10:00am

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 / Animation / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: MIFF XR
10:00am

The first Nepalese film to screen in competition at Berlin follows the physical and spiritual Himalayan journey of a woman on a truth-seeking mission.

Program Strand/s: Asia Pacific
10:45am

Letting it all go to seed is the answer to revitalising the land and its visitors, suggests this soul-nourishing film about innovative farming.

Dir. David Allen / 2023 / 75 mins / UK / English / Documentary / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: The Natural World
11:00am

Anne at 13,000 Feet director Kazik Radwanski re-teams with Deragh Campbell and Matt Johnson in this ennui-filled character-driven charmer.

Program Strand/s: North America
1:00pm

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 / Drama / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Europe & UK
1:00pm

This portrait of justice-seeking Syrians in European exile is a deftly calibrated spy thriller propelled by stand-out performances.

Dir. Jonathan Millet / 2024 / 106 mins / France / French, Arabic / Drama / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Europe & UK
1:15pm

This hearty, accomplished debut feature follows the highs and lows of a multi-generational family running a tofu factory in Daegu.

Program Strand/s: Asia Pacific
2:30pm

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

Dir. Mohammad Rasoulof / 168 mins
3:30pm

When an unfinished film, reborn, is stuck in stasis again, its creators meditate on how their lives have been transformed by the pandemic.

Dir. Lou Ye / 2024 / 105 mins / Germany, Singapore / Mandarin / Drama / Australian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Asia Pacific
3:45pm

This Cannes Best Director–winning Asian odyssey spectacularly mashes up time and place, genre and form, to transport audiences somewhere sublime.

Program Strand/s: Headliners
4:00pm
Peter Weir’s classic comedy of the macabre returns in an immaculate, all-new 4K restoration co-presented by the National Film and Sound Archive.
91 mins
4:00pm

Remarkable short-form favourites from Cannes, Berlin, Tribeca and more.

116 mins / Drama, Experimental, Thriller
Program Strand/s: MIFF Shorts
4:00pm

Comedian Nina Conti directs this darkly funny joy ride featuring a monkey, a radio host brought back from the brink and a dead man’s watch.

Dir. Nina Conti / 2024 / 96 mins / UK / English / Drama, Comedy / International Premiere
Program Strand/s: Europe & UK
4:00pm

Part social-realist drama, part thriller, this workplace portrait depicts the pressure-cooker stresses of an overworked construction site.

Dir. Nicolas Panay / 2023 / 17 mins / France / French / Drama, Thriller / Australian Premiere
4:00pm

Winner of the Cannes Short Film Palme d’Or, this razor-sharp, ultra-tense standoff offers a cinematic tribute to a real wartime figure.

4:00pm

A student at an all-girls boarding school is incredibly devoted to God. Or is it just to saintly Sister Agnes?

4:00pm

The Berlinale’s Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) winner is a shrine to fading memories from the director’s own childhood.

4:00pm

From Cannes Critics’ Week, this austere but affecting drama portrays religious superstition colliding with the harsh realities of rural life.

5:30pm

Join the creative team behind kajoo yannaga to unpack the layered processes, practices and ideas that contributed to the realisation of this work.

60 mins / English
Program Strand/s: MIFF Talks
6:00pm

Ten animators adapt Alison Lester’s children’s book, crafting a magical mixture of live action and animation destined to become a family favourite.

Program Strand/s: Special Events
6:15pm

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.

Program Strand/s: Music on Film
6:15pm

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

Program Strand/s: Bright Horizons
6:15pm

Amid the climate crisis, an eight-square-kilometre island off the Danish coast is a microcosm of the rest of the world in this witty portrait.

Program Strand/s: The Natural World
6:15pm

Responding to his wife’s death, David Cronenberg fashions a meditation on loss, longing and grief, filtered through a necro-techno body-horror lens.

Program Strand/s: Headliners
6:30pm

An inspirational insider’s look at a youth-led cross-country road trip to gather grassroots support for the Australian Indigenous Voice referendum.

