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The Melbourne International Film Festival has been running for 71 years and is the most significant screen event in Australia.
What is it?
The Festival includes the best current cinema from around the world as well as retrospectives, tributes and discussions.
Complementing the screenings is a renowned industry programme that includes an investment fund (the Premiere Fund) and the director’s development programme (Accelerator).
Who goes?
The Festival also holds a finance market (37˚ South) which brings the national and international screen industry to Melbourne and celebrates it as a centre for screen business.
New Zealand films at Melbourne
New Zealand feature films that have screened at Melbourne include:
Love Story
Māori Boy Genius
When a City Falls
The Ground We Won
Deathgasm
Bad Behaviour
We Are Still Here
Millie Lies Low
The Justice of Bunny King
Coming Home in the Dark
James & Isey
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
My Year With Helen
Human Traces
Mahana
Free In Deed
Short films that have screened include:
Hitch Hike
Snow in Paradise
Lambs
Honk If You're Horny
I Kill
Sonny, My Older Brother
Night Shift
Feeder
Ross and Beth
The Tide Keeper
Perianayaki
Washday
Rustling
Hot Mother
Daniel