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 October are films from the leading action-cinema director, John Woo, alongside films featuring another Hong Kong icon, Maggie Cheung, 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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愛在別鄉的季節 (Farewell China) 1990 M
- When 10.30 am, Sat 8 Nov 2025 (114 mins)
- Where GOMA
- Admission Buy Tickets
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新龍門客棧 (Dragon Inn) 1992 M
- When 1.00 pm, Sat 8 Nov 2025 (103 mins)
- Where GOMA
- Admission Buy Tickets
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英雄 (Hero) 2002 M
- When 3.15 pm, Sat 8 Nov 2025 (99 mins)
- Where GOMA
- Admission Buy Tickets
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不脫襪的人 (A Fishy Story) 1989 PG
- When 11.00 am, Sun 9 Nov 2025 (94 mins)
- Where GOMA
- Admission Buy Tickets
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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In the Mood for Maggie Cheung
- When 24 Oct – 30 Nov 2025
- Where GOMA
- Admission Buy Tickets
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Japanese Paper Films
- When 6.30 – 8.00 pm, Wed 19 Nov 2025
- Where GOMA
- Admission Buy Tickets
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John Woo Bullet Ballets
- When 21 – 29 Nov 2025
- Where GOMA
- Admission Buy Tickets
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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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Contraptions
- When 10 Jan – 21 Feb 2026
- Where GOMA
- Admission Free
Past Programs & Events
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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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Charles Burnett L.A. Rebel
- When 10 – 22 Oct 2025
- Where GOMA
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In Conversation + Film Us and the Night
- When 1.00 – 2.45 pm, Sat 4 Oct 2025
- Where GOMA
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New Voices Short Films from New Caledonia 2025
- When 28 Sep 2025
- Where GOMA
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Spectacles of Wonder
- When 27 Jun – 5 Oct 2025
- Where GOMA