ACMI - Australian Centre for the Moving Image

Picks of PAX 2018: a roundup

Brought to you by games programmer Caitlin Cronin

From heiress to cold case: who killed Juanita Nielsen?

It's 43 years later, and still nobody has been charged with her murder

Discord and new beginnings in Wings of Desire

How do the personal and political collide in the Wim Wenders masterpiece?

The evolution of audio in videogames

We've come a long way since the soundless days of Tic Tac Toe

Urban traversal as resistance in videogames

Fascist states through the lens of environmental storytelling

The future is behind you: the new life of retrogaming

Is there more to the rise of retrogaming than the simple joy of nostalgia?

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

Four essential elements to writing a good videogame

Brooke Maggs takes us inside the art and theory of narrative design for games

The changing face of the Console War

How has the way we choose a console changed since the 90s?

The rise of narratives in videogames

When did games become more than entertainment?

8 mins

Grown-up stories in games

An interview with game designer and advocate Ally McLean

15 mins

Making Florence: a craft game studio at work

An interview with programmer Sam Crisp from Mountains

20 mins

Screen It to Steam: interview with Bradley Hennessey

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

Imperfect reflections: a defence of bad queer representation

Is bad representation worse than any representation at all?

Making Wonderland

Find out how we made the blockbuster exhibition in this behind-the-scenes documentary

10 mins

Top five TV dystopias

Prepare for the end without leaving the couch

Looping on repeat

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

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

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

Writer and comedian Alistair Baldwin interrogates representations of disability on screen

Recorded talks: Dystopia on Screen

Catch up on our conversation exploring screen dystopias

Forgotten Rebels: From Book to Screen

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

Recorded Talks: Mainstreaming Disability and Appearance Diversity on Screen

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

107 mins

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

Recorded Talks: The Pleasure of Pixels

Indulge in the aesthetic pleasures of experimental and art game

80 mins

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

Recorded Talks: Art, Politics and Protest

Three exceptional artists discuss their provocations in film and video art

90 mins

Recorded talks: Preserving the Artefacts of the Future

How can museums preserve digital objects?

90 mins

ACMI Conversations

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

Superheroes Beyond

Unmask the critical thinking behind superheroes from comics to film, TV and videogames

6–8 Dec 9am–7pm Full $250 Concession $180 Member $170

Inside the Minds of Cleverman

Join Cleverman cast and crew in conversation about the ageless stories and myths that inspired the TV show

6 Dec 6.30pm Full $22 Concession $18 Member $15

Melbourne Music Week

Clear your calendar for a week of parties, performances and one-off gigs across the city

16 - 24 Nov 2018 $29 - $84

Sweet Dreams of Cinema, Self and World: Marco Bellocchio and the Three Images

Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin delve into Marco Bellocchio’s ongoing cinematic exploration and its resonances

20 Nov 2018 6.00pm Full $18 Concession $14 ACMI Member $12

School Holiday Program

Workshops for kids and families who love to get creative

7–24 Jan 2019

Women & Non-Binary Gamers Club

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

Next meet up: 11 Jan 2019 6pm–8pm Free