Ticket FAQs

From 12 July until 3 August 2023, the MIFF Box Office at ACMI will be open daily from 10am to 4pm. On Thursday evenings, we are open until 6.30pm for after-work Passport and membership collection.

During the festival period (3–20 August), the MIFF Box office at ACMI will be open from 10am until approximately 15 minutess after the last session at ACMI starts.

MIFF Box Offices at all other metropolitan Melbourne venues are open from one hour before the first MIFF session of the day until 15 minutes after the last session of the day.

Please note that all MIFF Box Offices are cashless, so only EFTPOS and credit cards will be accepted. Cash will not be accepted.

If you need to get in touch with our Box Office outside of the above dates, email us at boxoffice@miff.com.au.

Yes, you can reach us on 03 8660 4888.

From 12 July until 3 August, the MIFF call centre will be open daily from 11am to 4pm.

During the festival period (3–20 August), the MIFF call centre will be open from 10am to 9pm.

Outside of these hours, you can email us at boxoffice@miff.com.au.

For MIFF Play, see our FAQs below.

Printed programs can be collected from the MIFF Box Office at ACMI between 10am and 4pm, Friday to Wednesday, or until 6.30pm on Thursdays.

The printed program will also be available in The Sunday Age on 16 July and at various arts and hospitality venues around metropolitan Melbourne.

MIFF will be managed in accordance with the Victorian Government’s latest COVID-safe settings and restrictions. More information can be found here.

MIFF accepts a range of concessions to help keep the festival accessible to all. We offer concession tickets on events (where listed) to MIFF Members, full-time students, pensioners, Health Care Card holders and seniors. Valid concession or membership ID must be presented when buying or collecting tickets and upon entry to the cinema. 

Concession Membership prices apply to the holders of a card for the following concession types only: Seniors, Health Care Card holders, Carer Card holders and full-time students. Proof of concession is required on application.

Members of the following bodies and industry groups are entitled to purchase tickets at the concession rate (where listed): MEAA, AFI, SPAA, ACS, ADG, AWG, ASE, City of Melbourne (staff), MQFF and ACMI. Valid concession or membership ID must be presented when buying or collecting tickets and on entry to the cinema. Industry concessions are not valid for the purchase of a concession-priced MIFF Membership.

MIFF is a cashless festival. Payments can be made on this website by credit card (Visa or MasterCard) or MIFF gift voucher. MIFF Box Offices only accept credit cards (Visa or MasterCard), EFTPOS and MIFF gift vouchers.

You can present your tickets on your phone, via the PDF ticket you received via email, or by logging into the MIFF App to access your ticket.

If you prefer, you can print your tickets. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or newer, which can be downloaded for free from Adobe’s website.

Each ticket is valid for one entry to one session only. Every ticket is scanned for entry into the cinema.

If a session is listed as ‘Standby’, that means there are currently no tickets available. A small number of tickets may become available to purchase at around 5pm the night before the session – please check the website for any releases.

If you are unable to book a ticket in advance, you can join the standby queue at the venue on the night. Please look for the designated standby queue area located near the Box Office of each venue and ask staff for venue-specific details. Once patrons are seated and the session has commenced, spare seats are counted. If there are empty seats, you will be able to purchase a ticket at normal festival prices. You must remain in the standby queue at all times to be eligible.

Admission to sessions is not guaranteed, but standby queues generally have a high success rate.

MIFF has a high volume of patrons – especially at busy times. Having general admission for most sessions allows us to get audiences in quicker and screen films on time. Some special events, such as the Opening Night Gala, may utilise reserved seating. To guarantee a good seat, please arrive early for your sessions.

We offer exchanges for standard in-cinema sessions up to two (2) hours before the session’s scheduled start time.

Sessions booked on a Festival Passport can be exchanged online, at the Box Office or over the phone free of charge.

For all other bookings, exchanges will incur a small fee:

• At the Box Office or over the phone: $2.50 fee per ticket
• Online: $1 fee per ticket

Exchanges may not be permitted for galas, special events and MIFF Play streams.

You can exchange any tickets booked under your account for a $1 fee per ticket.

• Click MY ACCOUNT on the MIFF website.
• Enter your email address and password. (If you have forgotten your password, enter your email address under ‘Lost Password’, click ‘Continue’ and a new password will be sent to you.)
• Once logged in, you will see MY ACCOUNT.
• Under the BOOKINGS tab, you will see a list of your bookings.  Locate the correct booking and click ‘Exchange Tickets’.
• A box will appear – check the details and click ‘Exchange’.
• Find the new session you would like to attend and add ticket/s to your cart.
• Complete the checkout process to pay the exchange fee and any differences in ticket prices. 
• Your new ticket/s will be emailed to you.

You can remove sessions from your pass online, for a $1 fee.

