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Maya, Give Me a Title (Maya, Donne-moi un Titre) is a sweet and imaginative film about the intersection of art and parenthood. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry combines a s…
“You look at film history and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre needs to be up there as one of the greatest films ever made.” - Alexandre O. Philippe. Alexandre O. Philippe makes documentaries that absorb…
New Year’s Eve 1999 and anaesthetist Minnie (Emily Browning) starts her day with a reminder that she’s not got her life together in the manner she thought she would have. Her patient in obstetrics tur…
Exit 8 is an inventive and repetitive exercise in expanding what was once a simple video game into a character-driven psychological horror. Based on the 2023 adventure game The Exit 8 by developer Kot…
First Light is an astonishing debut feature from acclaimed Australian photographer James J. Robinson, and a film perfectly placed in the Melbourne International Film Festival’s Bright Horizons competi…
There’s a special kind of horror that doesn’t scream or slash—it creeps up on you in the form of unchecked ambition, of algorithms, of the unshakable feeling that someone’s always watching. Kiyoshi Ku…
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Typically, when the Melbourne International Film Festival announces its Bright Horizons competition selection, the most newsworthy feature is that annual reminder that the festival’s $140,000 prize is…
PRESS RELEASE A celebration of bold storytelling and emerging talent, both local and global, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has revealed the nominees for this year’s MIFF Awards, pr…
Let me tell you about/ faces I see/ The stately, the rugged…/ some fierce lady eyes, some warm gentleman eyes/ but some eyes/ that can't look into mine Vasquez — Julia Holter I’m not usually bul…
The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) returns to flood the streets of Naarm-Melbourne with films, festivities, and all things culture from 7-24 August 2025. This years line-up features an i…
PRESS RELEASE Tonight, the 73rd Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) unveiled an outstanding program of over 275 screen works and announced the 10 Bright Horizons films screening in competiti…