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The Melbourne International Film Festival, or MIFF, has been running since 1951. The 54th MIFF was held from the 20th of July to the 7th of August 2005, with the previous year's festival breaking box office records by 5%. The festival showcases a diverse array of films from across the world. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A percentage is a way of expressing a proportion, a ratio or a fraction as a whole number, by using 100 as the denominator. ... A festival or fest is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community. ... Film may refer to: photographic film a motion picture in academics, the study of motion pictures as an art form a thin skin or membrane, or any covering or coating, whether transparent or opaque a thin layer of liquid, either on a solid or liquid surface or free-standing Film...
In recent years disagreements over the content and running of the festival have led to the formation of an alternative film festival, the Melbourne Underground Film Festival or MUFF which ran from the July 7 to July 17, 2005, the week before MIFF. MUFF has been running since 2000. July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...
Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3.6 million (2001 census) in the Melbourne metropolitan area and 69,670 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area).
Melbourne has undergone a major urban 'revival', such that it is sometimes classed as being in a second tier of "world cities"; the GaWC study group in the UK ranks Melbourne, on the basis of relative availability of specialised "advanced services" as a "minor world city" comparable to cities such as Montreal, Osaka, and Prague.
Melbourne continued to expand steadily throughout the first half of the 20th century, particularly with the post-World War II influx of immigrants and the prestige of hosting the Olympic Games in 1956.
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