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Grande Maison Paris
Opening Date: Thursday, 10 Jul 2025
A blockbuster hit in Japan, GRANDE MAISON PARIS is an entertaining and mouthwatering culinary drama from director Ayuko Tsukahara, with ... more
Nice Indian Boy, A
Opening Date: Thursday, 10 Jul 2025
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Sunday July 13, 1.15pm. Join director Roshan Sethi for a post-film Q&A hosted via zoom. ... more
Stelarc – Suspending Disbelief
Opening Date: Sunday, 13 Jul 2025
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Sunday July 13, 3.30pm. Join filmmaker Richard Moore for a post-film Q&A, hosted will be Peter George. STELARC - SUSPENDING DISBELIEF explores the works of Melbourne based artist Stelarc, who burst into prominence in the early ... more
Amélie
Opening Date: Monday, 14 Jul 2025
SAVE THE DATE! Bastille Day Screening: Monday 14 July, 6.50pm. Vive la France! This Bastille Day, we’re playing the classic French whimsical romantic comedy! Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) lives in Paris, and in a world of her own. Introverted, but with ... more
Breathless + Contempt
Opening Date: Tuesday, 15 Jul 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Celebrate Bastille Day with two French New Wave essentials from revered auteur Jean-Luc Godard. ... more
Total Recall
Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Jul 2025
35TH ANNIVERSARY! Paul Verhoeven's 1990 science fiction classic TOTAL RECALL stars a dynamite paring of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone. ... more
Trifole
Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Jul 2025
In this bittersweet portrait of a vanishing rural way of life, Londoner Dalia returns to the stunning Italian region of Piedmont to care for her aging grandfather Igor, an expert truffle forager. Armed with his loyal dog Birba, she hunts for a prizewinnin ... more
Lady Bird + Dazed & Confused
Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 Jul 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Back-to-school screening! Beat the back-to-school blues with a night of indie high school hits.
Greta Gerwig’s LADYBIRD is the ... more
Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill: Live From Prague
Opening Date: Wednesday, 23 Jul 2025
Roger Waters, founding member and creative force behind the legendary Pink Floyd, brings to the screen his live show, Roger ... more
Four Letters of Love
Opening Date: Thursday, 24 Jul 2025
MATINEE FILM CLUB: Thursday July 17, 10.30am. Join your host, film critic Jan Epstein, for an advance screening of FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE with complimentary morning tea and post-movie chat. Based on Niall Williams' best-selling novel, FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE i ... more
Sense and Sensibility
Opening Date: Thursday, 24 Jul 2025
30TH ANNIVERSARY! The exceedingly handsome SENSE AND SENSIBILITY was scripted by Emma Thompson and was Ang Lee's first English feature. The impeccable cast includes Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant. ... more
2001: A Space Odyssey
Opening Date: Tuesday, 29 Jul 2025
MOVIE EPIC! Arguably one of the greatest films ever made, over 50 years ago director Stanley Kubrick released his ground-breaking sci-fi epic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. The seminal classic has since been fully restored so a new generation of Novagoers can di ... more
Friend, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 31 Jul 2025
A moving ode to friendship, grief, and healing, THE FRIEND stars Academy Award nominees Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, and in his debut role, Bing, a 150-pound Great Dane. ... more
Stolen Painting, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 31 Jul 2025
Inspired by remarkable true events, acclaimed writer/director Pascal Bonitzer’s engrossing dramedy, THE STOLEN PAINTING, follows an auctioneer whose professional and personal integrity is challenged by the discovery of a long-lost masterpiece. ... more
Together
Opening Date: Thursday, 31 Jul 2025
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Sunday July 13, 6.00pm. Join writer and director Michael Shanks for a post-film Q&A. ADVANCE SCREENING: Thursday July 24, 7.00pm. The feature debut of Australian writer/director Michael Shanks, TOGETHER is a squishy, fleshy body h ... more
When Fall Is Coming
Opening Date: Thursday, 31 Jul 2025
François Ozon’s darkly funny thriller WHEN FALL IS COMING leads from wild mushrooms to a layered and moving meditation on responsibility, human nature, and the knowability of truth ... more
Hundreds of Beavers
Opening Date: Friday, 1 Aug 2025
A triumph of imagination, Mike Cheslik's joyously silly HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS has been acclaimed by critics and audiences around the world for capturing the spirit of Looney Tunes in a micro-budget slapstick comedy. ... more
CatVideoFest 2025
Opening Date: Saturday, 2 Aug 2025
The world's No. 1 cat video festival is returning to Nova this August!
