This is a list of past releases, screenings and events relating to Australian cinema in the United Kingdom for 2014. For current and future events, please see the Aussie Film Calendar.
JANUARY
| 10 | The Railway Man (Teplitzky, 2013) – Theatrical release via Lionsgate | ||
| 13 | Black Water (Nerlich/Traucki, 2007) – Australian Gothic @ Showroom Cinema (Sheffield) | ||
| 17 | The Jungle (Traucki, 2014) – DVD release via Metrodome | ||
| 19 | Wake in Fright (Kotcheff, 1971) – 35mm screening @ Glasgow Film Theatre | ||
| 20 | The Piano (Campion, 1993) – Blu-ray release via Studiocanal | ||
| The Piano (Campion, 1993) @ BFI Southbank (London) | |||
| Dark City (Proyas, 1998) @ Prince Charles Cinema (London) | |||
| 23 | The Piano (Campion, 1993) @ BFI Southbank (London) | ||
| 25 | The Castle (Sitch, 1997) @ Clapham Grand (London) | ||
| 26 | Wake in Fright (Kotcheff, 1971) – 35mm screening @ Filmhouse (Edinburgh) | ||
| 27 | Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard (Lowenstein, 2011) – DVD release via Matchbox | ||
| 29 | I, Frankenstein (Beattie, 2013) – Theatrical release via Entertainment Film Distributors |
FEBRUARY
| 10 | Muirhouse (Rahim, 2012) – DVD release via Monster Pictures UK | ||
| 11 | The Rocket (Mordaunt, 2013) – Glasgow Youth Film Festival @ Glasgow Film Theatre | ||
| 15 | Bastardy: Jack Charles (Courtin-Wilson, 2009) @ Barbican Centre (London) | ||
| Wake in Fright (Kotcheff, 1971) – 35mm screening @ Rio Cinema (Dalston, London) | |||
| 23 | Mystery Road (Sen, 2013) @ Glasgow Film Festival | ||
| 24 | Savages Crossing (Dobson, 2010) – DVD release via 101 Films | ||
| 27 | The Last Impresario (Otto, 2013) @ Glasgow Film Festival | ||
| Tracks (Curran, 2013) @ Glasgow Film Festival | |||
| 28 | The Last Impresario (Otto, 2013) @ Glasgow Film Festival | ||
| Tracks (Curran, 2013) @ Glasgow Film Festival | |||
| Wolf Creek 2 (McLean, 2013) – FrightFest @ Glasgow Film Festival |
MARCH
| 1 | Submerge (O’Connor, 2012) – DVD/VOD release via The Passage | ||
| 2 | Wolf Creek 2 (McLean, 2013) – Frightfest @ Glasgow Film Festival | ||
| 7 | Wake in Fright (Kotcheff, 1971) – Theatrical re-release via Eureka Entertainment | ||
| 11 | Submerge (O’Connor, 2012) – UK launch screening @ Roxy Bar & Screen (London) | ||
| 14 | The Rocket (Mordaunt, 2013) – Theatrical/VoD release via Eureka | ||
| 15 | Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust (Weston, 2013) @ Rio Cinema, Dalston (London) | ||
| 16 | Tracks (Curran, 2013) @ Borderlines Film Festival – The Courtyard (Hereford) | ||
| 19 | Lore (Shortland, 2012) – KCL Film Society @ King’s College London | ||
| 21 | Croc-a-Dyke Dundee (Cunningham-Reid, 2014) @ BFI Flare – London LGBT Film Festival | ||
| 22 | Mary and Max (Elliot, 2009) @ Flatpack Festival – Birmingham Midland Institute | ||
| 23 | Croc-a-Dyke Dundee (Cunningham-Reid, 2014) @ BFI Flare – London LGBT Film Festival | ||
| 24 | Croc-a-Dyke Dundee (Cunningham-Reid, 2014) @ BFI Flare – London LGBT Film Festival | ||
| Robbery Under Arms (Lee, 1957) – DVD release via Network | |||
| 25 | Wake in Fright (Kotcheff, 1971) – Discover Tuesdays @ Picturehouse Cinemas | ||
| 27 | Red Dog (Stenders, 2012) – Occasional Cinema @ Blue Sky (Bangor, Wales) | ||
| 30 | 52 Tuesdays (Hyde, 2014) @ BFI Flare – London LGBT Film Festival | ||
| 31 | Wake in Fright (Kotcheff, 1971) – Dual-format (Blu/DVD) release via Eureka | ||
| Mad Dog Morgan (Mora, 1976) @ BFI Southbank (London) |
APRIL
| 1 | Tracks (Curran, 2013) @ Bradford International Film Festival | ||
