The 2026 edition of the Makers’ Film Festival (MFF26) is an international short film festival focused on craft and design – makers, making and materials. Selected from a worldwide call-out, the final set of 12 films spans a wide variety of genres and practices, from fashion to bell-making, embroidered stop animation to ceramics, knitting, AI and green technologies, to name a few.

The 2026 edition of the MFF features twelve films, eleven countries, one obsession: making with our hands.

A knitter weaponises superstition to end a relationship. A master craftsman hand-builds lion heads in Kuala Lumpur that carry faith across generations. Bollywood miscreants rescue WA’s endangered animals, stitched entirely in embroidered stop-motion. Bell-makers in Gujarat forge sound into signature. Grain silos become an 80-metre canvas for clay and projected story.

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Luna on SX
13 Essex St, Fremantle

For questions about this event, please contact the organiser.

Supported by

The Sweater Curse | Miki Wain, Dale Morey, Emma Scartaccini, Chloe Christensen, Jordan Galeles, Chaya Kaufman, Katarina Knehans | Knitting

Bound to the Martuwarra | Benjamin Loaring, Jody Loaring | Fibre Weaving

Portrait of Lee | Bruce Hunt | Fashion

The Head Master | Lucas Veuve, Aimee Cheung | Lions Heads

Bollywood Badmashes Go Bush | Sultana Shamshi, Susie Vickery | Embroidered Stop Motion Animation

Constructing Change | Alex Riches, Rachel Close, Su Hauck, Becc Higgin, Avery Barnett-Dacey, Eden Nugent | Construction

Lost Harmonies | Sima Gonsai | Bell-Making

Finding You | Valerie Schönjahn | Ceramics

The Carers of Everything | Fleur Schell, Steven Alyian, Ballardong Nyungar Elder Tracey de Grussa | Sculpture, Sand Art, Illustration

Sam Gold | Sam Gold | Ceramics

Delivering Solar Dryers to Nairai Island: Supporting Weaving Livelihoods | Rob Rickman/RAW Fiji & Creative7Fiji, Melaia Sewasewa | Weaving

A Song You Can’t Write No More | Steve Lane, Darcy Shilton | Sculpture

Maker & Smith
An independent partnership of Carola Akindele-Obe and Mary Ellen Cliff, Maker & Smith support the WA craft and design sector by promoting and encouraging the professional skills of craftspeople and designer-makers through a Makers’ Directory, workshops, masterclasses, talks and an international short film festival. They also contribute to major initiatives including the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial (IOTA), Makers Alliance WA and the Asia-Pacific Craft Alliance.

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