Australian Cinémathèque

Production still from Berlin Symphony of a Great City 1927 / Dir: Walter Ruttman / Image courtesy: Deutsche Kinemathek / View full image
The Australian Cinémathèque at GOMA provides an ongoing program of film and video that you're unlikely to see elsewhere. Screenings take place Wednesday and Friday nights and Saturday and Sundays matinees.
We offer a rich and diverse experience of the moving image, showcasing the work of influential filmmakers and international cinema, rare 35mm prints, recent restorations and silent films with live musical accompaniment.
Most screenings are free; however for ticketed film programs the Cinémathèque Box Office opens one hour prior to screenings and you are able to purchase snacks and refreshments during this time. You are more than welcome to take your drinks into the cinema. As we do not screen trailers prior to films we suggest you arrive early to allow plenty of time to enter and find a seat.
QAGOMA is the only Australian art gallery with purpose-built facilities dedicated to film and the moving image. The Australian Cinémathèque is an Associate Member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), an organisation of the world's leading film archives dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of film.
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Now Screening
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Lorenzo's Oil 1992 PG
- When 6.00pm, Fri 29 Sep 2023 (129 mins)
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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Dead Poets Society 1989 PG
- When 8.30pm, Fri 29 Sep 2023 (128 mins)
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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Silver City 1984 PG
- When 10.30am, Sat 30 Sep 2023 (101 mins)
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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Live Music, Performance Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt (Berlin, Symphony of a City) 1927 All Ages
- When 11.00am, Sat 30 Sep 2023 (62 mins)
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
Current & Upcoming Programs
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Live Music, Performance City Symphony A Live Music & Film Series
- When 26 Feb – 26 Nov 2023
- Where GOMA
- Admission Book Now
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Eye of the Storm The Cinematography of John Seale
- When 8 Sep – 4 Oct 2023
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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Gone Fishing
- When 9 Sep – 14 Oct 2023
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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Colour Box Abstract Cinema
- When 24 Sep 2023 – 4 Feb 2024
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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Coming Soon
New Voices Short Films from New Caledonia 2023
- When 1 Oct 2023
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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Japanese Film Festival 2023 Kо̄ Nakahira: A New Wave on the Shores of Japanese Cinema
- When 6 – 11 Oct 2023
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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Workshop Fierce Visions Mati Diop and Djibril Diop Mambéty
- When 13 – 22 Oct 2023
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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Live Music, Performance Repossession A Musical Tribute Performed by Andy Votel
- When 20 Oct 2023
- Where GOMA
- Admission Buy Tickets
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Live Music & Film The Phantom of the Opera
- When 1 Nov 2023
- Where GOMA
- Admission Buy Tickets
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The Films of Ute Aurand, Robert Beavers and Gregory J Markopoulos
- When 3 – 5 Nov 2023
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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Fairy Tales Truth, Power and Enchantment
- When 2 Dec 2023 – 28 Apr 2024
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
Upcoming Events
Past Programs
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Hollywood Screwballs
- When 28 Jul – 3 Sep 2023
- Where GOMA
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Workshop Contemporary Art X Cinema
- When 23 Jun – 26 Jul 2023
- Where GOMA
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Tall Tales and True: The Animations of Dennis Tupicoff Film & In Conversation
- When 29 Apr 2023
- Where GOMA
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Juliette Binoche
- When 28 Apr – 18 Jun 2023
- Where GOMA
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Melting into Air
- When 26 Nov 2022 – 23 Apr 2023
- Where GOMA