| 3 | Tracks (Curran, 2013) @ Bradford International Film Festival | ||
| 9 | Mad Dog Morgan (Mora, 1976) @ BFI Southbank (London) | ||
| 7 | The Hunter (Nettheim, 2012) – SciScreen @ Arts Picturehouse (Cambridge) | ||
| Yajilarra (Hogan, 2009) & Seminar w/ June Oscar @ Senate House (London) | |||
| 22 | Tracks (Curran, 2013) – Preview screening @ BFI Southbank (London) | ||
| 25 | Tracks (Curran, 2013) – Theatrical release via Momentum Pictures | ||
| Stone (Harbutt, 1974) / Ghosts…of the Civil Dead (Hillcoat, 1988) – Good, Bad, Unseen @ Genesis Cinema (London) | |||
| 26 | End Play (Burstall, 1976) – Frightclub All-nighter @ The Custard Factory (Birmingham) | ||
| 28 | The Sullivans [Vols. 5/6] (TV series, 1976-83) – DVD release via Medium Rare |
MAY
| 3 | MurderDrome (Armstrong, 2013) @ ULU (London) | ||
| 5 | The Railway Man (Teplitzky, 2013) – DVD/Blu release via Lionsgate | ||
| 10 | Mad Max / Mad Max 2 (Miller, 1979/1981) – Derby Film Festival @ Quad Cinema | ||
| 11 | MurderDrome (Armstrong, 2013) @ The Tin Music & Arts (Coventry) | ||
| 12 | MurderDrome (Armstrong, 2013) – DVD release via Monster Pictures UK | ||
| MurderDrome (Armstrong, 2013) @ Little Theatre Cinema (Bath) | |||
| 13 | Mad Max (Miller, 1979) – Derby Film Festival @ Quad Cinema (Derby) | ||
| 15 | Mad Max 2 (Miller, 1981) – Derby Film Festival @ Quad Cinema (Derby) | ||
| 16 | Mad Max (Miller, 1979) – Derby Film Festival @ Quad Cinema (Derby) | ||
| Razorback (Mulcahy, 1984) – Derby Film Festival @ Quad Cinema (Derby) | |||
| 17 | Mad Max 2 (Miller, 1981) – Derby Film Festival @ Quad Cinema (Derby) | ||
| MurderDrome (Armstrong, 2013) @ 10 Feet Tall (Cardiff) | |||
| 18 | Walkabout (Roeg, 1971) / Wake in Fright (Kotcheff, 1971) @ Rio Cinema, Dalston (London) | ||
| 19 | The Piano (Campion, 1993) – Blu-ray release via StudioCanal | ||
| Wish You Were Here (Darcy-Smith, 2012) – DVD release via Metrodome | |||
| 25 | MurderDrome (Armstrong, 2013) @ Plymouth Arts Centre | ||
| 26 | I, Frankenstein (Beattie, 2014) – DVD/Blu release via Entertainment Film | ||
| The Sullivans – Vol. 8 (TV series, 1976-83) – DVD release via MediumRare | |||
| 27 | The Search for Weng Weng (Leavold, 2013) @ Terracotta Film Festival – ICA (London) | ||
| 30 | ANZFLA: The Sharp Edge – The Art of Martin Sharp (ABC TV, 2013) @ King’s College London | ||
| 31 | ANZFLA: Musica Surfica (Sowry, 2008) @ King’s College London | ||
| ANZFLA: A Personal History of the Australian Surf (Blakemore, 1981) @ King’s College London | |||
| ANZFLA: Graphic Novels! Melbourne! (Hayward, 2012) @ King’s College London |
JUNE
| 1 | ANZFLA: Paul Kelly: Stories of Me (Darling, 2012) @ King’s College London | ||
| ANZFLA: Utopia (Pilger, 2013) @ King’s College London | |||
| ANZFLA: The Best of Tropfest @King’s College London | |||
| 2 | Blood Money (McQualter, 2012) – DVD release via Warwick Films | ||
| 7 | Girt By Sea (McNeil, 2014) @ Peace Gardens – Sheffield Doc/Fest | ||
| All This Mayhem (Martin, 2013) – Doc/Fest @ BFI Southbank (London) | |||
| 8 | All This Mayhem (Martin, 2013) @ Showroom Cinema – Sheffield Doc/Fest | ||
| 9 | Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story (Holmes, 2014) @ Showroom Cinema – Sheffield Doc/Fest | ||
| Stone Cold Justice (ABC TV, 2014) @ St Nicholas Church Hall (Guildford) | |||
| 10 | The Search for Weng Weng (Leavold, 2013) @ Odeon – Sheffield Doc/Fest | ||
| All This Mayhem (Martin, 2013) @ Showroom Cinema – Sheffield Doc/Fest | |||
| 11 | The Sentimental Bloke (Longford, 1919) @ Bristol Silents – Lansdown Pub (Bristol) | ||
