MIFF is proud to present an annual selection of daring and impressive Australian flicks. This year we offer absorbing tales of our indigenous past (Lionel) and future (In My Father’s Country), burgeoning adulthood both here and elsewhere (Son of a Lion), experiments in form, feature debuts and celebrated auteurs. Take a good, hard look at yourself.

Feature Films

	ACOLYTES (MA15+) (Australia, 91 min) … If you go down to the woods today...… … The close friendship of three teenagers crumbles at the hands of a deranged sociopath in Acolytes, a nail-biting thriller from Redball dire… More >
	IN MY FATHER'S COUNTRY (Australia, 80 min) It is happening now: in our country. … Shot by Dutch cinematographer Leonard Retel Helmrich, known for his innovative camera techniques, this documentary is one of the most exquisitely crafted … More >
	LIONEL (Australia, 80 min) “Australia’s own buried idol… he was a world champion, a former Australian of the Year, a musician with Number 1 hits and the greatest Aboriginal boxer of all time.” – … More >
	LITTLE DEATHS (Australia, 81 min) It’s about love, it’s about loss, it’s about sex.… Isolated, a lonely tollbooth operator watches as the world flows past him in a never-ending stream of vehicles, their passen… More >
	MEN'S GROUP (MA15+) (Australia, 104 min) “We wanted to explore some of the unspoken fears and vulnerabilities that many men face, but are unable to voice.” – filmmaker Michael Joy… Six strangers meet in a suburban lo… More >
	PLAYING FOR CHARLIE (M) (Australia, 97 min) Carrying the world on your shoulders is difficult when you’re only 16.A drama lived through the eyes of an adolescent. Tony Hobb is not your average 16-year-old – after the death of his f… More >
	SALVATION (Australia, 97 min) The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.Aging artist and scholar Barry is disenchanted with his existence – disillusioned by his sexless marriage to a televangelist, and repulsed by her brand … More >
	SON OF A LION (PG) (Australia, Pakistan, 92 min) “Whatever you do you must think whether it brings good to the world.”Shot entirely on location in Darra Adam Khel, a small village in Pakistan, Son of a Lion is an intergenerational drama… More >
	THREE BLIND MICE (Australia, 92 min) Boys will be boys.With one night left before being shipped off to Iraq, three Navy officers on shore leave hit the town to celebrate. Dean chases down his fiancée, Sam tries to avoid his partn… More >