Program Strand/s: Australian Films Documentaries
6:30pm

Elijah Wood stars as a wayward but well-meaning dad in this magical father–daughter quest set in the New Zealand wilderness.

Program Strand/s: Family Films
6:30pm

Guy Pearce stars in this prison-set portrait of incarceration and salvation – the feature debut from Short Film Palme d’Or winner Charles Williams.

2024 / 104 mins / Australia / Drama, Crime / World Premiere
Program Strand/s: Australian Films Bright Horizons
6:30pm

Elijah Wood stars as a wayward but well-meaning dad in this magical father–daughter quest set in the New Zealand wilderness.

Program Strand/s: Family Films
6:30pm

A crucial chapter in Australia’s queer history is brought to light in this National Film and Sound Archive restoration of Stephen Cummins’s films.

Program Strand/s: Restorations
6:30pm

A simple camping trip evolves into a life-changing experience in this sensitively told coming-of-age debut.

Dir. India Donaldson / 2024 / 90 mins / USA / English / Drama / Australian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Bright Horizons
6:30pm

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
6:45pm

Winner of two Sundance awards, this moving documentary traces a young man’s exploits in a virtual world amid the restrictions of his physical life.

Dir. Benjamin Ree / 2024 / 104 mins / Norway / English / Documentary / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Documentaries
6:45pm

This award-winning spine-chiller from Caveat director Damian McCarthy unleashes horror from every corner of a haunted house.

Program Strand/s: Night Shift
6:45pm

Adam Elliot (Memoir of a Snail), Emma Kelly (Magic Beach), Kathy Sarpi (Magic Beach) and Gints Zilbalodis (Flow) discuss their approaches to animation.

60 mins
Program Strand/s: MIFF Talks
7:00pm

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 / Drama / Australian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Bright Horizons
7:10pm

Guy Pearce stars in this prison-set portrait of incarceration and salvation – the feature debut from Short Film Palme d’Or winner Charles Williams.

2024 / 104 mins / Australia / Drama, Crime / World Premiere
Program Strand/s: Australian Films Bright Horizons
8:00pm

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 / Drama / Australian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Bright Horizons
8:00pm

Three Australian girls seek the ultimate success in the world of competitive skateboarding while sliding into an adolescence without handrails.

Dir. Eliza Cox / 2024 / 87 mins / Australia / English / Documentary / World Premiere
Program Strand/s: Sports
8:45pm

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

Program Strand/s: Australian Films
8:45pm

If you think you’ve seen enough crime dramas that you can predict every twist, think again. This trippy investigation will keep you second-guessing.

Program Strand/s: Experimentations
9:00pm

An unsettling and oneiric tale of sisterhood is French actor Ariane Labed’s Cannes-premiering directorial debut, based on a Gothic novel.

Program Strand/s: Europe & UK
9:15pm

Class is in session! Celebrate the world of gender-punk icon Peaches in this audacious Teddy Award–winning documentary.

Program Strand/s: Music on Film
9:15pm

With absurdist humour and playful surrealism, this disarmingly funny Cannes award-winner rages at a middle-class Zambian family’s shameful silence.

Program Strand/s: Bright Horizons
9:15pm

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.

Program Strand/s: Music on Film
9:15pm

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
9:30pm

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

Program Strand/s: Asia Pacific
9:30pm

A man discovers he’s been feeding a cannibal in this deliciously macabre Melbourne-shot indie black comedy.

Program Strand/s: Australian Films
9:30pm

The first Indian film to screen in Cannes competition in 30 years is a sensuous tale of two nurses, their romances and a mystical trip to the coast.

Program Strand/s: Headliners
11:00pm

Delirious, debaucherous and downright dangerous – the Scala played home to sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll (and John Waters) in Thatcher-era London.

Program Strand/s: Documentaries
11:15pm

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 / Drama, Horror / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Australian Films Night Shift
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