CatVideoFest 2025 is a compilation of the latest ... more
8 1/2 + La Strada
Opening Date: Tuesday, 5 Aug 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Join us for a festival of Fellini as two essentials from the Italian master return to the silver screen. ... more
American Psycho
Opening Date: Thursday, 7 Aug 2025
25TH ANNIVERSARY! Mary Harron’s bloody satire of ’80s New York yuppie culture stars Christian Bale as iconic serial killer Patrick Bateman. A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from h ... more
Future Council
Opening Date: Thursday, 7 Aug 2025
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Friday August 1, 7:30pm. Join filmmaker Damon Gameau for a post-screening Q&A. An inspiring and rollicking journey through Europe, where eight children join Damon Gameau to better understand the climate crisis. ... more
This Is Spinal Tap
Opening Date: Thursday, 7 Aug 2025
41st ANNIVERSARY RESTORATION! In 1982, the legendary English heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by ... more
My Neighbour Totoro + Spirited Away
Opening Date: Tuesday, 12 Aug 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Two iconic Studio Ghibli films back-to-back. ... more
Life of Chuck, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 14 Aug 2025
ADVANCE SCREENING: Thursday July 31, 7.00pm. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Film at the Toronto Film Festival! A life-affirming, genre-bending story based on Stephen King's novella, THE LIFE OF CHUCK details the life of Chuck Kranz, an ... more
Before Sunrise + Before Sunset
Opening Date: Tuesday, 19 Aug 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Richard Linklater's first two installments of the 'Before Trilogy' return to the screen for a romantic double feature.
Jesse ... more
Irena's Vow
Opening Date: Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
Based on the Broadway play that was inspired by an incredible true story, IRENA'S VOW follows Polish nurse Irena Gut Opdyke, portrayed by Sophie Nélisse (Yellowjackets), who hid Polish Jews during World War II. Employed as a house keeper by Nazi Ger ... more
Kangaroo Island
Opening Date: Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
The debut film of both director Timothy David and writer Sally Gifford, KANGAROO ISLAND is an Australian dramedy about the ties that bond, and damage, a family. ... more
A.I Artificial Intelligence
Opening Date: Tuesday, 26 Aug 2025
MOVIE EPIC! Steven Spielberg fulfills Stanley Kubrick’s vision of technological change that is as prevalent today as it was upon release. ... more
Ballad of Wallis Island, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 28 Aug 2025
Follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his ... more
The Sleeper - The Lost Caravaggio
Opening Date: Sunday, 31 Aug 2025
ESPRESSO CINEMA PRESENTS – THE SLEEPER: THE LOST CARAVAGGIO
When an 80-year-old-woman from Madrid takes an old painting from her living ... more
Witch, The + Lighthouse, The
Opening Date: Tuesday, 2 Sep 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! "Say, why is it bad luck to kill a gull?" Idiosyncratic director Robert Eggers declared his unique approach to filmmaking with his dread-soaked feature debut THE WITCH (a breakout Cinema Nova exclusive) in 2015 before hoisting his relentle ... more
Sorry, Baby
Opening Date: Thursday, 4 Sep 2025
From the Oscar Winning producers Adele Romanski (Aftersun) and Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), comes SORRY, BABY, the directorial debut of writer and star Eva Victor. ... more
Your Name + Weathering With You
Opening Date: Tuesday, 9 Sep 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Makoto Shinkai (Suzume) directs a pair of gorgeous animated romantic fantasies. ... more
Lesbian Space Princess
Opening Date: Thursday, 11 Sep 2025
