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Film seasons, festivals and clubs (21)

Good Luck to You, Leo Grand (2022) Align (2160 x 1023)

Seniors Film Festival 2026

Mon 5th Oct - Sun 11th Oct

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Games Week Film Program

Tue 6 Oct – Sat 10 Oct 2026

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Focus on Cristian Mungiu

Thu 8 Oct – Tue 3 Nov 2026

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Belle (2021) Studio Chizu (2160 x 1023)

Spotlight on Anime Heroines

Fri 9 Oct – Mon 12 Oct 2026

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La Gradiva 1 (2160x1023)

MIFF Encores at ACMI 2026

Fri 9 Oct – Sun 11 Oct 2026

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

First Nations Film Club

Ongoing

Dead Mans Wire 2160x1023

Matinees

Fridays 1.30pm, Saturdays 11am & Sundays 11am

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Focus on Frederick Wiseman

Sat 17 Oct – Sat 28 Nov 2026

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Klara and the Sun (2160x1023)

Klara and the Sun

6.30pm

Wed 21 Oct 2026

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ACMI The Beauty of the Donkey 2160x1023

Australian premiere

Senses of Cinema: The Beauty of the Donkey

6pm

Fri 23 Oct 2026

The Book of Fish 2160x1023

Korea Story Festival 2026

10.45am

Sat 24 Oct 2026

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Rebels of the Neon God 2160x1023

Focus on the Taiwan New Wave

Sun 25 Oct – Tue 24 Nov 2026

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Mirage Eigenstate 2160x1023

Extractivism & Ancestry: Short films by Riar Rizaldi

7pm

Mon 26 Oct 2026

Monisme 2160x1023

Monisme

7pm

Tue 27 Oct 2026

Iron Winter (2025) Bonsai Films

New Voices in Australian Cinema

Ongoing

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

Cinema 3

Online experience

Rent films on demand 24/7

Zdeněk Liška, Composer and Co-Auteur Extraordinaire

Melbourne Cinémathèque

Wednesdays from 7pm

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Gay Cowboy, Giorgos Efthiminou, Iannos Lianos, Sebastian Vaccaris

ART+FILM

Ongoing

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Whisper of the Heart 2160x1023 (1)

Kids' Flicks with Feelings

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

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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Free Victorian Premiere

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

10am – 5pm

19 Aug 2026 – 31 Jan 2027

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Free World Premiere

Play On

10am – 5pm

Tue 6 Oct 2026 – Sun 31 Jan 2027

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ACMI Relaxed Visits

9–10.30am

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

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

Lifelike

10am – 5pm

Fri 20 Nov 2026 – Sun 18 Apr 2027

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

Gallery 5

Online experience

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Bluey world-first exhibition

Mid 2027

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Events (12)

Image credit: Eugene Hyland

Melbourne International Games Week 2026

Tue 6 Oct – Sun 11 Oct 2026

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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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Free UR Head

Thu 15 Oct – Sat 17 Oct 2026

Preschoolers enjoy the Pepper's Ghost installation at ACMI - Phoebe Powell

ACMI Preschoolers

10.30am

3rd or 4th Friday of the month

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ACMI Table Reads

6-8pm

Mon 27 Jul – Mon 16 Nov 2026

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Riar Rizaldi header workshop

Riar Rizaldi Workshop

1-5pm

Sat 24 Oct – Sun 25 Oct 2026

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ACMI Experimental Forum

Wed 28 Oct & Wed 18 Nov 2026

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ACMI Crew Night

Thu 29 Oct & Thu 31 Dec 2026

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Artist Led Auslan Tour: Sam Martin

1.30pm

14 Nov 2026

The Dark Crystal - Age of Resistance (2019) court

Puppet Master: In Conversation With Dave Barclay

7.15pm

18 Nov 2026

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

Wed 16 September

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