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Dressing room mirrors - Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Luke Goodsell

Doll parts: The Todd Haynes pop fantasy trilogy

"Few filmmakers better understand the power of artifice to reveal emotional truth".
Barbie waving web
Claire White

Goodbye Barbieland, hello self

Still from The Truman Show (1998)
Anthony Frajman

The Truman Show at 25 – Part 1: a prescient, cautionary fable

Screen It cinema students
Susan Bye

Building screen culture at ACMI

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Letitia Wright as Shuri in Black Panther (2018)

Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion

Learn more about the screen goddesses and works featured in Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion.
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Iconic film and TV moments

Find out why we chose these moments to feature in our Edit Line interactive experience in The Story of the Moving Image.
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Personal Response

We share some of our thoughts and memories sparked by the objects and works featured in our exhibitions.
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We need to talk about ...

Join our curators and programmers for a chat about the hottest, most underrappreciated and polarising screen works today.
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First Nations stories

Get to the heart of the moving image with stories from First Peoples' perspectives.
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Inside ACMI X Podcast

Meet the ACMI X residents at the cutting edge of Australia's screen culture in this monthly podcast series exploring film, TV, videogames and creative technologies.
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The Story of the Moving Image

A visitor looks at The Last Emperor costumes in The Story of the Moving Image - photo by Shannon McGrath
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Curating our centrepiece exhibition

Our visitor experience guides pose questions to the curators and creators behind our exhibition, The Story of the Moving Image.
Aaron Pedersen - Mystery Road (2013)

Stephen A Russell

Building a Mystery

Stephen A Russell charts the journey of Ivan Sen’s outback detective Jay Swan from the big screen to our televisions.
A collection of Humphrey B Bear paraphernalia sits in front of a yellow background. Included items are a soft toy, a book, a clock, and a poster, all with Humphrey B Bear branding.

Spencer Gilder-Smith

ACMI toybox treasure hunt

How many of these puppets, figurines and toys can you find on your next visit to ACMI's The Story of the Moving Image exhibition?
Don't mess with the Ferals restrospective - Ellen Muller

Ellen Muller

Don't mess with The Ferals: revisiting the cult classic series

The Ferals are loud, obnoxious, dangerous, bad-mannered and ugly... We want more!
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Meet the makers

Eye closeup - The Dark Current, Angela Tiatia

Laura Castagnini

Making 'The Dark Current'

After a busy day filming her new work The Dark Current, Angela Tiatia spoke with ACMI curator Laura Castagnini about making her most complex film to date.
Sally M. Nangala Mulda - working on Two Girls from Amoonguna - photo by Bec Capp

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Making Two Girls from Amoonguna

Meet artists Sally M Nangala Mulda and Marlene Rubuntja, and find out how they made Two Girls from Amoonguna.
Peter Waples Crowe

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Peter Waples-Crowe on Ngaya (I Am)

Learn more about this work, showing as part of the How I See It: Blak Art and Film exhibition at ACMI.
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    The pre-code 1932 feature, A Bill of Divorcement, a glass cinema slide of which features in the glass cinema slide display, stars John Barrymore and Katharine Hepburn in her screen debut.

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    Education Perspectives

    Screen It cinema students
    Susan Bye

    Building screen culture at ACMI

    Never underestimate the impact of a school excursion to the cinema.
    Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
    Alexander Bacalja

    Playing and studying games from a critical perspective

    Videogame worlds can be incredibly immersive, sometimes to the detriment of the player's critical eye.
    Alexander Bacalja

    Reading digital games

    What does it mean to read a digital game?
    Alexander Bacalja

    Beyond engagement: playing and studying games at school

    Both inside and outside of schools, digital games have become ubiquitous learning devices.
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    Demystifying AI: Using ChatGPT in Education

    Leon Furze discusses how ChatGPT can facilitate meaningful learning experiences, support lesson planning and contribute to student assessment.
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