING BACK OUT BALL MOVIE

COLD WAR

COCOTE

CLIMAX

CHRONICLE OF THE YEARS OF EMBERS

China Not China

CHRIS THE SWISS

THE CHILDREN ACT

Chambre jaune
Chiara Costanza

CENTRAL AIRPORT THF

[CENSORED]

Cattle

CELESTE

CATTET FORZANI SHORTS

CARRIBERRIE (VR)

Catharsis

Caroline

CARRIBERRIE

CAPHARNAÜM

CANIBA

CAGE-A-THON!

Brown Lips

BURNING

BOOK WEEK

Bonobo

Bless You!

BODIED

BLAZE

BLACK MOTHER

Black Line

THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT

BIRDS OF PASSAGE

Birdie

BIOSPHERE

BIIDAABAN: FIRST LIGHT

THE BILL MURRAY STORIES: LIFE LESSONS LEARNED FROM A MYTHICAL MAN

BIG FISH & BEGONIA

BEST MIFF SHORTS

BEING FRANK: THE CHRIS SIEVEY STORY

Beginners

BEHIND THE CURVE

BEAN::QUEEN

BEAST

Bats

BACKTRACK BOYS

BAD REPUTATION

AWAKE

AUSTRALIAN SHORTS

AVA

Asian Girls

AT WAR

ASH IS PUREST WHITE

Armageddon 2

ASAKO 1 + 2

ARCTIC

APOSTASY

ANTONIO LOPEZ 1970: SEX, FASHION & DISCO

ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE

ANNE CHARLOTTE ROBERTSON PROGRAM 3

ANNE CHARLOTTE ROBERTSON PROGRAM 2

ANIMATION SHORTS

ANNE CHARLOTTE ROBERTSON PROGRAM 1

ANGELS WEAR WHITE
Amy McNickle

AND BREATHE NORMALLY

AMERICAN ANIMALS

AMER

Allen Anders - Live At The Comedy Castle (Circa 1987)

All These Creatures

Agua Viva

ALANIS

ÁGA

ACUTE MISFORTUNE

Accidence

An Act Of Love







ACCELERATOR 1

ACCELERATOR 2

8th Continent

30 MINUTES OF DANGER

1%

3 FACES

Wishing Well

WITCHES AND FAGGOTS, DYKES AND POOFTERS

WOMAN AT WAR

A WOMAN CAPTURED

THE WOMEN

WOMEN WITH OPEN EYES

WORKING CLASS BOY

THE WORLD IS YOURS

Would You Look At Her

WRATH OF SILENCE

YELLOW IS FORBIDDEN

YOMEDDINE

Your Call Is Important To Us

Your Father Was Born 100 Years Old, And So Was The Nakba

YOURS IN SISTERHOOD

YOUR SPIRITUAL TEMPLE SUCKS

YOU SHALL NOT SLEEP

YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

Yulubidyi - Until The End
