Noora Niasari’s 'Shayda' follows a young Iranian mother (Amir-Ebrahimi) who finds refuge with her six-year-old daughter Mona (Selina Zahednia) in an Australian women’s shelter during the two weeks of Iranian New Year (Nowrooz) in 1995.
After winning over Wolf Creek director Greg McLean as a fan, new Australian thriller The Horseman will have its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival this Sunday night.
IF caught up with some of the key decision makers attending AIDC, including POV, BBC Storyville, ARTE France and Sundance Film Festival, to find out what they're looking for.
Former Melbourne International Jazz Festival program director Melanie Pose is the new general manager of the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Ted Wilson (Ted Wilson) is an embittered journalist, returning home to Hobart after losing his Melbourne magazine job and forced to return home to Hobart. With nothing to do except think about his next move, he lands on the idea of writing a book about Tasmanian upper order batsmen, and in particular the great man himself: David Boon.
Fresh from world premiering six titles at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2008, the MIFF Premiere Fund today has opened its application process for Round Four with a call for submissions that closes on 29 August 2008.
Robert Connolly's third feature as director is set to open the Melbourne International Film Festival on July 24
The full program will be launched on July 5, but we have a bit of a teaser for this year's MIFF