An animated comedy like no other, LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS is a riotous, candy-coloured joy from start to finish: a locally made animation by emerging creatives that embraces LGBTQIA+ and culturally diverse voices, on and off-screen. ... more
Splitsville
Opening Date: Thursday, 11 Sep 2025
Starring Dakota Johnson (Materialists), Adria Arjona (Hit Man, Blink Twice), and co-writers Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin, SPLITSVILLE had its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. ... more
Basic Instinct + Mulholland Drive
Opening Date: Tuesday, 16 Sep 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Everything is not as it seems in a pair of auteur-driven erotic-thrillers that take cues from Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. ... more
Ferris Bueller's Day Off + Election
Opening Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! A Matthew Broderick double feature featuring the star in two of his most iconic roles. ... more
Inter Alia: NT Live
Opening Date: Thursday, 25 Sep 2025
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) makes her National Theatre debut in INTER ALIA: NT LIVE, a searing new play from the team behind Prima Facie. ... more
Leopard, The
Opening Date: Tuesday, 30 Sep 2025
MOVIE EPIC! Burt Lancaster leads Luchino Visconti’s 19th century Italian epic. ... more
Twilight + New Moon
Opening Date: Tuesday, 30 Sep 2025
20TH ANNIVERSARY GALA SCREENING: Tuesday September 30, 6.50pm (Selling Fast!) + 7.10pm. To celebrate twenty years of sparkling vampires and spider monkeys, we’ve partnered with Readings to present a double feature of (the best films in the franchise) TWIL ... more
Howl's Moving Castle + Laputa Castle in the Sky
Opening Date: Tuesday, 7 Oct 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki present fantastical animated tales of far-away lands. ... more
Donnie Darko + Nightcrawler
Opening Date: Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Jake Gyllenhaal delivers two of his finest performances across a pair of chilling psychological thrillers. ... more
Jennifer's Body + Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Opening Date: Tuesday, 21 Oct 2025
DOUBLE BILL: Demonic Double! Join us to watch cult classics JENNIFER’S BODY and the 1992 film BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER ... more
Favourite, The + Poor Things
Opening Date: Tuesday, 4 Nov 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Yorgos Lanthimos directs Emma Stone in a pair of Oscar winners. ... more
Kiki's Delivery Service + The Boy and the Heron
Opening Date: Tuesday, 11 Nov 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki present two animated Japanese hits. ... more
Man Who Fell to Earth, The + The Wicker Man (1973)
Opening Date: Tuesday, 18 Nov 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Back-to-back cult ‘70s horror hits! ... more
Wicked: For Good
Opening Date: Thursday, 20 Nov 2025
WICKED: FOR GOOD is part 2 of John M. Chu's adaptation of the Broadway phenomenon, starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Ethan Slater, Michelle Yeoh, and Bowen Yang. ... more
Dersu Uzala
Opening Date: Tuesday, 25 Nov 2025
MOVIE EPIC! Akira Kurosawa directs a powerful drama, winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 1976 Academy Awards. ... more
Portrait of a Lady on Fire + Petite Maman
Opening Date: Tuesday, 2 Dec 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Céline Sciamma directs a pair of tender French dramas. ... more
Dressed To Kill + Body Double
Opening Date: Tuesday, 9 Dec 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Brian De Palma (Scarface) directs a pair of arrestingly stylish ‘80s erotic thrillers as only he can. ... more
Nope + Get Out
Opening Date: Tuesday, 16 Dec 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Jordan Peele teams with Daniel Kaluuya for a pair of modern horror classics. ... more
