Events

Melbourne Cinémathèque announces a very special curated season, Masterpieces of Ukrainian Cinema. The season pairs six historical and contemporary retrospective titles across three weeks showcasing works of auteurs, contemporary talent, and some of Ukraine’s greatest films of all time. The season screens from July 20 – August 3 every Wednesday from 7pm at ACMI. The program commemorates Ukraine’s 100-years of feature filmmaking and is made possible by the Dovzhenko Centre (the Ukrainian National Film Archive), whereby a portion of the season’s proceeds...

Melbourne Documentary Film Festival will present its 7th edition, 'Punks, Rebels, Mavericks and Renegades' in-cinema at Carlton's Cinema Nova this monbth. The line-up includes 120 documentaries, including web series, VR and shorts. Among the line-up are seven world premieres and four digital Australian premieres. Twenty-four Australian feature docs will screen in competition. Opening night will consist of three films, Charlotte White's Angel, Camden Casey's Making Wonder and Fiona Cochrane's PATOU: In Black in White. Closing the festival will be Craig Miller's...

The 5th Taiwan Film Festival is returning to Australian cinemas from July 28 to August 13. This year's program will be presented in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra, with more than 30 sessions and 20 Australian premieres. The slate of features, hybrid documentaries, classic retrospectives, and shorts includes the opening film Goddamned Asura (2021), from writers Lou Yi-An and Singing Chen, who team up once again to question and reshape the karma effect of the decisions made in everyday lives....