First films announced for Melbourne International Film Festival 2019

A slate of new Australian films dominates the first glance at our oldest and biggest festival.
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Image: Rodd Rathjen’s Buoyancy, 2019 MIFF Premiere Fund, is shot and set in Cambodia. Source: MIFF.

The 68th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) will engulf the frozen city from 1-18 August this year. MIFF tragics have already booked their holiday leave and are gagging for the full program that will go online Tuesday 9 July with sales to the public on 12 July. It’s the first MIFF with former long-time programmer Al Cossar as sole Artistic Director, after Michelle Carey’s departure last year, though expectations are for business as usual. (You can read our interview with Cossar here).

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Rochelle Siemienowicz is the ArtsHub Group's Education and Career Editor. She is a journalist for Screenhub and is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema. She was the co-host of Australia's longest-running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates' and has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Her second book, Double Happiness, a novel, will be published by Midnight Sun in 2024. Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk