The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors
With glitter, feathers and gender-bending sailors, Ulrike Ottinger’s rarely screened early experimental film sets the scene for her work to come.
The End
Anthropomorphic animals lose themselves in mundane activities as an apocalypse descends.
Erupcja
Charli xcx stars as a British tourist crisscrossing Warsaw with an old friend in this effervescent indie that’s equally roiling with emotion.
The Essential Cornishman
A precursor to Mark Jenkin’s acclaimed debut feature, this audiovisual stream of consciousness pays homage to the Beat poets via the Cornish west.
Eureka
Alonso’s hugely ambitious triptych explores the collision between Indigenous lives and colonisation.
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
In a virtuosic riff on a biopic standard, this Silver Bear–winning ensemble piece plays on the emotions of the people surrounding an anguished US jazz piano icon.
Everybody to Kenmure Street
The thrilling tale of a Glasgow community’s spontaneous act of civil resistance that saved two of their own from a Home Office deportation raid.
Everything You Own
A couple locked out of the housing market roam the neighbourhood for a place to mark their territory. From there, things only get more disgusting.
Everytime
Awarded the Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes, this indelible study of loss joins a fragmented family as they take a trip to heal and confront the past.
Experimental Shorts
Visionary work from the avant-garde that reimagines the possibilities of cinema.
Extra Geography
A self-assigned summer project leads to tough lessons in life, love and friendship for a precocious pair of boarding school BFFs.
Facing the Numbers
A unique mixture of different forms of Indigenous storytelling, this vibrant documentary finds the humanity behind all-too-familiar statistics.
Family Gala: Forgotten Island
Tayo na! Come along to MIFF’s Family Gala – a fun-filled centrepiece event for kids and adults alike – and enjoy the Australian premiere of new DreamWorks adventure Forgotten Island.
Fantasma
Reuniting the two ‘lonely men’ from Los muertos and La libertad, Lisandro Alonso’s third film wanders lost through the halls of a run-down movie house.
Fatherland
In Paweł Pawlikowski’s third post-WWII meditation, exiled author Thomas Mann tours a devastated Germany whose divisions echo his own fractured family.
FELT
A spectral journey across modern America, as a man sees mountains – and sets out to recreate them.
The Fence
With this thriller headlined by Isaach de Bankolé and Matt Dillon, Claire Denis returns to Africa – and to the profound, prickly themes that have defined her oeuvre.
Fertile Ground
Acclaimed stage and screen actor Geraldine Hakewill stars in her directorial debut, a near-future drama about a pregnant woman facing an impossible choice in a world gone to ruin.
Filipiñana
In this Sundance-lauded debut, a young Filipina learns that subjugation and silence are par for the course at the golf club where she finds employment.
Fingerbang
A lonely woman’s torrid affair with a severed finger turns toxic in a macabre Gothic tale that warns not to lose yourself to digital love.
Firestorm
World-premiering at MIFF, this cinematic work explores the future of wildfires and the possibilities of immersive cinema.
Flesh and Fuel
Awarded the inaugural Queer Palm Revelation award at Cannes, this swooning feature debut trails the deepening romantic spark that forms between two long-haul truckers.
Flesh Fruit
A dark, claustrophobic and unsettling slice of social satire and body horror, in which a struggling farmer looks to a sickly stranger to turn his fortunes around.
Flies
A closed-off curmudgeon connects with a young boy left in her care in this bittersweet charmer that won two Berlinale prizes.
Footy Shorts
MIFF and the AFL, supported by VicScreen, present five short documentaries centred on Australia’s game.
Footy Shorts Premiere
MIFF and the AFL, supported by VicScreen, present five short documentaries centred on Australia’s game.
For the Boys
For his sons, he came out. For himself, he plays again.
For the Opponents
This Palme d’Or–awarded portrait of a Mexican boy boxer quietly referees a contest between dreams and expectations.
Forever…Forever
Experience time on a planetary scale as rhythms of day and night pulsate in harmony with the celestial bodies in a landscape’s seasonal light.
Forever Your Maternal Animal
Forgotten Island
H.E.R., Liza Soberano, Manny Jacinto and Lea Salonga lend their voices to this fantastical animated tale of friendship, fearlessness and Filipino culture.
