Australian Centre for the Moving Image
A unique institution at the heart of Melbourne's iconic meeting place, Federation Square, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) celebrates, explores and promotes the cultural and creative richness of the moving image in all its forms - film, television and digital culture.
Through a vibrant calendar of award-winning Australian and international exhibitions, films, festivals, live events, creative workshops, education programs and Collection resources, ACMI provides diverse audiences with unsurpassed ways to engage with the moving image.
As one of Victoria's major cultural, tourism and learning attractions, ACMI is an integral element in Melbourne's position as one of the world's truly creative cities.
- PO Box 14, Flinders Lane
- Melbourne
- Victoria
- 8009
- Australia
- www.acmi.net.au
- Federation Square, Flinders Street
- Melbourne
- Victoria
- 8009
- Australia
- +61 3 8663 2467
| ID Local | Title | Description Brief | Updated |
| ACMI 1 | Film and Video Literary Adaptations Collection | The Film and Video Literary Adaptations collection comprises over 2000 titles, encompassing VHS, DVD, 16mm and 35mm film. It contains a wide range of feature and short films and television programs that are based on a variety literary/published works adapted for the screen. The collection dates from 1908 to the present day. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 10 | Interview Collection | Interviews filmed from 1930s to the present with the people who create and inspire the cultural landscape of Australia. ACMI have over 200 interviews with people from the famous and infamous to some of the local heroes of our time. Coverage: Victoria, Australia; Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 11 | The Power of Stories | A collection of personal and community stories, about participant's lives and that of those around them, told through the use of multimedia tools. Contributors have combined material from their own personal archives of audio visual material (photographs, video footage, text, music and sound) to produce a 3-4 minute personal story which they have then narrated. This collection contains approximately 50 titles and dates from 2001. Coverage: Victoria, Australia; Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 12 | Community | A collection of user generated stories and interviews with people about their relationship to their communities told through the use of multimedia tools. Contributors have combined material from their own personal archives of audio visual material (photographs, video footage, text, music and sound) to produce a 3-4 minute personal story which they have then narrated. Created as part of ACMI's Digital Storytelling program and ACMI in the Regions. This collection contains approximately 50 titles and dates from 2001. Coverage: Australia; Victoria, Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 13 | Change and Resilience | A collection of user generated stories, told through the use of multimedia tools, that provide first-hand accounts of people going through major changes in their lives and the ways they and their families have responded. Contributors have combined material from their own personal archives of audio visual material (photographs, video footage, text, music and sound) to produce a 3-4 minute personal story which they have then narrated. This collection contains approximately 50 titles and dates from 2001. Coverage: Victoria, Australia; Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 14 | Belonging and Identity | A collection of user generated stories, told through the use of multimedia tools, that highlight the sense of identity and the need to belong to a community, as well as illustrating the various communities that exist in Australia. Contributors have combined material from their own personal archives of audio visual material (photographs, video footage, text, music and sound) to produce a 3-4 minute personal story which they have then narrated. This collection contains approximately 50 titles and dates from 2001. Coverage: Victoria, Australia; Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 15 | Ability and Disability | A collection of user generated stories about people with disabilities, told through the use of multimedia tools. Contributors have combined material from their own personal archives of audio visual material (photographs, video footage, text, music and sound) to produce a 3-4 minute personal story which they have then narrated. This collection contains approximately 50 titles and dates from 2001. Coverage: Victoria, Australia; Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 16 | Young Australians | A collection of user generated stories about growing up in Australia and the hopes and dreams of Australian youth, told through the use of multimedia tools. Contributors have combined material from their own personal archives of audio visual material (photographs, video footage, text, music and sound) to produce a 3-4 minute personal story which they have then narrated. Over 20 short films have been created since 1993 as part of the Digital Storytelling program. Coverage: Australia; Victoria, Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 17 | Snapshots of Australian History | A collection of user generated stories and first person accounts of Australian life and the historical landscape of Australia, told through the use of multimedia tools. Contributors have combined material from their own personal archives of audio visual material (photographs, video footage, text, music and sound) to produce a 3-4 minute personal story which they have then narrated. This collection contains approximately 50 titles and dates from 2001. Coverage: Australia; Victoria, Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 18 | Conflict : Australians at War | A collection of user generated stories and first person accounts of what it was like to represent Australia during the various wars Australia participated in during the 20th century, told through the use of multimedia tools. Contributors have combined material from their own personal archives of audio visual material (photographs, video footage, text, music and sound) to produce a 3-4 minute personal story which they have then narrated. Around 80 short films have been created since 1993 as part of