The Melbourne Underground Film Festival was founded by independent Australian film director Richard Wolstencroft after one of his films was rejected by the Melbourne International Film Festival. Since then the festival has launched the careers of filmmakers including James Wan, Scott Ryan and Jenna Fisher as well as given many independent filmmakers from Australia and abroad a platform to showcase their art.
The festival plays about 100 new works a year, made up of both shorts (Mini MUFF) and features (MUFF Neu) as well as an array of documentaries and curated retrospectives. They also have The MUFF Awards, which selects local and international winners from both categories.