• Click MY ACCOUNT on the MIFF website.
• Enter your email address and password. (If you have forgotten your password, enter your email address under ‘Lost Password’, click ‘Continue’ and a new password will be sent to you.)
• Once logged in, you will see MY ACCOUNT.
• Under the PASSES tab, you will see a list of passes associated with your account. Locate the correct pass, tick the check box, and click ‘View/Exchange Sessions’.
• Tick the check box next to the session/s you would like to remove and click ‘Exchange Sessions’.
• A box will appear – check the details and click ‘Exchange’.
• Find the new session you would like to attend and add ticket/s to your cart.
• Complete the checkout process and pay the exchange fee. You will receive a confirmation email with your new tickets attached.

You can remove sessions from your Festival Pass free of charge online.

• Click MY ACCOUNT on the MIFF website.
• Enter your email address and password. (If you have forgotten your password, enter your email address under ‘Lost Password’, click ‘Continue’ and a new password will be sent to you.)
• Once logged in, you will see MY ACCOUNT.
• Under the PASSES tab, you will see a list of passes associated with your account. Locate the correct pass, tick the check box, and click ‘View/Exchange Sessions’.
• Tick the check box next to the session/s you would like to remove and click ‘Exchange Sessions’.
• A box will appear – check the details and click ‘Exchange’.
• Complete the checkout process to remove the session/s from your Festival Passport.

Tickets, memberships and passes are purchased under MIFF’s Terms and Conditions of Sale and, as such, no refunds will be given.

MIFF Festival Passports are available exclusively as part of a Deluxe Membership. If you are a standard member and would like to upgrade to Deluxe Membership, you can do so in person at the MIFF Box Office at ACMI or over the phone on 03 8660 4888.

To guarantee entry, Deluxe Members must pre-book all sessions onto their Festival Passport (subject to availability). It is possible to create a booking on a Passport at the cinema door; however, if the session is sold out or has limited tickets, Passport holders without a valid pre-booking will be directed to the standby queue.

If you are a Deluxe Member, you will need to collect your Passport before you can attend sessions. Passports are available for collection at the MIFF Box Office at ACMI from 12 July 2023 Please present your MIFF Membership card, photo ID, credit card and Passport Serial Number when collecting your Passport.

Lost Passports can be replaced for a fee of $8 (subject to availability) at the MIFF Box Office at ACMI. You must provide valid ID.

A Festival Passport provides admission to all standard in-cinema sessions and selected MIFF Talks events during the festival (excluding reigonal sessions, Galas, XR and other special events). A Passport is valid for one session at any one screening time.  Entry is valid for the Passport holder only.

It is recommended that you pre-book all your sessions to avoid missing out. If you book a session then change your mind, you can cancel the booking or change to another session free of charge via this website, at a MIFF Box Office or over the phone on 03 8660 4888.

No. If you are looking for a pass to be shared with friends, please consider purchasing a Discovery or Share Pass. A Share Pass gives you 12 standard festival admissions, which you can share with up to three friends per session. That means you can book two people into six sessions, three people into four sessions, four people into three sessions, or any combination that suits you and yours.

You can buy passes from our website at miff.com.au/tickets.

You can also purchase tickets from the MIFF Box Office at ACMI or over the phone.

Once you have received your Serial Number, you can add film sessions to your pass by going into each prefered screening and selecting the pass redeem ticket option, or by visiting a MIFF Box Office or calling 03 8660 4888

Your Pass Serial Number will be emailed to you shortly after purchase. If you cannot find this email, you can view your Pass Serial Number in your online account. 

• Click MY ACCOUNT on the MIFF website.
• Enter your email address and password. (If you have forgotten your password, enter your email address under ‘Lost Password’, click ‘Continue’ and a new password will be sent to you.)
• Once logged in, you will see MY ACCOUNT.
• Select the PASSES tab to see your Pass Serial Number/s.

You will be emailed your Pass Serial Number, which can be used to book sessions. You will not receive a physical pass. You will need a ticket for each session you are attending. Your tickets can be printed at home, displayed on the MIFF app on your mobile device, or collected from the Box Office.

A Discovery Pass provides admission to six (6) standard in-cinema sessions and selected MIFF Talks. You can book up to six (6) tickets to the same session using a discovery pass.

Discovery Passes are not valid for use on MIFF Play, regional Victorian screenings, Opening Night, Closing Night, Music on Film Gala, special events, or 37°South and Accelerator Lab events.

If you book a session then change your mind, you can cancel or exchange the booking to another session up to two (2) hours before the session’s start time for a fee of $2.50 per ticket at the Box Office or over the phone or for a $1 fee online.

Share Passes are valid for standard in-cinema sessions and selected MIFF Talks.

Share Passes are not valid for use on MIFFPLAY, Regional screenings, Opening Night, Closing Night, Music on Film Gala, special events, or 37°South and Accelerator Lab events.

