ACMI's Spring School Holiday Program

This Spring ACMI has jam-packed the school holidays with events, workshops and screenings to keep everyone occupied.

Family Day: Jungle Party
Sun 28 Sep, 10am to 4pm
Free
Move it, move it on down to our Madagascar Jungle Party day, full of free activities for kids and families.

Kids Claymation: Animated Escapades
Thu 25 Sep and Fri 26 Sep, 10am to 4pm
Full $90 Concession $80 ACMI Member $75
Bookings essential
A one-day workshop for kids aged 9 to 12 where you create your very own claymation spectacular.
 
Kids Drop in: Screen Safari
Mon 22 Sep to Fri 26 Sep
Mon 29 Sep to Fri 3 Oct
Sessions from 11am, 12pm, 2pm and 3pm
Free
Adventure like the animals of Madagascar in this drop-in green screen workshop designed for kids aged 8 to 12.
 
Make a Movie
Mon 22 Sep to Wed 24 Sep, 10am to 4pm
Full $270 Concession $250 ACMI Member $230
From video newbies to regular YouTube uploaders, this three-day workshop is a must for any budding filmmaker aged 9 to 12.

Intermix
Critique, debate, design and play. Intermix is designed for people aged 15 to 20.

The Animation Challenge: Pt 5
Sun 21 Sep, 10am
Free – limited capacity
In celebration of DreamWorks Animation: The Exhibition, this series of workshops has followed the DreamWorks Animation pipeline to create a short animated film over five months. The fifth and final workshop in our extended series focuses on editing all your animations into a complete film.

Megamind 3D PG Mild animated violence and infrequent coarse language
Sat 20 Sep, Sun 21 Sep, 10.30am, 1pm
When evil mastermind Megamind (Will Farrell) eliminates Megacity's all round hero Metro Man (Brad Pitt), there is something of an imbalance of superhero power in town. To bring ying to his yang, Megamind transforms news reporter Roxanne Ritchi's (Tina Fey) cameraman into Tighten (Jonah Hill) but not all goes to plan.

Kung Fu Panda 2 3D PG Mild animated violence
Mon 22 Sep, Tue 23 Sep, 10.30am, 1pm
With peacock Shen (Gary Oldman) determined to abolish kung fu and take over China, it will be up to Po (Jack Black) and his fellow kung fu masters – Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Viper (Lucy Liu), Crane (David Cross), Monkey (Jackie Chan) and Mantis (Seth Rogan) – to battle the forces of evil.

Puss in Boots 3D PG Mild violence
Wed 24 Sep, Thu 25 Sep, 10.30am, 1pm
In a clever mash up of well loved fairytale characters, we have one Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) and his childhood friend Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis) steal some magic beans from Jack (Billy Bob Thornton) and Jill (Amy Sedaris) to enable them to get their hands on the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 3D PG Mild violence and crude humour
Fri 26 Sep, Sat 27 Sep, 10.30am, 1pm
Lion Alex (Ben Stiller), zebra Marty (Chris Rock), giraffe Melman (David Schwimmer) and hippo Gloria (Jada Plunkett Smith) just want to get out of Africa but when the penguins leave them stranded yet again, they will have to rely on their own special talents to make it all the way back home.

Rise of the Guardians 3D PG Mild fantasy themes and violence
Sun 28 Sep, Mon 29 Sep, 10.30am, 1pm
Jude Law lends his voice to the scintillatingly scary Pitch who one by one extinguishes the powers of the Guardians - a team of storybook heroes. The Sandman, North (Alec Baldwin), Tooth (Isla Fisher), Bunny (Hugh Jackman) join forces with new recruit Jack Frost (Chris Pine) to defend children's hopes and dreams.

How To Train Your Dragon 3D PG Mild fantasy violence
Tue 30 Sep, Wed 1 Oct, 10.30am, 1pmHiccup (Jay Barruchel) is not like other Vikings. In a victory of brains over brawn, Hiccup proves that force may not always be the best form of attack. Befriending an injured Night Fury dragon nicknamed Toothless, and with a little Hiccup ingenuity, they take to the skies in a thrilling display of aerial acrobatics.

Turbo 3D G
Thu 2 Oct, Fri 3 Oct, 10.30am and 1pm
Snail Turbo (Ryan Reynolds) longs to leave the rat race (or whatever the snail equivalent is) behind him. When he's is sucked into the motor of a speeding car he becomes more than turbo-charged, developing super-snail speed.  Will he prove he's 'got the skills to pay the bills"?!

Mr Peabody & Sherman PG
Sat 4 Oct, Sun 5 Oct, 10.30am, 1pm
Based on characters from the -Peabody's Improbable History' segments of Jay Ward's animated television series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, this time travel comedy stars Nobel Prize winning scientist-inventor and talking dog Mr. Peabody (Ty Burrell) and his adopted human son, Sherman (Max Charles).

DreamWorks Animation: The Exhibition
Until Sunday 5 October 2014
From the award-winning studio that brought you the animated classics Shrek, Madagascar and the awesome Kung Fu Panda comes the biggest exhibition in ACMI's history - a world-first behind the scenes celebration of 20 years of DreamWorks Animation!
 
David Rosetzky: Gaps
Until Sunday 8 February 2015
Open daily 10am-5pm
Free Entry
David Rosetzky creates elegant videos which feature an eclectic array of performers in carefully art directed surrounds, but stirs the surface of this seductive world with an undertow of disquiet and disconnection. Gaps continues his ongoing exploration of personal identity and the relationship - or gaps - between self and other.

Screen Worlds
Permanent Exhibition
Open daily 10am-5pm
Free entry
Our stunning permanent exhibition will change the way you think about the most pervasive and powerful cultural forms of our time. With an ambitious scope unlike any other exhibition in the world, Screen Worlds brings together rarely-seen footage, fascinating objects and interactive displays.