Australian Cinémathèque
Production still from The Straight Story 1999 / Director: David Lynch / Image courtesy: StudioCanal Australia / 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.
Screening this December is the Japanese Film Festival Special Series returning with a focus on the 1930s, a defining decade for Japanese film. and upcoming in January 'Contraptions' from mad inventors to mechanical mayhem, and much more.
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, silent films with live musical accompaniment and regular In Conversation events with film creatives.
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 which can be taken into the cinema. As we do not screen commercial 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.
Up Next
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決闘高田の馬場 (Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba) 1937 All Ages
- When 1.30 pm, Sat 6 Dec 2025 (57 mins)
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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祇園の姉妹 (Sisters of the Gion) 1936 PG
- When 3.00 pm, Sat 6 Dec 2025 (69 mins)
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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妻よ薔薇のように (Wife! Be Like a Rose!) 1935 All Ages
- When 6.10 pm, Sat 6 Dec 2025 (74 mins)
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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丹下左膳余話 百万両の壺 (Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth A Million Ryō) 1935 All Ages
- When 10.45 am, Sun 7 Dec 2025 (92 mins)
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
Current & Upcoming Programs & Events
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Curator's Pick 2025 For the Love of It
- When 29 Jan – 10 Dec 2025
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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Japanese Film Festival 2025 The 1930s: When Japanese Film Found Its Voice
- When 3 – 19 Dec 2025
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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Perceptions of Light
- When 9 Jan – 26 Apr 2026
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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Contraptions
- When 10 Jan – 21 Feb 2026
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
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Live Music & Film Makino Takashi
- When 6.30 – 7.45 pm, Thu 12 Mar 2026
- Where GOMA
- Admission To be announced
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Live Music & Film Nosferatu
- When 2.00 – 4.10 pm, Sun 26 Apr 2026
- Where GOMA
- Admission To be announced
Past Programs & Events
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John Woo Bullet Ballets
- When 21 – 29 Nov 2025
- Where GOMA
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Japanese Paper Films
- When 6.30 – 8.00 pm, Wed 19 Nov 2025
- Where GOMA
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As Years Go By Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong's Radiant Star
- When 11.00 am – 12.00 pm, Sun 26 Oct 2025
- Where GOMA
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In the Mood for Maggie Cheung
- When 24 Oct – 30 Nov 2025
- Where GOMA
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Charles Burnett L.A. Rebel
- When 10 – 22 Oct 2025
- Where GOMA