THE MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MIFF) HAS ANNOUNCED ITS MUCH ANTICIPATED 71st PROGRAM. FEATURING A SPOTLIGHT OF UMBRELLAS UPCOMING NEW RELEASES.

The big reveal has happened: MIFF’s 2023 program is live! It’s ready to be discovered, highlighted, colour-coded, scheduled – the inevitable clashes debated, favourites selected.

We can’t wait to welcome the festival this August, from 3–20 August, in the regions on 11–13 and 18–20 August, featuring some spectacular selections from the Umbrella catalogue.

Get familiar with Umbrella’s titles on offer in this years program below –

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Umbrella at MIFF 2023!

GODLESS: The Eastfield Exorcism
Director: Nick Kozakis
Origin: Australia (2023)
Genre: Horror, Thriller

Shot in Daylesford and Hepburn Springs, this rare Aussie take on the popular exorcism sub-genre builds to a brutal finale you won’t be able to excise from your mind.

YOU’LL NEVER FIND ME
Directors: Indianna Bell, Josiah Allen
Origin: Australia (2023)
Genre: Psychological Thriller

An elderly caravan-park resident tangles with a mysterious woman in this deliciously unpredictable horror debut from a South Australian filmmaking duo.

BIRDEATER
Director: Jack Clark, Jim Weir
Origin: Australia (2023)
Genre: Psychological Thriller

A bachelor party takes a feral turn in this genre-defying debut from an exciting new Australian directing duo.

COBWEB
Director: Kim Jee-Woon
Origin: Korea (2023)
Genre: Comedy

Parasite’s Song Kang-ho stars as a 1970s filmmaker-in-crisis in this chaotic comedy from the director of I Saw the Devil.

LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
Directors: Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes
Origin: Australia (2023)
Genre: Horror, Thriller

The Aussie brothers behind 100 Bloody Acres (MIFF Premiere Fund 2012) mix frights and frivolity in recreating a 1970s talk show that goes straight to hell.

For more information on the program head to https://miff.com.au/