About MIFF Schools
Enhance your students’ language learning, intercultural understanding and media analysis with the 2017 MIFF Schools program.
Now in its 11th year, MIFF Schools (previously known as Next Gen) is an initiative by the Melbourne International Film Festival to enrich the cinema experience for younger viewers.
This year the program was carefully put together so that all films screening are not only high quality, diverse and age appropriate, but also in languages most commonly taught in Victorian schools: French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish.
The MIFF Schools films are also selected for how well they address the Victorian Curriculum Learning areas for The Arts, The Humanities and Languages, with many of the films containing themes and issues relevant to the Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical, Intercultural and Personal and Social capabilities.
Prior to the festival, the Modern Language Teachers' Association of Victoria (MLTAV), in partnership with MIFF, will present free Professional Learning webinars for teachers on each of the programmed films. These webinars will be jointly delivered by a film analysis expert and a language expert to give teachers additional resources, strategies and ideas for how to best incorporate an excursion to a MIFF Schools film with their classroom-based learning.
These are films that are not available online, not available on home entertainment, and not guaranteed a cinema release in Australia, so make sure you see them at MIFF or risk missing out!
Thomas Caldwell
MIFF Schools Programmer
About MIFF
Established in 1952, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is one of the oldest film festivals in the world and the most significant screen event in Australia. An iconic Melbourne event, the festival takes place annually in the heart of the city, presenting an acclaimed screening program alongside industry and celebratory events.
MIFF showcases the best in current cinema from around the world as well as retrospectives, tributes and discussion programs. Since its inception, MIFF has also been committed to local film: it is Australia's largest showcase of new Australian cinema and is the country’s most vocal champion of emerging and established local filmmaking talent. The festival also hosts many celebratory world premieres of local films.
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