The International Multicultural Film Festival "IMFF" awaits you for 4 weeks of independent films made by filmmakers from vastly diverse ethnic and religious communities across the globe!

IMFF celebrates diversity in traditions, opinions, cultures, and religions. It will celebrate those filmmakers who are struggling to showcase their works, within a climate of marginalisation and isolation, racial or religious discrimination, secularism, sectarianism, or anti-religious sentiment. IMFF is not to open a cultural war but to build bridges of tolerance, understanding, and inclusion.

International Multicultural Film Festival 2026 (Sixth season) will be held in Perth, Western Australia (Australia) from mid October 2026. #IMFF26

IMFF is open to documentary and drama films, short and long (max length is 120 minutes).

NOTE #1: SELECTION DOES NOT GUARANTEE A PHYSICAL SCREENING
Please be aware that a physical screening depends on our sponsors and available funding. While we do our best to celebrate all selected films, we can’t always guarantee a theatrical showing.
If this is a concern, we kindly ask you to consider this before submitting.

NOTE #2: If your film is PRELIMINARY SELECTED and you DID NOT supply us with a DOWNLOADABLE COPIES OF:

1-your FIlm in FHD,
2- Trailer/ teaser
3- Poster

within ONE WEEK then your film might be DISQUALIFIED.

* There is no particular theme recommended but we stress on and encourage films telling stories about diversity, inclusion, and tolerance.

Films have no race or religion! We all use moving pictures as a medium to tell a story or pass a message or change the world around us. So IMFF is not about race or religion, but about a vast group of people and communities who happen to be diverse in their race, religion, skin colour, political views, traditions, and cultures. Thereafter, the major criteria for entry are that films should be either:

* MADE BY ANYONE TELLING STORIES ABOUT OUR RICH DIVERSITY, CELEBRATING OUR DIFFERENCES THROUGH INCLUSION AND TOLERANCE, AND PROMOTING MORE PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE ON THIS PLANET.

We look forward to seeing your submissions and welcoming you to our sixth year of the International Multicultural Film Festival.

Awards & Prizes

Awards & Prizes:

The official selection will be carefully picked by our panel of expert judges, and will constitute the films nominated for an award. The films screened at the event will be selected from the official selection and promoted on our social media platforms and website, and the best ones will receive awards at the film festival in a range of categories. The winners will get our official laurels and will be featured on our Facebook page and website and in our media press releases.
The IMFF 2026 will have four major awards:

1- Winner of the best short drama film: $200 +trophy + laurel
2- Winner of the best short documentary film $200 +trophy + laurel
3- Winner of the best feature drama film: $200 +trophy + laurel
4- Winner of the best feature documentary film $200 +trophy + laurel

Please note: We may withdraw any award where the criteria are not met.

Rules & Terms

Rules & Terms:

- We only accept films in ENGLISH or with ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

- All film projects should be made (premiered) on or after 1 January 2024.

- Production companies and distributors can submit as many films as they wish.

-We accept only films that comply with the common sense of inclusion and celebrate our diversity. We discourage featuring nudity, drug use, explicit sex scenes, vulgar language, and so on, unless they are critical to the storyline of the film and can’t be done without.
If you are in doubt please email us before you submit your film on the:

imfilmfest@gmail.com
tarek@imff.com.au

-The Judging panel is not required to give reasons why a particular film was not accepted in the IMFF official selection. However, the winners may receive feedback explaining why they won.

- Short films must not exceed 40 minutes in length.

- Feature films must not exceed 120 minutes in length.

- All the films should be made after 1 January 2024.
- By submitting to the festival you give us the right to screen your film in front of a live audience at our venues Australia wide in 2026 season.

-By submitting your film, you agree to our terms and conditions and give us permission to use your press kit items for marketing purposes. Your personal information WILL NEVER be shared with third parties without your written permission.

- Selected films will be requested to provide all promotional materials for the promotion of the festival screening. We encourage you to submit a press kit upfront when you submit your film. Any submission missing the media kit by the deadline would be considered INCOMPLETE.

- Media Kit includes a minimum of:
a- a trailer of no longer than 90 seconds, (you can submit two; one for Instagram and a longer one for other social media platforms.)
b- Director's statement,
c- Film shooting photos,
d- a FILM POSTER

- All submitted film files should be DOWNLOADABLE by our staff or jury panel, in FULL HD minimal resolution, and in MOVIE, or MP4 files only.

-Any submitted films which are found not downloadable, not in a minimum of FHD resolution (1080 X 1920), and not in English or without English subtitles, will be marked as incomplete. If you cannot rectify that, your film will be rejected and no refund will be issued.

- Student filmmakers get a concession and they are highly encouraged to submit their films. We may ask for a student card or any other evidence to prove their status as students if needed.

- the filmmakers of the officially selected films will be requested to sign an indemnity form, as well as provide a copy of their photo ID, for security and safety purposes.

- We may have all or part of our selected films screened online (IMFF COUCHED) along with our in- theatre screenings, to enable the maximum audience to watch your films worldwide. If you have concerns, or simply do not wish to participate in our online screening then please let us know. We will send an agreement for this to everyone in due course.

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  • Shonie De La Rosa

    Wow! What an honor to have had my movie The Arrangement selected, and winning Best feature Film was the icing on the cake! What an amazing group of organizers, couldn't ask for a better team! Thank you all so much!

    January 2026
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  • Андрей Кирсанов

    Hello. It was a huge pleasure to participate with our film "People of the wide waters" in this outstanding film festival. Also it was an honor to receive this high-level award. Thank you so much for this.

    November 2025
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  • Richard Oliver

    Allahu Akbar 🙏 God is so good. This would be my 1st award win from Australia 🇭🇲. My friends in Melbourne and one of my best friends in Sydney was so amazed and excited for me ☺️. I worked so hard on this film to the brink of exhaustion. Because of its historic, sensitive (and what some might say) controversial subject matter. I knew that it would be hard to get the funding I needed. So I decided to forge ahead and fund and produce it myself.

    As budding filmmakers, to have our work or passion project reviewed and acknowledged by distinguished and reputable accomplished judges, is truly an honor in itself.
    I was discouraged from my publicist to produce this film 🎥, so this win gave me the clarity and assurance to accept that I was spiritually led to produce the right project at the right time in our history. It also gave me the confidence to trust and keep following my creative vision and instincts. To push the limits and boundaries of music, art and cinema to the next level of greatness.
    On behalf of myself and my CFO/PR Veena Kondapalli (from Hyderabad India) I want to again thank the International Multicultural Film Festivalal for this recognition. I look forward to submitting more of my work in the future.

    But to be honest I want no awards, fame or fortune for my film at all. My only hope is that it will help reconnect us all, back to our HUMANITY. To this film festival. I thank YOU for your Humanity 🙏❤, and I proudly accept this award on behalf of the children of Gaza, who inspired my film. Yeah Mon 🇯🇲" - Richard Oliver Jr.

    December 2024
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  • Christine Firkin

    The Gino & Juliet team are delighted to be selected in the IMFF 2024 and for their acknowledgeent of the multicultural aspect of the film. Thank you.

    November 2024
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  • Reginald Tiessen

    We’re thrilled to be screening NAFADA - AN AUDIO UPRISING at the International Multicultural Film Festival, a platform that champions the values of tolerance, understanding, and inclusion. This festival provides a crucial space for films like ours that delve into complex issues, force critical thinking and invite meaningful dialogue instead of division.

    November 2024
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