If you book a session then change your mind, you can cancel or exchange the booking to another session up to two hours before the session’s start time for a fee of $2.50 per ticket at the Box Office or over the phone or for a $1 fee online.

Pass holders are exempt from booking fees if the order total is $0 when checking out. If the pass holder has purchased additional tickets, then the booking fee applies to those tickets.

Off-peak sessions are screenings on Monday to Friday that start before 5pm.

The U26 Pass allows you to book three off-peak festival sessions at MIFF 2023. ‘Off-peak’ refers to sessions on Mondays to Fridays before 5pm.

The U26 Pass is exclusively available to MIFF’s U26 Members, and admission to sessions is dependent upon the presentation of a valid U26 Membership card.

The Bright Horizons Pass provides admission to any 11 standard festival screenings in the Bright Horizons film competition. This pass allows for a maximum of one (1) person to be booked into each session. It is not valid for other films in the cinema or the MIFF Play programs.

A MIFF Play Flexi-pass provides access to any four (4) films streaming online on MIFF Play and is not valid for use at any in-cinema screenings. Passes cannot be refunded either in full or part. Streams booked on a pass cannot be exchanged once selected.

When purchasing a MIFF pass, it will automatically be associated with the account you purchased it with. If you would like to remove a pass from your account so that someone else is able to attach it to their account, please contact the MIFF Box Office.

Have a read through this list of FAQs to see if your question is answered. If it’s not, you can call 03 8066 4888 or email boxoffice@miff.com.au for assistance.

If you already have a MIFF account, you no longer need to create and account in MIFF Play, they are the same. On the top-right corner of the MIFF landing page, you’ll find an icon of a person. When you click this, you will be prompted to enter your email address and set a password.

The username and password for the account you used to purchase tickets and streams is the same username and password you will use to watch your films on MIFF Play.

Simply click ‘Forgot your password’ on the MIFF sign-in page, enter the email address you used to create your account, and a link to reset your password will be sent to you. If you have previously had a MIFF Play account, this has now been merged with your MIFF account – you will need to update your password. MIFF accounts and MIFF Play accounts have now been combined.

Please make yourself aware of the advertised viewing window for the film you have streamed, as these vary across different titles. You are responsible for viewing films within these windows as no extensions can be offered. No refunds will be available for unwatched or unfinished film streams.

Unless otherwise specified, films on MIFF Play will be accessible from 9am AEST on Friday 18 August through to 11.59pm AEST on Sunday 27 August 2023.

As soon as you press play on most films, you will have thirty-six (36) hours to complete your viewing.

You can rent the films from the individual session pages, bundle pages or shorts packages page. On MIFF Play, there is no cart or basket option. To purchase a film for individual titles, click into the session page and select ‘Pre-purchase’ above the synopsis.

This will open up a payment window for you to enter your credit card details and finalise your transaction. Once you have successfully purchased the film, it will appear in your LIBRARY – ready to be viewed during the festival viewing period.

Log into your MIFF account, you should see membership prices for streams and streaming passes when looking through the program. Make sure you select ‘member stream’ when adding to your cart and checking out.

Yes, MIFF gift vouchers can be used to purchase MIFF Play streams and streaming passes.

Yes, capacities are sometimes set by film distributors, so it is possible films will sell out. If there is something you don’t want to miss, we recommend pre-purchasing.

Capacity limits are set for a variety of reasons, and each film has a different set of conditions. Capacities can be directed by a combination of the following: sales agents, distributors, filmmakers and the Australian Classification Board.

Streaming on MIFF Play is only available in Australia. If you are browsing the program from somewhere else in the world, you will not see an option to purchase as the films are geoblocked to Australia.

If you have an international VPN turned on, this will also block your ability to purchase films and you will not see the ‘Purchase’ button on any films or bundles. Please turn it off to access the program.

Films on MIFF Play are only available to stream if you are based in Australia. If you have an international VPN, please ensure it is turned off.

If your internet connection is poor or inconsistent, you may experience problems during playback.

Buffering is a result of slow or strained internet. Unfortunately, we are unable to fix this for you from our end. Try pausing the stream for a couple of minutes and letting it load, or you may wish to reduce the quality from 1080p to 720p.

You can watch on PCs running Windows 7+ and on Intel-based Macs running OSX 10.12+. You can also watch on Android tablets and phones using Chrome, as well as on iPhones and iPads using Safari. You can also watch on iPhone, iPad and Android devices using the app. You will need a broadband or fibre internet connection – dial-up will not work.

You’ll find a complete list of requirements below.

• Operating system: Windows 7, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10
• Browser: Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Safari or Opera. We recommend using the latest version of your browser, as earlier versions may not be supported. (Internet Explorer on Windows 7 is no longer supported.)
• Internet connection: You will need a broadband or fibre internet connection – dial-up will not work.