The Fox
Jai Courtney stars – and Olivia Colman and Sam Neill voice a fox and a magpie respectively – in this absurdist black comedy about small-town duplicity and discontent.
Freak Orlando
In what she describes as a “small theatre of the world”, Ulrike Ottinger explores the span of human history in this deeply surreal, outré romp.
Free Eliza (notes on an anatomical imperfection)
In this deadpan class satire, a luxury hotel worker pushes back against a world that demands women perform happiness at any cost.
French Girls
An inspired act of micro-budget filmmaking, this playful gig economy parable set in the Sydney fashion scene introduces an impressive array of new Australian talent.
The Friend’s House Is Here
Both a charismatic hangout movie and a courageous act of dissent, this Sundance winner spends quality time with two young women trying to make art in Iran.
Fulldome Showcase One
MIFF’s program of jaw-dropping fulldome screenings at the Melbourne Planetarium is back.
Fulldome Showcase Two
MIFF’s program of jaw-dropping fulldome screenings at the Melbourne Planetarium is back.
An Fylmow Berr | The Shorts of Mark Jenkin
A retrospective dedicated to the mysterious world of the singular Cornish filmmaker.
G.O.A.T
Hilarious small-town hijinks ensue as a young queer Aboriginal woman falls head over heels for an apparently indifferent new colleague.
Gabin
Gracefully condensing a decade’s worth of footage, this tender nonfiction gem out of Cannes chronicles the adolescence of a boy in northern France.
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
Laugh your Oz off in this delightfully ludicrous farce as genre parody king David Wain sends a perky Kansas gal off on a whirlwind quest to seduce Jon Hamm.
Gentle Monster
Léa Seydoux is riveting as a wife and mother coming to grips with the emotional, moral and practical fallout when her husband is charged with a shocking crime.
Ghost in the Cell
When a vengeful ghost starts mutilating the inmates of one of Indonesia’s toughest prisons, the men must work together to stay alive in this socially conscious action-horror-comedy.
A Girl Unknown
In this gorgeous, multiple award-winning tale, a young woman comes of age and searches for her identity in the era of China’s one-child policy.
Gone to Earth
Hollywood siren Jennifer Jones is unforgettable as a free spirit hounded by love in Powell and Pressburger’s ravishing, rarely screened melodrama.
Goodbye, Cruel World
In Cannes Critics’ Week’s tender, strikingly shot closing-night film, two lonely teenagers find an unlikely connection.
Guided by Horses
Amid the breathtaking vistas of the Kimberley, a groundbreaking equine sanctuary helps First Nations teenagers discover reconnection and healing.
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
In this magic-realist charmer that won a Sundance Directing Award, a ballroom dancer struck down by tragedy gets her feisty, flirty groove back.
Hair, Paper, Water…
A critically endangered language is passed from grandmother to grandson in this sensory 16mm docufiction set among Vietnam’s Rục people.
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors — Die Betörung der blauen Matrosen
The End
Erupcja
The Essential Cornishman
Eureka
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Everybody to Kenmure Street
Everything You Own
Everytime
Experimental Shorts
Extra Geography
Facing the Numbers
Family Gala: Forgotten Island
Fantasma
Fatherland
FELT
The Fence — Le Cri des gardes
Fertile Ground
Filipiñana — Filipiñana
Fingerbang
Firestorm
Flesh and Fuel — Du fioul dans les artères
Flesh Fruit
Flies — Moscas
Footy Shorts
Footy Shorts Premiere
For the Boys
For the Opponents — Para Los Contrincantes
Forever…Forever
Forever Your Maternal Animal — Siempre soy tu animal materno
Forgotten Island
The Fox
Freak Orlando
Free Eliza (notes on an anatomical imperfection)
French Girls
The Friend’s House Is Here — Khaneh doost injast
Fulldome Showcase One
Fulldome Showcase Two
An Fylmow Berr | The Shorts of Mark Jenkin
G.O.A.T
Gabin
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
Gentle Monster
Ghost in the Cell
A Girl Unknown
Gone to Earth
Goodbye, Cruel World — Adieu monde cruel
Guided by Horses
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!