A community of culture lovers, not only focused on our first love – cinema – but on new media, creative arts, screen technology, design, performance and LED-powered, eyes-open dreams.
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Linking Cultures: Connecting the Literatures of Southeast Asia
Presented in partnership with NonFiction Lab
Talk
Melbourne Asia Game Changer Awards 2022
Presented in partnership with Asia Society Australia
Talk
News
Melbourne Design Week
Relive the action with video replays and image galleries in our Journal.
Past Futures film program
Take a deeper dive with essays on the imagined dystopias and utopias that made their way into our collective conscious, and into the design of now.
Venue Hire
The Capitol is available to hire for screenings, performances, talks, conferences, festivals, meetings and private events.
The Capitol
Image Gallery
“The best cinema that was ever built or ever likely to be built.”
Originally built in 1924, and reopened in 2019, The Capitol has a spectacular architectural and cinematic history, and is recognised as a true Melbourne icon.