Animation Shorts
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Forms collide in this assorted collection of visual storytelling.
Eloise Grills’s poem ‘Every Morning I Am Reborn’ comes to life in this nimble, playful work of line-drawn animation.
Victorian-era high society’s stifling views of women are shown in full bloom.
When a beached whale runs ashore, a father and daughter disagree about its fate.
In this Annecy Audience Award winner, a simple errand turns into a comic Sisyphean ordeal.
The true story of Professor Alexey Wangenheim, who writes hopeful letters home from a Gulag in Stalinist Russia.
On a scorching summer day, two siblings are reminded of their mother.
A striking allegory on the maternal instinct to sacrifice reminiscent of classic fairytales.
Aquatic and amphibious imagery act as motifs for a young woman’s recollections of her life.
Occupied City
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This immersive, epic work of memorialisation from Oscar winner Steve McQueen uncovers WWII histories hidden in plain sight.
Ahead of the world premiere of Ellis Park, musician and composer Warren Ellis and director Justin Kurzel discuss their work and recent collaboration.
Memoir of a Snail
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Sarah Snook lends her voice alongside Kodi Smit-McPhee, Magda Szubanski, Eric Bana and Jacki Weaver in the second claymation feature from Adam Elliot.
Plunge between the brushstrokes of impressionist artworks in this 3D spectacle that honours their daringly modern beauty.
This raucous ‘mom-com’, written by star Ilana Glazer (Broad City), delivers a bundle of joy from the slapstick indignities of impending motherhood.
Like My Brother
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From the Tiwi Islands to Melbourne and back again, four young women who seek to make it in elite sport must face uncertain futures.
The World According to Allee Willis
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A kaleidoscopic ride through the 50-year career of the mega-hit songwriter behind the Friends theme song, Earth Wind & Fire’s ‘September’ and more.
Abiding Nowhere
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Tsai Ming-liang continues his meditative, monastic Walking series with another hypnotic shrine to seeking transcendence in a chaotic world.
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.
Daughters
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From EPs Kerry Washington and Joel Edgerton, this film joins four girls as they reunite with their incarcerated fathers for the Daddy Daughter Dance.
In this big-hearted documentary, a Los Angeles teacher takes time off to nurture injured hummingbirds and finds herself on an uplifting journey.
My Old Ass
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If you were a queer Canadian teenager and Aubrey Plaza appeared to you as your future self, would you heed her ominous warning?
Brick and Mirror
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Iranian cinema’s first true modern masterpiece, released in 1964, explores fear and responsibility in the aftermath of the 1953 coup.
As the restitution conversation gains global momentum, this striking Berlinale Golden Bear–winning documentary follows a stolen statue home.
An intimate and uplifting dance documentary that ponders human connection and perfection, featuring Chunky Move and Restless Dance Theatre.
We Were Dangerous
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Executive-produced by Taika Waititi, this fiercely feminist Māori-led debut is an emotive subversion of the ‘coming-of-age delinquent’ narrative.
MIFF’s popular annual program of fulldome screenings at the Melbourne Planetarium returns for the 2024 festival.
The first entry in a series inspired by astronomical phenomena and the exploration of consciousness and existence from a philosophical perspective.
Rooted in Shinto mythology, Iwakura invokes the spirits that embody the sacred rock formations found throughout Japan.
The artist’s quest for meaning is revealed through natural environments, which are recontextualised and juxtaposed with digital elements.
Music on Film Gala - Ellis Park
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Legendary Australian musician Warren Ellis takes us on a guided tour through his world and one very special animal sanctuary.
MIFF’s popular annual program of fulldome screenings at the Melbourne Planetarium returns for the 2024 festival.
The show really must go on as two locked-down actors take Shakespeare to the least likely stage imaginable: the streets of Grand Theft Auto.
Kneecap
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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.
First-time director Hsieh Wen-Yee presents a surreal trip through a post-apocalyptic Taiwan.
A symphonic journey through fascinating real and artificial visual worlds, inspired by the spirit of science and discovery.
WTF Shorts
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Unfiltered and unapologetic. Not for the faint of heart.
A violin student’s competitiveness manifests as grotesque, nightmarish creatures.
A schoolgirl discovers the catfish she bought for dinner is a talking sentient bioweapon.
At the Hotel Vaip, where machines simulate human contact, guests pay a high price.
Revenge is a dish best served during a coffee break for an overworked, under-slept new father.
Ducks, dicks and lactating tits collide in this stop-motion nightmare about the anxieties of infertility.
In this sinister short set at an Irish farm, an accident corners a teenager into making an irreversible choice.
When a young man is caught masturbating, he descends into a downward spiral of humiliation.
The desperate absurdities of colonisation are laid bare in this satire of a Dutch family’s fallout following the death of their wealthy patriarch.
The untold 40-year story of the crowning moments, creative turmoils and deep friendship of the pair behind At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta.
An unsettling and oneiric tale of sisterhood is French actor Ariane Labed’s Cannes-premiering directorial debut, based on a Gothic novel.
Cuckoo
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Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer goes head-to-head with Downton Abbey alum Dan Stevens in this frightfully weird horror.