Spotlight Films of Melbourne International Film Festival 2017

The 66th Melbourne International Film Festival 2017 Kicks off today from 3 to 20 August with hundreds of films packed into the 17 days, here is a special picks by ChiliMovie, you may have a look at the list which worth watching.


Release Date
2017-10-25
  • Rate : 7.6
  • Production Companies : BFI, Inflammable Films
  • Director : Francis Lee, Ted Mitchell, Rebecca Heathcote
  • Stars : Josh O'Connor , Alec Secăreanu , Gemma Jones
  • A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
Release Date
2008-01-01
  • Rate : 6.7
  • Production Companies : Story AB, Medieoperatørene
  • Director : Hanna Heilborn, David Aronowitsch
  • Stars :
  • Animated documentary about two Sudanese children who are abducted and used as slaves
Release Date
2017-08-04
  • Rate : 5.3
  • Production Companies : Voltage pictures, Gettin' Rad Productions
  • Director : Alethea Jones
  • Stars : Katie Aselton , Toni Collette , Bridget Everett
  • Four women, whose kids attend the same preschool class, get together for a "fun mom dinner". When the night takes an unexpected turn, these unlikely new friends realize they have more in common than just marriage and motherhood.
Release Date
2016-10-15
  • Rate : 7.7
  • Production Companies : BFI, BBC
  • Director : Roger Mainwood
  • Stars : Jim Broadbent , Brenda Blethyn , Luke Treadaway
  • This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and times of his parents, two ordinary Londoners living through extraordinary events.
Release Date
2018-04-06
  • Rate : 6.5
  • Production Companies : Snowfort Pictures, Pfaff & Pfaff Productions
  • Director : Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, David Lawson Jr.
  • Stars : Aaron Moorhead , Justin Benson , Callie Hernandez
  • Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.
Release Date
2017-11-24
  • Rate : 7.8
  • Production Companies : Sony Pictures Classics, Frenesy Film
  • Director : Manuela D'Ovidio, Dominique Delany, Paolo Sponzilli
  • Stars : Armie Hammer , Timothée Chalamet , Michael Stuhlbarg
  • In 1980s Italy, a relationship begins between seventeen-year-old teenage Elio and the older adult man hired as his father's research assistant.
Release Date
2017-07-28
  • Rate : 7.3
  • Production Companies : Sony Pictures Classics, 3311 Productions
  • Director : Amanda Carrara, M. Ryan Traylor, Dave McCary
  • Stars : Kyle Mooney , Mark Hamill , Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
  • Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.
Release Date
2016-03-17
  • Rate : 6.2
  • Production Companies : Troll Court Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • Director : René Villarreal, Iván Palomino, Greg McLean
  • Stars : John Gallagher Jr. , Tony Goldwyn , Adria Arjona
  • A group of eighty American workers are locked in their office and ordered by an unknown voice to participate in a twisted game.
Release Date
2017-08-25
  • Rate : 6.4
  • Production Companies : NEON, Cinereach
  • Director : Eliza Hittman
  • Stars : Harris Dickinson , Madeline Weinstein , Kate Hodge
  • On the outskirts of Brooklyn, Frankie, an aimless teenager, suffocates under the oppressive glare cast by his family and a toxic group of delinquent friends. Struggling with his own identity, Frankie begins to scour hookup sites for older men.
Release Date
2017-11-23
  • Rate : 5.5
  • Production Companies : Midwinter Films, MIFF Premiere Fund
  • Director : Priscilla Cameron, Marieke Spence
  • Stars : Melissa George , Ewen Leslie , Ed Oxenbould
  • Evelyn, an ex-burlesque queen, bewitches single dad Al and his teenage son Fin with her zest for life. When father and son discover they are competing for the affections of the same woman, it reopens old wounds over the death of Fin's mother.