great australian cinema archive 2007
Discover (or rediscover!) our nation's classic films every Saturday afternoon at ACMI.
Spanning diverse styles and genres, and exploring themes that range from serious evocations of racial politics through to absurdist parodies of our national preoccupations, ACMI features works from key Australian creatives, actors and technicians whose names are internationally recognised.
Saturdays 2pm
All Tickets $8
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Bill Bennett's disarming, witty and genuinely touching generation-gap road movie stars Ruth Cracknell.
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Bruce Beresford adroitly translates to the screen David Williamson's acidly funny and unrelenting take on 60s suburbia.
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David Elfick's warm, entertaining film paints an affecting portrait of outback farmers and their lot in life.
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Don't miss this unintentionally hilarious (and often unconsciously disturbing) collection of instructional and educational shorts.
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Based on Ray Lawler's groundbreaking play, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll stars Ernest Borgnine, John Mills and Angela Lansbury.
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Based on the classic Australian novel, this big, bold and magnificently scenic picture stars Angela Punch McGregor.
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Lawrence Johnston introduces his FIPRESCI-winning film.
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Schepisi's semi-autobiographical account of seminary school life in the 1950s offers an unusually tough-minded approach to the coming-of-age theme.
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This collection of shorts features exploratory works that first gave voice to Australian queer experience.
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A curious cross between a violent thriller and a sympathetic exploration of biker lifestyle.
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Character-driven and cleverly scripted, Jonathan Teplitzky's crime comedy features a superlative combination of suspense and laughs.
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Mel Gibson stars as the enigmatic Fletcher Christian in this intriguing and complex retelling of the most famous mutiny to take place on the high seas
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Weekly Program
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