Police have raided the home of Melbourne filmmaker Richard Wolstencroft after he held a public screening of the banned movie LA Zombie.

A police spokeswoman says the house was raided on Thursday "in relation to exhibiting and possessing an unclassified film".

Wolstencroft, the founder and director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF), is expected to face court at a later date.

He held a public screening of LA Zombie, directed by Canadian Bruce LaBruce, in August.

The Australian Classification Board banned the film just before it was due to be screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival in July.

The film was described in the festival program as "gay zombie porn".

Wolstencroft has been contacted by the ABC about the police raid.

Wolstencroft, whose films include Pearls Before Swine, Bloodlust and The Beautiful And The Damned, has in the past been vocal about his stance on free speech.

In 2003, MUFF, with Wolstencroft at the helm, attempted to show a controversial film by Holocaust denier David Irving but they shelved the plans at the last minute due to security fears and the mounting controversy surrounding the screening.