26 Oct - 5 Nov 2023

PRESENTING PARTNER

2023 Program

Queensland Premiere. When a transgender woman finally has to face her family on Christmas Day,...
Comedy
New Wave
Director / Madeleine Dyer
Thu 2 Nov
Thu 2 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Queensland Premiere. Direct from international festivals, a beautiful fantasy romance starring Paul Mescal (Aftersun). One...
Drama
Special Presentation
Director / Andrew Haigh
Sun 5 Nov
Sun 5 Nov
Sat 28 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Wed 1 Nov
Wed 1 Nov
Thu 2 Nov
Thu 2 Nov
Queensland Premiere. A superb French film about the special bond between a young French girl...
Drama
International Highlights
Director / Marie Amachoukeli
Sat 28 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Fri 3 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
Queensland Premiere. Winner of the Palme d’Or, Anatomy Of A Fall is a gripping story...
Crime
Special Presentation
Director / Justine Triet
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 28 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Fri 3 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
Queensland Premiere. A unique cinematic experience from Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire) in...
Art
International Highlights
Director / Wim Wenders
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Queensland Premiere. An award winning documentary, Beyond Utopia is a suspenseful and illuminating story following...
Documentary
International Highlights
Director / Madeleine Gavin
Sat 28 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Thu 2 Nov
Thu 2 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Queensland Premiere. This psychological thriller from an Australian directing duo, tells the story of a...
Comedy
New Wave
Director / Jack Clark, Jim Weir
Tue 31 Oct
Tue 31 Oct
Thu 2 Nov
Thu 2 Nov
Wed 1 Nov
Wed 1 Nov
Queensland Premiere. This modern-day female Frankenstein story is a gruesome look into just how far...
Horror
WTF
Director / Laura Moss
Thu 2 Nov
Thu 2 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Queensland Premiere. In this adrenaline-fuelled mob thriller, a getaway driver must battle his conscience and...
Crime
Australian Highlights
Director / Luke Sparke
Sat 28 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Queensland Premiere. Bromley: Light After Dark is a story of art, true love and triumph...
Documentary
Australian Highlights
Director / Sean McDonald
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Queensland Premiere. From the Cannes Film Festival comes Club Zero, a captivating, twisted tale of...
Drama
International Highlights
Director / Jessica Hausner
Tue 31 Oct
Tue 31 Oct
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Wed 1 Nov
Wed 1 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
World Premiere. An animation delight produced in Brisbane, Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back follows caped...
Animation
Young At Heart
Director / Ricard Cussó, Tania Vincent
Sat 28 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Australian Premiere. Described by Sight & Sound as the greatest work of art produced in...
Drama
Rediscover
Director / Jean-Luc Godard
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 5 Nov
Sun 5 Nov
Queensland Premiere. A24 adds to their beautifully cinematic lineup with Earth Mama, which is an...
Drama
International Highlights
Director / Savanah Leaf
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Fri 3 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
Queensland Premiere. Cannes Film Festival winner Goodbye Julia is an engrossing, gut-wrenching and emotionally rewarding...
Drama
International Highlights
Director / Mohamed Kordofani
Thu 2 Nov
Thu 2 Nov
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Queensland Premiere. Direct from premiering at the Venice Film Festival. Housekeeping for Beginners is a...
Drama
International Highlights
Director / Goran Stolevski
Fri 3 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Queensland Premiere. A captivating film from Jordan following one woman’s struggle with family and the...
Drama
International Highlights
Director / Amjad Al Rasheed
Sat 28 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Fri 3 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
Queensland Premiere. A visual journey about the complexities of two close friends, both Aboriginal, being...
Documentary
Australian Highlights
Director / Adrian Russell Wills, Gillian Moody
Sat 28 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Queensland Premiere. In a desperate bid to boost the ratings of his once hugely popular...
Horror
WTF
Director / Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes
Fri 3 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
Tue 31 Oct
Tue 31 Oct
Queensland Premiere. Combining 2D and 3D animation, this stylish, smart and futuristic film noir is...
Animation
International Highlights
Director / Jérémie Périn
Sat 28 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Fri 3 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
Wed 1 Nov
Wed 1 Nov
Queensland Premiere. From Todd Haynes (Carol) and starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore in powerhouse...
Drama
Special Presentation
Director / Todd Haynes
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Fri 27 Oct
Fri 27 Oct
Queensland Premiere.  From acclaimed director Kore-eda Hirokazu (Shoplifters, Broker) is the complex and intimate story...
