You can thank fictional trolls under the Melbourne Causeway for the Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival (MIFF) .
The annual event is now in its 26 th year of fanning the creative flames of filmmakers around the globe. The 2024 version spans Oct. 17 to 19 at its usual venue, the Premiere Theaters Oaks Stadium 10 in Melbourne.
The seeds for the festival sprouted after Dr. Terry Cronin and his friends Pat Martin, Bob Lizek and Jeff Hall created a short horror film detailing the mayhem wrought by trolls under the Melbourne Causeway. The guys entered the film in festivals, but weren’t too impressed about the barebones ambiance they experienced at some of these events. They figured they could do much better, and they have…