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Focus on Lynne Ramsay

Lynne Ramsay: Early Shorts

6pm

Thu 17 Sep 2026

Focus on Lynne Ramsay

Thu 17 Sep – Mon 5 Oct 2026

Spotlight on Anime Heroines

Thu 17 Sep – Sun 27 Sep 2026

4K Restoration

Spotlight on Anime Heroines

Princess Mononoke

6.30pm

Thu 17 Sep 2026

35mm Film Print

Focus on Lynne Ramsay

Morvern Callar

Thu 17 Sep – Sat 3 Oct 2026

Matinees

Fridays 1.30pm, Saturdays 11am & Sundays 11am

Matinees

Hen

Fri 18 Sep – Sun 20 Sep 2026

4K Restoration

Focus on Lynne Ramsay

Ratcatcher

Fri 18 Sep & Mon 28 Sep 2026

Pasifika Film Festival 2026

Fri 18 Sep – Sun 20 Sep 2026

Pasifika Film Festival 2026

Lomu

6.30pm

Fri 18 Sep 2026

Focus on Frederick Wiseman

Sat 19 Sep – Sat 28 Nov 2026

Focus on Frederick Wiseman

Law and Order

1.30pm

Sat 19 Sep 2026

Pasifika Film Festival 2026

Climate Stories

2pm

Sat 19 Sep 2026

Focus on Lynne Ramsay

You Were Never Really Here

Sat 19 Sep & Fri 25 Sep 2026

Pasifika Film Festival 2026

Pesta Babi + Q&A

6.15pm

Sat 19 Sep 2026

Pasifika Film Festival 2026

Loto Toa Shorts

12pm

Sun 20 Sep 2026

Kids' Flicks with Feelings

Ongoing

Kids' Flicks with Feelings

Whisper of the Heart

Sun 20 Sep – Thu 24 Sep 2026

Pasifika Film Festival 2026

Before the Moon Falls

2.15pm

Sun 20 Sep 2026

Focus on Lynne Ramsay

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Sun 20 Sep & Fri 2 Oct 2026

Pasifika Film Festival 2026

Filmmakers' Panel

4.15pm

Sun 20 Sep 2026

Pasifika Film Festival 2026

O ai oe? Shorts

6pm

Sun 20 Sep 2026

4K Restoration

Focus on Lynne Ramsay

Beau Travail

Mon 21 Sep & Mon 5 Oct 2026

Puppetry Shorts

6.30pm

Tue 22 Sep 2026

Focus on Lynne Ramsay

Vagabond

Tue 22 Sep & Sat 3 Oct 2026

Blueback + Q&A

6.30pm

Wed 23 Sep 2026

Melbourne Cinémathèque

Zdeněk Liška, Composer and Co-Auteur Extraordinaire

Wed 23 Sep – Wed 7 Oct 2026

Zdeněk Liška, Composer and Co-Auteur Extraordinaire

The Cremator

7pm

Wed 23 Sep 2026

Zdeněk Liška, Composer and Co-Auteur Extraordinaire

The Valley of the Bees

9.15pm

Wed 23 Sep 2026

Hope + Q&A

6pm

Thu 24 Sep 2026

Selling fast 4K Restoration

Spotlight on Anime Heroines

Millennium Actress

6.30pm

Thu 24 Sep 2026

New Voices in Australian Cinema

Ongoing

Panel Discussion

New Voices in Australian Cinema

The Other Film Festival

7.30pm

Thu 24 Sep 2026

Matinees

Flies

Fri 25 Sep – Sun 4 Oct 2026

Spotlight on Anime Heroines

Belle

3.30pm

Fri 25 Sep 2026

4K Restoration

Focus on Lynne Ramsay

Killer of Sheep

Sat 26 Sep & Thu 1 Oct 2026

Spotlight on Anime Heroines

The Colours Within

6pm

Sat 26 Sep 2026

Focus on Lynne Ramsay

Die My Love

Sat 26 Sep & Sun 4 Oct 2026

Kids' Flicks with Feelings

The Cat Returns

Sun 27 Sep – Thu 1 Oct 2026

Focus on Lynne Ramsay

A Woman Under the Influence

2pm

Sun 27 Sep 2026

4K Restoration

Spotlight on Anime Heroines

Angel's Egg

