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INDUSTRY№ 01
MIFF 2025 sold 155,000 tickets and the maths still does not add up
Ticket sales are up 5 per cent on 2023, but sponsorship is flat and the programming budget came in under inflation.
ODETTE MALOUF30.07.2025
FILM№ 02
MIFF 2024 programmed for argument and the audience showed up ready
The 2024 programme leaned harder into difficulty than any MIFF in recent memory, and the sessions were fuller for it.
BRONTE HAUGHEY14.08.2024
INDUSTRY№ 03
Sydney Film Festival sold out its opening night and struggled to fill the rest
The State Theatre was full on night one; by day five the programme was competing with itself and the weather.
ODETTE MALOUF26.06.2024
INDUSTRY№ 04
MIFF sold 148,000 tickets in 2023 and the margin was thinner than ever
The audience came back, the sponsorship did not, and the festival is running on volunteer labour and Creative Victoria grants.
ODETTE MALOUF28.07.2023
FILM№ 05
MIFF went hybrid in 2021 and discovered what a festival cannot stream
The 2021 festival split itself between cinemas and living rooms, and the living rooms lost.
BRONTE HAUGHEY20.07.2021