Every year MIFF welcomes a wide variety of guests – local and international – to participate in the festival. From introducing their films and taking part in post-screening Q&As with you, the audience, to sitting on MIFF Talks panels or taking over our social media, our guests are a vital part of what makes the MIFF experience unique. In 2017, MIFF is hosting guests at the following screenings and VR events, and their associated Talks: Across | directo...

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This is the end ! Leaving tonight Melbourne and its great Festival (MIFF). So lucky to have seen such a great number of fabulous films, persons and artits. In these last days, I keep in mind the pleasure to discover the fabulous and so funny and dynamic film from Nadia Tass "The Big Steal" with the beautiful Claudia Carvan and the talented Ben Mendelshon, but also the amazing, luminous and magic "The Butterfly Tree" with the gorgeous Melissa George, the so funny and del...

During the festival, MIFF audiences vote for their favourite feature films and documentaries to win the MIFF Audience Awards, presented by Wander Victoria.  See all the winners below going back to 2009.   MIFF 2017 Top 10 Feature Films 1. Call Me by Your Name 2. Ali's Wedding 3. The Party 4. Top of the Lake: China Girl 5. Brigsby Bear 6. Ethel & Earnest ...

LING FAST  (114 mins) 24 FRAMES Dir. Abbas Kiarostami  France Iran (2017)   (98 mins) AFTERIMAGE Dir. Andrzej Wajda  Poland (2016)   (127 mins) ANA, MON AMOUR Dir. Călin Peter Netzer  Romania (2017) STANDBY  (95 mins) ANTONIO 1, 2, 3 Dir. ...

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  The story of film in Melbourne could not be written without MIFF. MIFF is a not-for-profit organisation that has been continuously running since 1952, making it the leading film festival in Australia and one of the world’s oldest film festivals, alongside Cannes and Berlin. Presenting a curated global program of innovative screen experiences and the world’s largest showcase of exceptional Australian filmmaking, MIFF is an accessible, iconic cultural event that provides tr...