Drama
Special Presentation
Director / Kore-eda Hirokazu
Fri 27 Oct
Fri 27 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Fri 3 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
Thu 2 Nov
Thu 2 Nov
Australian Premiere. From Academy Award Winner Taika Waititi ( Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok ) and...
Comedy
Closing Night
Director / Taika Waititi
Sun 5 Nov
Sun 5 Nov
Queensland Premiere. A glorious film from revered director Wim Wenders with an exceptional soundtrack following...
Drama
Special Presentation
Director / Wim Wenders
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 28 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Fri 3 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
Fri 27 Oct
Fri 27 Oct
Queensland Premiere. Winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival,...
Comedy
Special Presentation
Director / Yorgos Lanthimos
Fri 27 Oct
Fri 27 Oct
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 28 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Queensland Premiere. Presentation of the restored and remastered Australian film.  Rabbit-Proof Fence is based on...
Biography
Rediscover
Director / Phillip Noyce
Sat 28 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Queensland Premiere. Dead Poets Society meets To Sir With Love in this charming, bittersweet Mexican...
Drama
International Highlights
Director / Christopher Zalla
Fri 3 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
Sat 28 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Fri 27 Oct
Fri 27 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Queensland Premiere. A moving, beautiful and semi-autobiographical drama set in 1990’s Canada. Riceboy Sleeps has...
Drama
International Highlights
Director / Anthony Shim
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Thu 2 Nov
Thu 2 Nov
Queensland Premiere. A story about friendship, and fragility, Robot Dreams is a charming and heartwarming...
Animation
Young At Heart
Director / Pablo Berger
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Fri 27 Oct
Fri 27 Oct
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Queensland Premiere. Academy Award winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) brings us a beautifully...
Comedy
Special Presentation
Director / Emerald Femmell
Fri 3 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
Sat 28 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Queensland Premiere. The directorial debut of Randal Park (Veep, Fresh Off The Boat) is a...
Comedy
International Highlights
Director / Randall Park
Thu 2 Nov
Thu 2 Nov
Fri 27 Oct
Fri 27 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Queensland Premiere. The first documentary by an Estonian director to compete and win at Sundance,...
Documentary
International Highlights
Director / Anna Hints
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Fri 27 Oct
Fri 27 Oct
Queensland Premiere. Pedro Almodóvar (Parallel Mothers) is arguably Spain’s most esteemed director. Strange Way of...
Drama
Special Presentation
Director / Pedro Almodóvar
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Wed 1 Nov
Wed 1 Nov
Queensland Premiere. In the outer suburbs of Melbourne, seventeen-year-old Leo leads a seemingly typical life....
Coming of Age
New Wave
Director / Gabriel Carrubba
Sun 5 Nov
Sun 5 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Queensland Premiere. An intimate drama following a Gen Z love triangle set in the snow-covered...
Drama
International Highlights
Director / Anthony Chen
Thu 2 Nov
Thu 2 Nov
Fri 27 Oct
Fri 27 Oct
World Premiere. The Ending Goes Forever: The Screamfeeder Story is a feature-length documentary about a...
Documentary
Music Gala
Director / Jacob Schiotz
Fri 3 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
Queensland Premiere. This brand-new restoration of Yasujiro Ozu’s classic 1950 film weaves all the hallmarks...
Drama
Rediscover
Director / Yasujiro Ozu
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 5 Nov
Sun 5 Nov
Queensland Premiere. Hugo Weaving once again surprises us with his versatile acting in The Rooster,...
Drama
Australian Highlights
Director / Mark Leonard Winter
Fri 27 Oct
Fri 27 Oct
Sun 5 Nov
Sun 5 Nov
Thu 2 Nov
Thu 2 Nov
Queensland Premiere. Direct from Toronto and directed by Kitty Green (The Assistant) and starring Julia...
Drama
Special Presentation
Director / Kitty Green
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
Fri 3 Nov
Queensland Premiere. This Cannes award winning horror explores the peace of a rural Malaysian town...
Drama
International Highlights
Director / Amanda Nell Eu
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Fri 27 Oct
Fri 27 Oct
Queensland Premiere.  Starring Julian Dennison (Hunt For The Wilderpeople) and Academy Award Nominee Minnie Driver...
Comedy
Opening Night
Director / Paul Middleditch, Hamish Bennett
Sun 29 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Thu 26 Oct
Thu 26 Oct
Queensland Premiere. Featuring lovingly restored and never before seen footage, You Should Have Been Here...
Documentary
Australian Highlights
Director / Jolyon Hoff
Sat 4 Nov
Sat 4 Nov
Sun 5 Nov
Sun 5 Nov
Queensland Premiere. This home-grown unpredictable horror tells the story of a lonely mobile home resident,...
Horror
WTF
Director / Josiah Allen, Indianna Bell
Thu 2 Nov
Thu 2 Nov
Tue 31 Oct
Tue 31 Oct

BIFF Short Films