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4 Aug 2025

MIFF Seen and Anticipated (Melbourne International Film Festival)

Arts, Society & Culture, TV & Film

MIFF  as always serves up all the wild, weird, and wonderful this year, and we’ve been soaking it all in.

LISTEN IN TO HEAR — From queer cosmic chaos to haunting animation, absurd Thai ghost stories to homegrown zombie chills, here’s what we’ve seen so far — plus the ones we’re itching to get our eyes on next.

🎬 Seen & Reviewed

• Lesbian Space Princess

• We Bury the Dead

• A Useful Ghost

• Maya, give me a little – Michel Gondry

• Death Does Not Exist

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🔮 Anticipated / Upcoming

• Beast of War (review coming soon)

• Toxic Avenger (review coming soon)

• Exit8

• The End

• Good Boy

• Zombucha!

• The Legend of Ochi

• Twinless

• Two People Exchanging Saliva

• 1000 Women in Horror

• The Dysphoria

• Space Cadet

• Went Up the Hill

• Dead Lover

• It Ends (reviewing next week)

The Melbourne International Film Festival for 2025 runs from Thursday, 7 August to Sunday, 24 August — that’s 18 full days of cinema, from opening galas to XR experiences, talks, and more

You can head over to the MIFF website for full details — including program listings, tickets, passes, and festival info

https://miff.com.au/

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