Matinees

Celebrate cinema at a sensible hour with our thoughtfully curated line-up of films from Australia and around the world.

There’s something very special about seeing a matinee at ACMI. Perhaps it’s the smell of coffee in the air, or the steam off a hot tea, or maybe it’s the buzz of seeing a film in a museum dedicated to film, TV, videogames and video art – the art forms you love – with people around you who love them, too. Where else can you step out of a film screening and into a free exhibition examining the rich context around it?

This spring, we're leaning into cinema's intersections with other art forms. In Flies we'll see the world through the eyes of a young boy who retreats into Space Invaders when life gets too tough. In October, we'll join Bette Davis with her classic 1950 film All About Eve ahead of the Malthouse Theatre's new production. And towards the end of spring we'll cross over into literature with two films inspired by Albert Camus' The Outsider: François Ozon's L'Étranger from Meursault's perspective and Malek Bensmaïl's L'Arabe, from the victim's.

Matinee sessions run every Friday, Saturday and Sunday throughout winter with a short break during the MIFF period in mid-August and again in October for the Seniors Film Festival. Don't worry, though, there will be plenty of films to see at ACMI.

Reece Goodwin, Senior Programmer (Film & Screen Industry)