Dedicated to screening rare & significant films in their original format.
Dedicated to screening rare & significant films in their original format.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run film society.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque is a membership-based film society based in Melbourne, Australia.
We hold screenings at ACMI, Fed Square every Wednesday night for most of the year.
Admission is by membership, which can be obtained on a short-term or yearly basis.
We are a volunteer-run, not-for-profit organisation.
7:00pm WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY
Ryusuke Hamaguchi (2021) 121 mins – M
Released in the same year as the widely celebrated Drive My Car, and itself awarded the Silver Bear at the 71st Berlinale and acclaimed by Cahiers du cinéma, Hamaguchi’s intimate triptych presents three separate tales highlighting the nature of coincidence and fate amidst unrequited romance, seduction and misunderstanding. Although each section is imbued with a profound emotional complexity, Hamaguchi handles these female-centred stories with an imaginative and affective delicacy that is both evocative and deeply engaging.
9:20pm LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED
Ryusuke Hamaguchi (2003) 43 mins – Unclassified 15+
This program brings together two medium-length works from Hamaguchi’s early career. His second film was shot on 8mm while the director was still a student at the University of Tokyo. Structured around a series of unhurried conversations between five young friends – one of which is played by Hamaguchi himself – it already contains many of the themes and formal elements that would come to define his cinema. Followed by the TV project I Love Thee For Good Ryusuke Hamaguchi (2009) 58 mins – Unclassified 15+. A young couple’s impending marriage is threatened by the bride’s secret.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque started out as the Melbourne University Film Society (MUFS) in 1948 and changed its name to Cinémathèque in 1984.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque aims to present films in the medium they were created and as closely as possible to screen films the way they would have originally screened (i.e. big screen, celluloid prints, not video or DVD).
Programmes include a diverse selection of classic and contemporary films showcasing director retrospectives, special guest appearances and thematic series including archival material and new or restored prints.
We have on occasion hosted numerous seminars featuring renowned film scholars such as David Bordwell, Adrian Martin and Ian Christie. We are also dedicated to providing new annotations on the films we screen via the CTEQ annotations, hosted as a part of the quarterly online film journal Senses of Cinema.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque is self-administered and membership-driven relying on support from individuals, foundations, corporations and government funding to maintain its high standard of excellence. If you would like to be involved, or to offer donations or sponsorship, please contact us.
Presented by The Melbourne Cinémathèque and ACMI
Curated by Michael Koller, Adrian Danks, Eloise Ross, Cerise Howard and Andréas Giannopoulos for the Melbourne Cinémathèque
Music Synchronisation: Michael Koller
State Government support by VicScreen.
Supported by the City of Melbourne Annual Arts Grants Program.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque receives funding from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund.
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The Melbourne Cinémathèque receives support from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund.