Talks and Masterclasses
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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.

60 mins
Short
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Cookies

Revenge is a dish best served during a coffee break for an overworked, under-slept new father.

Dir. Alessandro Stigliano / 2023 / 10 mins / Sweden / Swedish
Feature
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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.

Dir. Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine / 2023 / 89 mins / UK / English, Spanish, French, Italian
Talks and Masterclasses
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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.

60 mins
Feature
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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.

Dir. Dariush Mehrjui / 1969 / 105 mins / Iran / Farsi
Short
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A Crab in the Pool

On a scorching summer day, two siblings are reminded of their mother.

Dir. Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel / 2023 / 11 mins / Canada / French
Feature
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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.

Dir. Levan Akin / 2024 / 106 mins / France, Sweden, Denmark, Georgia, Türkiye / English, Georgian, Turkish, Russian
Short
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Crushed

A harrowing account of an abusive and violent relationship during a woman’s early adulthood.

Dir. Camille Vigny / 2024 / 13 mins / Belgium / French
Feature
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Cuckoo

Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer goes head-to-head with Downton Abbey alum Dan Stevens in this frightfully weird horror.

Dir. Tilman Singer / 2024 / 102 mins / Germany, USA / English
Feature
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Dìdi

This double-Sundance-winning semi-autobiographical film surveys a coming of age marked by Myspace and Motorola flip phones during the 2000s.

Dir. Sean Wang / 2024 / 93 mins / USA / English, Mandarin
Feature
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Dahomey

As the restitution conversation gains global momentum, this striking Berlinale Golden Bear–winning documentary follows a stolen statue home.

Dir. Mati Diop / 2024 / 68 mins / France, Senegal / English, French
Feature
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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.

Dir. Jenny Hicks / 2024 / 107 mins / Australia / English
Feature
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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?

Dir. Roberto Minervini / 2024 / 88 mins / USA, Belgium, Italy / English
Short
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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.

Dir. Catriona Gallagher / 2023 / 13 mins / UK, Greece, Italy / No Dialogue
Feature
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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.

Dir. Natalie Rae, Angela Patton / 2024 / 107 mins / USA / English
Short
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A Daydream With Fini

On a sweltering summer’s day, two elderly friends talk about work, travel and dreams.

Dir. Grace Tan / 2024 / 6 mins / Australia, Spain / Spanish
Feature
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The Dead Don't Hurt

Viggo Mortensen’s second feature is an unconventional western buoyed by the powerful presence of its lead, Vicky Krieps.

Dir. Viggo Mortensen / 2023 / 129 mins / USA, Mexico, Canada, Denmark
Feature
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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.

Dir. Parviz Sayyad / 1977 / 95 mins / Iran / Farsi
Feature
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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.

Dir. Masoud Kimiai / 1974 / 126 mins / Iran / Farsi
Feature
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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.

Dir. Steve Boyle / 2024 / 85 mins / Australia / English
Feature
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Destroy All Monsters

The ninth film in the Godzilla series sees an array of monsters rampage at the foot of Mount Fuji.

Dir. Ishirō Honda / 1968 / 89 mins / Japan / Japanese
Feature
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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’.

Dir. Chris Smith / 2024 / 94 mins / USA, UK / English
Feature
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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.

Dir. Aaron Schimberg / 2024 / 112 mins / USA / English
Feature
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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.

Dir. Ondi Timoner / 2024 / 145 mins / USA / English
Feature
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Direct Action

Winner of the Berlinale’s Encounters Award for Best Film, this bold and vital documentary explores the militant activist community in France.

Dir. Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell / 2024 / 216 mins / Germany, France, South Korea / French
Shorts Package
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Documentary Shorts

Far-reaching, resonating subjects pulled from various corners of the world.

88 mins
Talks and Masterclasses
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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.

60 mins
Feature
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Dory Previn: On My Way to Where

Her uniquely emotional songwriting fuelled the best revenge on her cheating husband: a brilliant second solo career.

Dir. Julia Greenberg, Dianna Dilworth / 2024 / 80 mins / USA / English
Feature
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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.

Dir. Lev Kalman, Whitney Horn / 2024 / 91 mins / USA / English
Feature
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Dying

This epic, darkly comic portrait of Franzen-esque family dysfunction won multiple awards at both the 2024 Berlinale and the German Film Awards.

Dir. Matthias Glasner / 2024 / 181 mins / Germany / German
Feature
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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.

Dir. Hala Elkoussy / 2024 / 109 mins / Netherlands, Qatar, Egypt / Arabic
Feature
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Ellis Park

Legendary Australian musician Warren Ellis takes us on a guided tour through his world and one very special animal sanctuary.

Dir. Justin Kurzel / 2024 / 105 mins / Australia / English, Indonesian
XR
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Emperor

An interactive and surrealist voyage into the mind of a father experiencing aphasia.

Dir. Marion Burger, Ilan J. Cohen / 2023 / 40 mins / Germany, France / English, French, German
Feature
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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.

Dir. Raoul Peck / 2024 / 106 mins / USA, France / English
Short
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Ever Since, I Have Been Flying

A profound portrait of survival set among the mountains of south-eastern Türkiye.

Dir. Aylin Gökmen / 2023 / 19 mins / Switzerland / Turkish, Kurdish
Feature
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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.

Dir. Sally Aitken / 2023 / 93 mins / Australia / English
Short
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Every Morning

Eloise Grills’s poem ‘Every Morning I Am Reborn’ comes to life in this nimble, playful work of line-drawn animation.

Dir. Amy Djakovic, Eumene Kim, Emiko Seita, Lilliahna Wiles / 2023 / 2 mins / Australia / English
Shorts Package
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Experimental Shorts

Unconventional cinema that tests the boundaries of form and function.

108 mins
Feature
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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.

Dir. Eryk Rocha, Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha / 2024 / 110 mins / Italy, Brazil / Yoanomam
Feature
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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.

Dir. Robert Connolly / 2024 / 74 mins / Australia
Short
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Father's Letters

The true story of Professor Alexey Wangenheim, who writes hopeful letters home from a Gulag in Stalinist Russia.

Dir. Alexey Evstigneev / 2023 / 12 mins / France, Russia / Russian
Feature
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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.

Dir. Yvonne Rainer / 1974 / 105 mins / USA / English
Short
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First Horse

A haunting riff on the western framed from a Māori perspective.

Dir. Awanui Simich-Pene / 2023 / 11 mins / New Zealand / Māori
Feature
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Flathead

Two men in rural Queensland search for solace in spirituality in this cinematic blend of documentary and fiction.

Dir. Jaydon Martin / 2023 / 90 mins / Australia / English
Short
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Flide

Two friends hang out in inner Melbourne, where death seems to linger in the air.

Dir. Hugo Kohler / 2023 / 13 mins / Australia / English
Feature
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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.

Dir. Gints Zilbalodis / 2024 / 84 mins / France, Belgium, Latvia / No Dialogue
Short
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Flower Show

Victorian-era high society’s stifling views of women are shown in full bloom.

Dir. Elli Vuorinen / 2024 / 9 mins / Finland / English
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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.

Australia
Shorts Package
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Fulldome Showcase 1

MIFF’s popular annual program of fulldome screenings at the Melbourne Planetarium returns for the 2024 festival.

Shorts Package
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Fulldome Showcase 2

MIFF’s popular annual program of fulldome screenings at the Melbourne Planetarium returns for the 2024 festival.