Melbourne Intl film fest to screen Drive, Melancholia

MUMBAI: The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), that is to be held from 21 July to 7 August will screen 25 films that were screened this May at the Cannes Film Festival.

The films include films like Drive, a high-octane speed thriller that won the Director’s prize for Danish auteur Nicolas Winding Refn, Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia, Julia Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty, Maiwenn le Besco’s Polisse and The Kid with the Bike.

The festival has also acquired films like the jury prize-winning Russian film Elena, Bruno Dumont’s Outside Satan and Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlener.
 
From Director’s Fortnight, MIFF will screen the Belgian coming of age film The Giants, Natalia Almada’s El Velador and The Silence of Joan directed by Capitaine Achab director Philippe Ramos.

The entire programme will be announced on 5 July.