Years running: 10 (since 2016)
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
About
The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is amongst the world’s newest documentary film festivals and Australia's first competitive documentary film festival.
The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is the only festival in Australasia to provide feedback on submissions. The feedback is simple, straight forward, positive and constructive (like a review) and gives you an insight into what the curator thought of your documentary and will be provided if you want it by applying to info@mdff.org.au.
Festival wants to highlight and promote all documentaries, but in particular:
- Documentaries from Women in Film
- Aboriginal and Indigenous documentaries
- Asian cinema
- LGBTI documentaries
Awards
- Supreme Jury Prize Winner — $1,000
- Best International Documentary
- Best Australian Documentary
- Best Australian Short Documentary — $1,500
- Best International Short Documentary
- Best Melbourne Documentary (short and feature)
- Best Short Director
- Audience Choice Award (feature)
- Best Expanded Interdisciplinary Project
- Best Director – International / Australia
Rules
- Production of the Film was not completed prior to 1 January 2013;
- The Film has never been, and will not be before 12 July 2020, released on DVD, freely available online or theatrically released other than on tugg.com (however, the Festival may at its discretion accept Films which have been theatrically released or previously screened at other festivals);
- The Film is in English or contains English subtitles
Premiere Requirements
No premiere requirement
Documents
Place
Australia
Melbourne
Official Website
Contacts
Address:
The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
GBO Box 4007
Melbourne 3000
Phone: +61 390 154 965
Email: info@mdff.org.au
Social Networks
Facebook
Twitter
- Opening DateJune 06, 2024
- Earlybird DeadlineJune 16, 2024
- Regular DeadlineFebruary 28, 2025
- Extended DeadlineMay 20, 2025
- NotificationsMay 31, 2025
- Event Dates1 — 31 July 2025
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Earlybird Deadline — free
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Regular Deadline — $40
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Extended Deadline — $60
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is looking for expanded documentary projects like VR, Occulus, Live Performance, Experimental, 3D and Interactive Documentaries to showcase
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Earlybird Deadline — $44
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Regular Deadline — $55
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Extended Deadline — $62
A short documentary we define as being documentary that is 40 minutes or shorter.
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Earlybird Deadline — free
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Regular Deadline — $40
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Extended Deadline — $50
A feature documentary we define is a documentary that is 41 minutes or longer.
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Earlybird Deadline — $320
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Regular Deadline — $45
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Extended Deadline — $60
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