Night Shift
MIFF rolls out the dark carpet for those tempted by the provocative and the unusual, and for lovers of the outlandish, creepy and weird things that go bump in the night.
Animale
In this striking genre-bender from Cannes Critics’ Week, a young woman wants to rise the ranks of bull-running – but a rogue animal is on the loose.
The Balconettes
In actor-turned-director Noémie Merlant’s dark French farce, three friends must conceal a #MeToo murder while haunted by the ghosts of abusive men.
Blackout
A self-loathing, alcoholic artist realises that social justice is one thing – and widespread town carnage is quite another.
Cuckoo
Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer goes head-to-head with Downton Abbey alum Dan Stevens in this frightfully weird horror.
The Demon Disorder
Australian make-up and VFX veteran Steve Boyle (Star Wars; Daybreakers) makes his directorial debut with this grisly body-horror creature feature.
Lake Mungo 4K
One of Australia’s greatest cult classics – equal parts ghost story and family drama – screens for the first time in a glorious new 4K restoration.
The Moogai
Jon Bell expands his MIFF 2020 Best Australian Short Film winner into a feature-length horror steeped in the trauma of the Stolen Generations.
Oddity
This award-winning spine-chiller from Caveat director Damian McCarthy unleashes horror from every corner of a haunted house.
She Loved Blossoms More
Three brothers attempt to lure their mum back from the dead in this bizarre and strangely beautiful nightmare tale.
Timestalker
In cult UK comedy treasure Alice Lowe’s film, a woman’s misguided fatal attraction to the same pretty bad-boy has lasted six centuries … so far.
Wake Up
In this slasher, six Gen Z activists get more than they bargained for when they break into a furniture store and face a bloodthirsty security guard.