Win MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Double Passes
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MIFF) runs from August 8 – 25 with a program of over 250 films from over 62 countries and a strand dedicated exclusively to genre cinema, ‘Night Shift‘.
Courtesy of MIFF, we have Double Passes to Giveaway to see two of the most anticipated films in the ‘Night Shift’ strand, Tilman Singer’s CUCKOO with Hunter Schafer (EUPHORIA) & Dan Stevens (THE GUEST) and the latest feature from SUMMER OF ’84 and TURBO KID filmmakers RKSS, WAKE UP.
CUCKOO
Dir. Tilman Singer / Germany & USA 2024 / 102 Mins
Pining for her mother in a throng of bass-strumming and queer angst, teenager Gretchen (Hunter Schafer) wishes her mute stepsister Alma (Mila Lieu) would just get lost. But when her estranged dad (Marton Csokas) and his new wife (Jessica Henwick) accept creepy Mr König’s (Dan Stevens) job offer to overhaul the architecture of a suspiciously Overlook-like hotel in the Bavarian Alps, Gretchen quickly regrets her sniping. There’s something stalking the woods in a pale mackintosh, hotel guests can’t keep their dinner down and a perverse experiment is proceeding unchecked – with dire consequences.
The eye-popping second feature from German writer/director Tilman Singer, who delivered the demonic possession film LUZ, set Berlinale audiences aflutter thanks to its wild and wacky, stylish yet sinister spin on the genre. Proving that Schafer has lead-actor chops with her deft rendition of the Final Girl and that there’s no scenery the magnetically unhinged Stevens won’t gleefully chew, CUCKOO will have you flying off the wall.
WAKE UP
Dir. RKSS / France & Canada 2023 / 83 Mins
It was meant to be an emphatic if non-violent act: a group of Gen Z environmental activists have hidden out in an IKEA-esque superstore, waiting until closing time so that they can deface the property to protest the chain’s deforestation practices. Everything is going according to plan until they draw the attention of a pair of nightwatchmen – one drunk, the other deeply, psychologically disturbed and in the mood to terrorise the unsuspecting teens.
Slasher fans will be delighted by the latest from gonzo genre stylists François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell – the Canadian filmmaking team collectively known as RKSS (‘Roadkill Superstars’) – who gleefully revel in horror’s most pulse-racing thrills and kills. With gruesome nods to 80s cult gems like CHOPPING MALL, this neon-tinted riff on the 1932 survival classic THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME crackles with unhinged energy and inspired mayhem.
MIFF’s ‘Night Shift‘ strand also includes ANIMALE, BLACKOUT, LAKE MUNGO (4K Restoration), ODDITY, SHE LOVED BLOSSOMS MORE, THE DEMON DISORDER, THE MOOGAI and TIMESTALKERS.
Other genre highlights premiering in the wider program include Jane Schoenbrun’s I SAW THE TV GLOW, David Cronenberg’s THE SHROUDS and Coralie Fargeat’s THE SUBSTANCE.
We have Double Passes to See
CUCKOO & WAKE UP at MIFF
to GIVEAWAY courtesy of the
Melbourne International Film Festival
For your chance to WIN, all you need do is LIKE our Facebook Post or Instagram Post and EMAIL US at competitions@monsterfest.com.au with what you’re most excited to see at this year’s MIFF and why.
MIFF Double Passes are to the following sessions: CUCKOO at ACMI on Saturday 10 August 9:45pm and WAKE UP at ACMI on Saturday 17 August 11:30pm.
Entry details and conditions:
Competition closes at 11:59pm AEST Sunday 4 August 2024
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