MIFF 1976

Erwin Rado
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Festival Program
62 features and 106 short films were screened from 4 June to 19 June
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Program in Focus
Films centering on the lives and issues faced by women was a central theme of the 1976 program, and six feature films on the subject were screened. Sociopolitical themes were also at the program's core, with five features and five feature-length documentaries programmed. Notable films included Seven Beauties (Wertmuller), The Contest (Rosi), The Travelling Players (Angelopoulos), Land of Promise (Wajda).

Filmmaker in Focus 
Michelangelo Antonioni. A retrospective of Antonioni films was screened.
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Featured Film
Adoption (Márta Mészáros, 1975)
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Films

KINGS OF THE ROAD

Im Lauf der Zeit
Director Wim Wenders
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LUNATICS AND LOVERS

Culastrisce nobile Veneziano
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No. 446

Broj 446
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PRIVATE VICES AND PUBLIC VIRTUES

Vizi Privati - Pubbliche Virtu
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SLUM BOY

Ragazzo di Borgata
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THE CONTEXT

Cadaveri Eccellenti
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VICTORY MARCH

Marcia Trionfale
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From the Festival Files

Making the Festival

The Melbourne Film Festival began as the idea of a few passionate individuals. A sub-committee, formed from delegates to the 1951 Australian Council of Film Societies film weekend, suggested that a small festival of films in the tourist town of Olinda should be held in 1952. The resulting festival was a testament to the do-it-yourself initiative of the Olinda festival committee. As some 800 festiv …

On Screen and in the Cinema

The magic of the festival is reached through its screens. These are places and spaces that captivate our attention, providing windows where films come to life before our eyes. As portals to the world, the festival’s screens allow us to travel the globe, move through time, and see through another’s eyes. … Yet these screens also remind us of home. They are fixed in place, in our memories and in o …