Citizen Kane + The Magnificent Ambersons
Opening Date: Tuesday, 23 Dec 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Orson Welles directs and stars in a pair of cinema classics! ... more
Right Stuff, The
Opening Date: Tuesday, 30 Dec 2025
MOVIE EPIC! Philip Kaufman (writer – Raiders of the Lost Ark) directs a four-time Oscar-winning historical adventure. ... more
MDFF Opening Night Shorts
Opening Date: Tuesday, 15 Jul 2025
A collection of shorts to kick off the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival on opening night. ... more
MDFF Whoopee Blues
Opening Date: Tuesday, 15 Jul 2025
MDFF OPENING NIGHT FILM: Tuesday July 15, 6.30pm. Join filmmaker Fiona Cochrane and artist Mic Conway for a post-film Q&A! A charming portrait of brother-duo Mic and Jim Conway’s passionate journey from humble Jellybean Jug Band to now famed Captain Matc ... more
MDFF Calm The F**k Down + Scars Unseen
Opening Date: Wednesday, 16 Jul 2025
Calm The F**k Down (Dir: Helen Gaynor – 40m)
In Australia, one woman is murdered by her current/former male partner every ... more
MDFF The Social Trap: 5 Women vs The Big 5
Opening Date: Wednesday, 16 Jul 2025
The Social Trap: 5 Women vs The Big 5 (Dir: Elisa Jadot – 80m) Following five women battling tech giants like Meta, The Social Trap exposes the public health crisis of screen addiction and their fight to protect children from digital harm. ... more
MDFF Her Shark Story
Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Jul 2025
Her Shark Story (Dir: Ignacio Walker – 76m)
A young marine biologist in Galapagos reconnects with her father through their shared ... more
MDFF Hot Water + Lifeblood
Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Jul 2025
Hot Water: Investigating Australia's Marine Ecosystem (Dir: Ash Dunn – 51m)
A vibrant journey across Australia’s marine wonders, Hot Water highlights ... more
MDFF Disappear Here
Opening Date: Friday, 18 Jul 2025
Disappear Here (Dir: Ben deHoedt – 91m)
The vexed question of how to live an artistic life is illustrated in DISAPPEAR ... more
MDFF Goddess of Slide
Opening Date: Friday, 18 Jul 2025
Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Ellen McIlwaine (Dir: Alfonso Maiorana – 90m)
The forgotten story of Ellen McIlwaine, the ... more
MDFF Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin
Opening Date: Friday, 18 Jul 2025
Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin (Dir: Katia de Vidas – 65m)
An emotionally charged portrait of Libertines’ frontman Peter ... more
MDFF A Journey Between the Fires
Opening Date: Saturday, 19 Jul 2025
A Journey Between the Fires is a deeply personal and compelling story following Award winning singer songwriter Troy Cassar-Daley as ... more
MDFF Fire at Sea: The HMAS Westralia Disaster
Opening Date: Saturday, 19 Jul 2025
Fire at Sea: The HMAS Westralia Disaster (Dir: David Jenkins - 82m) A gripping investigation into the 1998 HMAS Westralia ... more
MDFF Palestinians Don’t Need Sidewalks + The Docto
Opening Date: Saturday, 19 Jul 2025
Palestinians Don’t Need Sidewalks (Dir: Jill Pauline Hickson – 71m)
A raw journey through occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, this ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 1
Opening Date: Saturday, 19 Jul 2025
The Dolphin Dilemma (Dir: Olivia Andrus-Drennan – 18m)
This film explores an international collaboration that, for the first time, proves that ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 2
Opening Date: Saturday, 19 Jul 2025
Memory Collector (Dir: Teddy Grouya - 20m)
A part-time archivist with a passion for old home movies scours thrift stores for ... more
MDFF Stupa
Opening Date: Saturday, 19 Jul 2025
Stupa (Dir: Peter Downey – 52m)
The inside story of outsider art with Boinga Bob, an autistic artistic treasure from Australia ... more
MDFF By Far Kaymakchalan
Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Jul 2025
By Far Kaymakchalan (Dir: Boris Trbić and Dragan Gavrilović – 60m)
Uncovering Australia’s forgotten WWI role alongside Serbian forces, By Far ... more
MDFF Reflections of Courage
Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Jul 2025
Reflections of Courage (Dir: Janet Shay – 48m)
Reflections of Courage is a poignant 50-minute documentary chronicling the extraordinary journey of ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 3
Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Jul 2025
Chasing Roo (Dir: Skye Fitzgerald – 34m)
An investigation into the harvesting of kangaroos in Australia, this film offers an intimate ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 4
Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Jul 2025
How to Sue the Klan (Dir: John Beder – 34m)
In 1982, five Black women from Chattanooga successfully sued the Ku ... more
MDFF Space Cowboy
Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Jul 2025
Space Cowboy (Dir: Marah Strauch and Bryce Leavitt – 95m)
An emotional odyssey of skydiving cinematographer Joe Jennings, Space Cowboy traces ... more
MDFF The Longer You Bleed
Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Jul 2025
The Longer You Bleed (Dir: Ewan Waddell)
This personal documentary follows displaced Ukrainians in Berlin contending with the traumatic absurdity of ... more
MDFF Deep Ecology + Farmacy of Light
Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 Jul 2025
Deep Ecology (54m)
Deep Ecology delves into the profound interconnectedness of our personal and collective grief with the ecological and systemic ... more
MDFF Human Race
Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 Jul 2025
Human Race (Dir: Simon David de-Tusch Alec – 100m) Following professor Eske Willerslev’s quest to map 5,000 ancient human DNA profiles, ... more
MDFF Johatsu
Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 Jul 2025
A haunting documentary about Japan’s “evaporated people” who vanish to escape societal pressures, exploring their stories and the cultural factors ... more
MDFF The Definition of Happiness
Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 Jul 2025
As the elusive pursuit of happiness continues to plunge humanity deeper into depression, Tim is forced onto a transformative journey, ... more
MDFF Clear Sky
Opening Date: Wednesday, 23 Jul 2025
Clear Sky (Dir: Michael Del Monte – 76m)
An unflinching portrait of Shawn’s battle with addiction and cultural disconnection, Clear Sky ... more
MDFF Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe
Opening Date: Wednesday, 23 Jul 2025
Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe (Dir: Anthony Kelly – 53m)
A powerful portrait of Aboriginal activist Robbie Thorpe, Our ... more
MDFF A River in the Middle of the Sky
Opening Date: Thursday, 24 Jul 2025
MDFF NYAA WA
Opening Date: Thursday, 24 Jul 2025
NYAA WA (Dir: Charlie Braces – 60m) NYAA WA 'Take Care' is a Music Documentary featuring Naarm-based artist Charlie Needs ... more
MDFF Bonegilla - The Migrants Journey
Opening Date: Friday, 25 Jul 2025
Bonegilla - The Migrant's Journey (Dir: Simon Reich – 86m) After the Second World War, the Australian government decided to accept ... more
MDFF Before 1770: The Journey Home
Opening Date: Saturday, 26 Jul 2025
Before 1770: The Journey Home (Dir: Wahyu Al Mardhani and Chris C.F. – 96m)
Challenging colonial narratives, ‘Before 1770’ uncovers the ... more
MDFF Dancing Against the Odds
Opening Date: Saturday, 26 Jul 2025
Dancing Against the Odds (Dir: Matt Byrne – 64m)
In a stunning documentary accompanying the dance film Counterpoise, Dancing Against the ... more
MDFF Ferrari: Fury and the Monster
Opening Date: Saturday, 26 Jul 2025
Ferrari: Fury and the Monster (Dir: Steve Hoover – 80m)
Ferrari: Fury And the Monster tells the story of Mauro Forghieri ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 5
