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The story of film in Melbourne could not be told without the Melbourne International Film Festival. Established 1952. MIFF returns 8—25 August 2024.

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@MIFFofficial
Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
And winning the #MIFF2017 Audience Award - Feature is @CMBYNmovie Congratulations!
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Melbourne Film Fest
4 years
We are excited to announce MIFF 68½, a reimagined celebration of cinema online, featuring a suite of films and special events – all streamable from the safety of your home across MIFF’s original 2020 dates (6–23 August).
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Melbourne Film Fest
3 years
In light of the current COVID situation in Melbourne, and with the safety of audiences and staff at the forefront of their thinking, the Board and Management of the Melbourne International Film Festival have taken the difficult decision to cancel the in-cinema... (1/3)
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
Tomorrow! Who's joining us for the #MIFF2017 Opening Night?
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Melbourne Film Fest
5 years
It is with sadness that the Board and Management of the Melbourne International Film Festival have taken the difficult decision to cancel MIFF 2020 owing to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
Call Me By Your Name Q&A with Luca Guadagnino & @GuyLodge . Incredible full house audience reaction tonight! #MIFF2017
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Melbourne Film Fest
8 years
All the feels, as the 65th MIFF ends. Big thanks to everyone who sailed in #MIFF2016 . Let's do it all again in 2017!
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
And winning the Audience Award - Documentary for #MIFF2017 is @AllForOneFilm Congratulations!
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
Luca Guadagnino introducing CALL ME BY YOURNAME #MIFF2017
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Melbourne Film Fest
4 years
The MIFF 68½ program is now live! Encompassing 112 films – including 12 world premieres, 83 Australian premieres and 44 shorts – MIFF 68½ connects you to visions and places from all around the world. Explore the full program now →
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
Takashi Miike, Japan's prolifically outrageous director celebrates his 100th feature BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #MIFF2017
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
#MIFF2017 we've loved you. Thank you to the volunteers & audiences who make this festival such a joy to experience. See you 2-19 Aug 2018!
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Melbourne Film Fest
8 years
Breaking! New screening announced for #MIFF2016 PERSONAL SHOPPER Tue 9 Aug, 9pm. Go go go!
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Melbourne Film Fest
6 years
Don’t leave us hanging… Late submissions for MIFF 2019 are open now! If you’ve made a short film, feature film, documentary or VR work we want to see it 👀. Submissions close at 5pm AEST, 29 March 2019: . Image credit: Tangles And Knots
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Melbourne Film Fest
3 years
The safety and well-being of our audience is our greatest priority. MIFF is currently working through the new COVID-19 restrictions and we aim to make a formal announcement on Monday 2 August 2021. Thank you for being patient.
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Melbourne Film Fest
4 years
We’ve secured additional capacity for two of our most popular films: black comedy Shiva Baby starring @Rachel_Sennott , and tech documentary Coded Bias. Get tickets now to ensure you don't miss out on these highly-anticipated films, streaming now as part of the MIFF 68½ program
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Melbourne Film Fest
8 years
Olivier Assayas’ brings you an unconventional ghost story PERSONAL SHOPPER #MIFF2016
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Melbourne Film Fest
6 years
Star spotting in Berlin ⭐ Diane Kruger and Martin Freeman arrive at THE OPERATIVE premiere screening at the 69th @berlinale International Film Festival. Video courtesy of MIFF Artistic Director, Al Cossar.
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Melbourne Film Fest
3 years
By popular demand, Palazzo di Cozzo comes to MIFF Play for one night only – not just in Brunswick and Footscray, but all across Australia. Get tickets:
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Melbourne Film Fest
6 years
In DAMSEL the brothers behind MIFF 2014’s KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER reshape the western into an off-kilter comedy, but don’t go branding Robert Pattinson’s besotted businessman a hero – or Mia Wasikowska’s abducted bride-to-be a damsel, either.
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Melbourne Film Fest
3 years
We're back in cinemas & online, 5–22 August 2021. Preview some of our most anticipated world premiere films, international awards winners and special events ahead of our full program launch on 13 July:
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Melbourne Film Fest
5 years
Announcing this year's MIFF Closing Night Gala - THE FAREWELL. With director Lulu Wang a guest of this year's festival!
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
MIFF Travelling Showcase heads to @ExploreBendigo this wknd @TheStarCinema . JUNGLE w/ DANIEL RADCLIFFE Fri 7pm. Tix!
