The Melbourne International Film Festival will further embrace extended reality in its 70th anniversary year, announcing an XR Commission for next year's event.
Director Madeleine Martiniello had passed Franco Cozzo's Footscray furniture showroom countless times. One day, she had a lightbulb moment: Why had nobody ever told his story?
ACMI has appointed Ghita Loebenstein to the newly-created role of head of cinemas, following the departure of director of film programs, Kristy Matheson, for Scotland’s centre for the moving image
Brietta Hague's 'Baltasar' was awarded Best Australian Short Film at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) Shorts Awards yesterday evening, while Jordan Giusti, director of 'Reptile', took home the Award For Emerging Australian Filmmaker.
The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) may have been unable to return to city cinemas this year, but the conditions proved ideal for other elements of the event.
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.
Australian films have won in two categories at this year's LA Shorts International Film Festival, with Jon Bell's 'The Moogai' awarded Best Horror and Tony Radevski's 'Risen' named Best Sci-Fi.
In putting together this year's Melbourne International Film Festival, director Al Cossar was "hoping for the best and planning for utter chaos".