ACMI Education

26/08/2026

It's alive! 🦖 👽 🔮

Joyful, surprising and deeply human, Lifelike invites schools to rediscover the wonder of puppets, and explore the craft, performance and invention that bring iconic screen characters to life.

Materials from Pinocchio, Jurassic Park, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and The Muppets will all be there.

Teachers: you can visit FREE outside of a school visit with a free teacher membership. All you need is a current VIT card. This is the perfect way to explore how this impactful exhibition will inspire student learning.

Teachers: celebrate the magic of movie puppetry with your students, and get up close with beloved, eerie, and unforgettable characters with a school excursion to Lifelike.

23/07/2026

ATOM Awards are back for 2026! 🎥

We are proud to be supporting the awards which celebrate student filmmaking across many mediums and categories, including narrative film, documentary, music videos, and animation.

📝 Applications are now open and close Sep 25.

Head to the ATOM Awards page to find out more!

Since 1982, the ATOM Awards have celebrated excellence in screen content, recognising outstanding achievements across education, industry, and emerging creative practice throughout Australia and New Zealand.

07/07/2026

Our friends at Lawless Learning are holiding a one-day festival of learning through play, Sat 1 Aug at Preston City Hall.

Play, learn and browse games with the people who made them or use them, at this festival designed for teachers, students, families, game designers and educators. Find out more:

Play is the Brain's Favourite Way to Learn

03/07/2026

Teachers: do you have students interested in game development?

The ACMI + RMIT Young Creators’ Lab invites 10–16 year olds to show their in-development projects at ACMI, and gather expert industry and audience feedback. Students do not have to be coders or have made a videogame before, this lab is all about communicating a vision for a game idea. This could come in the form of level maps, character designs, gameplay descriptors, story summaries, or even a game demo 🎮 📝

Applications close soon (July 19) with the actual lab dates in November 2026.

To find out more (including FAQs) or to start an application, head to our website:

https://www.acmi.net.au/projects-partnerships/acmi-rmit-young-creators-lab

Test out your moving image project with ACMI's visitors.

09/06/2026

Join us for a mob-first screening of 'Sweet As' as part of NAIDOC Week — celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.

📅 Tue 14 Jul 2026
🕥 10.15am – 12.20pm

Set on Country in the Pilbara, 'Sweet As' follows Murra, a quiet teen who joins a photography road trip and starts to see herself — and the world — differently.

Stick around after the film for a short, student-friendly talk unpacking the story, themes, and Murra’s journey 🎥

Mob-first session for First Nations secondary students
Teachers + school staff welcome

A free screening for First Nation's students to celebrate NAIDOC week 2026.

12/05/2026

Teachers: This webinar brings together perspectives from education and online safety to explore what media literacy looks like in classrooms today, including our very own Head of Education & Public Programs at ACMI, Christine Evely.

Find out more and register for this free event, Tue 2 June, 4pm AEST.

https://clickview.zoom.us/webinar/register/3917778961143/WN_f3FK_RMGTQ68jgPDB_499Q #/registration

05/05/2026

Celebrate NAIDOC Week 2026 on Tue 14 July with a FREE screening of Jub Clerc's 'Sweet As', a coming-of-age road movie set in the Pilbara region of W.A.

This screening includes a film viewing, followed by a talk where we'll unpack how the film communicates meaning through character, theme, and film form.

This is a mob‑first session designed specifically for First Nations students, with teachers and school staff welcome to attend and support them.

A free screening for First Nation's students to celebrate NAIDOC week 2026.

16/04/2026

Meet Shaun Tan, creator of 'The Lost Thing' and 'Tales from Outer Suburbia', which has been turned into an incredible animation, now on ABC.

Mon 18 May we will have a Q&A with Shaun at ACMI, with student and teacher tickets FREE. Can't make it in to ACMI? This event will be streamed live as a Webinar with our friends the Australian Children's Television Foundation.

Join ACMI and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) and for a rare opportunity to connect with one of Australia’s most celebrated storytellers, Shaun Tan.

15/04/2026

Teachers: interested in using digital games in the classroom? 🎮 🎓

Join us and teacher and digital pedagogy expert Shea Rigney for a series of ~FREE~ professional learning webinars throughout May (11/4, 18/4, 25/4) and explore research-backed theory behind game-based learning, discover practical frameworks for curriculum integration.

Register now:

A full-day workshop designed to transform your teaching through the power of digital games!

27/03/2026

In this FREE workshop for Years 4-6, students will analyse media campaigns for social causes, before planning and animating their own messages on an important issue or topic. 🗨 📣

This program builds students’ media literacy through a balance of analysis and creative production, and is free for Vic Gov schools.

We've several dates available throughout Terms 2, 3 and 4, so don't miss this opportunity to have a fun and meaningful day out at ACMI with your students!

VCES Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series 2026 Free education workshop