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
33 new films direct from @Festival_Cannes announced for #MIFF2017 - KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, THE SQUARE and more
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Melbourne Film Fest
6 years
#MIFF2018 program is launched! Head online to to view the full program
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Melbourne Film Fest
6 years
The board of Melbourne International Film Festival is thrilled to announce today the appointment of the festival’s new Artistic Director beginning with the 2019 festival, Al Cossar. Read more:
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Melbourne Film Fest
5 years
See another side of film. Our full program is out now! Full of only-at-MIFF moments, spectacular sights and strange journeys. We can't wait to welcome to you MIFF 2019! Tickets on sale 12 July Member pre-sale open now
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Melbourne Film Fest
6 years
Thanks for being a part of #MIFF2018 ! We hope you've enjoyed the festival this year. We'll see you all for #MIFF2019 from 1 - 18 August
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
Ben Elton with the cast of THREE SUMMERS at the #MIFF2017 Centrepiece Gala
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
#MIFF2017 Program Teaser: LOST CITY OF Z (dir. James Gray) @TomHolland1996 @STUDIOCANAL
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Melbourne Film Fest
9 years
Bong Joon-ho dark comedy action thriller, ravishingly shot - see HAEMOO, tonight 9pm http://t.co/y3FTPD51v0 http://t.co/W7RWV8JzUh
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
Trailer released for creepy true story MY FRIEND DAHMER: Tix: #MIFF2017
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Melbourne Film Fest
6 years
The top award winner at the 2017 @annecyfestival #LuOvertheWall is a genre-bending musical mermaid tale from noted anime director @masaakiyuasa 🎬This film is showing as part of MIFF Schools at #MIFF2018 (2-19 August). For school group bookings head to
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Melbourne Film Fest
5 years
And, in the absence of the festival this year, MIFF is considering other means of maintaining its engagement with audiences. We will share details as they become available. We look forward to bringing you the 69th Melbourne International Film Festival in August 2021.
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
#MIFF2017 program is launched! Head online to to view the full program
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Melbourne Film Fest
5 years
Announcing the winner of the MIFF 2019 Audience Awards for Documentary: THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM! Off the back of five sold out screenings at MIFF—see THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM in cinemas across the nation from today, courtesy of @MadmanFilms . Full list of winners:
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Melbourne Film Fest
4 years
Join us from your home from 6pm tomorrow as we reveal the full MIFF 68½ program! A digital showcase of over 60 features, four shorts packages, talks, events and activations – all available to stream across Australia. Streaming live to our Facebook and Youtube channel from 6pm
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Melbourne Film Fest
4 years
Stay home. See the world. Melbourne International Film Festival Streaming Australia-wide 6—23 August Find out more at
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Melbourne Film Fest
6 years
Surprise screening announced! DUCK BUTTER – A 24-hour marathon of sex and romantic discovery is the emotional backbone of this intimate indie starring and co-written by #MIFF2018 guest Alia Shawkat (BLAZE. Screens 6:30pm Fri 17 Aug.
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Melbourne Film Fest
8 years
Kelly’s Reichardt’s CERTAIN WOMEN explores small-town scandal in Montana foothills #MIFF2016
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Melbourne Film Fest
4 years
We are pleased to announce our 2020 MIFF Critics Campus participants, joining us for an intensive five-day lab that enables emerging Australian film critics to develop their skills in a digital festival setting. Read their bios:
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Melbourne Film Fest
8 years
Suprise Screening of Certain Women #MIFF2016 Sun 14th August feat Kristen Stewart. Book now
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
Excited for GOOD TIME at #MIFF2017 ? Check out our interview with Benny Safdie from 2015 Tix:
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
At number 8 in the #MIFF2017 Audience Award - Feature is @LovingVincent
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Melbourne Film Fest
2 years
Announcing our inaugural MIFF Awards winners! The $140,000 Bright Horizons Award winner, supported by VicScreen, is Anisia Uzeyman and Saul Williams’ Neptune Frost. @wearevicscreen #VICSCREEN
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
Casting Daniel Radcliffe -he's seeking projects that challenge him as an actor, as I am with filmmaking. He's so committed #MIFF2017 #jungle
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Melbourne Film Fest
2 years
257 feature films. 102 shorts. 18 world premieres. 12 XR works. Explore our expansive program of world-class films and special events for MIFF's 70th edition.
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Melbourne Film Fest
5 years
And #MIFF2019 officially opens with our Opening Night gala screening of The Australian Dream!
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
Get in quick! Second session of BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL at #MIFF2017 is tonight! Review: Tix:
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Melbourne Film Fest
1 year
Tonight's the night! Our full program for #MIFF2023 will be live from 8pm. General public tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday 14 July, but MIFF Members get early access to tickets. Sign up now to access the presale, starting tonight at 8pm: .
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Melbourne Film Fest
3 years
280+ international and Australian films and transformative screen experiences. Explore the full MIFF 69 program, in cinemas & online for the first time ever. General public tickets on sale from 16 July. Book now:
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Melbourne Film Fest
4 months
The full program for #MIFF2024 is out now. We're back with one of our most exciting programs ever featuring over 250 films from over 62 countries. Our 4-day MIFF Member pre-sale starts now. General tickets go on sale at 9am on Tuesday 16 July.
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Melbourne Film Fest
8 years
Don't forget tonight's encore screening of #PersonalShopper 9pm at the Forum #MIFF2016
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
Daniel Radcliffe has a lot of integrity, he was living on a boiled egg on the shoot, he wanted to feel the starvation. #yossi #MIFF2017
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
LOVING VINCENT "Tears up the rule book of animation" - @Telegraph . Passes on sale now #MIFF2017
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Melbourne Film Fest
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Programmer @Al_Cossar with director @jenbrea @unrestfilm . A #MIFF2017 standing ovation at tonight's session!
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Melbourne Film Fest
8 years
Giant thanks to #MIFF2016 volunteers for all your donated hours and passion – MIFF is not possible without you! 😍
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Melbourne Film Fest
1 year
The big reveal has happened – the MIFF 2023 program is now live! At over 275 films - 40 straight from Cannes - and over 70 countries represented, this year's program is an immense celebration of film. Our 48-hour MIFF Members presale starts now:
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
MIFF supports equality and inclusion - and the #VoteYes campaign for #MarriageEquality .
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Melbourne Film Fest
6 years
Robert Pattinson, @ChloeGMoretz , Ethan Hawke, Claire Danes...Spot all your favourite Famous Faces at #MIFF2018 ! Tickets on sale now:
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Melbourne Film Fest
6 years
@TerryGilliam ’s near-mythical riff on Cervantes’ fantastic tale THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE finally makes its debut, with Adam Driver as a cynical ad man trapped in the delusions of an old shoemaker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. #MIFF2018
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Melbourne Film Fest
2 years
The full program for MIFF's 70th edition launches tomorrow, 7.30pm! Stay tuned for all the details on our biggest season yet.
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Melbourne Film Fest
4 years
This digital showcase – the first in MIFF’s 68-year history – will be made available via ticketed access on a state-of-the-art streaming platform designed by Shift72 ( @shiftvod ). Make sure you join us for the full program launch on 14 July!
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
Elio... Oliver... #CMBYN #MIFF2017
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Melbourne Film Fest
5 years
Are you an emerging or early-career film critic? Apply now for the Melbourne International Film Festival Critics Campus, an intensive five-day lab that enables emerging Australian film critics to develop their skills in a live festival setting →
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Melbourne Film Fest
3 months
Adam Elliot, Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Liz Kearney at MIFF's 2024 Opening Night Gala premiere of Memoir of a Snail.
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Melbourne Film Fest
5 years
Announcing the winner of the MIFF 2019 @theage Critics Award: THE NIGHTINGALE! "The film's portrayal and condemnation of violence against women is just as pertinent today as it was then." Read the panel's full statement:
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Melbourne Film Fest
2 years
Applications are now open for Critics Campus – now in its 10th year! If you’re an emerging or early-career critic, keen for hands-on experience in a live festival context and available to attend MIFF on 7–11 August 2023, we want you. Apply now:
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Melbourne Film Fest
6 years
Director David Zellner introducing DAMSEL at #MIFF2018
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Melbourne Film Fest
4 years
Emerging critics! MIFF Critics Campus is running as part of the festival’s 68½ digital edition, with a full week of mentoring workshops, international guests and more. Applications close May 31. Apply now →
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Melbourne Film Fest
3 years
Today we remember a national icon and one of the most acclaimed actors to grace our screen, David Dalaithngu. The Yolngu dancer, musician and performer leaves us with an outstanding legacy to Australian cinema. Vale David.
