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# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

2019 MIFF Program

The #MIFF2019 program is here! Our programming team have been all over the world to source the best in international and local cinema to bring back to Melbourne, allowing you to see another side of film this August.

Explore the program strands, get inspiration and recommendations from the MIFF Recommendations Tool. Or browse by date/time, program section, country, director, language and more via the filters on Program A – Z.

All tickets are now on sale, and you can grab your print program guide from our venues, or at the MIFF box office at The Capitol. 

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Animation

Animation

Offering filmmakers a freedom unavailable in live action, Animation brings us some of the most inventive and extraordinary films.
Australian Films

Australian Films

MIFF is one of the world’s biggest supporters of homegrown talent, with more than 60 local films screening this year, across shorts, features and VR.
Directors in Focus

Directors in Focus

In 2019, MIFF takes a deep dive into the back catalogues of three exceptional auteurs – Agnieszka Holland, Penelope Spheeris and Peter Strickland.
Documentaries

Documentaries

Truth is definitely stranger than fiction with MIFF 2019’s Documentaries, offering the best of real life.
Documentary Visions

Documentary Visions

Documentary Visions shows us intriguing new dispatches from filmmakers who see the real world in unique, formally adventurous ways, for whom there is more to the truth than meets the eyes.
Environmental Documentaries

Environmental Documentaries

Take a walk on the wild side with these Environmental Documentaries that explore the natural world in all its fragile wonder and hostile awe, as well as our impact upon it – for better or for worse.
Experimentations

Experimentations

Come explore the outer limits of feature-length narrative filmmaking with Experimentations, works that foreground their formal qualities.
Headliners

Headliners

Headlining the festival’s wide-ranging program, these films include some of the most anticipated new works from some of the world’s most revered auteurs and exciting new filmmakers.
International Films

International Films

Every year, MIFF’s programmers travel far and wide to bring the freshest global cinema back to Melbourne.
Music on Film

Music on Film

Music on film = films on music – these documentaries put sonic visions on the big screen.
Night Shift

Night Shift

A perennial favourite, Night Shift is the home of things that go bump in the dark, weird, eerie, outlandish and hilarious cinematic spaces.
Restorations

Restorations

Restorations is a program of cinematic treasures, classics and curios, newly restored to their former glory.
MIFF Shorts

MIFF Shorts

The much-loved and internationally acclaimed MIFF Shorts program highlights the art of saying more with less.
The World Online

The World Online

Screen content about screen content! Take a dive into The World Online, a program of films exploring lives lived through screens, machines and live-streams.
Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality returns to MIFF to continue rewriting the frontiers of storytelling through total immersive cinema.
MIFF Talks

MIFF Talks

No-one likes a talker in the theatre. But outside the cinema, that’s another matter – MIFF Talks will have you discussing, questioning and arguing all things cinematic with the festival’s guests filmmakers and personalities.
MIFF Schools

MIFF Schools

MIFF Schools is an initiative by the Melbourne International Film Festival to enrich the cinema experience for younger viewers, while remaining accessible to all ages.
MIFF Premiere Fund

MIFF Premiere Fund

The MIFF Premiere Fund, which offers minority co-financing to new Australian quality theatrical (narrative and documentary) feature films that then premiere at MIFF, has invested in more than 60 projects.
Special Events

Special Events

Glamorous galas, red-carpet world premieres, food-and-film experiences, exclusive cinema concerts, overnight marathons and a preview of Quentin Tarantino’s highly anticipated Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood and more!
Industry Public Access Events

Industry Public Access Events

Organised by MIFF's Industry Programs Unit, these public-access ticketed events are for film or media students; aspiring or existing screenwriters, editors, directors or producers; film aficionados and everyone.