Visionary work from the avant-garde that reimagines the possibilities of cinema.
Acetone Reality
Sara Magenheimer, Michael Bell-Smith, 2025, USA, 12 mins.
Animation, found images and video recordings collide against a mind-bending dialogue between two computer-generated voices.
As Told by a Corpse
Yace Sula, 2025, USA, 5 mins.
In this ecstatic vision of the body in flux, a newborn encounters their digital mutation 25 years on.
Body, remember...
Matthew Berka, 2025, UK, 16 mins.
A poetic evocation of the senses through the grain of film.
By the Faith of José Gerónimo
Juliano Kunert, 2026, Dominican Republic, 11 mins.
A transfixing, meditative journey into faith, history and cultural identity in the Dominican Republic.
Daria’s Night Flowers
Maryam Tafakory, 2025, Iran, UK, France, 16 mins.
Multiple MIFF award winner Maryam Tafakory returns with an epistolary tale of suppressed desire.
Land of Barbar
Fredj Moussa, 2025, Tunisia, 11 mins.
A reimagined spin on a canonical tale that flips Western narratives about North Africa.
Lost in the Water
Allison Chhorn, 2025, Australia, Cambodia, 12 mins.
Drops of water open portals to memory in this immersive, mysterious new work from MIFF alum Allison Chhorn.
Rojo Žalia Blau
Viktoria Schmid, 2025, Austria, 10 mins.
Stunning European landscapes converge in this hypnotic homage to three-strip Technicolor.
Swing Swish Sway
TT Takemoto, 2026, USA, 7 mins.
A brilliantly multilayered, textural homage to a pioneer of queer rights.
Time Life Volume 9. Life Model
Mungo Thomson, 2025, USA, 10 mins.
The mechanical gaze of a book scanner becomes a hyper-speed collage of anatomy.
Content: Melbourne International Film Festival
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