Melbourne International Film Festival 2020 Mission & Objective:

To present a celebratory event with an outstanding screening program of the best of new international cinema along with special retrospectives and tributes. To challenge and reveal discoveries in cinematic language, and provoke discussion and debate through a range of contextualised activities, including public panels, guest Q&As and In Conversation events and an international short film competition.

To screen works in optimum screening formats and be at the vanguard of new technology to engage the community with cinema.

Melbourne International Film Festival 2020 Categories:

• Feature
• Short – Fiction
• Short – Animation
• Short – Documentary
• Short – Experimental

Definition of Short and Feature:

• A film is considered a Short if it is 40 minutes or less.
• A film is considered a Feature if it is 41 minutes or more.
• A Short and a Feature shall individually be referred to as a “Film” unless otherwise specified to the contrary

MIFF 2020 Industry and Filmmaker:

Accelerator, a 4-day educational and inspirational skills development program for up-and-coming directors with short films screening at MIFF

MIFF 37ºSouth Market, a 4-day film financing market for producers with market-ready projects pitching to potential international and local co-financing partners

MIFF has an Academy, BAFTA and AACTA accredited short film competition. The winners of the top prizes in the competition become eligible for Oscar® consideration.

MIFF 2020 Submission Deadlines:

• Regular submissions:11 February 2020
• Late submissions: 18 March 2020

Preview Screener deadlines:

• Early Bird submissions screener deadline: 24 December 2020
• Regular submissions screener deadline: 25 February 2020
• Late submissions screener deadline: 1 April 2020