ACMI - Australian Centre for the Moving Image

Essential Kaurismäki: Selected by David Stratton

A retrospective featuring ten of the finest films from Finland's master of deadpan

14 Jun - 1 Jul Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12

The Sacrifice

Andrei Tarkovsky's final film about a man's bargain with God to save the world from nuclear annihilation

10 May – 14 Jul 2018 149 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12 Group (10+) $12

Melbourne International Animation Festival

Explore outstanding new and classic animation from Australia and around the world

14 – 23 Jun 2018 Full $19 Concession $16 ACMI Members $15 – multi-session passes are also available

Elementary

Rising French star Sara Forestier plays a devoted educator in Hélène Angel's contemporary French drama

22 Jun-3 Jul 105 mins Full $14 Concession $11 Senior $8 Member $7

Stalking Tarkovsky

Discover the legacy of Andrei Tarkovsky, one of cinema's greatest directors

From 10 May

The Color of Pomegranates

The life of one of Armenia's greatest poets is told through a series of tableaux

13 May – 25 Jun 2018 79 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12 Group (10+) $12

A Hen in the Wind

Ozu’s uncharacteristically realistic, dark, urgent and empathetic melodrama is a fascinating work of the immediate post-war Japanese cinema.

27 June 2018 84 mins Admission by Melbourne Cinémathèque membership: $26 - $290

The Eternal Breasts

Based on the autobiography of poet Fumiko Nakajo, who died of breast cancer in 1954 aged 31.

27 June 2018 106 mins Admission by Melbourne Cinémathèque membership: $26 - $290

No Date, No Signature

Navid Mohammadzadeh lights up the screen like an emergency beacon in his Venice Film Festival award-winning turn as a father torn apart by the death of his son

29 Jun – 12 Jul 2018 104 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12 Groups $12 Seniors $8

Diary of a Country Priest

A young priest's faith is tested when he's rejected by the community in his first parish

30 Jun – 29 Jul 2018 115 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12 Group (10+) $12

The Little Witch

From the creators of Heidi comes a lively adaptation of the beloved children’s book

30 Jun – 15 Jul 2018 103 mins Full $18 Kids $14 Member $12 Group (10+) $12 and Seniors $8

Wednesday, May 9

A middle-class surgeon posts a newspaper advertisement offering a large sum of money to someone in need

1 – 8 Jul 2018 102 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12 Groups $12 Seniors $8

Shakespeare Wallah

Modern India's cultural currents are filtered through the experiences of a travelling Shakespearean theatre troupe in this early Merchant Ivory classic

6 – 15 Jul 2018 122 mins Full $14 Concession $11 Senior $8 Member $7

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

A look at Jean-Michel's life pre-fame, and how the city, the times, the people and the movements around him formed the artist he became

7 Jul – 2 Aug 2018 78 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12 Group (10+) $12

Autobiography of a Princess

Madhur Jaffrey and James Mason appear together in Merchant Ivory's elegant two-hander

7 – 9 Jul 2018 60 mins Full $14 Concession $11 Senior $8 Member $7

Heat and Dust

Shashi Kapoor, Julie Christie and Greta Scacchi star in Merchant Ivory's alluring epic

8-24 Jul 130 mins Full $14 Concession $11 Senior $8 Member $7

Melancholia

Two sisters deal with a cataclysmic event in very different ways in Lars Von Trier's homage to Solaris

7 Jul 135 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12 Group (10+) $12

Columbus

Set amid the mid-century architectural marvels of Indiana, Kagonada’s debut is as heartfelt as its settings are spectacular

8 – 28 Jul 2018 100 mins Full $18 Concession $14 ACMI Members $12 Seniors $8

Alice in Wonderland

Disney's 1951 animated adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic 'Alice' stories

7 Apr – 6 Oct 2018 75 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12 Group (10+) $12 and Seniors $8

White Material

Isabelle Huppert stars as a coffee plantation owner clinging to her existence as civil war erupts around her

2 Jun – 10 Jul 2018 106 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12 Group (10+) $12

L'Eclisse

Alain Delon and Monica Vitti star in Michelangelo Antonioni's drama about a doomed relationship

3 Jun – 24 Jul 2018 126 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12 Groups $12

Shame

Human relationships are tested by extraordinary outside forces in Ingmar Bergman’s masterpiece

10 Jun – 27 Jul 103 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12 Group (10+) $12

My Brilliant Career

A brand-new digital restoration of Gillian Armstrong’s award-winning adaptation of Miles Franklin’s classic novel

26 – 29 Jul 2018 100 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12

Melbourne Cinémathèque

Australia's largest and longest-running film society celebrating rare and significant works of international cinema

Every Wednesday 7pm Admission by Melbourne Cinémathèque membership: $26 - $290

Matinees

Fine films for grown-up tastes

Family Films

Family friendly films from home and the globe, including kids' classics, animated masterpieces and insightful documentaries

Melbourne Filmoteca

Monthly screenings of the best in Latin American and Spanish film.

Feb - Dec 2018

Modernism at the Movies

A celebration of mid-century modern architecture on the big screen

6–29 Jul Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12 Group (10+ people) $12

Sara Driver: NYC

ACMI celebrates one of the leading filmmakers to emerge from the vibrant New York City art scene of the 1980s and '90s.

7 Jul - 2 Aug 2018 Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12 Group (10+) $12

Melbourne International Film Festival

Explore new worlds

2 - 19 Aug 2018

Korean Film Festival Melbourne

An embodiment of 'Hallyuwood' and Korean film culture in a showcase of the country's most innovative cinematic feats

6 – 13 Sep 2018

Environmental Film Festival Australia

A change in direction

11 - 18 Oct 2018

Iranian Film Festival Australia

An annual celebration of Iranian cinema, one of the world’s most exhilarating national cinemas

25 – 29 Oct 2018 various times

Japanese Film Festival

Whether it’s slice of life drama or absurdist manga comedy, we’ve got you covered

22 Nov - 2 Dec 2018