Film Season
Focus on Lynne Ramsay
Fri 2 Oct – Mon 5 Oct 2026
What's on
Film seasons, festivals and clubs (22)
Film Season
Matinees
Fridays 1.30pm, Saturdays 11am & Sundays 11am
Film Season
Focus on Frederick Wiseman
Sat 3 Oct – Sat 28 Nov 2026
Free
Film Season
Seniors Film Festival 2026
Mon 5th Oct - Sun 11th Oct
Film Season
Games Week Film Program
Mon 5 Oct – Sat 10 Oct 2026
Film Season
Focus on Cristian Mungiu
Thu 8 Oct – Tue 3 Nov 2026
Film Season
Spotlight on Anime Heroines
Fri 9 Oct – Mon 12 Oct 2026
Film Season
MIFF Encores at ACMI 2026
Fri 9 Oct – Sun 11 Oct 2026
Festival
Once Upon A Time In 華語 Cinema
Monthly, Sundays at 2pm
1 Feb – 8 Nov 2026
Free
Film
First Nations Film Club
Ongoing
Film
Klara and the Sun
6.30pm
Wed 21 Oct 2026
Australian premiere
Film
Senses of Cinema: The Beauty of the Donkey
6pm
Fri 23 Oct 2026
Free
Festival
Korea Story Festival 2026
10.45am
Sat 24 Oct 2026
Film
Focus on the Taiwan New Wave
Sun 25 Oct – Tue 24 Nov 2026
Film
Extractivism & Ancestry: Short films by Riar Rizaldi
7pm
Mon 26 Oct 2026
Film
Monisme
7pm
Tue 27 Oct 2026
Film Season
New Voices in Australian Cinema
Ongoing
Film
Cinema 3
Online experience
Rent films on demand 24/7
Film Season
Melbourne Cinémathèque
Wednesdays from 7pm
Film Season
ART+FILM
Ongoing
Film Season
Kids' Flicks with Feelings
Ongoing
Online
Festival
Irish Film Festival Australia 2026
View online
Thu 8 Oct – Sun 15 Nov 2026
Exhibitions and displays (10)
Free
Exhibition
The Story of the Moving Image
10am – 5pm
Ongoing
Free
Exhibition
Games Lab Presented by Big Ant Studios
10am – 5pm
Ongoing
Free
Display
Making Memoir of a Snail
10am – 5pm
Thu 8 Aug 2024 – Sun 1 Nov 2026
Free
Victorian Premiere
Exhibition
Feng Mengbo: Long March Restart 冯梦波: 长征 重启
10am – 5pm
19 Aug 2026 – 31 Jan 2027
Free
World Premiere
Exhibition
Play On
10am – 5pm
Sat 3 Oct 2026 – Sun 31 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Reverb: This is a journey into sound
Closed Tuesdays & Wednesdays
Fri 22 May – Sun 4 Oct 2026
Free
Exhibition
ACMI Relaxed Visits
9–10.30am
29 Aug, 19 Sep, 24 Oct & 21 Nov 2026
World Premiere
Exhibition
Lifelike
10am – 5pm
Fri 20 Nov 2026 – Sun 18 Apr 2027
Free
Exhibition
Gallery 5
Online experience
Exhibition
Bluey world-first exhibition
Mid 2027
Events (12)
Event
Melbourne International Games Week 2026
Sat 3 Oct – Sun 11 Oct 2026
Free
Event
Women, Trans, and Gender Diverse Gamers Club
Online: monthly on 2nd Wednesday, 6–7pm
In-person: quarterly on Saturdays, 1–2.30pm
Experience
Free UR Head
Thu 15 Oct – Sat 17 Oct 2026
Free
Workshop
ACMI Preschoolers
10.30am
3rd or 4th Friday of the month
Free
Event
ACMI Table Reads
6-8pm
Mon 27 Jul – Mon 16 Nov 2026
Free
Riar Rizaldi Workshop
1-5pm
Sat 24 Oct – Sun 25 Oct 2026
Booking fast
Free
Workshop
ACMI Experimental Forum
Wed 28 Oct & Wed 18 Nov 2026
Free
Event
ACMI Crew Night
Thu 29 Oct & Thu 31 Dec 2026
Booking fast
Free
Event
Artist Led Auslan Tour: Sam Martin
1.30pm
14 Nov 2026
Event
Puppet Master: In Conversation With Dave Barclay
7.15pm
18 Nov 2026
Free
Workshop
ACMI + RMIT Audience Lab
12 Sep & 28 Nov 2026
Free
Experience
ACMI Works-In-Progress Night
6-8pm
Wed 16 September