28/2/09 - MELBOURNE’S FILM COMMUNITY UNITES FOR BUSHFIRE FUNDRAISER

Melbourne’s screen culture leaders and cinephile community are coming together to support the Victorian Bushfire Appeal with a one-off fundraising screening of Matteo Garrone’s award-winning drama, Gomorrah.

Yet to be released in Australian cinemas, the sensation of Cannes (Grand Prix winner) and the 2008 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), Gomorrah will be screened at ACMI on Saturday 7 March with all proceeds going to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal.

The special fundraiser is being presented by the Melbourne Cinematheque, RMIT University and ACMI with the support of Madman Entertainment, Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts Film and Television (VCA), Film Victoria, MIFF, Australian Film Institute (AFI).

The film will be introduced by Australian actor Nina Landis (City Homicide, The Hollowmen, MDA, Blackjack) with a package of short films from AFTRS to also screen.

Gomorrah (Unclassified 18+)
ACMI Cinemas, Federation Square Melbourne
Saturday 7 March 2009 at 2pm
Adults $25 Concession $20

* Please note that all Cinémathèque members with a yearly membership are eligible for the discount price of $20, but we would appreciate those who aren't unemployed, pensioners or students pay the full $25 if possible.

Tickets available at the ACMI Box Office and online www.acmi.net.au

It is recommended that tickets are bought on line prior to the screening to avoid disappointment.

All proceeds from the screening go to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal

28/01/09 - OPENING NIGHT 2009

The Melbourne Cinémathèque will recommence screenings from Wednesday, February 11th 2009.

For information about ticketing and our venue, please visit this page.

28/01/09 - PREVIOUS YEARS WEBSITES

Our previous screenings and seasons are still available for browsing on our past websites:

* 2008: www.melbournecinematheque.org/2008
* 2007: www.melbournecinematheque.org/2007

28/01/09 - 2009 CALENDAR

Calendars for The Melbourne Cinémathèque 2009 season will become available from February 4th from the usual pick-up spots, as well as our screening venue, The Australian Centre for the Moving Image.

Meanwhile, PDFs of the 2009 calendar can be viewed & downloaded by clicking on the images below.

Each measure approximately 49.88cm x 71.08cm.

2009 Calendar - Page 1 (5.12MB):

2009 Calendar - Page 2 (4.36MB):

JULY 8 - JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI

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7.00pm - IDENTIFICATION MARKS: NONE
Jerzy Skolimowski (1964) 76 mins

Skolimowski’s highly personal first feature, made while he was a student at the National Film Academy in Lodz, delves into the theme of “existential profundity”.

35mm print courtesy of Filmoteka Narodowa.

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8.25pm - WALKOVER
Jerzy Skolimowski (1971) 88 mins M

Skolimowski took up boxing at university & had completed a documentary on the subject before making this film, the second in the semi-autobiographical “Andrzej Leszczyc trilogy”.

35mm print courtesy of Filmoteka Narodowa.

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9.55pm - BARRIER
Jerzy Skolimowski (1966) 83 mins

Widely considered to be Skolimowki’s stylistic breakthrough, this companion piece to Identification Marks: None & Walkover (often called the “generation trilogy”) is an evocative study of a restless youth in personal crisis after leaving medical school in Warsaw.

35mm print courtesy of Filmoteka Narodowa.