Join a mysterious guide through a double world that straddles time periods, realities and scales of matter.
Modern and traditional values clash in acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s daring family drama, which won two prizes at Cannes.
Tilda Swinton plays the boss from hell in this absurdist satire of US immigration policy and the New York art scene from multi-hyphenate Julio Torres.
Animal Kingdom star Leila George rejoins her mother Greta Scacchi in this devastating Australian drama about a family riven by drug addiction.
Tsai Ming-liang continues his meditative, monastic Walking series with another hypnotic shrine to seeking transcendence in a chaotic world.
Brigette Lundy-Paine and Justice Smith star as teen outsiders whose obsessive pop-culture fandom causes rifts in their realities.
In this brutally hilarious black comedy, an Aussie teen’s coma is her family’s time to shine.
Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard are exceptional in this dark and difficult love story – director Michel Franco’s most optimistic film to date.
Instead of writing off her abandoned first feature as a failure, filmmaker Zia Anger devised this imaginative, self-reflexive piece of autofiction.
Demi Moore satirises Hollywood ageism in this audacious and gory feminist body horror that was the talk of this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
MIFF’s popular annual program of fulldome screenings at the Melbourne Planetarium returns for the 2024 festival.
In this brutally hilarious black comedy, an Aussie teen’s coma is her family’s time to shine.
Brigette Lundy-Paine and Justice Smith star as teen outsiders whose obsessive pop-culture fandom causes rifts in their realities.
The artist’s quest for meaning is revealed through natural environments, which are recontextualised and juxtaposed with digital elements.
Rooted in Shinto mythology, Iwakura invokes the spirits that embody the sacred rock formations found throughout Japan.
The first entry in a series inspired by astronomical phenomena and the exploration of consciousness and existence from a philosophical perspective.
Legendary Australian musician Warren Ellis takes us on a guided tour through his world and one very special animal sanctuary.
A coach trains two young figure skaters in this endearing, snow-blanketed portrait of youthful yearning and adult melancholy.
Legendary Australian musician Warren Ellis takes us on a guided tour through his world and one very special animal sanctuary.
Join us in celebrating the world’s favourite reptilian, amphibious kaiju over one glorious night, via seven films marking 70 years.
The masterpiece that made the name ‘Godzilla’ known worldwide has been restored in 4K to mark 70 years of watching this kaiju ravage all in his wake.
The ninth film in the Godzilla series sees an array of monsters rampage at the foot of Mount Fuji.
In the 14th instalment in the series (marking the 20th anniversary of Godzilla), an ‘alien superweapon’ threatens the planet.
Marking 30 years since the kaiju burst onto the world stage, this film plays as a direct sequel to the 1954 original, kicking off a brand-new series.
A gigantic egg is discovered on Infant Island and two miniature fairies guarding it predict the resurrection of Mothra’s archenemy.
Mothra, King Ghidorah and Baragon defend Japan from Godzilla, who has been possessed by the souls of those who were killed during the Pacific War.
Now symbolising more modern disasters, Godzilla is back with a vengeance and in an almost unrecognisable form – but with the same catastrophic intent.
This SXSW award-winner will have you hitting ‘like’ with its tale of a pining daughter and the man who is not her father connecting online and IRL.
MIFF’s popular annual program of fulldome screenings at the Melbourne Planetarium returns for the 2024 festival.
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.
A taciturn loner and a stray dog bond in this beautiful tale of cross-species kindred spirits set against widescreen images of the Gobi Desert.
Ohio-born bluesy rockers The Black Keys get candid and introspective in this warts-and-all documentary direct from SXSW.
Three brothers attempt to lure their mum back from the dead in this bizarre and strangely beautiful nightmare tale.
In this Cannes Caméra d’Or winner, a fraught parent–teacher conference at a Norwegian primary school plunges into a claustrophobic breakdown.
Premiering in Cannes Un Certain Regard, this scathing, subversively feminist take on the police procedural puts modern-day India under scrutiny.
In this slasher, six Gen Z activists get more than they bargained for when they break into a furniture store and face a bloodthirsty security guard.