Festival Calendar
Melbourne International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
GPO Box 4982
VIC 3001 Melbourne
Australia
phone +613 8660 4888
fax +613 9654 2561
http://www.miff.com.au
email: miff@miff.com.au
General Manager
Mrs. Petrina Dorrington
Artistic Director / Contact for German Entries
Mrs. Michelle Carey
carey@melbournefilmfestival.com.au
Year of Foundation 1952
Event Date from 25 July 2013 till 11 August 2013
in Melbourne, Australia
International Competition
Sections International Short Film Competition, International Panorama, Australian Showcase, Regional Focus, Mooks Backbeat: Music on Film, Animation Gallery, Spotlights, Documentary Section, Retrospective, The Best of the Tiger Award Winners (Rotterdam International Film Festival), New and Emerging Asian Women Filmmakers, Experimental
Terms of Entry short films: 30 min. and less; short documentaries: 60 min. and less; films must have been completed after January 2011, no prior screenings in Victoria.
Genre Music
Subtitles English subtitles recommended
Format 16 mm, 35 mm, Beta SP PAL
Registration Deadline Early bird deadline: 22 November 2012
Regular deadline: 21 February 2013
Late Entry: 14 March 2013 11:59 am AEDT
Fees Earlybird deadline: AUD$ 65 (shorts), AUD$ 75 (features); Regular deadline: AUD$ 70 (shorts), AUD$ 80 (features); Late deadline: AUD$ 90 (shorts), AUD$ 100 (features)
Attendance Figures 173,000
Participants of the Film Industry about 260 participants (distributors, producers, TV programers, international sales agents, festival programers/scouts)
Prizes/Awards Stella Artois Audience Poll (Feature Films), Grand Prix (Best Short Film AUS$ 7.000), Best Documentary Short (AUS$ 3.000), Best Fiction Short(AUS$ 3.000), Best Animated Short (AUS$ 3.000), Best Experimental Short (AUS$ 3.000), Best Student Production (AUS$ 3.000), Best Short Promoting Human Rights, FIPRESCI Prize
2012
International Panorama
BARBARA by Christian Petzold, Schramm Film Koerner & Weber
DJECA – CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO by Aida Begic, Rohfilm (BA/DE/FR/TR)
GNADE (MERCY) by Matthias Glasner, Knudsen & Streuber Medienmanufaktur, Schwarzweiss Filmproduktion, ophir film
IM NEBEL (IN THE FOG) by Sergei Loznitsa, ma.ja.de fiction (DE/LV/NL/BY)
LOVE by Michael Haneke, X Filme Creative Pool (FR/AT/DE)
PARADIES: LIEBE (PARADISE: LOVE) by Ulrich Seidl, Tatfilm (AT/FR/DE)
TABU by Miguel Gomes, Komplizen Film (PT/DE/BR/FR)
THE LONELIEST PLANET by Julia Loktev, Flying Moon Filmproduktion (US/DE)
Australian Showcase
ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY by Eron Sheean, Instinctive Film, High5Films, Pandastorm Pictures (AU/DE)
Through the Labyrinth: New Latin American Cinema
SWIRL by Helvecio Marins Jr, Clarissa Campolina, Autentika (BR/DE/ES)
Facing North: Swedish Cinema in Focus
IL CAPITANO by Jan Troell, Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft (SE/DE/FI/DK)
EASY MONEY by Daniél Espinosa, Intervista Digital Media, Networkmovie (SE/DE/DK)
Documentaries
THIS AIN’T CALIFORNIA by Marten Persiel, Wildfremd Production
¡VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS! by Victor Kossakovsky, ma.ja.de filmproduktion (DE/NL/AR/CL)
TeleScope
JUST THE WIND by Bence Fliegauf, The Post Republic (HU/DE/FR)
Leos Carax: The Last Romantic
POLA X by Leos Carax, Pandora Film Produktion, Pola Pandora (FR/CH/DE/JP)
Next Gen
WUNDERKINDER by Marcus Rosenmüller, CCC-Filmkunst
Shorts
THE CENTRIFUGE BRAIN PROJECT by Till Nowak
Number of Films Shown approx. 400 films from around 50 countries
Media Coverage approx. 150 local and international accredited journalists (TV, radio, print media and Internet)
Specific Characteristics The winner of the short film competition automatically qualifies for the OSCAR competition for the Best Short Film.Evaluation "Test Screenings" for Australian product potentially suitable for a cinema release; hence close cooperation between the festival and Australian producers/distributors. One of the renown festivals on the international festival schedule; considered an interesting window on domestic as well as international film production. Special promotion of Australian coproductions.
