The Makers’ Film Festival (MFF) is an international short film festival with a focus on craft – makers, making and materials.

MFF23 features 17 films from 7 countries including Mallorca, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Singapore, India, and Australia. It premiered at The Backlot in West Perth on 4 May 2023 and continues to tour.

MFF21 featured films from Australia, Singapore and South Africa, with many of the featured makers and artists  involved in The Indian Ocean Craft Triennial. The MFF21 program went on to screen in Seoul, South Korea; Midland (WA), Fremantle (WA), Alice Springs (NT), Cowra (NSW), Denmark (WA), Scotland, Canada.

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Submissions for 2024 Open + 2023 Tour

Open Call for MFF24 is now open! Deadline 30 June 2024.

Finalists for the MFF21 and 23 were selected from an Open Call for Submissions. The selected films are collated into a continuous program in two parts.

The Selection Panel are looking for a diversity of approach in both craft and film-making to illustrate (and tell the stories of) the breadth and wonder of craft practices from across the region.

A $1000 People’s Choice Award for MFF21 was awarded to ‘Peregrinations of a Citizen Botanist’, which has also gone on to win WA’s Best Short Film at CinefestOZ 2022. We are yet to award the PC for MFF23.

View the MFF21 Program (PDF).

View the MFF23 Program (PDF).

View the ICT Special Edition about ceramic artists and potters (PDF).

Thinking about submitting your film for the next MFF? Read the T&Cs and Spec Sheet.

Acknowledgement: The inauguration of the MFF follows Maker&Smith’s successful tour of two seasons of the UK Crafts Council’s Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival. And aligns with the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial in Australia (Visit IOTA).

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