| 13 | MurderDrome (Armstrong, 2013) @ The Rigger (Newcastle under Lyme) | ||
| Knocked for Six [aka Save Your Legs!] (Hicklin, 2012) – Limited theatrical release via Metrodome | |||
| 15 | Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story (Holmes, 2014) @ East End Film Festival (Rich Mix, London) | ||
| 16 | Knocked for Six [aka Save Your Legs!] (Hicklin, 2012) – DVD release via Metrodome | ||
| Jonah from Tonga (TV Series, 2014) – DVD release via 2Entertain | |||
| 19 | Lore (Shortland, 2012) @ Bigger Picture Film Club – East Dulwich Tavern (London) | ||
| 22 | Galore (Graham, 2013) @ Edinburgh International Film Festival | ||
| 24 | Galore (Graham, 2013) @ Edinburgh International Film Festival | ||
| 26 | The Infinite Man (Sullivan, 2014) @ Edinburgh International Film Festival | ||
| 27 | The Infinite Man (Sullivan, 2014) @ Edinburgh International Film Festival | ||
| 30 | The Rocket (Mordaunt, 2013) – DVD/Blu release via Eureka Entertainment |
JULY
| 3 | Notes on the Apparatus (Smith, 2013) – Artists’ Film Biennial @ ICA | ||
| Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story (Holmes, 2014) @ Clapham Picturehouse (London) | |||
| 4 | Goddess (Lamprell, 2013) – Theatrical release via Metrodome | ||
| 5 | Mad Max / Mad Max 2 (Miller, 1979/1981) @ Various Picturehouses | ||
| 9 | The Great Gatsby (Luhrmann, 2013) – Luna Cinema @ Scotney Castle (Kent) | ||
| 20 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Elliott, 1994) @ Battersea Power Station (London) | ||
| 25 | The Great Gatsby (Luhrmann, 2013) @ Regal Picturehouse (Henley-on-Thames) | ||
| 28 | Apocalyptic (Triggs, 2013) – DVD release via Monster Pictures | ||
| Rabbit-Proof Fence (Noyce, 2002) @ Glasgow Film Theatre (Glasgow) |
AUGUST
| 4 | Sunstruck (Gilbert, 1972) – DVD release via Network | ||
| 8 | All This Mayhem (Martin, 2013) – Theatrical release via Koch Media | ||
| The Great Gatsby (Luhrmann, 2013) – Luna Cinema @ Kensington Palace (London) | |||
| 11 | Patrick: Evil Awakens (Hartley, 2013) – DVD/VOD release via House Entertainment | ||
| 15 | The Rover (Michôd, 2014) – Theatrical release via eOne | ||
| Picnic at Hanging Rock (Weir, 1975) @ Broadway Cinema (Nottingham) | |||
| 18 | Tracks (Curran, 2013) – DVD/Blu release via Entertainment One | ||
| Stone (Harbutt, 1974) @ Alibi Film Club (London) | |||
| 22 | Not Quite Hollywood (Hartley, 2008) @ Quad Cinema (Derby) | ||
| Roadgames (Franklin, 1981) @ Quad Cinema (Derby) | |||
| F4FF: Wolf Creek 2 (McLean, 2013) @ Vue Leicester Sq (London) | |||
| 23 | F4FF: The Babadook (Kent, 2013) @ Vue Leicester Sq (London) | ||
| 24 | Not Quite Hollywood (Hartley, 2008) @ Quad Cinema (Derby) | ||
| Roadgames (Franklin, 1981) @ Quad Cinema (Derby) | |||
| 25 | F4FF: Lemon Tree Passage (Campbell, 2014) @ Vue Leicester Sq (London) | ||
| Goddess (Lamprell, 2013) – DVD release via Metrodome | |||
| 28 | Mary & Max (Elliot, 2009) – Minicine @ The Palace Picturehouse (Leeds) | ||
| 29 | Mystery Road (Sen, 2013) – Theatrical release via Axiom | ||
| 30 | The Great Gatsby (Luhrmann, 2013) – Luna Cinema @ Hatfield House (Hertfordshire) |
SEPTEMBER
| 2 | Animal Kingdom (Michôd, 2010) – Little White Lies: Around the World in 8 Films @ W London | ||
| 6 | Moulin Rouge! (Luhrmann, 2001) – Pop-up Screens @ Manor House Gardens, Lewisham (London) | ||
| 8 | Babe (Noonan, 1995) – DVD release via Universal | ||
| 10 | The Sapphires (Blair, 2012) @ Cranbrook Film Society (Kent) | ||
| 11 | Kenny (Jacobson, 2006) @ Star & Shadow Cinema (Newcastle upon Tyne) | ||
| 15 | Wolf Creek 2 (McLean, 2013) – DVD/Blu/VOD release via eOne | ||
