The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) today announced a new $140,000 award for Best Film. Already the Southern Hemisphere’s largest and longest-running film festival, the new competition seeks to attract more major titles, global profile and leading filmmakers to Melbourne in August.
The Victorian Labor Government, through Film Victoria, is supporting the launch of the competition in celebration of the landmark 70th anniversary of MIFF. Up to ten films will be in official selection to compete for the Best Film Award, with all types of feature length films eligible for inclusion – from fiction to documentary to animation, and any creative variation in-between.
