LanguagesAuslan, Bengali, Dari, English, Hindi (With English Subtitles)
FestivalsIndian Film Festival of Melbourne 2024 | MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024 | Kolkata International Film Festival 2024 | Chennai International Film Festival 2024
Themed around the four pillars of diversity—sexuality, gender, disability, and race— the anthology film “My Melbourne” features four unique diverse stories based on true incidents. My Melbourne is a truly inclusive feature film, celebrating diverse voices and talents. Four iconic Indian filmmakers — Onir, Rima Das, Imtiaz Ali,and Kabir Khan worked with emerging creatives from underrepresented backgrounds to create this film about identity and belonging based on authentic migrant experience.
NANDINI
Indraneel, a queer Indian man and his estranged father reunite in Melbourne to complete a ceremonial ritual, exploring their fraught relationship and the power of forgiveness amid grief.
JULES
Newly married Sakshi and homeless Jules form an unlikely bond, navigating their struggles and finding connection despite their differences.
EMMA
Emma, a talented deaf dancer, grapples with self- doubt and discrimination until a chance encounter with another deaf dancer inspires her to embrace her uniqueness and find her inner strength.
SETARA
Setara, a 15-year-old Afghan girl rebuilding her life in Melbourne after fleeing the Taliban ,finding her sense of belonging through cricket amid family tensions and past trauma.
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15 August 2024
World Premiere
Opening Night at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2024
Melbourne Australia
My Melbourne is the Opening Night Film of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2024. With two full houses at Xtreamscreen Cinemas, Hoyts District Docklands, and over 800 attendees, we celebrated the world premiere of My Melbourne. Directors Imtiaz Ali, Kabir Khan, and Rima Das, along with key cast and crew members, as well as local and international talents, joined the event. It was a night filled with great energy and pride, celebrating a film inspired by Melbourne and the authentic lived experiences within this city.
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22 October 2024
International Premiere
Gala Premieres at MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024
Mumbai, India
My Melbourne premiered internationally at the prestigious Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI) Mumbai Film Festival. The film was beautifully received by a full house audience in Mumbai, with a standing ovation and cheering throughout. In the post-screening Q&A, the audience asked many great questions, leading to engaging discussions with the directors, producer, and writer.
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6 December 2024
Special Screening Section at Kolkata International Film Festival
Kolkata, India
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14 December 2024
Special Screening at the 22nd Chennai International Film Festival!
Chennai, India
Reviews
“Making someone feel seen and heard is by far the most gratifying emotion I have ever experienced and My Melbourne does precisely that for a large community of people!”
“My Melbourne brings together four distinct voices, each interpreting personal and universal stories of identity, belonging, and through the lens of people from varied background living in Australia.”
“In My Melbourne, sexual identity, religious positioning, class imaginaries, and corporeal limits are explored as new spaces and emotional strains encroach upon the known and the settled.”
In The Media
Anthology ‘My Melbourne’ sets MAMI Gala Section premiere on October 22
My Melbourne: Anthology Film By Kabir Khan, Imtiaz Ali, Onir & Rima Das To Screen At MAMI 2024
Kabir Khan, Imtiaz Ali, Rima Das, Onir’s My Melbourne all set for it’s India Premiere at MAMI 2024
Kabir Khan, Imtiaz Ali, Rima Das and Onir’s IFFM Opener ‘My Melbourne’ Unveils Trailer
Indian heavyweights fly in for My Melbourne
Multicultural anthology feature ‘My Melbourne’ kicks off under guidance of Indian directors
New anthology feature My Melbourne commences production
Anthology film 'My Melbourne' kicks off under Indian directors
My Melbourne: feature film shooting in Melbourne
Kabir Khan, Imtiaz Ali, Rima Das, Onir join hands for ‘My Melbourne’ diversity film
Four big directors come together for diversity film ‘My Melbourne’. Imtiaz Ali, Kabir Khan, Onir and Rima Das form team
Indraneel
Arka Das
Sakshi
Arushi Sharma
Jules
Kat Stewart
Emma
Ryanna Skye Lawson
Setara
Setara Amiri
Coach
Brad Hodge
Executive Producers
Mitu Bhowmick Lange AM, Onir, Rima Das, Imtiaz Ali, Kabir Khan, John Molloy, Bidyut Dumra
Producer
Mitu Bhowmick Lange AM
Directors
Onir, Arif Ali, Rima Das, Kabir Khan, Rahul Vohra
Creative Director
Imtiaz Ali
Co-Directors
William Duan, Zhao Tammy Yang, Samira Cox, Puneet Gulati
Writer
Monique Nair, William Duan, Gregory Francis, Samira Cox, Arif Ali, Shivangi Bhowmick, Nazifa Amiri