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NGV Friday Nights: Cartier

NGV Friday Nights shine with Cartier, featuring live music, flims, food and drinks.

Parents and child seated in cinema seats, parents holding large striped containers of popcorn, the child in the middle smiling up at the screen.
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Library Cinema at narrm ngarrgu

Each month, watch a movie on the big screen, including contemporary, classic and documentary films.

A still from the movie A Better Tomorrow, with a man wearing dark glasses lighting a cigarette with a burning banknote.

Asian Cinema Collective: A Better Tomorrow

A screening of the 4K restoration of the influential Hong Kong action film, A Better Tomorrow.

Liza Minelli and Joel Grey performing wearing 1930s vaudeville costume in a still from the movie Cabaret.

Capitol Theatre Orchestra followed by Cabaret Screening

Enjoy a performance of 1920s jazz before entering the decadent world of 1930s Berlin.

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Play: Melbourne Fringe Radical Access Movie Nights

Film screenings and panel discussions that embed accessibility at the core of creative process.

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Focus on Frederick Wiseman

Celebrate the 62-year career of one of the great observers of modern life.

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YUMI: The Whole World

An evening of film and conversation about climate justice, featuring Professor Tim Flannery.

Still from a Japanese Anime movie showing a woman warrior with blood on her face, with the snarling face of a wolf behind her.
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Spotlight on Anime Heroines

A film season showing four decades of Japanese anime, with female protagonists at the centre.

A full orchestra on a stage in front of a large cinema screen showing a still from the movie Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Celebrate 25 years of The Fellowship of the Ring with Howard Shore’s score performed live.

A picture of a dolphin on the Big Screen at Fed Square, people gathered at the foot of the screen to watch, city buildings in the background.
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Outdoor Cinema: Feathers, Fins and Friendship

Catch beloved family-friendly adventure films about human and animal friendships, on the Big Screen.

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Matinees at ACMI Cinemas

Celebrate cinema at a sensible hour with ACMI's thoughtfully curated line-up of films.

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Love Actually In Concert

The ultimate romantic comedy, with a live symphony orchestra.

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The best pop-up and outdoor cinemas in Melbourne

Find the best outdoor cinema, pop-up theatres and free movies.

A still image from the movie How to Train your Dragon 2, showing a boy riding a dragon with other dragons flying around them.
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert

An awe-inspiring experience for the whole family.

A still image of David Bowie as a character from the movie Labyrinth.

Labyrinth: In Concert

Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert with a live band is coming to Melbourne.

A movie poster of Edward Scissorhands showing Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder in a garden setting.
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Edward Scissorhands in Concert

The MSO performs Danny Elfman's ethereal and emotive score live to picture.

A still image from a film showing a woman with her eyes closed and head back as ticker-tape rains down.
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Focus on Lynne Ramsay

A career-spanning season pairing Lynne Ramsay's most celebrated films and ones that inspired her.

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Lifelike

Lifelike is a major new exhibition celebrating the magic of movie puppetry in all its forms.

Black and white still from the film Essential Truths from the Lake, shows a person standing with their back to the camera on a small boat wearing large, feathered wings with their arms outstretched, with several other people resting or lying down on the same boat.
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Focus on Lav Diaz

Experience the transcendental and political films from the Filipino master of slow cinema.

Pianist Mina Yu playing a grand piano while looking up at the ceiling, a single warm light cast down on her.

Korean Drama and Cinema Reimagined in Jazz

Love, destiny and iconic Korean soundtracks transformed with the Mina Yu Ensemble.

Melbourne cinemas

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ACMI

Museum dedicated to the moving image through events, film screenings and exhibitions.

Large IMAX signage above entrance to cinema.

IMAX

Delivering an immersive movie experience on the world's largest screen.

Large Kino Cinema sign in Collins Place atrium.

Kino Cinema

Boutique cinema in Collins Place showing art house, independent and mainstream films.

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Cinema Nova

Cinema Nova is Melbourne's home of quality arthouse and contemporary cinema.

Depiction of characters from Journey to the West, including monkey and priest.

Chinatown Cinema

This cinema screens the latest Chinese-language movies.

The Capitol theatre building on Swanston Street.

The Capitol

An extraordinary refurbished cinema and destination for events, festivals and live performances.

Audience enjoying a Gold Class cinema experience in reclining armchairs with food and drinks.

Village Cinemas Crown

Offering a broad range of cinema experiences to cover all tastes and occasions.

Rows of cinema seating.

HOYTS

Cinema complex inside Melbourne Central showing the latest blockbusters.

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People walking by Flinders Street Station.

Monthly highlights

Make the most of your visit to Melbourne with our monthly guides to what's on in the city.

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Museums and art galleries

Explore Melbourne's public museums and galleries along with artist-run and commercial galleries.

Chinese dragons at the front of a festival parade.

Chinatown

Let the hanging lanterns guide you along Little Bourke Street into Australia’s oldest Chinatown.

A performer on stage wearing an extravagant, feathery costume.

Theatre and shows

Discover Melbourne's hit musicals, cutting-edge theatre and late-night cabaret shows.