ACMI and VATE present: Picnic at Hanging Rock

VATE and ACMI co-present this special screening and pedagogical discussion of Peter Weir's iconic 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock — a landmark of Australian cinema and a staple of VCE English study. The evening begins with a screening in ACMI's Cinema 2, followed by a facilitated discussion exploring approaches to teaching the film in the English classroom. This is a valuable opportunity for English teachers to engage with the text in a cinematic setting and share pedagogical strategies with colleagues. Picnic at Hanging Rock, set in 1900, tells the haunting story of a group of schoolgirls who mysteriously vanish during a Valentine's Day outing to Hanging Rock, weaving themes of repression, landscape, and the unknowable that continue to resonate with students and scholars alike.