The Melbourne Underground Film Festival (M.U.F.F.) is a cutting edge premiere showcase for Independent cinema from around the world. It is known for its radical, adventurous and iconoclastic programming decisions, in addition to its support of different voices from independent, alternative, underground and student filmmakers worldwide. The festival focuses on both Australian and International cinema. MUFF plays many shorts every year and a lot of features, plus an exciting array of documentaries and curated retrospectives. MUFF is an essential forum for new cinema that will look beyond production values, and find the hidden talent within. MUFF has been the launching board and incubator for many talented and famous filmmakers including James Wan, Scott Ryan, Jenna Fisher, Jim VanBebber, Bruce LaBruce, Peter Christopherson, Stuart Simpson, Shannon Young, Kel Dolen, Steven Kastrissios, Ivan Kavanagh, Mark Savage, Anna Brownfield, Patrick Hughes, Jeremey DeCeglie, Gregory Pakis, Travis Bain, Zak Hilditch, Addison Heath, Michael Parle, Cameron Miller, Paul Moder, Tom Vogel and many, many others.

Awards & Prizes

The MUFF awards rewards many local and international films every year with its annual "M.U.F.F. AWARDS". Winners are selected from both the SHORT FILM and FEATURE FILM sections!

Rules & Terms

Please do not send original material or masters for preview or screening. The Melbourne Underground Film Festival will not return preview or screening discs.

The Melbourne Underground Film Festival will screen films off DVD, Blu Ray, USB Drives and high resolution .mov / .mp4 digital files only (in any format from around the world). No other formats are accepted.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

We confirm that you have granted The Melbourne Underground Film Festival the right to publicly exhibit your film and that The Melbourne Underground Film Festival will take all care but no responsibility for your film whilst in the possession of the Festival. We also confirm that if accepted into the festival you grant The Melbourne Underground Film Festival the right to publicly promote your film in all festival promotional materials, as appropriate. You also confirm that all necessary permissions have been obtained to enter this film in the Festival and that the film does not infringe the rights including copyright of any third party.
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  • Kubli Brothers

    We had a amazing experience thanks again for choosing us we’ll definitely be submitting here again

    December 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Richard and Michael - thank you for choosing MUFF and submitting your film, 'Bloodhunt'! We also really appreciated your attendance, your love of film is palpable. Wolstencroft and I will be watching your careers and we hope to screen more of your work, in the future. Warm regards, Efisia - Assistant Director, Co-curator MUFF.

  • Junsong Ling

    After being selected, the film festival never contacted me. I sent them an email but got no reply, not even Laurel. I don't know why.

    December 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks for your feedback - MUFF is comprised a very small team of only two people who curate the films and do everything else except web and graphic design. Given the volume of films we receive and review; and the short time we have to do so, we don't have the capacity to personally contact each individual filmmaker, all of the time. So we assume that when a film is selected and the filmmaker is given an alert through FilmFreeway, that if a filmmaker wishes to receive laurels, that they will contact us - and we only contact the filmmakers if there is an issue or we require further material. We have worked this way for a long time and this is the first complaint of this nature that we have received. Good luck on your future films, should you wish to enter again in future, we hope that you'll understand just how small but passionate the team that runs MUFF is and perhaps manage your expectations to meet our efforts. Kind regards, Efisia - Assistant Director, Co-Curator MUFF.

  • John Christian

    What a great experience! We were honoured to have our film, "Assault on Sacred Mountain," selected for screening at MUFF. Richard, and his team, were great hosts. Winning numerous awards was the icing on the cake. The festival had a true underground feel and program, highlighting great, quality films and filmmakers.

    December 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Dear John, we absolutely love courageous filmmakers who make films that dare to stand apart from the mainstream and call it as they see it. We were delighted to screen 'Assault on Sacred Mountain' and we hope to see more from you in the future! Thank you for your lovely review, also! Warm regards, Efisia - Assistant Director, Co-curator MUFF.

  • Giovanni Zelko

    One of the BEST film festival experiences I've had across the world. Richard and his team curated a great lineup of indie films, both avantgarde and commercial, had retrospective films as part of the multi day festival, and created a great sense of comraderie amongst the filmmakers and audience members with QnAs and after screening gatherings. If you love cinema, then you will love this festival!

    December 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Giovanni, thank you for the lovely review and for your award winning submission of 'L.A. 4ORCE'. We were thrilled that you flew from overseas to attend MUFF in person and we are very excited to watch your career and what you do next - you will always be welcome at MUFF! Warm regards and Merry Christmas! Efisia - Assistant Dir., Co-curator MUFF.

  • Benjamin Capps

    Simply thrilled that my film not only had its Australian premiere at MUFF but also honored that we received the award for Best International Short Film. My deepest gratitude to RD Wolstencroft and his colleagues for their uncompromising festival of truly underground work. I look forward to the next time!

    December 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Benjamin, we were thrilled to show your fantastic film. We love filmmakers like you and the work you create! Congratulations on the award and we hope to see more of your films in the future! Warm regards, Efisia - Assistant Director, Co-curator MUFF