the Digital Storytelling program at ACMI. Coverage: Victoria, Australia; Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 19 | Indigenous Australian voices | A collection of user generated stories from the Indigenous Community, told through the use of multimedia tools. Provides a glimpse of the Indigenous experience in present-day Australia. Contributors have combined material from their own personal archives of audio visual material (photographs, video footage, text, music and sound) to produce a 3-4 minute personal story which they have then narrated. Around 50 short films have been created since 1993 as part of the Digital Storytelling program at ACMI. Coverage: Australia; Victoria, Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 2 | Digital Storytelling Collection | A collection of personal and community stories told through the use of multimedia tools. Contributors have combined material from their own personal archives of audio visual material (photographs, video footage, text, music and sound) to produce a 3-4 minute personal story which they have then narrated. There are currently around 1200 titles in the collection, however this number will increase by around 50-100 a year as Digital Storytelling has continued to be a popular program at ACMI since it started in 2003. Coverage: Victoria, Australia; Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 20 | State Film Centre Stills Collection | This collection consists of well in excess of 25,000 film production stills from the 1950s - 1980s. They are mostly from films made in Eastern Europe, in particular, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Germany and the Czech Republic. They are a rarity as most of these films did not get a release in Australia. Coverage: Hungary; Germany; Czech Republic; Poland; Russia; Eastern Europe | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 21 | Cinema Papers Collection | The Cinema Papers sub-collection includes press kits representing every film reviewed in the Cinema Papers magazine during its history. Also included is the monograph reference library accumulated by the magazine during its lifetime and a complete run of the Cinema Papers magazine. Coverage: Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 22 | Daley Collection | Fred Daley was an accomplished amateur filmmaker with a passion for Australian steam locomotive history. Family holidays centred around trips to and on historic railways throughout the country. Shot on 8mm, the legacy of Fred's films are now available for all to be seen thanks to the generosity of his son Neville's donation of the films to the ACMI Collection. Coverage: Australia; Tasmania, Australia; Victoria, Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 23 | Nicoll Collection | Alex Nicoll was a dab hand at filming everyday life with his suburban Melbourne family. These home movies, shot on 16mm, cover the period from the late 1930's to the 1970's and represent the lives and recreational pursuits of the family. His son, Mac Nicoll, kindly donated this slice of Australian life to the ACMI Collection in 2008. Coverage: Melbourne, Victoria; Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 24 | Bob Phillips Collection | ACMI acquire one of Australia's most significant private collections of television and pop culture memorabilia in 2006. The Bob Phillips Collection, assembled by veteran TV Producer Bob Phillips, with the cooperation of Australia's major television networks, features technical equipment from Australian television's very beginnings, including a camera used to shoot the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, together with memorabilia from some of Australia's most iconic television personalities and programs. Coverage: Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 25 | Foreign Language Film Collection | This is a collection of film works, the range extending to VHS, DVD, 16mm and 35mm film, in languages other than English. These films were acquired to broaden the cultural focus of the Collection. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 26 | French Embassy Collection | A collection of 16mm and 35mm films and Umatic tapes, some of which are rare, as donated by the French Embassy to ACMI for the purposes of educational use and access. Coverage: France | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 27 | Chinese Embassy Collection | Over 100, 16mm Asian language films, donated to ACMI by the Chinese Consulate for the purposes of education and access. Coverage: China; Taiwan; Hong Kong | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 28 | Animation Collection | An extensive range of features and shorts, including claymation, stop motion, computer generated and puppetry animation methods. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 29 | Australian History Collection | An extensive and rich collection, documenting Australia's history, through moving image, exhibition objects and publications. Coverage: Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 3 | Memory and Place Collection | ACMI's Memory and Place Collection comprises the finished work of MAP (later called ACMI in the Regions) projects designed to allow diverse communities across Victoria to represent themselves and capture untapped resources from Victoria's rich media history. The 600 short films are mostly available on DVD and date back to when the project began in 2002. Similar to Digital Storytelling, this is an ongoing program so the collection will continue to expand. Coverage: Victoria, Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 30 | Children's Films Collection | A collection of films made by children and for children, encompassing live action, animation and television programmes. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 31 | Improved Access Collection | A wide range of popular films, specially designed to increase access to film for those with hearing difficulties and for whom English is a second language. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 32 | International Documentaries Collection | A diverse range of documentaries, providing further insight to the world we live in. