Consuming Culture
Baby Reindeer, The Bear and hot rodent men: it’s been a ferocious (and feral) year for pop culture, and it seems we’re not slowing down any time soon.
Cookies
Revenge is a dish best served during a coffee break for an overworked, under-slept new father.
Copa 71
Think the global surge in interest in women’s football is a relatively recent occurrence? This eye-opening documentary asks you to think again.
Costume Design Masterclass with Hollywood’s Deborah L. Scott
Titanic’s Oscar-winning costume designer and Bright Horizons juror Deborah L. Scott shares stories from her career in this hour-long masterclass.
The Cow
This 1969 film portrays the themes of solitude and obsession in the story of a poor villager whose only source of joy and livelihood is his cow.
A Crab in the Pool
On a scorching summer day, two siblings are reminded of their mother.
Crossing
And Then We Danced (MIFF 2019) director Levan Akin’s Teddy Jury Award–winning follow-up is a luminous salute to the various communities of Istanbul.
Crushed
A harrowing account of an abusive and violent relationship during a woman’s early adulthood.
Cuckoo
Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer goes head-to-head with Downton Abbey alum Dan Stevens in this frightfully weird horror.
Dìdi
This double-Sundance-winning semi-autobiographical film surveys a coming of age marked by Myspace and Motorola flip phones during the 2000s.
Dahomey
As the restitution conversation gains global momentum, this striking Berlinale Golden Bear–winning documentary follows a stolen statue home.
Dale Frank – Nobody's Sweetie
The greatest look yet at a well-known artist very few have seen up close, as the titular visionary recluse invites us into his home.
The Damned
With this twist on the jingoistic, action-packed war movie, Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Director winner Roberto Minervini asks: what’s it all for?
Daphne was a torso ending in leaves
Winner of the KNF Award at Rotterdam, a playful and richly cinematic ode to the mythological Greek nymph.
Daughters
From EPs Kerry Washington and Joel Edgerton, this film joins four girls as they reunite with their incarcerated fathers for the Daddy Daughter Dance.
A Daydream With Fini
On a sweltering summer’s day, two elderly friends talk about work, travel and dreams.
The Dead Don't Hurt
Viggo Mortensen’s second feature is an unconventional western buoyed by the powerful presence of its lead, Vicky Krieps.
Dead End
A devastating 1977 portrait of love and longing in a country built on fear and surveillance, based on a story by Anton Chekhov.
The Deer
Masoud Kimiai’s 1974 film embodies all that is great about Iranian cinema of the 1970s: it is political, provocative, sincere, angry and tragic.
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.
Destroy All Monsters
The ninth film in the Godzilla series sees an array of monsters rampage at the foot of Mount Fuji.
DEVO
This effusive documentary explodes onto the screen as it chronicles the remarkable rise and staying power of the 80s new-wave band behind ‘Whip It’.
A Different Man
Sebastian Stan (The Winter Soldier) plays a wannabe actor who learns that confidence isn’t skin-deep in this deliciously twisted morality tale.
Dig! XX
A classic tale of fame and destruction is revisited in this reconstructed rock doc about The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Direct Action
Winner of the Berlinale’s Encounters Award for Best Film, this bold and vital documentary explores the militant activist community in France.
Documentary Shorts
Far-reaching, resonating subjects pulled from various corners of the world.
Documenting Fact & Fiction: Trust Issues
Filmmakers consider the value of documenting the lives of individuals and communities, and the slippery nature of conveying truth on screen. Hosted by Lauren Valmadre.
Dory Previn: On My Way to Where
Her uniquely emotional songwriting fuelled the best revenge on her cheating husband: a brilliant second solo career.
Dream Team
If you think you’ve seen enough crime dramas that you can predict every twist, think again. This trippy investigation will keep you second-guessing.
Dying
This epic, darkly comic portrait of Franzen-esque family dysfunction won multiple awards at both the 2024 Berlinale and the German Film Awards.
East of Noon
This dreamlike tale of youth and resistance set in a surreal modern-day Egypt is also a stirringly beautiful ode to creative expression.
Ellis Park
Legendary Australian musician Warren Ellis takes us on a guided tour through his world and one very special animal sanctuary.
Emperor
An interactive and surrealist voyage into the mind of a father experiencing aphasia.
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro) profiles the man who exposed apartheid in South Africa in this winner of the Cannes L’Œil d’Or for Best Documentary.
Ever Since, I Have Been Flying
A profound portrait of survival set among the mountains of south-eastern Türkiye.
Every Little Thing
In this big-hearted documentary, a Los Angeles teacher takes time off to nurture injured hummingbirds and finds herself on an uplifting journey.
Every Morning
Eloise Grills’s poem ‘Every Morning I Am Reborn’ comes to life in this nimble, playful work of line-drawn animation.
Experimental Shorts
Unconventional cinema that tests the boundaries of form and function.
The Falling Sky
A stunning doc that follows the Yanomami people of the Amazon as they perform a sacred rite and defend their homeland from the incursion of mining.
Family Gala - Magic Beach
Ten animators adapt Alison Lester’s children’s book, crafting a magical mixture of live action and animation destined to become a family favourite.
Father's Letters
The true story of Professor Alexey Wangenheim, who writes hopeful letters home from a Gulag in Stalinist Russia.
Film About a Woman Who...
Hailed as her masterpiece, Yvonne Rainer’s second feature explores the nature of artifice via a coolly simmering woman in a subpar relationship.
First Horse
A haunting riff on the western framed from a Māori perspective.
Flathead
Two men in rural Queensland search for solace in spirituality in this cinematic blend of documentary and fiction.
Flide
Two friends hang out in inner Melbourne, where death seems to linger in the air.
Flow
A menagerie adrift on a boat must work together to survive a catastrophic flood in this animated wonder arriving from Cannes Un Certain Regard.
Flower Show
Victorian-era high society’s stifling views of women are shown in full bloom.
Frame Documentary Showcase
A special preview of four of Australia’s newest interactive documentary works-in-the-making, proudly co-presented by Frame Documentary, MIFF and ACMI X.
Fulldome Showcase 1
MIFF’s popular annual program of fulldome screenings at the Melbourne Planetarium returns for the 2024 festival.
Fulldome Showcase 2
MIFF’s popular annual program of fulldome screenings at the Melbourne Planetarium returns for the 2024 festival.