MIFF Summer Residency: Family Shorts & H is for Happiness

Take a trip to the South East and experience the MIFF Summer Residency program under the stars at the Bunjil Place Outdoor Cinema. A $10 ticket will get you 2 film screenings and a selected item from the festival candy bar!

To book visit the Bunjil Place website.

MIFF Family Shorts, 5.00pm - 6.30pm

From Ethiopia to Colombia, and weaving through the lands of this very continent, experience tales about ancient stones, connection to country, and the mesmerising tricks of hula hooping teens.

H is for Happiness, 6.30pm - 8.10pm

Led by newcomers Daisy Axon and Wesley Patten, H is for Happiness is the story of Candice Phee, a relentlessly optimistic and hilariously forthright girl on the cusp of her 13th birthday. Candice’s family is in disarray: her mum has been living with depression since the death of Candice’s baby sister, while her dad and his brother – Candice’s beloved Rich Uncle Brian – are not on speaking terms. As she faces the uncertainties of impending adolescence with the help of her new friend Douglas Benson, Candice hatches a variety of outlandish schemes to make her nearest and dearest happy again.

John Sheedy, director of the MIFF 2017 Best Australian Short Film Mrs McCutcheon, makes his feature debut with this sunny and buoyant coming-of-age tale.