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 33 | Indigenous Collection | A comprehensive collection of films on Indigenous Australia from 1898 to the present. Coverage: Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 34 | Educational Films Collection | The Educational Films collection covers a diverse range of topics from many different disciplines; arts, science, history and engineering to name a few. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 35 | Instructional Films Collection | From an educational imperative ACMI has collected a diverse range of Instructional Films, which show, by way of instruction using film, how-to-do something, working in concert with our Educational Films Collection. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 36 | Experimental Films Collection | The Experimental Films Collection contains a variety of experimental genre film art from established moving image artists to student films, both local and international. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 37 | Feature Films Collection | An extensive and historic collection of Australian and international feature-length films. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 38 | National Film Board of Canada Collection | A selection of short and feature films produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Coverage: Canada | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 39 | Student Films Collection | A Collection of films created as part of Media and Film courses in both secondary and tertiary institutions, such as the Victorian College of the Arts, RMIT AIM and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Coverage: Australia; United States | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 4 | Tony Agapitos Collection | The work of Tony Agapitos, a Greek immigrant and film-maker who documented aspects of life in the Greek community in Melbourne during the 1960s. His work has been preserved by ACMI and is available to view on analog formats (VHS and 16mm film). The material comprises approximately three hours of footage. Coverage: Melbourne, Victoria | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 40 | Fashion Films Collection | Fashion throughout the 20th Century as depicted through the industry, designers and predominant trends, both in Australia and overseas. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 41 | Film Noir Collection | A collection of iconic film noir titles, including post 1960s titles, laden with the influences of the genre made popular since the 1940s. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 42 | Drama Collection | A wide collection of films that respresent 20th century moving image drama. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 43 | Horror Collection | A collection of horror stories on film throughout the 20th century, consisting of monsters, occult, killers or psychological thrillers. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 44 | Gay and Lesbian Film Collection | A blend of 'New Queer Cinema' and pre-gay liberation cinema titles that depict the experience of the 'queer' community and related issues. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 45 | Fantasy and Science Fiction Collection | Films that consider an existence different to present reality, whether loosely based on science or completely made-up, fantastic worlds. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 46 | Live Performance Collection | Moving image titles representing performance art, dance, comedy, music, opera, theatre, circus and experimental live performances from late 1920s to 2005. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 47 | About Photography Collection | Moving image works about the style, artists and processes of the still image art of Photography. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 48 | About Craft Collection | Film collection that provides inspiration and advice, taking the viewer through the creative process involved in handicraft. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 49 | Art and Artists Collection | ACMI's vast film collection traces art historical movements from the prehistoric to contemporary art from Australia and overseas. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 5 | Victorian Department of Agriculture Collection | Moving image material produced by the Victorian Department of Agriculture from the 1950s to the 1980s. Around 4000 prints on either 16mm or Video. Coverage: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 50 | Australian Film Institute Short Collection | Over 400 short films distributed by the Australian Film Institute from the 1960s to 2000. Coverage: Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 6 | Australian Documentary Collection | One of the strengths of ACMI's 16mm film collection is our comprehensive collection of classic Australian documentaries from the 1940s and 1950s produced by Federal and State government agencies. There are over 500 titles in this collection and they range from short to feature length. Coverage: Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 7 | Exemplary Works Collection | A body of exemplary moving image work, comprising the work of video and film artists, that has been acquired for exhibition and collection within the centre at Federation Square. This collection consists of around 500 titles and represent both established and emerging artists, from both Australia and overseas. The focus here is on important artistic works, as expressed through the moving image, in film, digital and analog formats. | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 8 | State Film Centre of Victoria films | ACMI holds many significant Australian titles on 16mm that contributed to or arose from the growth of a vibrant film culture in Victoria from the mid 20th century. In many cases these titles are not commercially available, nor is there a likelihood they will be released on current moving image formats. Coverage: Australia; Victoria, Australia | 30 May 2012 |
| ACMI 9 | Home Movies Collection | Straight from homes from Australia and overseas and preserved at ACMI, these home movies provide a snapshot of everyday life and a walk down memory lane. Over 50 works by all sorts of people, from budding film-makers to train enthusiasts, ranging from the 1920s to 1990s. Mostly digitised, these works were originally shot on 8mm, super 8mm and 16mm film stock, but available to view on video and DVD. Coverage: Australia; Victoria, Australia | 30 May 2012 |