Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute

Day Tours of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute | Ballarat Winter Festival 8 July
2025-07-08 14:00 - 15:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Lending Library, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, 3350, Australia
Ballarat Film Society | Flow

February 12

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7:30 pm

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9:00 pm

Minerva Room

Animated Animal Ecofable

We begin 2026 with a beautiful animated film about a wide-eyed curious cat and other animals seeking refuge on a boat as their human-free world of eerie buildings and enormous statues is inexplicably and rapidly flooded. As the waters carry them along, they traverse magical, submerged landscapes, and are exposed to dangerous elemental forces. The film, which does not anthropomorphise the animals by giving them human speech or names, nonetheless shows them as having distinct personalities: a sleepy capybara, a jolly labrador retriever, a narcissistic ring-tailed lemur, and a majestic white secretary bird, brought together by the dangers they encounter to use their various skills to survive as a group. Sound designer Gurwal Coïc-Gallas used real animal sounds for each character – in particular his own cat Miut. A mysterious fable for our times, Flow has become the most attended film in Latvia’s history and won the 2025 Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature. Madman

Latvia, 2024, 85 min. Directed, written and produced by Gints Zilbalodi

Ballarat Film Society

Membership 12 months – Feb-December: $60Feb-July: $35 – July-Dec: $30 To join or renew your membership, please e-mail or phone Angus McLachlan (5374 2474), or come with cash on the night. Membership can be paid by bank transfer or with cash. For film enquiries, phone Sue Nunn: 5341 2266 or visit the Ballarat Film Society website All films are subject to availability. If there is no next film shown below it means the BFS is working on next season’s programme.

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2025-07-04 17:30 - 19:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

Kadampa Meditation Series | Meditations for Relaxation
2025-07-02 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-25 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Lending Library, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, 3350, Australia

The Australian Barbra Streisand Show | Featuring Rachael Grace
2025-06-29 14:00 - 16:30 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

In Conversation with Kylie Ladd | This event has now been CANCELLED
2025-06-25 18:00 - 19:30 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

'Next Fall', A Ballarat National Theatre Production
2025-06-22 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-21 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-06-21 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-20 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-06-19 19:00 - 22:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

Ballarat Film Society | La Chimera
2025-06-12 19:30 - 21:00 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Kadampa Meditation Series | Healthy Habits for A Happy Mind
2025-06-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-28 19:00 - 20:00 | Lending Library, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, 3350, Australia

In Conversation with Gail Holmes
2025-06-04 18:00 - 19:30 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

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2025-06-03 14:00 - 2025-07-01 15:00 | Lending Library, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, 3350, Australia

Ballart Pride Market 2025
2025-06-01 09:45 - 15:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

Sweet Mona's Choir | On Tour: Let the Good Times Roll CD Launch
2025-05-31 19:00 - 21:45 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Winter Book Sale | Stockpile your winter reading
2025-05-31 10:00 - 2025-06-01 14:00 | Lending Library, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, 3350, Australia

Ivan Aristeguieta: All Bangers No Mash
2025-05-29 19:00 - 20:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

In Conversation with Nicole Alexander
2025-05-28 18:00 - 19:30 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Sweet Sounds for the Otways
2025-05-25 14:00 - 17:30 | VIC

Wizard Oil and Wonders: Frank Weston the Wizard Oil Prince
2025-05-24 20:00 - 21:00 | VIC

Open House Melbourne Presents, Heritage Conversations: A Life in photos - John Gollings
2025-05-24 15:00 - 16:30 | VIC

The Vegas 70 returns to Ballarat | Ballarat Heritage Festival | Mary Poppins
2025-05-24 10:00 - 12:20 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

Whispers from the Garden | In Partnership with Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens Inc.
2025-05-24 10:00 - 11:00 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

The Vegas 70 returns to Ballarat | Ballarat Heritage Festival | Chinatown
2025-05-23 20:30 - 22:45 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

The Vegas 70 returns to Ballarat | Ballarat Heritage Festival | Blazing Saddles
2025-05-23 18:30 - 20:15 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350
