In its 64th year, MIFF will treat film junkies and Friday night cinema-goers alike to some of the world’s most exciting new films, documentaries and shorts.
Neil Armfield’s film adaptation of Timothy’s Coingrave’s Holding the Man takes the honours as this year’s Centerpiece Gala, while other celebrated films from the international festival circuit that will screen include Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Tehran Taxi, Horse Money and From What is Before.
The First Glance program also features critically acclaimed documentaries like The Wolfpack, the story of six brothers living together in a Manhattan apartment with their parents; Another Country, an exploration of the clash between the Indigenous way of life and Government policy and Sherpa, a look at the pressures of helping others climb Everest.
This year’s festival will also mark the first time Australia welcomes Vertical Cinema, which has already premiered at festivals like SXSW and Glasgow Short Film Festival. The bold new take on cinema consists of ten commissioned large-scale works by internationally renowned experimental filmmakers and audiovisual artists presented on 35mm celluloid and projected vertically onto a custom-made screen.
The full program is set to be unveiled on Tuesday July 7, so stay tuned to Beat for the latest MIFF updates.
