There’s a certain feeling that washes over Melbourne as August rolls around. The city’s trams, cinemas, and laneways start to buzz with a different kind of energy: the glorious, cinephile-fueled excitement of the Melbourne International Film Festival. As one of…
We’re here. We’re Queer. The Melbourne Queer Film Festival program launched at Town Hall with the Lord Mayor Sally Capp presiding over rainbows, free-flowing drinks, and pipe organ music. No seriously. The launch featured a 1918 drag-comedy silent film accompanied…
Short and sweet. Short and sad. Short and scary, silly, sincere, surreal, and surprising. The Saint Kilda Film Festival launched 12 days of short films, workshops and special events. This year marks the festival’s 39th anniversary and it claims the…
It’s that time of the year again when cinema lovers of Melbourne brave the arctic weather for a nice big glass of red wine and some truly excellent cinema. Celebrating a monumental 70th program this year overflowing with showcases, buzz-worthy international…
From the 25th of February until the 4th of April, select Australian cinemas will be showcasing true film gems as part of the Jewish International Film Festival. Each year, the Jewish International Film Festival provides Australians with an easy way…
For over 30 years, the Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF) has been giving us a chance to connect with a comprehensive range of Israeli and Jewish themed movies. Think beyond the Holocaust: JIFF gives us the opportunity to really get…
What to watch at Melbourne International Film Festival 2020
Melbourne’s beloved Queer Film Festival (MQFF) is celebrating it’s dirty thirties in 2020 and you are all invited! As Australia’s largest and longest running celebration of queer cinema, the hand-picked program has something for all tastes: yes, even your straight…
When it comes to world cinema, we Melburnians are spoiled for choices. After recently plunging into British, Jewish, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Polish Film Festivals, this week we’re sailing away to Russia with Russian Resurrection Film Festival (RRFF) on its…
It’s that time of the year again when cinema lovers of Melbourne brave the arctic weather for a nice big glass of red wine and some truly excellent cinema. Running continuously since 1952, MIFF is the leading film festival in…