Feature
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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.

Dir. Annie Baker / 2023 / 113 mins / USA / English
Feature
Past Event

Julie Keeps Quiet

When her coach is accused of misconduct, a tennis prodigy decides – for her own complex reasons – not to return serve.

Dir. Leonardo Van Dijl / 2024 / 97 mins / Sweden, Belgium / French, Flemish
XR
Past Event

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.

Dir. April Phillips / 2024 / 10 mins / Australia / Yuin
Shorts Package
Past Event

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.

Iran
Short
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Kar

In this self-reflexive short, an emerging filmmaker asks himself whether it’s possible to make something meaningful in 10 minutes.

Dir. Nick Allen / 2024 / 11 mins / Australia / English
Feature
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Kid Snow

Centring on the titular tent boxer, this is a stunningly shot, epic drama featuring groundbreaking performances from acclaimed director Paul Goldman.

Dir. Paul Goldman / 2024 / 127 mins / Australia / English
Feature
Past Event

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.

Dir. Rich Peppiatt / 2023 / 105 mins / Ireland / English, Irish
Feature
Past Event

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.

Dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios / 2024 / 139 mins / USA, Mexico / English, Spanish
Feature
Past Event

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.

Dir. Joel Anderson / 2008 / 87 mins / Australia / English
Short
Past Event

The Land at Night

An eerie trip across the landscape takes a dark turn into Australian Gothic.

Dir. Richard Tuohy, Dianna Barrie / 2024 / 14 mins / Australia / No Dialogue
Feature
Past Event

Lasting Impressions

Plunge between the brushstrokes of impressionist artworks in this 3D spectacle that honours their daringly modern beauty.

Dir. Dylan Andrew Pearce / 2023 / 45 mins / USA / English
Short
Past Event

Lea Tupu'anga / Mother Tongue

A speech therapist oversells her Tongan language skills to get a job.

Dir. Vea Mafile'o / 2023 / 17 mins / New Zealand / English, Tongan
Feature
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Lee

Kate Winslet delivers a captivating performance alongside a stellar cast in this portrait of legendary WWII war photographer Lee Miller.

Dir. Ellen Kuras / 2023 / 117 mins / UK / English
Feature
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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.

Dir. Shannon Owen / 2024 / 98 mins / Australia
Short
Past Event

Light, Noise, Smoke, and Light, Noise, Smoke

A hypnotic interplay between footage of fireworks shot during a Japanese summer festival.

Dir. Tomonari Nishikawa / 2023 / 6 mins / Japan / No Dialogue
Feature
Past Event

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.

Dir. Sal Balharrie, Danielle MacLean / 2024 / 93 mins / Australia / English, Tiwi
Short
Past Event

Limbotopia

First-time director Hsieh Wen-Yee presents a surreal trip through a post-apocalyptic Taiwan.

Dir. Hsieh Wen-Yee / 2024 / 25 mins / Taiwan / No Dialogue
Feature
Past Event

Lives of Performers

The genre-defying debut feature of legendary choreographer Yvonne Rainer, which heralded an experimental new cinematic voice.

Dir. Yvonne Rainer / 1972 / 90 mins / USA / English
Feature
Past Event

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.

Dir. Lana Wilson / 2023 / 108 mins / USA / English
Feature
Past Event

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.

Dir. David Hinton / 2024 / 131 mins / UK / English
Feature
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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
Feature
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Malu

A middle-aged actress begins to unravel in this dynamite debut, featuring an explosive, emotionally wrenching lead performance from Yara de Novaes.

Dir. Pedro Freire / 2024 / 101 mins / Brazil / Portuguese
Short
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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.

Dir. Miranda Pennell / 2024 / 9 mins / UK / English
Short
Past Event

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.

Dir. Nebojša Slijepčević / 2024 / 13 mins / France, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovenia / Croatian, Serbian
Feature
Past Event

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.

Dir. Yvonne Rainer / 1985 / 125 mins / USA / English
Short
Past Event

Mars Futures

A young woman, dissatisfied with life, makes a radical choice: to move to Mars.

Dir. Hannah Moore / 2024 / 14 mins / Australia / English
Short
Past Event

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.

Dir. Àlex Lora Cercós / 2024 / 20 mins / Spain / Spanish
Feature
Past Event

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.

Dir. Kazik Radwanski / 2024 / 80 mins / Canada / English
Short
Past Event

Matta and Matto

At the Hotel Vaip, where machines simulate human contact, guests pay a high price.

Dir. Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp / 2023 / 10 mins / Switzerland / No Dialogue
Short
Past Event

Me & Mazzy Melancholy

Loneliness and longing collide in this haunted nocturnal vision of a desolate Melbourne.

Dir. David Tse / 2023 / 13 mins / Australia / English, Mandarin, Japanese
Short
Past Event

The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie & Celeste

A vision of wild, nightmarish childhood play stunningly shot on 16mm with vintage lenses.

Dir. Pernell Marsden / 2024 / 7 mins / Australia / English
Short
Past Event

The Medallion

Ethiopian-Australian filmmaker Ruth Hunduma hears her mother’s testimony of surviving the ‘Red Terror’ genocide of Ethiopia in the 1970s.

Dir. Ruth Hunduma / 2023 / 19 mins / UK / English, Amharic
Feature
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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.

Dir. Francis Ford Coppola / 2024 / 138 mins / USA / English
Feature
Past Event

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.

Dir. Adam Elliot / 2024 / 94 mins / Australia / English
Feature
Past Event

Memory

Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard are exceptional in this dark and difficult love story – director Michel Franco’s most optimistic film to date.

Dir. Michel Franco / 2023 / 103 mins / USA, Mexico / English
XR
Past Event

The Memphis Chronicles: Water's Edge

Step into an otherworldly cityscape representing humanity’s collective subconscious.

2024 / 20 mins / Australia, Germany / English
Feature
Past Event

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.

Dir. Frederick Wiseman / 2023 / 240 mins / USA / English, French
Short
Past Event

Metaract

The artist’s quest for meaning is revealed through natural environments, which are recontextualised and juxtaposed with digital elements.

Dir. Manami Sakamoto, Yuri Urano / 2024 / 20 mins / Japan / No Dialogue
Past Event

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.

75 mins
Past Event

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.

75 mins
Past Event

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.

75 mins
Past Event

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.

75 mins
Past Event

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?

120 mins
Feature
Past Event

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.

2024 / Australia
Feature
Past Event

Misericordia

If you go into the woods today, you’re in for a darkly comedic surprise from French provocateur Alain Guiraudie.

Dir. Alain Guiraudie / 2024 / 103 mins / France / French
Feature
Past Event

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.

Dir. Antony Crook / 2024 / 90 mins / Scotland / English
Feature
Past Event

Mongrel

An undocumented Thai caregiver grapples with exploitation in this evocative portrait that received the Caméra d’Or Special Mention at Cannes.

Dir. Chiang Wei Liang, Yin You Qiao / 2024 / 128 mins / France, Taiwan, Singapore / Mandarin, Taiwanese, Thai
Feature
Past Event

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.

Dir. Jon Bell / 2023 / 86 mins / Australia / English
Feature
Past Event

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.

Dir. Michel Hazanavicius / 2024 / 81 mins / France / French
Feature
Past Event

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.

Dir. Karim Aïnouz / 2024 / 112 mins / Germany, France, Brazil / Portuguese