The National Film and Sound Archive presents the 2026 Winter Film Series. Take a cinematic journey through time and space at Arc Cinema.
From mind-bending time travel, fractured narratives, queer stories, intergalactic adventures, alien encounters and cosmic odysseys, join us for stories spanning eras and reaching into the far reaches of the universe.
Whether you're drawn to contemplative tales or epic escapism, explore worlds reshaped by technology, desire and chance.
JUNE Winter Series Lineup
We Don't Need A Map
A challenging, poetic essay about who we are as a nation.
7:00 PM Thu, Jun 4, 2026
Rated M
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Don't panic – the answer is 42.
7:00 PM Fri, Jun 5, 2026
Rated PG
The Man Who Fell to Earth
An alien arrives, making humanity look stranger than ever.
7:00 PM Sat, Jun 6, 2026
Rated R 18+
Groundhog Day
One day. Endless chances.
2:00 PM Sun, Jun 7, 2026
Rated PG
Slumdog Millionaire
Fate brings him to the question everyone is asking.
7:00 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2026
Rated PG
Don't Look Now
Some visions refuse to stay buried.
2:00 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2026
Rated MA 15+
Mars Attacks!
Resistance is futile — but laughter isn't.
7:00 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2026
Rated M
Book Club: The Book Thief
Words are resistance in a world of silence.
2:00 PM Sun, Jun 14, 2026
Rated PG
Science. Art. Film.: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
An ordinary man's obsession becomes humanity's first conversation with the cosmos.
6:00 PM Wed, Jun 17, 2026
Rated PG
Live it Up: The Mental As Anything Story + Q&A
Australia's most unlikely pop heroes.
7:00 PM Thu, Jun 18, 2026
Rated M
Before Sunrise
What if you met the right person at the wrong time?
6:00 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2026
Rated M
Before Sunset
Nine years later, what remains unsaid matters most.
8:15 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2026
Rated M
The Picture Show Man (35mm) + Q&A
Taking cinema to places in Australia it had never been.
2:00 PM Sat, Jun 20, 2026
Rated PG
Alphabet Lane + Q&A
An isolated couple lose control of a joke about imaginary friends.
7:00 PM Sat, Jun 20, 2026
Rated M
La Jetée + Sans Soleil
Two of director Chris Marker's masterworks.
2:00 PM Sun, Jun 21, 2026
Rated M
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
If you could erase heartbreak, would you want to?
7:00 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2026
Rated M
Cult Classics: Blood Simple (Directors Cut)
The Coen Brothers’ grimly comic debut feature follows a double-crossing Texas detective
8:00 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2026
Rated R 18+
Winter Warmers Movie Marathon: Back to the Future Trilogy
Back to the Future
2:00 PM Sat, Jun 27, 2026
Rated PG
Back to the Future Part II
4:30 PM Sat, Jun 27, 2026
Rated PG
Back to the Future Part III
7:00 PM Sat, Jun 27, 2026
Rated PG
The Lion King (Sing-Along)
Come sing the songs. Relive the legend.
2:00 PM Sun, Jun 28, 2026
Rated G
JULY Winter Series Lineup
Lesbian Space Princess
Queer Flicks: LGBTQIA+ community favourites
7:00 PM Thu, Jul 2, 2026
Rated MA 15+
Read FUSE Lesbian Space Princess film review
Run Lola Run
Every second counts.
6:00 PM Fri, Jul 3, 2026
Rated M
Funny Games (35mm)
Violence wants an audience.
8:00 PM Fri, Jul 3, 2026
Rated R 18+
In the Wake of the Bounty + Q&A
The legend before the legend.
2:00 PM Sat, Jul 4, 2026
Rated G
Pulp Fiction
Tarantino’s magnum opus; a cultural watershed and a touchstone of postmodern film.
7:00 PM Sat, Jul 4, 2026
Rated R 18+
