What's On at ACMI 15th - 21st of June

An Introduction to Scorsese  (part of ACMI's SCORSESE: Film and Public Programs) 

Selected dates from 3 Jun to 23 Aug

www.acmi.net.au/live-events/talks-performances/an-introduction-to-scorsese 

This series of talks offers an intimate introduction to the acclaimed SCORSESE exhibition and a unique look at the man behind the camera. ACMI curators and programmers will introduce you to the master filmmaker's expansive career and examine the iconic content on show in the gallery, uncovering the range of influences that have helped shape Scorsese's own work. These talks also explore the immense cinematic impact the filmmaker has had on the film industry along the way.

Admission:      Free for SCORSESE exhibition ticket holders.

Misfits and Misdemeanours

Available to view from 26 May, 12noon to 5pm daily

The Australian Mediatheque is a free screen culture resource centre located at ACMI to provide access to a wealth of audio and video content from the collections of ACMI and the National Film and Sound Archive. To celebrate the SCORSESE exhibition, the Australian Mediatheque has curated a special program that will be available to view during opening hours from 12noon to 5pm, daily (total running time: 03:23:56:00). Misfits and Misdemeanours features a series of digital archival works that pay homage to the themes and characters in Scorsese's films, alongside an analogue collection of films that inspired Scorsese. This series of short form works is a tribute to the theme of troubled men and boys, on the fringe, playing up and out of sorts, often present in Scorsese's films. Both digital and analogue formats will be available to view.

Admission:      Free. For more information please ask a staff member at the Australian Mediatheque

Presented by ACMI and MIAF

Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF)

19 to 26 June

www.acmi.net.au/film/festivals/melbourne-international-animation-festival-2016/

Melbourne's annual festival of the best new and historical animation from around the world will screen at ACMI in June. The packed line-up includes an International Program of animated shorts from all over the world selected from more than 4,400 submissions, Panorama a series of new films out of competition but too good not to be seen and Best of the Next showcasing new student animation from Australia and around the world. Not to be missed is the MIAF Symposium looking at animation Made In Melbourne which kicks off with a look back on some of the VCA film highlights over the years followed by panel discussion.

Tickets: Full $18, Concession $14, Members $18

Presented by Melbourne Cinematheque and ACMI

Melbourne Cinematheque double bill: Goto, Island of Love and La Marge

Since 1948, the Melbourne Cinematheque has been showing ground breaking, rare and significant cinema from around the world. Screening this week is a double bill by Polish film maker Walerian Borowczyk.

Goto, Island of Love M

15 June 7pm

www.acmi.net.au/film/melbourne-cinematheque/goto-island-of-love/

In an isolated community, a pompous dictator holds public executions and lets criminals fight in the streets.

Filmed in black-and-white with a few, brief colour shots, the film's striking compositions move through cell-like rooms to explore themes of fear and dictatorial rule. Ligia Branice (La jetée), the director's then wife, co-stars in a surrealist masterpiece splendidly underlined by its use of Handel's organ music.

La Marge R18+

15 June, 8.45pm

www.acmi.net.au/film/melbourne-cinematheque/la-marge/

A successful businessman, whilst on a business trip to Paris, encounters a beautiful and mysterious prostitute and begins a passionate affair while struggling to reconcile his guilt with the loss of his wife and son.

Tickets:            3 Week and Annual Memberships available

Seniors' Cinema - Phoenix M

18 to 27 June

www.acmi.net.au/film/seniors-cinema/phoenix/

June, 1945. Badly injured, her face disfigured, Auschwitz survivor Nelly (Nina Hoss) returns to her hometown of Berlin. She is accompanied by Lene, (Nina Kunzendorf) a Jewish Agency employee and Nelly's friend from pre-war days. Barely recovered from facial surgery, Nelly ignores Lene's misgivings and sets out to find her husband, Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld), a man who may or may not have played a role in Nelly's arrest.  Nelly eventually tracks Johnny down but he – convinced that his wife has perished – discerns only an unnerving resemblance to his former spouse. Hoping to secure Nelly's inheritance, Johnny suggests to Nelly that she take on the identity of his late wife.

Tickets:            Seniors $7, Members $6, Non-Seniors $13

Australian Perspectives - Storm Boy G

11 to 18 June

https://www.acmi.net.au/film/australian-perspectives/storm-boy/

Director Glendyn Ivin (Last Ride) introduces this special 40th anniversary screening of Storm Boy. Set in the windswept Coorong wetlands of South Australia, this enduring children's classic touches on some serious themes: race relations, the environment, and family breakdown, but seamlessly waves them into this heartfelt tale of a boy and his pelican, Mr. Percival. Elevated by Geoff Burton's (Sunday Too Far Away) majestic cinematography and featuring an impressive debut performance by Greg Rowe and the charismatic David Gulpilil, the film went on to be an Australian and international box office success.

Tickets:            Full $7, Members $5

For session times and more information on these and all other events on at ACMI visit acmi.net.au