3.30pm

Sun 27 Sep 2026

Zdeněk Liška, Composer and Co-Auteur Extraordinaire

The Shop on the High Street

7pm

Wed 30 Sep 2026

Zdeněk Liška, Composer and Co-Auteur Extraordinaire

Celebration in the Botanical Garden

9.20pm

Wed 30 Sep 2026

Focus on Frederick Wiseman

Hospital

1.30pm

Sat 3 Oct 2026

Seniors Film Festival 2026

Mon 5th Oct - Sun 11th Oct

4K Restoration

Seniors Film Festival 2026

The Remains of the Day

Mon 5 Oct & Sun 11 Oct 2026

Games Week Film Program

Mon 5 Oct – Sat 10 Oct 2026

Games Week Film Program

Tetris

6pm

Mon 5 Oct 2026

4K Restoration

Seniors Film Festival 2026

Sense and Sensibility

Tue 6 Oct & Sat 10 Oct 2026

Games Week Film Program

Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters

6.30pm

Tue 6 Oct 2026

4K Restoration

Seniors Film Festival 2026

Howards End

1.30pm

Wed 7 Oct 2026

Games Week Film Program

The Design of Dredge + Q&A

6.30pm

Wed 7 Oct 2026

Zdeněk Liška, Composer and Co-Auteur Extraordinaire

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

7pm

Wed 7 Oct 2026

Zdeněk Liška, Composer and Co-Auteur Extraordinaire

Ikarie XB-1

8.40pm

Wed 7 Oct 2026

Zdeněk Liška, Composer and Co-Auteur Extraordinaire

Music by Zdeněk Liška

10.25pm

Wed 7 Oct 2026

Seniors Film Festival 2026

Saving Mr. Banks

1.30pm

Thu 8 Oct 2026

Focus on Cristian Mungiu

Thu 8 Oct – Tue 3 Nov 2026

Focus on Cristian Mungiu

Beyond the Hills

Thu 8 Oct – Sun 25 Oct 2026

Games Week Film Program

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

6.30pm

Thu 8 Oct 2026

Seniors Film Festival 2026

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

1.30pm

Fri 9 Oct 2026

MIFF Encores at ACMI 2026

Fri 9 Oct – Sun 11 Oct 2026

MIFF Encores at ACMI 2026

Hard as Puck

6.30pm

Fri 9 Oct 2026

MIFF Encores at ACMI 2026

Sovereign Shorts

2pm

Sat 10 Oct 2026

MIFF Encores at ACMI 2026

Sad Girlz

4.15pm

Sat 10 Oct 2026

Games Week Film Program

Exit 8

6.30pm

Sat 10 Oct 2026

Once Upon A Time In 華語 Cinema

Monthly, Sundays at 2pm

1 Feb – 8 Nov 2026

Once Upon A Time In 華語 Cinema

An Elephant Sitting Still 大象席地而坐

2pm

Sun 11 Oct 2026

MIFF Encores at ACMI 2026

La Gradiva

2.30pm

Sun 11 Oct 2026

Melbourne Cinémathèque

Illicit Attachments: The Clandestine Cinema of Marcel Carné

Wed 14 Oct – Wed 28 Oct 2026

Illicit Attachments: The Clandestine Cinema of Marcel Carné

Les portes de la nuit

7pm

Wed 14 Oct 2026

Illicit Attachments: The Clandestine Cinema of Marcel Carné

Thérèse Raquin

9.10pm

Wed 14 Oct 2026

Focus on Cristian Mungiu

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Thu 15 Oct – Tue 3 Nov 2026

Matinees

All About Eve

Fri 16 Oct – Sun 25 Oct 2026

Focus on Cristian Mungiu

Fjord

6.30pm

Fri 16 Oct 2026

Focus on Frederick Wiseman

Zoo

1.30pm

Sat 17 Oct 2026

Focus on Cristian Mungiu

Tales from the Golden Age

3pm

Sat 17 Oct 2026

Focus on Cristian Mungiu

R.M.N.

