ACMI & MAV (Multicultural Arts Victoria) present
Riar Rizaldi Workshop
When
Sat 24 Oct – Sun 25 Oct 2026
Asian Futurisms & The Fluid Lens: An Essayistic Filmmaking Workshop with Riar Rizaldi.
This intensive two-day workshop is an invitation to artists who find themselves in this transitional space: where ideas are potent, but form is still emerging. Focussing on the possibilities of the essay-film, non-fiction narratives, and the old school video essay, this workshop is designed not as a technical masterclass, but as a collaborative crucible for sharpening artistic vision.
Participants will work with Rizaldi to examine the challenges and creative hurdles in their moving image practice. Through group brainstorming and guided feedback, this workshop will help you find new ways to bring your complex ideas to life on screen!
ACMI is also hosting two screenings films by Riar Rizaldi, with introductions from the filmmaker. Learn more and get tickets here.
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Riar Rizaldi
Riar Rizaldi is an artist and filmmaker, based in Indonesia. His artistic practice focuses mostly on worldviews and the possibility of theoretical fiction. His works have been shown at various international film festivals (including Locarno, IFFR, FID Marseille, Viennale, BFI London, Cinema du Reel, etc.) as well as Centre Pompidou Paris, NTT InterCommunication Center Tokyo, Taipei Biennial, Istanbul Biennial, Venice Architecture Biennale, Biennale Jogja, National Gallery of Indonesia, and other venues and institutions. In addition, solo exhibitions and focus program of his works had been held at Batalha Centro de Cinema, Porto and Centre de la photographie Genève.
MAV (Multicultural Arts Victoria)
Established in 1983 on Wurundjeri land, MAV (Multicultural Arts Victoria) is Victoria's key not-for-profit arts organisation dedicated to supporting culturally diverse artists and communities across all art forms music, dance, theatre, film, visual arts and contemporary media technology.
For over 50 years, MAV (Multicultural Arts Victoria) has evolved into one of Australia's most important arts organisations as a platform for discovery, development and promotion of culturally and linguistically diverse contemporary art, heritage and cultural expression.