• Operating system: MacOS 10.12 or later.
• Browser: Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Opera. We recommend using the latest version of your browser, as earlier versions may not be supported.
• Internet connection: You will need a broadband or fibre internet connection – dial-up will not work.

Yes, you can watch content using the MIFF Play app, which can be downloaded from the Apple App Store (requires iOS 11 or later, and compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch).

You can also watch content using Safari (requires iOS 11.2 or later). We recommend using the latest version of your browser, as earlier versions may not be supported.

Yes, you can watch content using the MIFF Play app, which can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.

You can also watch content using Chrome (requires Android 6.0 or later). We recommend using the latest version of your browser, as earlier versions may not be supported.

You can Chromecast from a Chrome web browser on PC and Mac computers as well as Android devices. You can also Chromecast from an iPhone or iPad using the iOS app or from an Android device using the Android app.

We recommend that you downlaod the MIFF Play app or use an HDMI cable to connect a laptop to your smart TV and use this setup to watch your MIFF Play films.

We advise against using your smart TV’s web browser for direct streaming unless you have checked your TV’s specifications and tested that this will work prior to purchasing films.

It is also possible to cast from a Chrome browser if you have a Chromecast or Apple TV device, or if your TV is Chromecast-enabled.

Check the minimum system requirements above. We recommend that you update to the latest version of your browser. We use adaptive bitrate streaming, which means the streaming quality will automatically adjust based on your internet speed. For high-definition (HD) streaming, we recommend VDSL, cable or fibre connections, as we cannot guarantee consistent HD streaming on ADSL.

MIFF is committed to ensuring that the festival is accessible to all. To book tickets using your Companion Card, to book a wheelchair space or to advise us of your access needs, please contact our call centre on 03 8066 4888. Wheelchair spaces and Companion Card tickets cannot be booked online.

For more detailed access information, visit miff.com.au/access. For further enquiries, please email access@miff.com.au.

Yes. To make a booking using a Companion Card, please contact our call centre on 03 8066 4888 or visit our Box Office at ACMI pre-festival.

A valid Companion Card or Number must be provided at the time of booking. Details of use are available on the Companion Card website: companioncard.org.au.

To allow MIFF to screen the most up-to-date films from around the world, the Australian Classification Board grants the festival special customs and censorship clearances.

Unclassified 18+ is not the same as an R18+ rating, but it acts in a similar way: nobody under 18 (including infants) can legally view a film with this exemption, even with a parent or adult guardian. One of the key differences between R and Unclassified 18+ is that the content will not be as per an R movie – rather, the film has not yet been classified as suitable for anyone other than an adult audience.

Please note that classifications are sometimes updated during the festival; to see whether a film you want to see has been officially classified, please check the website. For further information regarding film classification, please visit classification.gov.au.

To allow MIFF to screen the most up-to-date films from around the world, the Australian Classification Board grants the festival special customs and censorship clearances.

Unclassified 15+ is not the same as an MA 15+ rating, but it acts in the same way: nobody under 15 can legally view the film unless they are with a parent or reasonable adult guardian.

Please note that classifications are sometimes updated during the festival; to see whether a film you want to see has been officially classified, please check the website. For further information regarding film classification, please visit classification.gov.au.

Yes, MIFF gift vouchers are available now.

MIFF gift vouchers can be used to purchase in-cinema admission tickets, in-cinema passes and MIFF Memberships. They can also be used to purchase Streams and Stream passes on MIFF Play.

When booking online, enter your Gift Voucher Serial Number at checkout. Your MIFF gift voucher can also be redeemed over the phone or at the Box Office by quoting your Gift Voucher Serial Number.

MIFF gift vouchers are sold in various denominations, or you can nominate your own amount.

As you are the purchaser, you will need to create or log in to an account with your details. The Gift Voucher Serial Number will be emailed to you along with a printable gift voucher template. Once you have given your friend the Gift Voucher Serial Number, they will be able to redeem the voucher.

No, you do not have to redeem the full amount on your MIFF gift voucher in a single transaction. Any remaining value can be used later by entering the same Gift Voucher Serial Number. No change is given on unused gift voucher value.

After you have redeemed your MIFF gift voucher, any remaining balance can be paid by credit card.

Yes, MIFF gift vouchers are valid for 3 years (36 months) from date of issue. Any balance that remains on the gift voucher after its expiry will not be available for any use, and gift voucher validities cannot be extended.

MIFF gift vouchers can be redeemed to purchase in-cinema passes, pay for MIFF Memberships or to book single in-cinema tickets through the MIFF Box Office. vouchers can also be used to purahcse streams and streaming passes on MIFF Play.

MIFF gift vouchers cannot be used for any other purchases, such as  candy bar purchases or any purchases from festival partners and/or sponsors unless specified.