MIFF Autumn Screenings - Queen of Concrete

The Melbourne International Film Festival returns in 2025! Over four nights experience one of the world's oldest and largest film festivals under the stars in the Bunjil Place Plaza. 

With a fabulous Australian and International MIFF film program, complete with live performances, Q&As, delicious menu and complimentary drink on arrival this is an outdoor cinematic experience not to be missed! Fear not, if the weather turns the event will be brought indoors. 

Tickets are just $10 per night, or $35 for all 4 nights – and include a complimentary drink on arrival! 

Book your Film Package and don't miss out.


Queens of Concrete

Three Australian girls seek the ultimate success in the world of competitive skateboarding while sliding into an adolescence without handrails.

It’s 2016, and talented young skateboarders Hayley, Ava and Charlotte – aged 14, 13 and nine, respectively – have their sights set on one goal: to represent Australia at the Olympic Games. But this is no mere half-pipedream. Already nationally recognised as being among the best competitors in their age groups, they’re buoyed by the news that the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be the first ever to feature competitive skateboarding – a sport where the usual rules of gravity don’t seem to apply, and where there’s no safety net to break your fall.

Supported by the MIFF Premiere Fund, Queens of Concrete charts the trio’s highs and lows as they face the immense physical and emotional demands of daily training regimens, fraught relationships with coaches, and intensive preparations for high-stakes events. Shot over seven years, including the lead-up to the 2024 Paris Olympics, Eliza Cox’s coming-of-age documentary provides a gripping and at times devastating look into the challenges these girls must endure while navigating the complexities of growing up. The successes and setbacks that Hayley, Ava and Charlotte encounter along the way may place their dreams in jeopardy, but they might also just help these bright sparks discover who they are and what they want from life.

This film is Unclassified and recommended for audiences aged 15+

DJ Tinika
Tinika is renowned for her distinctive taste and adventurous track selection. Through sonic exploration she strives to surprise with each carefully curated mix but also bring with her, a sense of nostalgia to the dance floor.
Tinika grew up heavily influenced by the sounds she selects today, with her output being a feel good fusion ranging from house, hip hop, future beats and R’n’B, to UK garage, bass, and everything in between.
Tinika’s biggest influence is Soulection Radio, which led her to enter a career in the music industry, a platform and sound that has always resonated with her and pays homage to her musical upbringing during the 90’s and early 00’s.
Drawing on her queer black identity, you’ll be hard pressed to find a genre untouched by Tinika who seems to always give the crowd what they didn’t know they needed, fuelled by her ability to dig through the depths of multiple music platforms to find the best tracks.

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