Young Ahmed

  • 2021
  • Drama
  • •
  • 1h 25m

The Dardenne brothers' fascination with the adolescent experience takes a sinister turn with this tale of an aspiring terrorist.

Desert Hearts

  • 1985
  • Women Make Film, LGBTQIA+
  • •
  • 1h 31m

Director Donna Deitch broke new ground with her landmark lesbian love story that shifted queer filmmaking from the margins and into the mainstream.

Funeral Parade of Roses

  • 1969
  • Restoration, Cinema 3 exclusive
  • •
  • 1h 45m

A new restoration of the 1960s classic is a dazzling dive into an unseen Tokyo.

Beau Travail

  • 1999
  • Cinema 3 exclusive
  • •
  • 1h 33m

The new digital restoration of Claire Denis' poetic tale of rivalry and remorse set in the world of the French Foreign Legion. Australian Premiere.

The Whistlers

  • 2019
  • Cinema 3 exclusive
  • •
  • 1h 37m

Vlad Ivanov stars as a world-weary detective in Corneliu Porumboiu’s sundrenched crime caper.

My List

First Look – New releases & restored classics from Australia and across the globe
Young Ahmed
  • 2021
  • Drama
  • •
  • 1h 25m
Desert Hearts
  • 1985
  • Women Make Film, LGBTQIA+
  • •
  • 1h 31m
Funeral Parade of Roses
  • 1969
  • Restoration, Cinema 3 exclusive
  • •
  • 1h 45m
Beau Travail
  • 1999
  • Cinema 3 exclusive
  • •
  • 1h 33m
The Whistlers
  • 2019
  • Cinema 3 exclusive
  • •
  • 1h 37m

Australian Perspectives – Spotlighting homegrown stories & talents
Island of the Hungry Ghosts
  • 2019
  • Documentary
  • •
  • 1h 34m
Rocking the Foundations
  • 1985
  • Documentary
  • •
  • 1h 32m
Australia Daze
  • 1988
  • Documentary, Cinema 3 Exclusive, Restoration
  • •
  • 1h 15m
Murundak: Songs of Freedom
  • 2011
  • Documentary, Music
  • •
  • 1h 25m
Fallout
  • 2013
  • Documentary, ACMI encore, Spotlight on Lawrence Johnston
  • •
  • 1h 26m
Neon
  • 2015
  • Documentary, Art & Design, Spotlight on Lawrence Johnston
  • •
  • 1h 24m
Jasper Jones
  • 2017
  • Australian, Mystery
  • •
  • 1h 45m
The Darkside
  • 2013
  • Australian, Cinema 3 exclusive, ACMI encore
  • •
  • 1h 34m
Noise
  • 2007
  • Australian
  • •
  • 1h 48m
Defiant Lives
  • 2017
  • Documentary, ACMI encore, Australian
  • •
  • 1h 30m
Defiant Lives (with Audio Description)
  • 2017
  • Documentary, ACMI encore, Australian
  • •
  • 1h 30m

Women Make Film
The Future
  • 2011
  • Women Make Film
  • •
  • 1h 31m
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
  • 2015
  • Horror, Women Make Film
  • •
  • 1h 41m
Appropriate Behaviour
  • 2015
  • Narrative feature, Women Make Film, LGBTQIA+
  • •
  • 1h 26m
Mustang
  • 2016
  • Narrative feature, Women Make Film
  • •
  • 1h 37m
Selma
  • 2014
  • Narrative feature, Women Make Film, Historical drama
  • •
  • 2h 8m
Toni Erdmann
  • 2016
  • Narrative feature, Women Make Film, Black comedy
  • •
  • 2h 36m

The Story of the Moving Image – A cinematic journey through a century of cinema and beyond
Russian Ark
  • 2002
  • ACMI encore
  • •
  • 1h 36m
Cemetery of Splendour
  • 2015
  • ACMI encore
  • •
  • 2h 2m
Breathless
  • 1960
  • The Story of Cinema
  • •
  • 1h 30m
Hitchcock/Truffaut
  • 2015
  • Documentary, Film & the Creative Process
  • •
  • 1h 19m
Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
  • 2017
  • Documentary, Film & the Creative Process, Australian
  • •
  • 1h 18m
Berberian Sound Studio
  • 2012
  • Film & the Creative Process, ACMI encore
  • •
  • 1h 32m
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
  • 2018
  • Documentary, Film & the Creative Process
  • •
  • 1h 43m
The Servant
  • 1963
  • Film & the Creative Process
  • •
  • 1h 56m
Parasite
  • 2019
  • Film & the Creative Process
  • •
  • 2h 11m
Last Men in Aleppo
  • 2017
  • Documentary, Moving Minds
  • •
  • 1h 23m

All-day Matinees – Our popular program of fine films for grown-up tastes
Nahid
  • 2015
  • ACMI encore
  • •
  • 1h 45m
A Bigger Splash
  • 2016
  • ACMI encore
  • •
  • 2h 5m
Spotlight on Hirokazu Kore-eda - 3 films for $12
  • 3 films
Shoplifters
  • 2018
  • Spotlight on Hirokazu Koreeda, Narrative feature
  • •
  • 2h 1m
After the Storm
  • 2016
  • Spotlight on Hirokazu Koreeda, ACMI encore
  • •
  • 1h 57m
Our Little Sister
  • 2015
  • Spotlight on Hirokazu Koreeda, ACMI encore
  • •
  • 2h 7m
The Extraordinary
  • 2019
  • Drama
  • •
  • 1h 54m
Britt-Marie Was Here
  • 2019
  • ACMI Exclusive, Comedy
  • •
  • 1h 37m
The Third Wife
  • 2019
  • Drama
  • •
  • 1h 37m
The Deep Blue Sea
  • 2011
  • ACMI encore
  • •
  • 1h 38m
The Two Faces Of January
  • 2014
  • ACMI encore
  • •
  • 1h 36m
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