10:45am

Forms collide in this assorted collection of visual storytelling.

Program Strand/s: MIFF Shorts
10:45am

Eloise Grills’s poem ‘Every Morning I Am Reborn’ comes to life in this nimble, playful work of line-drawn animation.

10:45am

Victorian-era high society’s stifling views of women are shown in full bloom.

10:45am

When a beached whale runs ashore, a father and daughter disagree about its fate.

10:45am

In this Annecy Audience Award winner, a simple errand turns into a comic Sisyphean ordeal.

10:45am

The true story of Professor Alexey Wangenheim, who writes hopeful letters home from a Gulag in Stalinist Russia.

10:45am

On a scorching summer day, two siblings are reminded of their mother.

10:45am

A striking allegory on the maternal instinct to sacrifice reminiscent of classic fairytales.

10:45am

Aquatic and amphibious imagery act as motifs for a young woman’s recollections of her life.

11:00am

This immersive, epic work of memorialisation from Oscar winner Steve McQueen uncovers WWII histories hidden in plain sight.

Program Strand/s: Documentaries
1:00pm

Ahead of the world premiere of Ellis Park, musician and composer Warren Ellis and director Justin Kurzel discuss their work and recent collaboration.

60 mins / English
Program Strand/s: MIFF Talks
1:15pm

Sarah Snook lends her voice alongside Kodi Smit-McPhee, Magda Szubanski, Eric Bana and Jacki Weaver in the second claymation feature from Adam Elliot.

1:30pm

Plunge between the brushstrokes of impressionist artworks in this 3D spectacle that honours their daringly modern beauty.

Program Strand/s: Special Events
3:00pm

This raucous ‘mom-com’, written by star Ilana Glazer (Broad City), delivers a bundle of joy from the slapstick indignities of impending motherhood.

Dir. Pamela Adlon / 2024 / 104 mins / USA / English / Comedy / International Premiere
Program Strand/s: North America
4:00pm

From the Tiwi Islands to Melbourne and back again, four young women who seek to make it in elite sport must face uncertain futures.

4:00pm

A kaleidoscopic ride through the 50-year career of the mega-hit songwriter behind the Friends theme song, Earth Wind & Fire’s ‘September’ and more.

Program Strand/s: Music on Film
4:15pm

Tsai Ming-liang continues his meditative, monastic Walking series with another hypnotic shrine to seeking transcendence in a chaotic world.

Program Strand/s: Asia Pacific
6:15pm

The greatest look yet at a well-known artist very few have seen up close, as the titular visionary recluse invites us into his home.

Program Strand/s: Australian Films Documentaries
6:15pm

From EPs Kerry Washington and Joel Edgerton, this film joins four girls as they reunite with their incarcerated fathers for the Daddy Daughter Dance.

Program Strand/s: Documentaries
6:30pm

In this big-hearted documentary, a Los Angeles teacher takes time off to nurture injured hummingbirds and finds herself on an uplifting journey.

6:30pm

If you were a queer Canadian teenager and Aubrey Plaza appeared to you as your future self, would you heed her ominous warning?

Dir. Megan Park / 2023 / 88 mins / USA / English / Comedy, Romance / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: North America
6:30pm

Iranian cinema’s first true modern masterpiece, released in 1964, explores fear and responsibility in the aftermath of the 1953 coup.

Dir. Ebrahim Golestan / 1964 / 130 mins / Iran / Farsi / Drama
Program Strand/s: Iranian New Wave: 1962–79
6:45pm

As the restitution conversation gains global momentum, this striking Berlinale Golden Bear–winning documentary follows a stolen statue home.

Program Strand/s: Documentaries
6:45pm

An intimate and uplifting dance documentary that ponders human connection and perfection, featuring Chunky Move and Restless Dance Theatre.

Program Strand/s: Australian Films Documentaries
6:45pm

Executive-produced by Taika Waititi, this fiercely feminist Māori-led debut is an emotive subversion of the ‘coming-of-age delinquent’ narrative.

Program Strand/s: Asia Pacific
7:00pm

MIFF’s popular annual program of fulldome screenings at the Melbourne Planetarium returns for the 2024 festival.

Program Strand/s: Special Events
7:00pm

The first entry in a series inspired by astronomical phenomena and the exploration of consciousness and existence from a philosophical perspective.

7:00pm

Rooted in Shinto mythology, Iwakura invokes the spirits that embody the sacred rock formations found throughout Japan.

7:00pm

The artist’s quest for meaning is revealed through natural environments, which are recontextualised and juxtaposed with digital elements.

7:30pm

Legendary Australian musician Warren Ellis takes us on a guided tour through his world and one very special animal sanctuary.

Program Strand/s: Special Events
9:00pm

MIFF’s popular annual program of fulldome screenings at the Melbourne Planetarium returns for the 2024 festival.

Program Strand/s: Special Events
9:00pm

The show really must go on as two locked-down actors take Shakespeare to the least likely stage imaginable: the streets of Grand Theft Auto.

Dir. Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane / 2024 / 90 mins / UK / English / Australian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Documentaries
9:00pm

A Belfast hip-hop trio play themselves in this biopic that tracks their fictionalised roots and their real-life crusade to save the Gaeilge language.

Dir. Rich Peppiatt / 2023 / 105 mins / Ireland / English, Irish / Drama / Victorian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Europe & UK
9:00pm

First-time director Hsieh Wen-Yee presents a surreal trip through a post-apocalyptic Taiwan.

9:00pm

A symphonic journey through fascinating real and artificial visual worlds, inspired by the spirit of science and discovery.

9:15pm

Unfiltered and unapologetic. Not for the faint of heart.

Program Strand/s: MIFF Shorts
9:15pm

A violin student’s competitiveness manifests as grotesque, nightmarish creatures.

9:15pm

A schoolgirl discovers the catfish she bought for dinner is a talking sentient bioweapon.

9:15pm

At the Hotel Vaip, where machines simulate human contact, guests pay a high price.

9:15pm

Revenge is a dish best served during a coffee break for an overworked, under-slept new father.

9:15pm

Ducks, dicks and lactating tits collide in this stop-motion nightmare about the anxieties of infertility.

9:15pm

In this sinister short set at an Irish farm, an accident corners a teenager into making an irreversible choice.

9:15pm

When a young man is caught masturbating, he descends into a downward spiral of humiliation.

9:30pm

The desperate absurdities of colonisation are laid bare in this satire of a Dutch family’s fallout following the death of their wealthy patriarch.

Program Strand/s: Bright Horizons
9:30pm

The untold 40-year story of the crowning moments, creative turmoils and deep friendship of the pair behind At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta.

Program Strand/s: Music on Film
9:30pm

An unsettling and oneiric tale of sisterhood is French actor Ariane Labed’s Cannes-premiering directorial debut, based on a Gothic novel.

Program Strand/s: Europe & UK
9:45pm

Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer goes head-to-head with Downton Abbey alum Dan Stevens in this frightfully weird horror.

Program Strand/s: Night Shift
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