MUFF 2025 — Official Site
Welcome to the Melbourne Underground Film Festival homepage.
Festival dates: Fri Nov 28 to Thurs Dec 4, 2025.
Update: Nov 28, 2025 Richard Wolstencroft interview on YouTube about MUFF 25→(link).
Update: Nov 23, 2025 MUFF 2000 the inaugural festival's website has been restored in the archive and is now live→(link).
Update: Nov 20, 2025 All pages for MUFF 25 are finished and LIVE.
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2025 celebrates 25 years of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival.
Welcome to MUFF 2025! Now in its 25th year, the Melbourne Underground Film Festival remains a fiercely independent arena for new cinema — raw, provocative, and unapologetically bold.
Each year MUFF showcases around 40 short films in our dedicated Shorts section, plus a strong lineup of features in our Features program. Across all strands, we present roughly 45 new works annually, alongside documentaries, retrospectives, and experiments that push the boundaries of filmmaking.
MUFF has proudly served as a launchpad for emerging and unconventional talent across Australia and the world. Over the years, we've helped shine a spotlight on filmmakers who have gone on to make major impacts across film and television — horror stylists, genre innovators, arthouse iconoclasts, and DIY renegades alike. MUFF’s alumni represent a broad spectrum of underground creativity, and many now have thriving careers both locally and internationally.
Join us at The Black Sheep Hawthorne — our home for the second year running — and celebrate MUFF as it marks its 25th anniversary.
Richard Wolstencroft
Founder and Director, Melbourne Underground Film Festival
Director’s Statement
From the Festival Director.
Programmer
Note from the Programmer.
Patron
In Memory of Frank Howson.