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Victorian Seniors Festival at ACMI

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) will be celebrating the Victorian Seniors Festival this October.

ACMI Seniors Film Festival

Join in the week-long series of free screenings at the Seniors Film Festival. The programming this year focuses on films that place older people at the centre of the frame. See a selection of four science-fiction films.

All sessions have allocated seating.

Event
06 October

ACMI Seniors Film Festival - Marjorie Prime

A woman invites an AI holographic version of her husband into her home
Event
07 October

ACMI Seniors Film Festival - Seconds

Rock Hudson stars as Arthur, an unfulfilled bank executive
Event
08 October

ACMI Seniors Film Festival - San Junipero

After a chance encounter in 1987, a shy woman tries to reconnect with her partner once a week
Event
10 October

ACMI Seniors Film Festival - Robot and Frank

After a robot is assigned as his carer, an ex-con attempts to co-opt it into a series of burglaries

Discounted screenings of Sally

Later in October, see the film Sally for just $9. Sally is portrait of Sally Ride – a leading physicist and the first American woman in space. There are 6 screenings of ‘Sally’ from 17 to 26 October 2025.

Seating is unallocated however bookings are recommended.

Event
17 October

ACMI screening of Sally

Join us in the cinema for a portrait of Sally Ride

Reviewed 31 August 2025