What's On At ACMI: 18th - 24th of March

Seniors' Cinema: The Mystery Of Happiness (El Misterio De La Felicidad)
Sat 14 Mar – Tue 24 Mar 2015
$7
Santiago (Guillermo Francella) and Eugenio (Fabián Arenillas) have been inseparable friends and business associates for over thirty years. When Eugenio fails to turn up at work one day, a perplexed Santiago and Eugenio's equally mystified wife, Laura (1990s Argentine film and television star Inéz Estévez in her big-screen comeback), are forced to examine their respective co-dependencies.

Intermix Digital Storytelling Project
Mon 23 Mar – Thu 26 Mar 2015
Free
In this exciting four-day film project, young Chinese people aged 13 to 17 years who have migrated to Melbourne are invited to create short films telling their own personal stories.

Festivals: 5th Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Thu 19 Mar – Mon 30 Mar 2015
The oldest and largest queer film festival in Australia celebrates its 25th year in 2015. Don't miss this outstanding smorgasbord of quality queer film.

Highlights

I Feel Like Disco
Dir: Axel Ranisch, 98 mins, Germany, 2013
Much to his dad's chagrin, Florian has two left hands a much too big belly and a love of disco over sports or girls. How can these two ever find common ground?

Anita's Last Cha-Cha (Ang Huling Cha-Cha ni Anita)
Dir: Sigrid Bernado, 112 mins, Philippines, 2014
Teenager Anita falls hard for her cousin's ex-girlfriend Pilar in this outstanding coming-of-age comedy/drama.

The Circle (Der Kreis)
Dir: Stefan Haupt, 102 mins, Switzerland, 2014
While the repression against homosexuals intensifies  during 1950s Zurich, two young men fight for their love and – together with their friends – for gay rights.

The Chambermaid Lynn (Das Zimmermadchen Lynn)

Dir: Ingo Haeb, 90 mins, Germany, 2014
Described as Germany's answer to 50 Shades of Grey, this lesbian comedy fetish film is not to be missed.

The Foxy Merkins
Dir: Madeleine Olnek, 81 mins, USA, 2014
Two lesbian hookers wind their way through a world of bargain-hunting housewives and double-dealing conservatives in this buddy comedy that's both an homage to and a riff on iconic male hustler films.

Out in the Night
Dir: Blair Doroshwalther, 75 mins, USA, 2013
In this hard-hitting, award-winning  documentary, four black lesbians face charges and conviction for assaulting a man who attacked them on a New York street.