Festival
MIFF is the largest film festival in Australia with approximately 400 films screened from more than 50 different countries, as well as the World's largest showcase of Australian cinema. It is also the most attended film festival in Australia with over 182,000 admissions (2007 estimate). In 2007, it contributed more than A$8 million to the Melbourne economy.
The festival is currently accredited by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Australian Film Institute and British Academy of Film and Television Arts. It is also the only festival in Australia to be accredited by all three.
Melbourne also holds a significant place in the history of film for being home to the World's first full-length feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906).
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—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 16:16,17.
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