What's On at ACMI: May - June, 2017

Wallace & Gromit and Friends: The Magic of Aardman
Opens 29 Jun 2017
From Wallace & Gromit to Shaun the Sheep and Chicken Run plus many more, Aardman's claymation creations have been enchanting audiences for over four decades. In this upcoming ACMI exhibition, audiences can take an extraordinary trip from sketches and models through to elaborate sets as these beloved characters take shape on screen. Highlighting over 350 objects from Aardman's most amazing animations, celebrate the Oscar-winning studio's unique artistic vision.

ACMI celebrates Asia TOPA
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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.