Sat 17 Oct & Mon 26 Oct 2026

Focus on Cristian Mungiu

Graduation

Sun 18 Oct – Mon 2 Nov 2026

Illicit Attachments: The Clandestine Cinema of Marcel Carné

Les enfants du paradis

7pm

Wed 21 Oct 2026

Focus on Cristian Mungiu

Occident

Thu 22 Oct & Sun 1 Nov 2026

Extractivism & Ancestry: Short films by Riar Rizaldi

7pm

Mon 26 Oct 2026

Monisme

7pm

Tue 27 Oct 2026

Illicit Attachments: The Clandestine Cinema of Marcel Carné

Le jour se lève

7pm

Wed 28 Oct 2026

Illicit Attachments: The Clandestine Cinema of Marcel Carné

Les tricheurs

8.45pm

Wed 28 Oct 2026

Matinees

The Stranger

Fri 30 Oct – Sun 8 Nov 2026

Focus on Frederick Wiseman

Public Housing

1.30pm

Sat 31 Oct 2026

Melbourne Cinémathèque

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

Wed 4 Nov – Wed 11 Nov 2026

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

Mon cher sujet

7pm

Wed 4 Nov 2026

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

Nous sommes tous encore ici

9.20pm

Wed 4 Nov 2026

Once Upon A Time In 華語 Cinema

The Way of the Dragon 猛龍過江

2pm

Sun 8 Nov 2026

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

Lou n’a pas dit non

7pm

Wed 11 Nov 2026

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

Ici et ailleurs

8.30pm

Wed 11 Nov 2026

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

Après la réconciliation

9.45pm

Wed 11 Nov 2026

Matinees

The Arab

Fri 13 Nov – Sun 22 Nov 2026

New 4K Restoration

Focus on Frederick Wiseman

State Legislature

1.30pm

Sat 14 Nov 2026

Melbourne Cinémathèque

Life on Hold: Jocelyne Saab, A Voice for the Displaced

7pm

Wed 18 Nov 2026

Life on Hold: Jocelyne Saab, A Voice for the Displaced

Jocelyne Saab and the Palestinian Resistance

7pm

Wed 18 Nov 2026

Life on Hold: Jocelyne Saab, A Voice for the Displaced

The Razor’s Edge

8.45pm

Wed 18 Nov 2026

Melbourne Cinémathèque

Critical Landscapes: The Polymorphic Worlds of Ross Gibson

7pm

Wed 25 Nov 2026

Critical Landscapes: The Polymorphic Worlds of Ross Gibson

Camera Natura

7pm

Wed 25 Nov 2026

Critical Landscapes: The Polymorphic Worlds of Ross Gibson

Dead to the World

8.50pm

Wed 25 Nov 2026

Focus on Frederick Wiseman

City Hall

1.30pm

Sat 28 Nov 2026

Melbourne Cinémathèque

Straight Shooter: John Ford, American Master

Wed 2 Dec – Wed 16 Dec 2026

Straight Shooter: John Ford, American Master

7 Women

7pm

Wed 2 Dec 2026

Straight Shooter: John Ford, American Master

Sergeant Rutledge

8.45pm

Wed 2 Dec 2026

Straight Shooter: John Ford, American Master

Young Mr Lincoln

7pm

Wed 9 Dec 2026

Straight Shooter: John Ford, American Master

How Green Was My Valley

8.55pm

Wed 9 Dec 2026

Straight Shooter: John Ford, American Master

The Grapes of Wrath

7pm

Wed 16 Dec 2026

Straight Shooter: John Ford, American Master

3 Bad Men

9.25pm

Wed 16 Dec 2026

Cinema 3

Online experience

Rent films on demand 24/7

Free

First Nations Film Club

Ongoing

Melbourne Cinémathèque

Wednesdays from 7pm

ART+FILM

Ongoing

Korea Story Festival 2026

Sat 24 Oct 2026