In a sad blow, the Melbourne International Film Festival has announced it will cancel its in-cinema screenings given the current COVID situation in the city.
In putting together this year's Melbourne International Film Festival, director Al Cossar was "hoping for the best and planning for utter chaos".
Adrian Francis' documentary 'Paper City' follows three elderly survivors of the 1945 firebombing of Tokyo in their fight against bureaucracy and indifference to ensure that the event and its victims are not forgotten.
Co-written with Christos Tsiolkas, Aaron Wilson's 1970s-set 'Little Tornadoes' depicts a newly-single father’s efforts to weather the turbulence of change – in his life and in the world around him.
James Vaughan's feature debut 'Friends & Strangers' is a satire that explores the drift of 20-something life.
Kyle Davis' debut feature 'Dry Winter' is a portrait of a young couple surviving life in an off-the-beaten-track, opportunity-starved outback town.
Larissa Behrendt's documentary 'Araatika: Rise Up!', to make its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival, explores how a group of NRL greats came together to invent a new pre-game ceremony in response to the Maori Haka – one that could celebrate First Nation cultures.
In Rhian Skirving and John Harvey's documentary 'Off Country', premiering at MIFF, Indigenous teenagers navigate exams, social dramas and maintaining meaningful connections to home while at boarding school.