5:40pm

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

Program Strand/s: MIFF XR
5:40pm

Join a mysterious guide through a double world that straddles time periods, realities and scales of matter.

Program Strand/s: MIFF XR
6:00pm

Modern and traditional values clash in acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s daring family drama, which won two prizes at Cannes.

Dir. Mohammad Rasoulof / 2024 / 168 mins / Iran / Farsi / Drama, Thriller / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Headliners
6:15pm

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.

Dir. Julio Torres / 2023 / 104 mins / USA / English, Spanish / Drama, Comedy / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: North America
6:30pm

Animal Kingdom star Leila George rejoins her mother Greta Scacchi in this devastating Australian drama about a family riven by drug addiction.

Program Strand/s: Australian Films
6:30pm

Tsai Ming-liang continues his meditative, monastic Walking series with another hypnotic shrine to seeking transcendence in a chaotic world.

Program Strand/s: Asia Pacific
6:30pm

Brigette Lundy-Paine and Justice Smith star as teen outsiders whose obsessive pop-culture fandom causes rifts in their realities.

Dir. Jane Schoenbrun / 2024 / 100 mins / USA / English / Drama, Horror / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: North America Headliners
6:30pm

In this brutally hilarious black comedy, an Aussie teen’s coma is her family’s time to shine.

2024 / 96 mins / Australia / English / Comedy / Australian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Australian Films
6:45pm

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 / Drama / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: North America
7:00pm

Instead of writing off her abandoned first feature as a failure, filmmaker Zia Anger devised this imaginative, self-reflexive piece of autofiction.

Dir. Zia Anger / 2024 / 100 mins / USA / English / Drama / Australian Premiere
Program Strand/s: North America
7:00pm

Demi Moore satirises Hollywood ageism in this audacious and gory feminist body horror that was the talk of this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Program Strand/s: Headliners
7:00pm

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

Program Strand/s: Special Events
7:00pm

In this brutally hilarious black comedy, an Aussie teen’s coma is her family’s time to shine.

2024 / 96 mins / Australia / English / Comedy / Australian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Australian Films
7:00pm

Brigette Lundy-Paine and Justice Smith star as teen outsiders whose obsessive pop-culture fandom causes rifts in their realities.

Dir. Jane Schoenbrun / 2024 / 100 mins / USA / English / Drama, Horror / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: North America Headliners
7:00pm

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

7:00pm

Rooted in Shinto mythology, Iwakura invokes the spirits that embody the sacred rock formations found throughout Japan.

7:00pm

The first entry in a series inspired by astronomical phenomena and the exploration of consciousness and existence from a philosophical perspective.

7:10pm

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

Program Strand/s: Australian Films Music on Film
7:15pm

A coach trains two young figure skaters in this endearing, snow-blanketed portrait of youthful yearning and adult melancholy.

Dir. Hiroshi Okuyama / 2024 / 90 mins / Japan / Japanese / Drama / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Asia Pacific
7:30pm

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

Program Strand/s: Australian Films Music on Film
8:30pm

Join us in celebrating the world’s favourite reptilian, amphibious kaiju over one glorious night, via seven films marking 70 years.

699 mins / Japan / Sci-Fi, Action
Program Strand/s: Special Events
8:30pm

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.

Dir. Ishirō Honda / 1954 / 96 mins / Japan / Japanese / Sci-Fi, Action / Australian Premiere
8:30pm

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 / Sci-Fi, Action
8:30pm

In the 14th instalment in the series (marking the 20th anniversary of Godzilla), an ‘alien superweapon’ threatens the planet.

Dir. Jun Fukuda / 1974 / 84 mins / Japan / Japanese / Sci-Fi, Action
8:30pm

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.

Dir. Koji Hashimoto / 1984 / 103 mins / Japan / Japanese / Sci-Fi, Action
8:30pm

A gigantic egg is discovered on Infant Island and two miniature fairies guarding it predict the resurrection of Mothra’s archenemy.

Dir. Takao Okawara / 1992 / 102 mins / Japan / Japanese / Sci-Fi, Action
8:30pm

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.

Dir. Shusuke Kaneko / 2001 / 105 mins / Japan / Japanese / Sci-Fi, Action
8:30pm

Now symbolising more modern disasters, Godzilla is back with a vengeance and in an almost unrecognisable form – but with the same catastrophic intent.

8:45pm

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.

Dir. Tracie Laymon / 2024 / 102 mins / USA / English / Drama, Comedy / International Premiere
Program Strand/s: North America
9:00pm

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

Program Strand/s: Special Events
9:00pm

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

9:00pm

A symphonic journey through fascinating real and artificial visual worlds, inspired by the spirit of science and discovery.

9:30pm

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.

Dir. Guan Hu / 2024 / 106 mins / China / Mandarin / Drama, Thriller / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Asia Pacific
9:30pm

Ohio-born bluesy rockers The Black Keys get candid and introspective in this warts-and-all documentary direct from SXSW.

Dir. Jeff Dupre / 2024 / 89 mins / USA / English / Documentary / Australian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Music on Film
9:30pm

Three brothers attempt to lure their mum back from the dead in this bizarre and strangely beautiful nightmare tale.

Program Strand/s: Night Shift
9:45pm

In this Cannes Caméra d’Or winner, a fraught parent–teacher conference at a Norwegian primary school plunges into a claustrophobic breakdown.

Program Strand/s: Europe & UK
9:45pm

Premiering in Cannes Un Certain Regard, this scathing, subversively feminist take on the police procedural puts modern-day India under scrutiny.

Program Strand/s: Asia Pacific
11:30pm

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.

Dir. RKSS / 2023 / 83 mins / France, Canada / English / Horror, Thriller / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Night Shift
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