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
The wonderful Luca Guadagnino making friends with our vollies on Friday. Second session of CALL ME BY YOUR NAME is tonight #MIFF2017
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Melbourne Film Fest
3 years
The iconic musical duo of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter is brought to life on screen in Philippa Bateman's powerful documentary screening in partnership with @acmi and @melbmusicweek . Get tickets:
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Melbourne Film Fest
3 years
In response to the evolving COVID environment, we're changing the MIFF 69 program to ensure we are meeting audiences where they are. (1/4)
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
JUNGLE cast & crew #MIFF2017 Opening Night Gala #miffxgreygoose
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Melbourne Film Fest
8 years
Curmudgeons: Danny DeVito's endearing comedy about a foul-mouthed senior citizen #MIFF2016
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
Our Centrepiece Gala - THREE SUMMERS is on tomorrow night! - @theage Tix: #MIFF2017
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Melbourne Film Fest
5 years
With a record number of films on its annual slate, the MIFF Premiere Fund brings seven premieres to the 68th Melbourne International Film Festival 📽️ Discover more of the MIFF Premiere Fund films at
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Melbourne Film Fest
3 years
Now on the MIFF Blog, Critics Campus 2021 participant  @jrdjms dives head-first into the manic imagery and manifold references of @nobody_stop_me 's provocative The Scary of Sixty-First.
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Melbourne Film Fest
5 months
We’re thrilled to unveil our First Glance lineup for 2024, a sneak peek of MIFF’s full program landing on Thursday 11 July at 8pm AEST. Here is a taste of the extraordinary visions, diversions and cinematic surprises coming your way this August:
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Melbourne Film Fest
3 years
Direct from their premiere at @Festival_Cannes : Leos Carax’s Annette, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria, Mia Hansen-Love’s Bergman Island and Nanni Moretti’s Three Floo + more.
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
Sadly, MIFF’s 2018 festival (2 – 19 Aug) will be the last for our Artistic Director, @raceymicehell who is relocating overseas. Join us in praising Carey for her celebrated work that has enriched MIFF over the last 10 years.
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Melbourne Film Fest
8 years
THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER screens Mon 8 Aug, 6.30pm. Winner best dir. at Venice . Tix
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Melbourne Film Fest
4 years
MIFF 68½’s curated program will feature a number of films intended for 2020’s festival alongside ‘discovery’ highlights by emerging filmmakers. It will also include four shorts strands and the Shorts Awards, as well as virtual adaptations of our events, talks and Critics Campus.
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
#MIFF2017 Program Teaser: @LovingVincent (dir. Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman) @saoirse_ronan
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Melbourne Film Fest
9 years
Congratulations to the Top 10 Docos of #MIFF2015 1. #GracefulGirlsMovie 2. @lookofsilence 3. @Putuparri 4.PALIO 5.SHERPA http://t.co/S1NPMiTSMH
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
#topofthelakeau Q&A at #MIFF2017 with Jane Campion, Alice Englert, Gerard Lee et al. This audience has been here for 8 hours today 👏🙌🌟
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
Dates for MIFF’s 2018 festival (2 – 19 Aug) have been locked down. Here it goes! Program launch and MIFF Members' pre-sale - Tuesday 10 July. Tickets on sale - Friday 13 July. Who’s as excited as we are?
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Melbourne Film Fest
6 years
Your First Glance into the #MIFF2018 program is here. See another side of film from 2–19 August. Festival Passes on sale now. Full program announced 10 July. All tickets on sale 13 July. Get your program guide inside @theage on 14 July.
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Melbourne Film Fest
2 years
Uncle Jack Charles was a cherished friend of the Melbourne International Film Festival. He was irreverent and inspiring, and we are so grateful for Jack’s generosity both on and off the screen. We will truly miss him.
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Melbourne Film Fest
6 years
Receiving a 15-minute standing ovation as well as the Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, @NadineLabaki ’s neorealist fable CAPHARNAÜM centres on a child attempting to divorce his parents. Full #MIFF2018 Program announced 10 July.
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
World Premiere #MIFF2017 Opening Night Gala presented by @GreyGoose is JUNGLE by @GregECP w/ Daniel Radcliffe! Tix
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Melbourne Film Fest
7 years
Thanks to all those who joined us for the #MIFF2017 Opening Night Gala last night! Enjoy the next 17 days!
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Melbourne Film Fest
8 years
A MIFF fan won the chance to recreate a film, from memory. Keith Gove’s AUDITION #filmsthatstaywithyou #MIFF2016
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Melbourne Film Fest
6 years
Members queue at @ForumMelbourne for the #MIFF2018 Program Launch
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Melbourne Film Fest
5 years
Introducing #MIFF2019 . See another side of film from 1-18 August. Memberships, Mini Passes and Passports are available now. Thanks to Melbourne based Graphic Artist Pat Fox this year's artwork. We can't wait to reveal more of the program to you soon...
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Melbourne Film Fest
6 years
The runner up for the #MIFF2018 Documentary Audience Award is @boybandfangirl_
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