Victorian Current Acts

FILM ACT 2001 - SECT 23

The functions of ACMI are—

        (a)     to promote and exhibit, whether in Victoria or elsewhere, the moving image to the public or to any sector of the public;

        (b)     to develop, control, manage, operate and promote ACMI and any facilities under the control of ACMI;

        (c)     to promote, whether in Victoria or elsewhere, ACMI as a national centre for the creation and exhibition of the moving image and promotion of events or activities including festivals, conferences, publications or exhibitions, where film or other screen-based programs are made, seen or discussed;

        (d)     to establish, maintain, conserve, develop, promote and exhibit, whether in Victoria or elsewhere, the collection of moving images;

        (e)     to make, whether in Victoria or elsewhere, any item from the collection of moving images available for study or loan to persons or institutions, subject to any conditions that ACMI determines;

        (f)     to promote, whether in Victoria or elsewhere, public education and discussion with reference to the moving image;

        (g)     to develop and create, whether in Victoria or elsewhere, exhibitions of the moving image;

        (h)     to develop and create, whether in Victoria or elsewhere, materials for educational or other programs conducted by ACMI;

              (i)     to conduct, whether in Victoria or elsewhere, research and development in relation to the moving image;

        (j)     to develop relationships or enter into partnerships with other organisations, including government bodies, whether in Victoria or elsewhere, to promote public education in relation to the moving image.