Film, TV, Videogames, Digital Culture & Art Museum

Museum

Film
TV
Videogames
Digital culture
& art

Fed Square, Melbourne
10am–5pm daily

Exhibition

Christian Marclay: The Clock

Take an epic journey through cinematic history in the award-winning 24-hour video installation

23 Jan – 10 Mar 10am–5pm, open 24 hours on thursdays Free

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Exhibition

Cleverman: The Exhibition

Go behind the scenes of the groundbreaking sci-fi series

6 Dec 2018 – 22 Apr 2019 10am–5pm daily Free

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Exhibition

Screen Worlds

The incredible story of the moving image in an interactive and immersive experience

Daily 10am–5pm Free

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Event

Screen Worlds: Relaxed Visits

Explore the exhibition at your own pace with reduced noise and light stimulation, and a dedicated quiet zone

10 & 19 Jan, 16 Feb, 16 Mar & 13 Apr 2019 9am–10am Free, Bookings Required

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ACMI x NOWNESS

Waiting to see The Clock? Nowness.com has curated a playlist of contemporary video works to help you pass the time

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Event

Women & Non-Binary Gamers Club

Ever wished you had a book club for videogames? Now you do!

Next meet up: 8 Mar 2019 6pm–8pm Free

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Coming up

Event

Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC 2019)

Australia's premier event for documentary, factual and interactive non-fiction screen content

3 – 6 Mar 2019 9.00am

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Event

International Women's Day

Serious talks, and even more serious dancing

8 Mar 2019 6pm til late Full $25 Concession $22 Member $20

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Workshop

Cleverman Comic Making

Explore your own comic creation skills

12 Apr 10am Full $35 Concession $30 Member $28 Recommended for ages 12-16

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Cafe & Bar

Come grab a choc-top before the movie

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Shop

Looking for the best pop culture and film gifts?

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Cinemas

Contemporary
Independent
Classic
Australian

Fed Square, Melbourne
Open daily until late

We screen the best of contemporary and classic cinema from Australia and around the world. Explore our upcoming films, festivals and seasons, including the regular matinees program.

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Film

ROMA

The personal and political unite in Academy Award-winning director Alfonso Cuarón’s masterpiece

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

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Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle

Julita got all her childhood wishes – lots of kids, a monkey and a castle – but things take an unexpectedly hilarious turn when the economy tanks

7 – 19 Feb 2019 91 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12 Seniors $8

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Minding the Gap

A poignant exploration of masculinity and adolescence through the lens of skateboarding

17 Jan – 4 Mar 2019 93 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12 Group (10+) $12

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Season

Matinees

Fine films for grown-up tastes

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Melbourne Filmoteca

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

Feb - Dec 2019

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Season

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: $27 - $295

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Festival

Melbourne Women in Film Festival 2019

A celebration of the dedicated, hard working and talented women in the Australian screen industry and their stories

21 - 24 Feb 2019 Unclassified 15+

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Season

Non-Fiction Documentary Showcase

Spark your curiosity with a season of premiere and classic documentaries

2 - 16 Mar 2019

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Film & talk

Fashion Film Award Screening + Discussion

Unclassified 15+

2 Mar 2019 90 mins Full $14 Concession $10 Member $10 Group (10+) $12

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Event

Jacques Audiard in conversation

An exclusive event with the Palme d'Or winning French auteur

12 Mar 2019 60 mins Full $14 ACMI and AFM Members $12

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Film

Have You Seen My Movie?

Eight decades of cinema are mined for gold in this ode to the movie-going public

2 Mar 2019 124 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12

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Film

[Censored] with live score by The End

Sari Braithwaite explores the politics and complexities of the cutting room floor in this visual tour through the Australian censorship archives

2 Mar 2019 66 mins Full $25 Concession $25 Member $20

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Island of the Hungry Ghosts

Border control policy is juxtaposed with the natural world’s millennia-old migration patterns in Gabrielle Brady’s hybrid documentary feature

3 Mar 2019 94 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12

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Under the Wire

Legendary war correspondent Marie Colvin's final assignment offers an unprecedented insight into the human cost of the Syrian conflict

3 – 10 Mar 2019 95 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12

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Film

Quincy

Alan Hicks and Rashida Jones craft a moving portrait of the legendary Quincy Jones

3 Mar 2019 125 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12

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Film

Shirkers

Sandi Tan set out to make Singapore's first independent feature. What happened next was stranger than fiction

4 Mar 2019 97 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12

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Rocking the Foundations + Where the River Runs Red

A new digital restoration of Pat Fiske’s vital documentary about social change, protest and urbanisation

5 Mar 2019 92 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12

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Film

RocKabul

Australian journalist and filmmaker Travis Beard inserts himself into a burgeoning Afghan music scene

6 Mar 2019 87 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Members $12 Group (10+) $12

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Film

Chef Flynn

At just 19 years of age, and after a decade in the kitchen, Flynn McGarry takes his experimental cuisine to the Big Apple

7 – 10 Mar 2019 82 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12

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The Proposal

Conceptual artist Jill Magid explores the contested legacy of Mexico’s most famous architect, Luis Barragán

