Melbourne Indie Film Festival - Official Selections 2020

Tells the story of adult siblings who, after the sudden death of their father, are forced to return to their childhood home.

Two estranged brothers who are reluctantly reunited in their remote hometown at their father's funeral, become the target of an extortion scam at the hands of a gang of violent local thugs.

Mehmet, being an idealistic man of principle, has decided to leave his job as an Imam to become a movie director. But now, he finds himself unable to raise the money he needs to fund his new film project. Mehmet is a divorced man. His wife left him because of his financial difficulties.

When Riley finds out about his mother's terminal illness, he sets out on a path of self sabotage, abandoning his pursuit of a music career, only to re-discover his passion through a local musical theatre group.

When Brett reunites with friends for a camping trip, they discover the campground is cursed. As his friends get killed off one by one, Brett must uncover what's behind the mysterious murders at Ashburn Waters before it's too late.

When four strangers find themselves isolated on a seemingly innocent retreat, their pasts and coinciding relationships are revealed.

This captivating documentary delves deep into the realm of language and its profound impact on the lives of recently arrived refugees in Australia.

A grandfather kindles a relationship with his dying granddaughter through art.

There's just one person standing between June Clearwater and becoming a Pony Club horse riding champion - Melanie Sprottle.

When Scott visits his ex-fiancée, Christine, for the first time since their painful split, his presence reopens old wounds, and his sexual identity becomes a target.

A short documentary featuring Louie (KR.ONE) Gasparro and when his love for graffiti was rekindled at the legendary 5Pointz graffiti mecca in Long Island City, New York. Louie reminisces about what 5Pointz means to him and to the wider graffiti art world.

The young guy is going to the most important meeting in his life. To arrive at this meeting, he must get to the future, rise to the sky, break through all his fears, try to defeat them, and most importantly - find the inner strength to change.

An Indigenous Australian man finds a connection with his past in a chance encounter with a foreigner who has nothing to lose.

A young woman tries to convince her doctor she's from a parallel dimension as reality crumbles around them.

See hope portrayed in the smile of a little girl after her heart surgery, in the encouraging faith of a cancer patient, and in the powerful story of light in the darkness. An inspirational documentary that follows the journey of three photographers in their quest to produce art that speaks hope to those in pain.

When a man has been given just about all the lemons life has to offer and he is at the end of his rope, a stranger appears to offer him some much needed Lemon-aid

A lonely writer's life is turned around with the unexpected arrival of a house guest.

When a group of four young siblings are playing finger guns, they discover that the youngest, Lucy, has special powers. She soon starts abusing this strange power and orders her siblings do as she demands. As Lucy's requests become more and more difficult her siblings decide that they have to revolt.

In order to live up to his father's legacy, Charlie Sheppard must overcome a persuasive, insulting telemarketer who won't hang up.

A young woman suspects something sinister is happening at a party on New Years' Eve 1999. Amongst the hype of the new millennium and fear of Y2K chaos, getting home safely is not going to be easy.

Mike is for his surroundings the epitome of a successful young man: strong, popular, hetero. This facade collapses when he is caught after a workout session with a training colleague in the shower inflagranti during sex. The news spreads like a running fire throughout the city. From now on, he is avoided by his homophobic friends, despised by his family, abandoned by his coach, and now he has to face his greatest challenge - the struggle for his place in life to be accepted as the person he really is. After the initial shock, Mike's coach decides to stay by his side and train him for the upcoming championship against the reigning champion Dogan. Throughout the challenging time, he somehow wins the fight and become champion. He finally changed the MMA world for the better. He can be the person he is. But suddenly these hopes were destroyed in a second.