MIFF 1989

Tait Brady
#38

Festival Program
74 feature films and 129 short films were screened from 9 June to 24 June
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Program in Focus
The 38th Melbourne Film Festival featured a focus on films for children and the International Shorts Competition. A retrospective of the films of British filmmaker Mike Leigh, a National Film Board of Canada Tribute marking the organisation's 50th anniversary, and a special screening of Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (Marcel Ophuls) also featured.

Filmmaker in Focus
George Kuchar. A retrospective of Kuchar's work was screened. 
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Filmmaker in Focus
Mike Leigh. A retrospective of Leigh's work was screened. 
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Opening Night Film
Salaam Bombay! (Mira Nair)
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From the Festival Files

Making the Festival

The Melbourne Film Festival began as the idea of a few passionate individuals. A sub-committee, formed from delegates to the 1951 Australian Council of Film Societies film weekend, suggested that a small festival of films in the tourist town of Olinda should be held in 1952. The resulting festival was a testament to the do-it-yourself initiative of the Olinda festival committee. As some 800 festiv …

The Living Festival

What would a festival be without its audience? There wouldn’t be a festival at all! … People are the beating heart of MIFF. It was the coming together of some 800 people in Olinda in 1952 that gave birth to the Melbourne Film Festival. Since that unanticipated outpouring of community love for film, MIFF has become an annual gathering space for film enthusiasts and the cine-curious from Melbourne …