A collection of the best short films from the festival, as chosen by the MIFF Shorts Awards jury and the MIFF Shorts programmers.
Rooney Mara stars in this gorgeously shot, righteously angry portrait of kitchen workers stewing in the pressure-cooker conditions of an NYC bistro.
Guy Pearce stars in this prison-set portrait of incarceration and salvation – the feature debut from Short Film Palme d’Or winner Charles Williams.
A gigantic brain in a forest, masturbating bog zombies, Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander and Charles Dance collide in Guy Maddin’s audacious latest.
This effusive documentary explodes onto the screen as it chronicles the remarkable rise and staying power of the 80s new-wave band behind ‘Whip It’.
A nuanced and inspirational account of the life-changing legacy of leading man turned disability activist Christopher Reeve.
Two men in rural Queensland search for solace in spirituality in this cinematic blend of documentary and fiction.
Think the global surge in interest in women’s football is a relatively recent occurrence? This eye-opening documentary asks you to think again.
Three brothers attempt to lure their mum back from the dead in this bizarre and strangely beautiful nightmare tale.
Her uniquely emotional songwriting fuelled the best revenge on her cheating husband: a brilliant second solo career.
Brigette Lundy-Paine and Justice Smith star as teen outsiders whose obsessive pop-culture fandom causes rifts in their realities.
This double-Sundance-winning semi-autobiographical film surveys a coming of age marked by Myspace and Motorola flip phones during the 2000s.
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.
Hope and familial bonds thrive in dangerous conditions in this groundbreaking feature – the first ever Somali film to screen at Cannes.
Reminisce about Melbourne's community radio stations with a newly restored 1987 documentary, followed by a mix of indie band film clips.
A bucolic university is the site of scandal, boozy meals and mildly subversive theatre in prolific cult hero Hong Sang-soo’s 32nd film.
In actor-turned-director Noémie Merlant’s dark French farce, three friends must conceal a #MeToo murder while haunted by the ghosts of abusive men.
From the Tiwi Islands to Melbourne and back again, four young women who seek to make it in elite sport must face uncertain futures.
Bougie Brooklynites behave badly in this queer COVID-set comedy straight from Sundance.
Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer goes head-to-head with Downton Abbey alum Dan Stevens in this frightfully weird horror.
In this sparkling anime comedy set in a vibrant alternate world, the customer is always right – but they’re never human.
Viggo Mortensen’s second feature is an unconventional western buoyed by the powerful presence of its lead, Vicky Krieps.
A friendship between two teens leads to an unspeakable crime in Peter Jackson’s tour de force, re-emerging for a special 30th-anniversary screening.
Australian make-up and VFX veteran Steve Boyle (Star Wars; Daybreakers) makes his directorial debut with this grisly body-horror creature feature.
Underground auteur Joel Potrykus returns with a mind-bending and hilariously shocking trip into the existential terror of middle age.