Testimonials

“MUFF is an invaluable addition to the world festival circuit. Where else can you find a festival totally dedicated to programming independent Australian and foreign films? Few other Australian cultural events dare to question and discuss the current moral structure of this country. MUFF is the antidote to the staid programs run by the decadent film `elite'. MUFF goes from strength to strength year to year.”
Gawain Mclachlan FILMNET

“Not only is the MUFF Festival a deliciously smutty play on words, it is also a cracking film festival. Think of it as the bunker buster bomb of cinema events - driving in deep underground and exploding like an intellectual firework in the minds of Melbourne film afficionados. As hitherto truly independent film festivals slide between a Lock and a hard financial place, know that MUFF won't be turned into a dollar dazzle affair. They will never snatch MUFF.”
Barrie Barton, Editor LARGE MAGAZINE

Thanks to Muff 2002, My short film Culture was shown on the opening night and now Here in Cannes 2003, Three French Film Festivals and one Canadian film production company are interested. I have been invited to Paris to show Culture at the Australian Embassy. Muff sees what others do not. Long live MUFF!
Jon Lucas, Director of Culture (Opening Night Short Film, MUFF 2002)

"Like a primal scream piercing through the darkest of nights, the Melbourne Underground Film Festival is so cutting edge that it has the power to draw blood. From the macabre to the mischievous, from the hilarious to the haunting, from the esoteric to the downright erotic, M.U.F.F. has rescued the outcasts and orphans from the cinematic mainstream"
Lachy Hulme, actor (Winner Best Actor - Four Jacks, MUFF 2001)

“Congratulations on the first underground film festival down under”
Mark Siska, Euro Underground

“The best new film festival to hit the world alternative scene in quite sometime…Skol”
Nicolas Debot, Stockholm International Film Festival

“The Melbourne Underground Film Festival has accomplished in one year, what most film festivals strive to achieve in 7 to 10 years. The festival is extremely well organized with nice theatres, cutting edge cinema, parties every night, beautiful film groupies, and bars that stay open all night. What more could a filmmaker ask for? MUFF is already the world’s best kept secret and will surely have a great influence on film culture in its years to come.”
Michael Tierney, director of Evicted (Opening Night Film, MUFF 2000)

“A true exposé of guerrilla filmmaking and underground film subculture. MUFF plunges into the depths and walks the path that other festivals fear to tread.”
Mark Bakaitis, director of Narcosys (Winner Best Film, MUFF 2000)