Melbourne Film Festival Puts on Most Ambitious Edition for 70th Anniversary

For its 70th edition, the Melbourne International Film Festival has announced its most ambitious ever program. After multiple COVID-19 lockdowns, it will be the festival’s first in-cinema Melbourne schedule since 2019, and run Aug. 4-21, 2022. The 2022 line up will showcase 257 feature films, 177 Australian premiers, 18 world premieres including opening night film “Of an Age,” from Macedonian born, Melbourne-based writer-director, Goran Stolevski (“Won’t Be Alone”), as well as a record 61 titles fresh from Cannes. “This is our first full-scale in-cinema return,” MIFF artistic director, Al Cossar told Variety. The festival is expanding its footprint with a… Read Full Article