Janet Planet
Pulitzer-winning playwright Annie Baker’s debut film is a sublime mother–daughter coming-of-ager that pays extraordinary attention to the ordinary.
Julie Keeps Quiet
When her coach is accused of misconduct, a tennis prodigy decides – for her own complex reasons – not to return serve.
kajoo yannaga
Follow the Companion Sky Spirit through a virtual walk on Country: emerging from subterranean soils to the ground level, ascending to meet the clouds.
Kanoon: From Didactic to Poetic, 1974-77
A suite of films produced by Kanoon, the celebrated government agency that brought culture and literacy to children and young adults in Iran.
Kar
In this self-reflexive short, an emerging filmmaker asks himself whether it’s possible to make something meaningful in 10 minutes.
Kid Snow
Centring on the titular tent boxer, this is a stunningly shot, epic drama featuring groundbreaking performances from acclaimed director Paul Goldman.
Kneecap
A Belfast hip-hop trio play themselves in this biopic that tracks their fictionalised roots and their real-life crusade to save the Gaeilge language.
La Cocina
Rooney Mara stars in this gorgeously shot, righteously angry portrait of kitchen workers stewing in the pressure-cooker conditions of an NYC bistro.
Lake Mungo 4K
One of Australia’s greatest cult classics – equal parts ghost story and family drama – screens for the first time in a glorious new 4K restoration.
The Land at Night
An eerie trip across the landscape takes a dark turn into Australian Gothic.
Lasting Impressions
Plunge between the brushstrokes of impressionist artworks in this 3D spectacle that honours their daringly modern beauty.
Lea Tupu'anga / Mother Tongue
A speech therapist oversells her Tongan language skills to get a job.
Lee
Kate Winslet delivers a captivating performance alongside a stellar cast in this portrait of legendary WWII war photographer Lee Miller.
Left Write Hook
For eight survivors of childhood sexual abuse, a program that combines boxing and writing turns into a journey of recovery and friendship.
Light, Noise, Smoke, and Light, Noise, Smoke
A hypnotic interplay between footage of fireworks shot during a Japanese summer festival.
Like My Brother
From the Tiwi Islands to Melbourne and back again, four young women who seek to make it in elite sport must face uncertain futures.
Limbotopia
First-time director Hsieh Wen-Yee presents a surreal trip through a post-apocalyptic Taiwan.
Lives of Performers
The genre-defying debut feature of legendary choreographer Yvonne Rainer, which heralded an experimental new cinematic voice.
Look Into My Eyes
Supporter and sceptic alike will be touched as seven psychics connect clients with the supernatural – or simply with what’s buried in their psyches.
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Hear Martin Scorsese wax lyrical about how the mesmerising films of two of Britain’s finest inspired his own adventures in cinema.
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.
Malu
A middle-aged actress begins to unravel in this dynamite debut, featuring an explosive, emotionally wrenching lead performance from Yara de Novaes.
Man number 4
Gaza, December 2023. A confrontation with a disturbing photo on social media triggers questions about what it means to be an onlooker.
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Winner of the Cannes Short Film Palme d’Or, this razor-sharp, ultra-tense standoff offers a cinematic tribute to a real wartime figure.
The Man Who Envied Women
An acerbic, whip-smart account of a womanising professor at the breaking point of his marriage to a fed-up artist.
Mars Futures
A young woman, dissatisfied with life, makes a radical choice: to move to Mars.
The Masterpiece
In this Sundance award-winner, race and class complicate the transaction between a wealthy couple and the scrap dealers they invite to their mansion.
Matt and Mara
Anne at 13,000 Feet director Kazik Radwanski re-teams with Deragh Campbell and Matt Johnson in this ennui-filled character-driven charmer.
Matta and Matto
At the Hotel Vaip, where machines simulate human contact, guests pay a high price.
Me & Mazzy Melancholy
Loneliness and longing collide in this haunted nocturnal vision of a desolate Melbourne.
The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie & Celeste
A vision of wild, nightmarish childhood play stunningly shot on 16mm with vintage lenses.
The Medallion
Ethiopian-Australian filmmaker Ruth Hunduma hears her mother’s testimony of surviving the ‘Red Terror’ genocide of Ethiopia in the 1970s.
Megalopolis
Francis Ford Coppola’s star-studded, largely self-funded, 40-years-in-the-making passion project arrives at MIFF in all its loopy, maximalist glory.
Memoir of a Snail
Sarah Snook lends her voice alongside Kodi Smit-McPhee, Magda Szubanski, Eric Bana and Jacki Weaver in the second claymation feature from Adam Elliot.
Memory
Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard are exceptional in this dark and difficult love story – director Michel Franco’s most optimistic film to date.
The Memphis Chronicles: Water's Edge
Step into an otherworldly cityscape representing humanity’s collective subconscious.
Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
Frederick Wiseman’s 44th feature documentary turns the lens on the kitchens of a Michelin three-star French restaurant and the family that runs it.
Metaract
The artist’s quest for meaning is revealed through natural environments, which are recontextualised and juxtaposed with digital elements.
MIFF Accelerator Lab Talks - Behind the Scenes | Acting with the cast of Audrey
Uncover the secrets of film production as MIFF Accelerator Lab goes Behind the Scenes with creative talents from MIFF Premiere Fund–supported films.
MIFF Accelerator Lab Talks - Behind the Scenes | Composing Magic Beach with Bryony Marks
Uncover the secrets of film production as MIFF Accelerator Lab goes Behind the Scenes with creative talents from MIFF Premiere Fund–supported films.
MIFF Accelerator Lab Talks - Behind the Scenes | Cutting Audrey with Katrina Barker
Uncover the secrets of film production as MIFF Accelerator Lab goes Behind the Scenes with creative talents from MIFF Premiere Fund–supported films.
MIFF Accelerator Lab Talks - Behind the Scenes | Shooting Inside with Andrew Commis ACS
Uncover the secrets of film production as MIFF Accelerator Lab goes Behind the Scenes with creative talents from MIFF Premiere Fund–supported films.
MIFF Trivia presented by Umbrella Entertainment
Film buffs ahoy! Alexei Toliopoulos is coming to MIFF’s Festival Hub for two nights only. His encyclopedic film knowledge is unmatched … is yours?
MIFF x Peninsula Hot Springs: 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.
Misericordia
If you go into the woods today, you’re in for a darkly comedic surprise from French provocateur Alain Guiraudie.
Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound
A voyage through the singular career of Scottish post-rock legends Mogwai, from their beginnings in the 90s to the creation of their latest album.
Mongrel
An undocumented Thai caregiver grapples with exploitation in this evocative portrait that received the Caméra d’Or Special Mention at Cannes.
The Moogai
Jon Bell expands his MIFF 2020 Best Australian Short Film winner into a feature-length horror steeped in the trauma of the Stolen Generations.
The Most Precious of Cargoes
Best Director Oscar winner Michel Hazanavicius crafts a stirring Holocaust fable – the first animated film to screen in Cannes competition since 2008.
Motel Destino
From Cannes competition lands a colourful, queered and beachside-set erotic thriller in which desire and destiny clash in a seedy sex hotel.