8 – 16 Mar 2019 83 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12

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Film

Over the Limit

Russia's rhythmic gymnastics training program is examined in Marta Prus' revelatory documentary

9 Mar 2019 74 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12

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Film

The Times of Bill Cunningham

Mark Bozek's loving tribute to the humblest man in fashion

9 – 10 Mar 2019 74 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12

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TV premiere

Surviving R. Kelly

Women from R. Kelly’s inner circle come forward to tell their side of the story in this acclaimed television event

11 Mar 2019 236 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12

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Film

Rams

A tribute to Dieter Rams, the (grand) father of modern design, from the director of Helvetica

14 Mar – 9 Apr 2019 74 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12

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Festival

Melbourne Queer Film Festival

Proudly different

14 – 25 March 2019

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Festival

Top Screen 2019

A VCE Season of Excellence event

Various dates, Mar - May School and general public tickets available

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Film

Stray + Q&A

Hear from director/writer Dustin Feneley and key crew at this special event screening

14 Mar 2019 104 mins Full $18 Concession $14 Member $12 Group (10+) $12

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Event

Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis with live score by Sonic.Art

German saxophone quartet Sonic.Art perform a live score for one of the most well-known films in the city symphony genre

29 Apr 2019 65 mins Full $25 ACMI Members $20

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Past film screenings

Ideas

Inside the themes
behind the screens

Explore the moving image with articles, upcoming events and recorded talks

Looking to discover more about the big ideas behind your favourite moving image moments? Here you’ll find articles on all the things we love, from film and TV to videogames and art, as well as recorded talks and upcoming events.

Do you want to write for us? Here's how.

Articles

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AIDC's Alice Burgin on making a career in the world of non-fiction film

"It’s a way in for those who have a passion for social justice, but maybe aren’t going to become traditional producers or directors"

5 mins

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"What's the time?"

We explore how Christian Marclay experiments with cinematic temporality in The Clock

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Masculinity, violence and empathy with Minding the Gap director Bing Liu

In conversation with Fem&ist Films' Amanda Barbour

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An introduction to Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma

Seen the film of the year but need some context?

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Xanthe Dobbie: Internet art to heal your queer heart

The Queertech.Io new media artist shares their favourite works that you can watch and play at home right now

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Editor's note: Nayuka Gorrie on Cleverman

"It is magic, it is real, it is history, it is future"

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“Well, nobody’s perfect”: Billy Wilder's cynical, classic cinema

We examine how Billy Wilder's oeuvre helped define genres, classic Hollywood and an American era

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Making Florence: a craft game studio at work

An interview with programmer Sam Crisp from Mountains

20 mins

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Five tips for rising above the haters as a woman in games

Author Leena van Deventer gives us her top tips for surviving and thriving

8 mins

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Imperfect reflections: a defence of bad queer representation

Is bad representation worse than any representation at all?

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Screen It to Steam: interview with Bradley Hennessey

The Screen It 2017 Senior Video Game winner talks about his game, An Aspie Life

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Looping on repeat

Assistant curator Jim Fishwick looks back at the golden age that was Vine

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Why Homecoming Queens' nuanced portrayal of chronic illness is vital

Writer Alistair Baldwin reflects on the importance of finally having a show that represents the experience of illness

6 mins

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Narrative prosthesis: how disability as metaphor is shaping on-screen casting diversity

Writer and comedian Alistair Baldwin interrogates representations of disability on screen

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Recorded talks

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Recorded talks: Dystopia on Screen

Catch up on our conversation exploring screen dystopias

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Forgotten Rebels: From Book to Screen

Watch Outlander writer Anne Kenney talk adaptation with historian and award-winning writer Dr Clare Wright

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Recorded Talks: Mainstreaming Disability and Appearance Diversity on Screen

Did you know that twenty percent of Australians live with disability?

107 mins

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Recorded Talks: The Decolonising of Aboriginal Representation on our Screens

For Reconciliation week, we ask how Aboriginal people can take back control of their stories and identity

90 mins

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Recorded Talks: The Pleasure of Pixels

Indulge in the aesthetic pleasures of experimental and art game

80 mins

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Recorded Talks:Electric Girlhoods and Alices Past and Future

Academics and cultural critics delve into different conceptions of femininity and meaning throughout Alice's history

90 mins

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Recorded Talks: Art, Politics and Protest

Three exceptional artists discuss their provocations in film and video art

90 mins

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Recorded talks: Preserving the Artefacts of the Future

How can museums preserve digital objects?

90 mins

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ACMI Conversations

Catch up on talks about the moving image in politics, society, culture and art

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Events

Event

Women & Non-Binary Gamers Club

Ever wished you had a book club for videogames? Now you do!

Next meet up: 8 Mar 2019 6pm–8pm Free

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Film & talk

Fashion Film Award Screening + Discussion

Unclassified 15+

2 Mar 2019 90 mins Full $14 Concession $10 Member $10 Group (10+) $12

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Workshop

Cleverman Comic Making

Explore your own comic creation skills

12 Apr 10am Full $35 Concession $30 Member $28 Recommended for ages 12-16

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Museum