Melbourne International Film Festival

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Melbourne, Australia July 2013, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: March 2013, TBA
Festival Data:
- Established: 1952
- Genre: General
- Attendance: 170000
- Media Attendance: 100
- Accredited Industry Attendance: 100
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 2000
- Total Number of Films Screened: 386
- Total Screenings: 400
- # of Shorts Screened: 134
- # of Features Screened: 252
- Accreditations: AMPAS, BAFTA, FIPRESCI
- Competitive
- Retrospective
- Has Panels
- Has Seminars
Festival Website:
www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au
Festival Description:

The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is regarded unequivocally as the most significant film event in Australia. With the largest and most diverse programme of screenings and special events in the country. MIFF screens over 350 films from Australia and around the world – comprising feature films, documentaries, and short films. The Festival also presents forums with filmmakers, panel discussions, celebrity interviews, outside broadcasts, music events, and an International Short Film Competition with the highest cash prize pool In Australia.

The Melbourne International Film Festival currently runs three industry programmes for filmmakers, distributors, sales agents and financiers:

Accelerator - comprising of presentations, workshops and screenings, Accelerator is a fast-track for invited filmmakers to develop their skills, craft and industry contacts on an international level.

MIFF 37ºSouth Market at the Forum Theatre and ACMI - Drawing together Australasian producers with national and international financing partners in the opening weekend of MIFF, MIFF 37ºSouth Market is Australia's only film co-financing market to occur in the context of a festival.

The MIFF Premiere Fund - aims to support, through various mechanisms, a number of quality feature-length projects that will have their International premiere at MIFF. The Fund is a strategic minority co-financier of a range of films and is be keen to see diversity on its slate in terms of filmmaking teams and genres of films.
Film Submissions:
- Accepts direct submissions
- Submission formats: VHS, DVD
- Call for Entry: http:/ / miff.com.au/ films/ films/ film_entry_2011/ entry_regulations

Email:	miff(at)melbournefilmfestival.com.au
Phone:	+61 3 8660 4801
Fax:	+61 3 9654 2561
Mailing Address:	Melbourne International Film Festival GPO Box 4982, Melbourne, Victoria 3001 Australia

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AUG 20, 2007 04:43PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Award Winners for the 2007 Melbourne International Film Festival

City of Melbourne Grand Prix for Best Short Film ($7,000)
“Blood Sisters”
Directed by: Louise N.D. Friedberg (Denmark)

Film Victoria Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short Film ($5,000)
“Crossbow”
Directed by: David Michod (Australia)

Melbourne Airport Award for Emerging Australian Filmmaker ($5,000)
“Nana”
Directed by: Warwick Thornton (Australia)

Nova Cinemas Award for Creative Excellence in Australian Film ($3,000)
“Dance Like Your Old Man”
Directed by: Gideon Obarzanek and Edwina Throsby (Australia)

Best Documentary Short Film ($3000)
“Dance Like Your Old Man”
Directed by: Gideon Obarzanek and Edwina Throsby (Australia)

Best Experimental Short Film ($3,000)
“Harrachov”
Directed by: Matt Hulse, Joost van Veen, and Ben Rivers (UK)

Best Animated Short Film ($3,000)
“Yours Truly”
Directed by: Osbert Parker (UK)

Highly Commended Animation Award
“The Bat and the Butterfly”
Directed by: Dave Jones (Australia)

Award for Best Student Production ($3,000)
“The Butcher’s Wife”
Directed by: Kylie Plunkett (Australia)

Award for Short Film Promoting Human Rights ($500)
“The T-Shirt”
Directed by: Hossein Martin Fazeli (Czech Republic)

Highly Commended Short Fiction Award
“Wrestling”
Directed by: Grimur Hakonarson (Iceland)
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