Melbourne International Film Festival

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The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) returns with over 250 titles premiering in Victoria, from 60+ countries and over 50 languages.

MIFF is your big screen experience to a closely curated program of the best films of the year and hits from the worldwide festival circuit. With inspiring and bold programming, original stories, important voices and films you can’t see anywhere else.

In 2025, MIFF presents the most talked about films of the year with world premieres, award-winners and hotly anticipated titles from Cannes, Berlin and Sundance. Many films will be shown for the first and only time in Australia. Plus, a bevy of special events, global talent, filmmaker Question and Answer sessions, industry panels, XR experiences, MIFF Awards and more events at MIFF Festival Hub.

Films showing at various venues including ACMI, Forum Melbourne, The Capitol, Kino Cinema, Hoyts Melbourne Central, IMAX Melbourne and The Astor.

MIFF also presents an extensive regional film schedule, with 2025’s major titles hitting regional cinemas.

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  • Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
  • Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
  • Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
  • Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
  • Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
  • Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
  • An access and inclusion statement is available (make this available on your website).
  • Actively welcomes people with access needs.
  • Offer multiple options for booking – web, email, phone
  • Offer a range of contact methods for receiving complaints
  • Accept the Companion Card
  • Employ people with disability
  • Train your staff in disability awareness
  • Have accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on your website (can be emailed on request)
  • Ask all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met
  • Website meets WCAG 2.0 accessibility standards
  • Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
  • Provide assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
  • Train your staff in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges
  • A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility
  • Have step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
  • Have a step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
  • Have step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
  • Have accessible seating areas in theatrette
  • Have lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
  • Have doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy)
  • Have an accessible public toilet which is unlocked
  • Have wheelchair accessible transport options available in the general vicinity (provide information on name of the operator, phone and website link to individual providers for private vehicles, community transport train, mini vans, hire cars, buses, taxis, ferry, tram, light rail etc in your access statement)
  • Have a hearing loop
  • Train your staff in communicating with people who are deaf or have hearing loss
  • Caption all entertainment (TVs, live shows, performances)
  • Have transmitter receivers for hearing aids on tours
  • Have a low noise reception areas with hearing loss friendly acoustics and adequate lighting for viewing facial expressions (includes common areas which are free of background noise, background music)
  • Provide information in audio format (includes an audio described map of your venue, audio descs of performances and/ or displays)
  • Provide digital communication materials (hard copy information is also available on line)
  • Train your staff in customer service for people with vision loss (training would incorporate way finding and communicating with people with vision loss)
  • Have grab rails in the bathroom
  • Provide seating in common areas including reception area
  • Modify your cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc)
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24/08/2025
07/08/2025

Melbourne

Melbourne International Film Festival
Melbourne, Victoria

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Geelong to Devonport ( GEX to DPO )

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August 6th
06:45 pm

04:15 pm – 06:00 pm

06:45 pm
07 Aug, 06:00 am
August 7th
10:00 pm

07:30 pm – 09:15 pm

10:00 pm
08 Aug, 08:30 am
August 8th
06:45 pm

04:15 pm – 06:00 pm

06:45 pm
09 Aug, 06:00 am

Devonport to Geelong ( DPO to GEX )

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August 7th
08:30 am

06:00 am – 07:45 am

08:30 am
07 Aug, 07:00 pm