Melbourne International Animation Festival 2026
17-24 May 2026
MIAF 2026
Melbourne International Animation Festival 2026. 🥳
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Animator focus: Shirin Shakhesi
Our very own Annie Murray was lucky to get some time with Iranian-Australian animator and illustrator Shirin Shakhesi. You will read about Shirin’s latest film Petrichor , her approach to animation, and what inspires her. Check out the in-depth article. Check out Shirin on LinkedIn, visit her website shirinshakhesi.wixsite.com/ or check her out on Instagram.
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Happy Holidays
As 2020 draws to a close, we wanted to say thank you to you: the audience, filmmakers, partners, sponsors, and animation lovers. The year has been a tough one for all. We were planning for MIAF in mid-late 2020, but COVID-19 put an end to that. MIAF 2020 was cancelled in May, but we straight…
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World Premier: The Smiling Boy – By Farhad Bandesh
As of tomorrow, Farhad Bandesh, a Kurdish refugee has been incarcerated in Australia for eight years. He refers to this time on Manus island, as his ‘eighth prison birthday’. The Smiling Boy – a song by Farhad – bears the same name as a poignant photograph taken in 1989. This image depicts two lines of…
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