MIFF Award nominees announced for 2026 festival
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has today revealed the nominees for this year's MIFF Awards, spotlighting an outstanding cross-section of the festival's program with over $300,000…
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Despite the Night to Premiere in Competition at the Melbourne International Film Festival
Starring Joe Bird (Leviticus, Talk to Me) and Ed Oxenbould (The Visit, Wildlife), and from directors Jack Zimmerman and Archie Hancock, the new Australian short film explores family, grief and climate…
Adam C. Briggs on his latest experiential film Phillip Philadelphia
Adam C. Briggs is a prolific voice in Australian cinema, with acclaimed films like A Grand Mockery, Boogie Bobby, and his new film, Phillip Philadelphia, arriving over the span of a few years. His fil…
Mark Cousins on stories, documentaries, film and The Story of Documentary Film
Documentary is trying to capture what should have been said and perhaps hasn't been said. There'll always be documentary because we'll always be trying to understand ourselves.…
Harrison Atkins draws maps to the stars of a distorted Los Angeles in Sour Minnows
Sour Minnows is inventive, bizarre, funny, and utterly nightmarish.…
From Wicker to Bright Horizons, this is MIFF 74
Tonight, the 74th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) unveiled its full 2026 program – more than 300 screen works spanning features, shorts and XR experiences, special events – including the…
Christopher Nolan's Memento gets the Hear My Eyes treatment this August
Christopher Nolan’s neo-noir classic Memento will be brought to life with a live original score composed and performed solely by Michael “Cavs” Cavanagh, drummer of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard…
MIFF 2026 Comes Into View: First 25 Films Announced
Today, Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) offers its first look at the 2026 program, announcing 25 films and special events, among them six MIFF Premiere Fund titles, a selection of 17 inter…
37°South Market: Final call for applications ahead of August return
With just three months to go until MIFF 37°South Market, the global screen co-financing marketplace returns to Melbourne this August with early confirmed international financiers and two new initiativ…
MIFF 37°South Market 2026: Early bird applications now open
Screen content financing and development event, 37°South Market, is welcoming applications from producers at reduced early bird rates. Taking place 6–9 August 2026 during the opening weekend of the Me…
The Golden Spurtle Serves Up Warmth, Whimsy, and a Dash of Australia
There’s something quietly magical about a documentary that doesn’t try to dazzle you, but instead invites you in like a warm bowl of something familiar. The Golden Spurtle isn’t loud, flashy, or world…
MIFF Interview: Director Kristina Kraskov and producer Anna Charalambous on the wild, weird world of Spreadsheet Champions
For some of us, the sight of an Excel spreadsheet fills us with dread, but for an elite group of competitors, they see the blank cells of one of Microsoft’s core applications as a challenge to be conq…