Opening Date: Saturday, 26 Jul 2025
Frozen Water (Dir: Anastasia Fetisov - 25m) Frozen Waters chronicles the awe-inspiring journey of endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh as he becomes the first person to swim beneath Antarctica's ice sheet. In this historic feat, Pugh swims 1 kilometre through su ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 6
Opening Date: Saturday, 26 Jul 2025
The Broken Goddess (Dir: Ximena Pereira – 21m)
The myth of María Lionza, a Venezuelan jungle deity, intertwines with a migrant ... more
MDFF The Big Sea
Opening Date: Saturday, 26 Jul 2025
Exposing surfing’s toxic link to Neoprene and Cancer Alley, The Big Sea uncovers environmental racism and corporate greenwashing, urging the ... more
MDFF Noyce - The Not So Quiet Australian
Opening Date: Sunday, 27 Jul 2025
Noyce - The Not So Quiet Australian (Dir: Ted McDonnell – 103m)
A sentimental homage to filmmaker Phillip Noyce, this documentary ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 7
Opening Date: Sunday, 27 Jul 2025
Wouldn't Make It Any Other Way (Dir: Stephanie Lane – 21m)
A family prepares for their mother's 60th birthday party while ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 8
Opening Date: Sunday, 27 Jul 2025
WASKA: The Forest Is My Family (Dir: Nina Gualinga – 15m)
Set in a world post-environmental collapse, the film follows a ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 9
Opening Date: Sunday, 27 Jul 2025
The Falcons (14m)
The Falcons is an intimate, observational documentary that explores the Tshakhruk Ethnoband in the highlands of Armenia, a ... more
MDFF The New Peasants
Opening Date: Sunday, 27 Jul 2025
The New Peasants (Dir: Jordon Osmond – 66m)
An intimate portrait of a family’s 20-year transition to a sustainable, simple life, ... more
MDFF The Nicholas Building
Opening Date: Sunday, 27 Jul 2025
The Nicholas Building (Dir: Mark Newbold – 90m)
Since the early 1990s, the Nicholas Building has been a centre of arts, ... more
MDFF Piquancy Silent Heroes + Unlocking the Potent
Opening Date: Tuesday, 29 Jul 2025
Piquancy Silent Heroes (Dir: Nandita Chakraborty - 54m)
Celebrating 16 unsung heroes from Melbourne’s diverse communities, Piquancy Silent Heroes highlights their ... more
MDFF Union
Opening Date: Tuesday, 29 Jul 2025
A documentary directed by Brett Story and Stephen Maing that chronicles the grassroots efforts of Amazon workers at the JFK8 ... more
MDFF After the Rain: Putin’s Stolen Children Come
Opening Date: Wednesday, 30 Jul 2025
After the Rain: Putin’s Stolen Children Come Home (Dir: Sarah McCarthy – 80m)
Deep in a forest by the Baltic Sea, ... more
MDFF Left Behind
Opening Date: Wednesday, 30 Jul 2025
Left Behind (Dir: Anna Toomey – 76m)
Left Behind is the inspiring story of a group of determined and passionate moms ... more
MDFF The Invisible Doctrine
Opening Date: Thursday, 31 Jul 2025
The Invisible Doctrine (Dir: Pete D Hutchison – 75m) George Monbiot deconstructs the roots, secretive propagation and deep impact of a ... more
MDFF The Strongman and the Last Days of the Khmer
Opening Date: Thursday, 31 Jul 2025
The Strongman and the Last Days of the Khmer Rouge (Dir: James Gerrand – 110m)
A revealing portrait of Cambodia’s Hun ... more
MDFF Love in the Walls
Opening Date: Wednesday, 6 Aug 2025
Love in the Walls (Dir: Samuel Kostevc - 1hr)
In a Melbourne social housing community, this moving 60-minute documentary explores residents’ ... more
Caravaggio
Opening Date: Saturday, 15 Nov 2025
Mystery, intrigue, beauty, passion, murder - shine a new light on Caravaggio in this dramatic biography... Five years in production, this ... more
Frida Kahlo
Opening Date: Saturday, 25 Jul 2026
Who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her, but who was the woman behind the bright colours, the big brows, and ... more