L'Homme à la valise
La Chambre
Akerman creates an intimate still life in fluid form in this influential film that cleverly rearranges time and space.
Last Call
In a mystical bamboo forest, a motorcycle daredevil collides with an alluring serpent woman.
Late Shift
In this nerve-racking hospital drama, an overworked nurse makes a fateful mistake that ups the ante on an already frenetic night.
Le 15/8
A young woman’s searching thoughts play out from indoors on a bright summer’s day.
Le jour où…
In a short she described as “an homage to Godard”, Akerman reflects on the future of cinema.
Leaving Ikorodu in 1999
Ten-year-old Momo is set to join her recently migrated mum in London. But as she’s driven to the airport by her aunt and uncle, they start to wonder whether leaving Nigeria is in her best interests.
Left-Handed Girl
A single mum and her two daughters navigate the margins of Taipei in Shih-Ching Tsou’s Cannes-awarded solo directorial debut, co-written and edited by Sean Baker.
The Legend of Ochi
Les Rendez-vous d’Anna
Les Rites de Passage
Riverside ritual and the dance of a spectral wraith commune in an alliance of the human and non-human, the ecological and the supernatural.
Lesbian Space Princess
Set in a gaylaxy far, far away, this is the multi-award-winning Australian animated musical rom-com of your rainbow alphabet dreams.
Lettre de cinéaste
“To make movies,” Akerman announces, “you have to get up.” Aurore Clément joins the director in a whimsical exploration of what happens next.
The Librarians
This rousing documentary ventures into the maelstrom of the US war on books, finding the passionate bibliophiles fighting censorship on the frontlines.
Limbophobia
Explore an otherworldly society ruined by human ambition and self-interest in this beautifully dark continuation of Hsieh Wen-Yee’s immersive science-fiction work Limbotopia (MIFF 2023).
Little, Big, and Far
A bewitchingly thought-provoking meditation on the stars, and on humanity’s place on Earth and within the universe.
little boy
Veteran avant-garde director James Benning takes a tour through half a century of US history, as experienced through one man’s eyes, ears and hands.
The Little Sister
This tender coming-out drama blessed with a star-making lead turn won the Queer Palm as well as the Best Actress Award for Nadia Melliti at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
Little Trouble Girls
Catholic school choir practice becomes the catalyst for a teenage girl’s sexual awakening in this lush, emotionally resonant coming-of-age story.
Lodestar
After they discover their childhood house is about to be demolished, two sisters return home for one last visit – and a chance to say goodbye.
Looking for Alibrandi
An award-winning, generation-defining Australian coming-of-age story is restored in tomato-rich 4K for its 25th anniversary.
Lost Chapters
Embarking on a literary treasure hunt, a young woman and her bibliophile father seek to unearth not just a lost book but a whole missing chapter of Venezuelan history.
Love
While travelling by ferry – a popular cruising destination in more ways than one – a commitment-shy doctor has a life-changing brush with contemporary hook-up culture.
Love Letters
A married lesbian couple expecting their first child navigates personal and political battles in this warm-hearted ode to queer resilience
The Love That Remains
An intimate and at times surreal dramedy from the director of Godland (MIFF 2022) about an unconventional family navigating separation.
Loynes
From Cannes comes this singularly bizarre mix of history and nightmare, in which a 19th-century corpse is pulled from the mud and put on trial before a delirious Liverpool courtroom.
Lucky Lu
Fresh from Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, Lloyd Lee Choi’s first feature pulses with the desperate plight of an immigrant gig worker whose fate is tied to a stolen e-bike.
Lurker
A cunning wannabe enters the orbit of an ascendant celebrity in this thrillingly tense debut about the hunger for – and hollowness of – stardom.
Ma – Cry of Silence
Textile factory workers on strike reflect a greater political resistance in this stirring cri de coeur set amid the military occupation of Myanmar.
Magic Farm
Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff and Simon Rex star in Amalia Ulman’s indie satire about a too-hip media company on a clueless quest in Argentina.
Mango Seed
A working-class father struggles to communicate with his daughter in this tender, autobiographical exploration of the family ties that bind.
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Marlon Williams: Two Worlds – Ngā Ao E Rua
One of Aotearoa’s most beloved artists, Marlon Williams, sets out on his most ambitious musical project yet: creating an album sung entirely in te reo Māori.
The Mastermind
Josh O’Connor headlines indie icon Kelly Reichardt’s 1970s-set spin on the heist movie, a moving and wryly funny Cannes Competition highlight.
Maya, Give Me a Title
Michel Gondry returns to his roots with this wildly creative animated omnibus, assembling surreal two-dimensional adventures to entertain his young daughter.
MIFF Accelerator Lab: Directing Actors With James J. Robinson and Ruby Ruiz
MIFF Accelerator Lab: Editing One More Shot With Julie-Anne de Ruvo ASE
MIFF Accelerator Lab: Filming Beast of War With Mark Wareham ACS
MIFF Trivia presented by Umbrella
MIFF x Backyard Stories
MIFF x Bar Flippy’s present: Lesbian Space Princess Speed Dating
Mirrors No. 3
Mistress Dispeller
A woman is hired to break up an extramarital affair in this poignant, multi-award-winning documentary account of devotion, desire and the human thirst for connection
Model
Four decades ago, Frederick Wiseman offered a glimpse into the rarefied world of fashion photography, before models were super and image was everywhere.
Monk in Pieces
A kaleidoscopic mosaic of the life and work of interdisciplinary New York artist Meredith Monk, best known for her otherworldly vocal technique.
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
An oral history of the origins of Chicago house music, as told by the people who lived it.
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Through candid classroom recordings, a Russian teacher risks everything to expose how his government turns schools into propaganda factories.
Murmuration
Trapped in a nursing home – a place of bingo, pills, dentures and dementia – an elderly man starts to wish he were one of the birds outside.
My Father’s Shadow
In the first Nigerian film to premiere at Cannes, a father tenderly reconnects with his young sons during a momentous day under the Lagos sun.
My Mother Is a Cow
Awaiting news of her mother at her aunt’s ranch in the Brazilian wetlands, 12-year-old Mia finds unexpected love in a jungle menaced by death and desire.