What's On at ACMI: March - April 2017

Museum and Ideas
ACMI celebrates Asia TOPA
acmi.net.au/asia-topa
Joining Arts Centre Melbourne and a consortium of cultural organisations, ACMI showcases the colourful, the queer and the cutting-edge during the inaugural Asia TOPA program in 2017 – a festival-style program that celebrates the wellspring of moving image, performing arts and culture from the diverse Asia-Pacific region.

Bombay Talkies exhibition

Open until 2 Jul, Gallery 2,

10am–5pm

Free entry

acmi.net.au/bombay-talkies
A major Asia TOPA highlight, ACMI exhibition Bombay Talkies captures the excitement and glamour of early Indian cinema with a treasure trove of artefacts collected by the -father of Bollywood cinema'. The exhibition showcases, for the very first time, the Dietze Family Trust archive, inherited by Melburnian Peter Dietze and his two brothers, who discovered late in life that their grandfather was a famous Indian filmmaker and entrepreneur. The collection comprises 3000 cultural artefacts in what is the most comprehensive collection of 1920s and 1930s Indian film studio ephemera in the world. Bombay Talkies is a household name in India, co-founded by ambitious and entrepreneurial filmmaker Himansu Rai (1892 – 1940) and his movie-star wife Devika Rani (1908 – 1994). Releasing 40 films over 20 years, Bombay Talkies was one of India's most innovative and highly resourced studios, launching the careers of several prominent luminaries including actor Ashok Kumar and director Raj Kapoor.

ACMI's free, interactive Screen Worlds exhibition is open daily, and now features a new VR exhibit
Open every day except Christmas Day, 10am–5pm
Tickets: free
acmi.net.au/events/screen-worlds
Screen Worlds is ACMI's free, permanent and interactive exhibition that tells the remarkable story of the moving image; a vibrant biography that explores its past, past present and future. This stunning exhibition will change the way audiences think about the most pervasive and powerful cultural forms of our time.