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Film seasons, festivals and clubs (16)

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Focus on the Taiwan New Wave

Thu 5 Nov – Tue 24 Nov 2026

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Free World Premiere

Separated at Birth + Q&A

7pm

Mon 9 Nov 2026

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Dead Mans Wire 2160x1023

Matinees

Fridays 1.30pm, Saturdays 11am & Sundays 11am

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Focus on Frederick Wiseman

Fortnightly, Saturdays at 1.30pm

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Iron Winter (2025) Bonsai Films

New Voices in Australian Cinema

Ongoing

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Spotlight on South Korean Horror

Fri 27 Nov – Sat 12 Dec 2026

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The Debut ACMI 2160x1023

Best of 2026

Tue 15 Dec 2026 – Tue 19 Jan 2027

Where the Wild Things Are 2 (2160x1023)

Kids' Flicks with Feelings

Ongoing

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Once Upon a Time in 華語 Cinema 2027

Once Upon A Time In 華語 Cinema 2027

Monthly, Sundays at 2.30pm

Feb – Dec 2027

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Picnic at Hanging Rock 4 (2160x1023)

Picnic at Hanging Rock

2.30pm

Sun 14 Feb 2027

Boom for Real - The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat - Cinema 3

Cinema 3

Online experience

Rent films on demand 24/7

Zac Martin in a superhero costume being held up by a wire in a still from 'Basically Black' (1973)

First Nations Film Club

Ongoing

The Heart of the Matter: The Film Poetics of Anne-Marie Miéville

Melbourne Cinémathèque

Wednesdays from 7pm

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Terrorizers

Once Upon A Time In 華語 Cinema

Monthly, Sundays at 2pm

1 Feb – 8 Nov 2026

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Gay Cowboy, Giorgos Efthiminou, Iannos Lianos, Sebastian Vaccaris

ART+FILM

Ongoing

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Irish Film Festival Australia 2026

View online

Thu 8 Oct – Sun 15 Nov 2026

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Exhibitions and displays (9)

The Story of the Moving Image at ACMI 2026 (Credit: Charlie-Kinross)

The Story of the Moving Image

10am – 5pm

Ongoing

Big Ant Games Lab at ACMI - photograph by Shannon McGrath

Games Lab Presented by Big Ant Studios

10am – 5pm

Ongoing

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Free Victorian Premiere

Feng Mengbo: Long March Restart 冯梦波: 长征重启

10am – 5pm

19 Aug 2026 – 16 May 2027

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Free World Premiere

Play On

10am – 5pm

Mon 9 Nov 2026 – Sun 31 Jan 2027

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022), courtesy of Netflix

Lifelike

10am – 5pm

Fri 20 Nov 2026 – Sun 18 Apr 2027

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ACMI Relaxed Visits

9–10.30am

29 Aug, 19 Sep, 24 Oct & 21 Nov 2026

Neo from The Matrix on a Mac desktop surrounded by apocalyptic imagery.

Gallery 5

Online experience

Greyhound Bus - Behind the scenes image from Memoir of a Snail

Making Memoir of a Snail

10am – 5pm

Thu 8 Aug 2024 – Sun 1 Nov 2026

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The Making of Bluey

Opens Sat 19 June

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Events (14)

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In Conversation: Ash Mann and Dr Indigo Holcombe-James

6:30pm

Tue 16 Feb 2027

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Making It Work: A practical look at digital readiness and your organisation

10am-4pm

Wed 17 Feb 2027

Gris (2018)

Women, Trans, and Gender Diverse Gamers Club

Online: monthly on 2nd Wednesday, 6–7pm

In-person: quarterly on Saturdays, 1–2.30pm

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Booking fast Free

Artist Led Auslan Tour: Sam Martin

1.30pm

14 Nov 2026

Allocation Exhausted

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ACMI Table Reads

6-8pm

Mon 27 Jul – Mon 16 Nov 2026

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ACMI Experimental Forum

Wed 18 Nov 2026 & Wed 17 Feb 2027

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The Dark Crystal - Age of Resistance (2019) court

Puppet Master: In Conversation With Dave Barclay

7.15pm

18 Nov 2026

Preschooler enjoys videogames at ACMI - LMG

ACMI Preschoolers

10.30am

3rd or 4th Friday of the month

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ACMI Crew Night

Thu 26 Nov – Thu 31 Dec 2026

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People interacting with large scale artwork - ACMI RMIT Audience Lab 16 March 2024

ACMI + RMIT Audience Lab

12 Sep & 28 Nov 2026

Nicola Alcer EDIT Web

ACMI Works-In-Progress Night

6-8pm

Bi-monthly

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Rob G Web Art 2

Autobiographical Games: In Conversation with Robert Gallagher and Olivia Haines

6.30-7.30pm

Wed 9 Dec 2026

Puppet Workshop

Make Your Own Puppet Movie

Mon 11 Jan – Fri 15 Jan 2027

Trash Puppets PC&P

Pina Coladas & Puppets

6.30-8.00pm

Thu 14 Jan 2027