MIFF and NITV, supported by VicScreen, present four original and compelling short documentaries exploring Treaty as lived experience.
Dya (Country)
Tracey Rigney, 2026, Australia, 15 mins.
A regional First Nations filmmaker explores the Wotjobaluk Nations’ underdog fight for recognition, revealing Treaty as a complex mosaic with deeply local, lived realities unfolding far from Melbourne.
Protest on the Dancefloor
Talia Liddle, 2026, Australia, 15 mins.
Protest on the Dancefloor explores how Blackfellas in Melbourne use music and dancefloors to create spaces of sovereignty, connection and liberation amidst an ever-changing political climate.
Queens To The Front
Tammy Lee Rock, 2026, Australia, 13 mins.
Queens To The Front is a dialogue between filmmaker Tammy Lee Rock and public figure Senator Lidia Thorpe, revealing insights into the personal impact of Treaty and sovereignty.
Slow Hours
Theo McMahon, 2026, Australia, 11 mins.
Through the poetic, hopeful lens of Amelia, a young Indigenous teenager, we encounter the intertwined lives of three women, each embodying a different stage in the fragile evolution of First Nations hope in Victoria’s fight for sovereignty.
Content: Melbourne International Film Festival
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