ACMI - Australian Centre for the Moving Image

I Am Not A Witch

A little girl is accused of being a witch in this satirical debut feature from Zambian-born director Rungano Nyoni

19 Apr – 7 May 2018 93 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12 Groups $12

13th Indonesian Film Festival

Experience the best of Indonesian cinema

26 Apr - 2 May 2018

Maurice

Hugh Grant, James Wilby and Rupert Graves star in James Ivory's Venice Silver Lion winner adapted from E.M. Forster's novel

20-28 Apr 140 mins Full $14 Concession $11 Senior $8 Member $7

Call Me By Your Name

Luca Guadagnino's BAFTA and Academy Award winning film (Best Adapted Screenplay, James Ivory) screens in conjunction with our spotlight on the Merchant Ivory Collection

21 – 29 Apr 2018 132 mins Full $14 Concession $11 Senior $8 Member $7

Howards End

Merchant Ivory's superbly crafted, Oscar-winning adaption of the E.M. Forster novel

27 Apr-8 May 142 mins Full $14 Concession $11 Senior $8 Member $7

My Neighbor Totoro

A heart-warming tale of innocence and the power of belief

30 Mar – 29 Apr 2018 86 mins Full $18 Kids $14 Member $12 Group (10+) $12 and Seniors $8

Arrietty

Based on Mary Norton's classic fantasy novels

5 – 28 Apr 2018 94 mins Full $18 Kids $14 Member $12 Group (10+) $12 and Seniors $8

Olivia

A key work of slow-burn French erotic cinema that Judith Mayne rightly called a 'landmark of lesbian representation'

2 May 2018 95 mins Admission by Melbourne Cinémathèque membership: $26 - $290

Muchachas de Uniforme

A heightened, explicit and even hysterical remake of Mädchen in Uniform (1931), from Mexico's golden age of cinema

2 May 2018 83 mins Admission by Melbourne Cinémathèque membership: $26 - $290

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

The Sacrifice

Andrei Tarkovsky's dreamlike vision of a man's Faustian bargain to save the world from annihilation

10 – 20 May 2018 149 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12 Group (10+) $12

Bye Bye Germany

Moritz Bleibtreu is riveting as an irrepressible charmer and Holocaust survivor in the new film by Sam Garbarski

11-22 May 2018 102 mins Full $14 Concession $11 Senior $8 Member $7

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Everybody's non-pollutionary, anti-institutionary, pro-confectionery factory of fun

12 May – 23 Jun 2018 98 mins Full $18 Kids $14 Member $12 Group (10+) $12 and Seniors $8

James and the Giant Peach

Based on the children's fantasy by Roald Dahl, this extraordinary story is given the unique Tim Burton treatment

13 May – 24 Jun 2018 80 mins Full $18 Kids $14 Member $12 Group (10+) $12 and Seniors $8

Neco z Alenky & Jabberwocky

Jan Svankmajer's surreal spin on Alice in Wonderland

18 May 2018 100 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12 Group (10+) $12

Matilda

Danny DeVito's riotous film adaptation of Roald Dahl's tale about a misunderstood girl

19 May – 16 Jun 2018 93 mins Full $18 Kids $14 Member $12 Group (10+) $12 and Seniors $8

Fantastic Mr. Fox

George Clooney and Meryl Streep voice the roles of Mr and Mrs Fox in this quirky animated feature

20 May – 17 Jun 2018 88 mins Full $18 Kids $14 Member $12 Group (10+) $12 and Seniors $8

Mojo Film Festival

Revealing modern perspectives of the lived experience of schizophrenia through autobiographical short films

24 May 2018 120 mins Full $5 ACMI Members $5

Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators

The fascinating story of authors Hans and Margret Rey who reinvented themselves - and a beloved cultural icon - in '50s America

25 May-5 Jun 82 mins Full $14 Concession $11 Senior $8 Member $7

Neco z Alenky & Down to the Cellar

Venture into Jan Svankmajer's surreal Wonderlands

27 May 2018 101 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12 Group (10+) $12

Redoubtable

New Wave iconoclast Jean-Luc Godard (Louis Garrel) is the unlikely romantic lead in the droll new comedy by Michel Hazanavicius

Opens 31 May 107 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12 Groups (10+) $12

Victoria & Abdul

Judi Dench reprises the role of Queen Victoria in the latest historical drama by Stephen Frears (Philomena, The Queen)

8-19 Jun 112 mins Full $14 Concession $11 Senior $8 Member $7

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

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

The Merchant Ivory Collection

Classic films from the powerhouse creative team of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory screen in sumptuous new digital restorations

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 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

Melbourne Filmoteca

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

Feb - Dec 2018

ART+FILM

A monthly program of screenings and talks about art on, in and around film

Top Screen 2018

A VCE Season of Excellence event

Various dates, Mar - May School and General Public tickets available

Human Rights Arts & Film Festival 2018

Stories that matter

3–17 May 2018

Alice Is Everywhere

Join us for a film season tracing the extraordinary legacy of Alice in Wonderland across the history of cinema

19 May – 2 Jun Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12 Group (10+ people) $12

Little Big Shots

Introducing young people to the world through cinema

6 - 11 Jun 2018 Full $18 Kids $14 ACMI Members $12 Groups (10+) $12 Seniors $8

Essential Kaurismäki: Selected by David Stratton

A retrospective featuring 10 of the finest films by one of cinema’s greatest directors

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

Melbourne International Animation Festival

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

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

Melbourne International Film Festival

Explore new worlds

2 - 19 Aug 2018

Melbourne Writers Festival

For everyone who reads

24 Aug - 2 Sep 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