australian perspectives archive 2007
What makes Australia's filmmakers tick?
Supporting the best new indie films submitted through our open call for entries, ACMI frames contemporary Australian filmmaking against a backdrop of rare archival classics and special guest presentations.
Saturdays 4pm
All tickets $8
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A darkly humorous tale of the archetypal Aussie house-sharing experience. Join filmmakers Matt Zeremes and Oliver Torr for a Q&A after the screening.
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A truly inspiring story of an imprisoned mind released, starring Angela Punch McGregor.
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Inventive and engaging, Gregor Jordan's confident debut feature stars Heath Ledger and Bryan Brown.
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Chips Rafferty stars as Peter Lalor, the Irish-born leader of the celebrated miners' rebellion.
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Baz Luhrmann uncovers a rich vein of humour in the refined world of ballroom dancing.
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Don't miss this opportunity to catch some of editor Gary Hillberg's utterly addictive work, and chat with him after the screening.
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Scripted by David Williamson, Tim Burstall's energetic study of inarticulate aspiration launched Jack Thompson as a major star.
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Author and academic Mary Tomsic presents: Beyond and Behind the Silver Screen: The Hidden History of Australian Women's Work With Film.
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Cherie Nowlan's whimsical comedy puts fun in family dysfunction. A special free preview presented with MEAA and Film Victoria.
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Raymond Longford's delightful take on the story of a hard-drinking city larrikin tamed by love.
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Hyper-kinetic in it's execution, Mad Max 2 saw vehicular mayhem and sensational stuntwork shift into maximum overdrive.
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Michael Thornhill affectionately portrays the everyday world of 1970s Australian suburbia.
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Much-loved Australian crime-writer Shane Maloney introduces a personal favourite. Presented with the Australian Film Institute.
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Winner of the Camera D'Or at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, Shirley Barrett's first feature is daring, bitingly funny and consistently surprising.
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Bold, heartfelt, and quite unlike anything you've seen before. Special screening presented with the AFI.
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Melbourne journalist and man-about-town Anthony Carew introduces a cracking Mark Lewis documentary double.
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Includes a stunning array of clips for local and international bands, award winning animations, side splitting shorts and haunting surreal visions.
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Melbourne filmmaker Kylie Boltin follows the turbulent romance between an Australian/Indian couple.
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Filmmaker and critic Megan Spencer introduces two powerful documentaries that rank amongst her personal favourites!
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Fresh and endlessly entertaining, this romantic screwball-comedy marked Hugh Jackman's feature film debut.
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Melbourne film and radio personality Paul Harris introduces Bruce Beresford's tautly paced heist thriller.
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Mark Joffe's Capra-esque homage to old-fashioned corporate paternalism.
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This uncompromising prison classic confronts hidden social issues surrounding the treatment of prisoners in Australia.
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Phillip Noyce's nail-biting, nautical suspense flick.
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A starkly filmed gothic psychodrama about a family man afflicted by radical personality change in a weird coastal town.
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This underground Aussie cult classic captures Melbourne's drug culture of the mid 1970s. Presented with the AFI.
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Fred Schepisi's criminally underrated masterpiece is a witty, dry and intensely absorbing adaptation of David Hare's acclaimed play.
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Diane Lane conspires to become Australia's first woman Prime Minister. Presented with the Australian Film Critics Association.
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A film about the ill fated journey of political hopeful Marty Browning, co-presented with the AFI.
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Take a trip back, 70s style, with the sweet sounds of Sherbert!
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Evoking 1950s outback, this classic Aussie tale stars Nicole Kidman.
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A cheerfully raucous comedy about the horrors of a family Christmas.
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Get into the spirit of the AFL Grand Final with an engaging and often humorous selection of shorts from the ACMI Collection.
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Paul Goldman's powerful and affecting look at issues of racial intolerance, mateship and football in a small Australian town.
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Rachel Perkin's warm, and beautifully constructed debut feature stars Trisha Morton-Thomas, Rachael Maza and Deborah Mailman.
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