MIFF 1983

Festival Program
107 feature films and 117 short films were screened from 22 June to 3 July
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Program in Focus
The 1983 program featured a retrospective of veteran Australian filmmakers John Heyer and Cecil Holmes. Five Michael Nicholson short films were also screened, thematically centered on 'ironical comments on the social and political scene'. 

Films of note: The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese), The Trout (Joseph Losey), The Woman in Love With Mechanic Gavrilov (Pyotr Todorovsky), Sunless (Chris Marker), Ten Thousand Suns (Ferenc Kosa).

Filmmaker in Focus
John Heyer {focus John Heyer} and Cecil Holmes {focus Cecil Homes}. A retrospective of Heyer's and Holmes' work was screened.

Opening Night Film
The Draughtsman's Contract (Peter Greenaway)
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