Thursday 21st March
7:30pm, Cinema 1, ACMI, M

Presented by the National Film and Sound Archive. Please ‘Read More’ for content warnings.

WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) – is a feature length, lyrical journey that intertwines archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. Commissioned by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) as part of their RE/Vision project, the film examines how archives and the legacies of collection affect First Nations people and wider Australia, told through the lens of acclaimed Wiradjuri artist, Jazz Money.

Screens with short film Karanga and is followed by a filmmaker Q&A.

Ticket includes entry to the MWFF after-party.

Friday 22nd March
7pm, 91 mins, Cinema 2, ACMI, MA15+

Canadians Hanna and Liv are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, convinces Hanna to take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called ’The Royal Hotel’ in a remote Outback mining town. Bar owner Billy and a host of locals give the girls a riotous introduction to Down Under drinking culture but soon Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

Saturday 23rd March
7pm, 90 mins Cinema 2, ACMI
Unclassified 15+ (horror, blood & gore)

Friends Aria and Jay head out on a devilish road trip to unearth the mystery behind the murder of Max, Aria’s brother and the love of Jay’s life. With Aria’s demon radar firing, nothing from the underworld can stand in the way as they uncover a conspiracy of prejudice and self-hatred, that leads closer to home than they’d ever imagined.

Screens with short film, Girl Coded and followed by a filmmaker Q&A.

Sunday 24th March
2:15pm, 120 mins, Cinema 2, ACMI, G

Presented by VicScreen.

With Carbon in the news every day, you might think you know everything about her. But you’d be wrong. This spectacular and surprisingly unorthodox documentary reveals the paradoxical story of the element that builds all life, and yet may end it all.

Screens with the MWFF 48hr Film Challenge entries and followed by a filmmaker Q&A.

Saturday 23rd March
12:15pm, 95 mins, Cinema 2, ACMI
Unclassified 15+

A peculiar red kite, learning to find your voice and spiritual journeys, Freshly Squeezed Shorts 1 showcases the latest and best short live action, experimental and animated films from our region's women and gender diverse filmmakers.

Saturday 23rd March
4pm, 100 mins Cinema 2, ACMI
Unclassified 15+

Join us for this special themed short film session examining contemporary women and gender diverse perspectives of the world around us. A thought-provoking mix of fiction and documentary stories exploring our natural and social environments, locally and globally, and not to be missed.

Sunday 24th March
11:30am, 90 mins, Cinema 2, ACMI
Unclassified 15+

From stories of connection, strength and resistance, to a chance sighting of Savage Garden's Darren Hayes, Freshly Squeezed Shorts 2 showcases the latest and best short films from our region's women and gender diverse filmmakers.

Sunday 24th March
5:30pm, 100 mins, Cinema 2, ACMI
Unclassified 15+

Next Gen Shorts showcases the creativity and talent of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand’s next generation of filmmakers. From a homage to Fitzroy costuming icon, pranking ghosts, the identifiable frustrations of being a customer service worker, to moving stories of migration and motherhood, these diverse films show that the future of women's and gender diverse filmmaking looks bright!

Closing Night - Memory Film: A Filmmaker’s Diary

Monday 25th March
7pm, 120 mins, Cinema 2, ACMI
Unclassified 15+

Memory Film is an immersive, poetic documentary by Jeni Thornley based on her Super 8 archive (1974-2003), filmed during the decades of her personal and political filmmaking producing Maidens, To the Other Shore, Island Home Country and the collaborative feature For Love or Money.

Screening includes the presentation of MWFF 2024 shorts awards and a filmmaker Q&A.