ACMI - Australian Centre for the Moving Image

AIDC's Alice Burgin on making a career in the world of non-fiction film

"It’s a way in for those who have a passion for social justice, but maybe aren’t going to become traditional producers or directors"

5 mins

"What's the time?"

We explore how Christian Marclay experiments with cinematic temporality in The Clock

Masculinity, violence and empathy with Minding the Gap director Bing Liu

In conversation with Fem&ist Films' Amanda Barbour

An introduction to Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma

Seen the film of the year but need some context?

Xanthe Dobbie: Internet art to heal your queer heart

The Queertech.Io new media artist shares their favourite works that you can watch and play at home right now

Editor's note: Nayuka Gorrie on Cleverman

"It is magic, it is real, it is history, it is future"

“Well, nobody’s perfect”: Billy Wilder's cynical, classic cinema

We examine how Billy Wilder's oeuvre helped define genres, classic Hollywood and an American era

Making Florence: a craft game studio at work

An interview with programmer Sam Crisp from Mountains

20 mins

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

Imperfect reflections: a defence of bad queer representation

Is bad representation worse than any representation at all?

Screen It to Steam: interview with Bradley Hennessey

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

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

Melbourne Women in Film Festival 2019

A celebration of the dedicated, hard working and talented women in the Australian screen industry and their stories

21 - 24 Feb 2019 10.00am, 3.00pm, 4.00pm Unclassified 15+

Women & Non-Binary Gamers Club

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

Next meet up: 8 Mar 2019 6pm–8pm Free

Fashion Film Award Screening + Discussion

Unclassified 15+

2 Mar 2019 90 mins Full $14 Concession $10 Member $10 Group (10+) $12

International Women's Day

Serious talks, and even more serious dancing

8 Mar 2019 6pm til late Full $25 Concession $22 Member $20

OzFlix Independent Film Awards

The indie film networking event of the year

28 Mar 2019 6.00pm Full $49 Concession $39 Member $36

Cleverman Comic Making

Explore your own comic creation skills

12 Apr 10am Full $35 Concession $30 Member $28 Recommended for ages 12-16