Awards are among the most lucrative film festival prizes in the world.Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) has revealed it will award more than $200,000 in cash prizes at its upcoming edition and has unveiled the nominees for its inaugural First Nations Film Creative Award.The prize pool, spread across six award categories, is now one of the most lucrative on the film festival circuit.
Nearly half is allocated to the Bright Horizons Competition, featuring first and second-time directors, with $95,300 awarded to the winning filmmaker.
Those competing for this year’s prize were announced earlier this month.The festival, which runs…
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