Australian Films

MIFF is the world’s largest showcase of exceptional Australian filmmaking. This scintillating sample of the festival’s local fare tells the nation’s story through documentary, drama, comedy and innovative First Nations filmmaking.

Australia's Open

Director Ili Baré

Relive the most thrilling moments of Australia’s beloved tennis tournament in this chronicle of its ascent to top-seed status on the global stage.

Birdeater

Directors Jack Clark , Jim Weir

A bachelor party takes a feral turn in this genre-defying debut from an exciting new Australian directing duo.

The Carnival

Director Isabel Darling

Amid bushfires, the pandemic and punters’ changing tastes, the family behind the Bells Family Carnival fight to preserve its century-long legacy.

The Hidden Spring

Director Jason Di Rosso

Divided by 4000 kilometres, a son and his dying father connect in this profoundly intimate documentary debut.

Keeping Hope

Director Tyson Mowarin

Mark Coles Smith (Sweet As) faces down a traumatic event from his past in the hope of helping young First Nations men in the Kimberley.

Kindred

Directors Adrian Russell Wills , Gillian Moody

An autobiographical story about the removal of Aboriginal children from their birth families and a celebration of friendship, love and resilience.

Memory Film: A Filmmaker's Diary

Director Jeni Thornley

Revered filmmaker Jeni Thornley (Maidens, MIFF 1979) composes an immersive cine-poem from her extensive super-8 archive spanning three decades.

Mercy Road

Director John Curran

The first virtually produced Australian feature, Mercy Road is an unrelentingly tense psychological thriller from Tracks director John Curran.

Monolith

Director Matt Vesely

A disgraced journalist is confronted with an unexplained artefact that may not be of this world, but is about to become the centre of hers.

Rebel With a Cause - Part 1

Directors Douglas Watkin , EJ Garret , Jill Robinson , S.F. Tusa

Four First Nations trailblazers – a senator, a magistrate, a media icon and a poet – put everything on the line for a brighter future.

Rebel With a Cause - Part 2

Directors Douglas Watkin , EJ Garret , Jill Robinson , S.F. Tusa

Four First Nations trailblazers – a senator, a magistrate, a media icon and a poet – put everything on the line for a brighter future.

Rose Gold

Director Matthew Adekponya

Sit courtside as the Boomers win their history-making Olympic medal and affirm Australia as a force to be reckoned with in global basketball.

Sunflower

Director Gabriel Carrubba

In this affecting Melbourne-set queer drama, a teenager’s coming of age is complicated by an unexpected sexual awakening.

Ukraine Guernica - Artist War

Director George Gittoes

Activist and filmmaker George Gittoes follows the frontline artists daring to stand up to the Russian invasions of Ukraine and Afghanistan.

Voices in Deep

Director Jason Raftopoulos

Following a tragedy at sea, the lives of two orphaned refugees and an Australian aid worker are inextricably woven together in this humanistic drama.