To Kill a Mongolian Horse
A cowboy-in-winter western set on the plains of Inner Mongolia, this acclaimed drama depicts the slow demise of traditional cultures in modern China.
Touch Me
Two friends struggle with co-dependence and addiction. Their drug of choice? The orgasmic touch of a pansexual alien lover.
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The Toxic Avenger
At long last, you can watch Peter Dinklage’s mutant eco-vigilante deal out a sludge-barrel of blood and guts in this gleefully gory, formerly buried Troma reboot.
Trains
A stunning archival portrait of the human moments behind the highs and lows of the 20th century, via its defining mode of transportation.
Twelve Moons
Victoria Franco’s debut feature is a haunting, bruising character study of a woman plunging headfirst into self-destruction.
Twiggy
How a cheerful, down-to-earth London girl became the iconic face of 1960s fashion … and what she did next.
Twinless
Two young men meet in a twin bereavement support group and form an unlikely bromance.
Two People Exchanging Saliva
In a farcical dystopia where kissing is punishable by death, an illicit romance blossoms between a compulsive shopper and a naive salesgirl.
Two Prosecutors
Two Times João Liberada
A trans woman seeks to rescue a gender-nonconforming pioneer from a flawed film in this gloriously form-exploding tribute to community telling their own stories.
TWST – Things We Said Today
In this form-defying documentary, immerse yourself in the heady optimism of being young in New York on a day when The Beatles seemed to herald a thrilling future.
An Urban Allegory
What happens when someone tries to leave the cave?
Urchin
A Useful Ghost
A wandering ghost with unfinished business haunts her husband’s hoover in this Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prix winner.
Videoheaven
Vox Humana
A mysterious man is found in the mountains after a rural earthquake. Could he be the cause of all the natural disasters that have devastated the region?
Water Girl
In this heartwarming, heartbreaking tale of maternity, love and loss, a free diver reminisces on a lifetime spent underwater.
The Wave
Sebastián Lelio returns with an audacious Cannes-premiering musical inspired by Chilean student protests in the wake of #MeToo.
We Bury the Dead
After a military experiment turns Tasmania into a corpse-strewn wasteland, Ava joins the clean-up crew, hoping to find her missing husband.
Went up the Hill
Two strangers are possessed by grief, shared trauma and the same ghost in this chilly Antipodean Gothic.
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What Does That Nature Say To You
A meet-the-family dinner shifts from cordial to cringeworthy in the 33rd feature from indefatigable MIFF superstar Hong Sang-soo.
Will
One of the first independent feature films directed by an African-American woman, this fearless depiction of 1980s Harlem has been restored to luminous 4K.
Woman and Child
Womb
A young Māori girl is caught in a racially loaded custody battle between her conservative adoptive parents and her birth mother.
Workmates
Business and pleasure collide for a pair of work colleagues in this warm-hearted Kiwi rom-com – an ode to the magic of the theatre.
World at Stake
It’s in the game. The game is cursed.
The World Came Flooding In
Melbourne International Film Festival partners with Now or Never for the world premiere of this immersive installation and creative VR documentary centred on the intimate stories of life during a natural disaster.
The World Doesn't End When You Do
An exhilarating work of collage that takes a wild ride through archival imagery, historical violence and the construction of Black identity in the West.
Young Mothers
The Dardenne brothers return to MIFF with this deeply human drama about the struggles and aspirations of five girls living in a home for underage mothers.
Youth (Hard Times)
Human stories are brought to the surface in this shattering middle instalment of Wang Bing’s trilogy about the lives of exploited sweatshop workers.
Youth (Homecoming)
Wang Bing’s magnum opus on modern China culminates with this deeply human portrait of life beyond the factories.
Yurlu | Country
A vivid ode to Country and an intimate, inspiring portrait of a Banjima Elder’s fight to reclaim his asbestos-tainted homeland.
Zodiac Killer Project
One of history’s most notorious unsolved cases forms the basis for a humorously insightful investigation into the true-crime genre.
Zombucha!
Hoping to strike it rich with an organic beverage empire, a struggling couple inadvertently unleash a sentient killer kombucha.