| 16 | The Castle (Sitch, 1997) – Inverness Film Fans @ Eden Court (Inverness) | ||
| 22 | The Railway Man (Teplitzky, 2013) @ Little Theatre Cinema (Bath) | ||
| 23 | The Last Impresario (Otto, 2013) – Preview/Q&A @ BFI Southbank (London) | ||
| 25 | Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard (Lowenstein/Milburn, 2011) @ Tyneside Cinema (Newcastle) | ||
| 26 | The Last Impresario (Otto, 2013) – Theatrical release via Dogwoof | ||
| Wolf Creek 2 (McLean, 2013) @ Roxy Bar & Screen (London) | |||
| The Proposition (Hillcoat, 2005) @ Hackney Picturehouse (London) | |||
| 29 | Errors of the Human Body (Sheean, 2012) – DVD release via Koch Media | ||
| 30 | The Babadook (Kent, 2013) – Grimmfest Preview Night @ Odeon Printworks (Manchester) | ||
| Picnic at Hanging Rock (Weir, 1975) – Inverness Film Fans @ Eden Court (Inverness) |
OCTOBER
| 3 | Sororal (Barrett, 2014) @ GrimmFest – Gorilla (Manchester) | ||
| 4 | Dogs in Space (Lowenstein, 1986) @ Tyneside Cinema (Newcastle) | ||
| 7 | All This Mayhem (Martin, 2013) @ Stoke Film Theatre (Stoke on Trent) | ||
| Animal Kingdom (Michôd, 2010) – Inverness Film Fans @ Eden Court (Inverness) | |||
| 9 | Stephanie in the Water (Warbrick, 2014) – London Surf Film Festival @ Genesis (London) | ||
| LFF: Charlie’s Country (de Heer, 2013) @ BFI Southbank (London) | |||
| LFF: Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (Hartley, 2014) @ BFI Southbank (London) | |||
| LFF: The Mule (Mahony/Sampson, 2014) @ Vue Islington (London) | |||
| 10 | Tracks (Curran, 2013) @ Lewes Film Club (East Sussex) | ||
| 11 | LFF: Charlie’s Country (de Heer, 2013) @ Odeon West End (London) | ||
| LFF: Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (Hartley, 2014) @ Vue Islington (London) | |||
| LFF: The Turning (Various, 2013) @ Curzon Soho (London) | |||
| 12 | LFF: The Mule (Mahony/Sampson, 2014) @ Odeon West End (London) | ||
| Out in the Line-Up (Thomson, 2014) – London Surf Film Festival @ Genesis (London) | |||
| 13 | LFF: The Turning (Various, 2013) @ Vue West End (London) | ||
| 16 | LFF: The Little Death (Lawson, 2014) @ Hackney Picturehouse (London) | ||
| LFF: The Lost Aviator (Lancaster, 2014) @ Odeon Covent Garden (London) | |||
| Tracks (Curran, 2013) – Purbeck Film Festival @ Rex Cinema (Wareham) | |||
| Wake in Fright (Kotcheff, 1971) + Brian West Q&A – Purbeck Film Festival @ Rex Cinema (Wareham) | |||
| Wake in Fright (Kotcheff, 1971) – Hull Independent Cinema Project @ Kardomah 94 (Hull) | |||
| 17 | LFF: The Little Death (Lawson, 2014) @ Vue West End (London) | ||
| Mystery Road (Sen, 2013) – Purbeck Film Festival @ Lighthouse (Poole) | |||
| LFF: Son of a Gun (Avery, 2014) @ Odeon West End (London) | |||
| LFF: Tender (Wallworth, 2013) @ BFI Southbank (London) | |||
| 18 | Apocalyptic (Triggs, 2014) @ British Horror Film Festival – Empire Leicester Square (London) | ||
| LFF: Austin to Boston (Haney, 2014) @ BFI Southbank (London) | |||
| LFF: Kill Me Three Times (Stenders, 2014) @ Odeon West End (London) | |||
| Mad Max 2 [aka The Road Warrior] (Miller, 1981) – Belfast Film Festival @ T13 (Belfast) | |||
| LFF: The Mule (Mahony/Sampson, 2014) @ Ritzy Cinema (London) | |||
| LFF: Son of a Gun (Avery, 2014) @ Odeon West End (London) | |||
| 19 | LFF: Austin to Boston (Haney, 2014) @ Vue West End (London) | ||
| LFF: Kill Me Three Times (Stenders, 2014) @ Hackney Picturehouse (London) | |||
| LFF: The Lost Aviator (Lancaster, 2014) @ Vue Islington (London) | |||
| LFF: Son of a Gun (Avery, 2014) @ Vue Islington (London) | |||
| LFF: Tender (Wallworth, 2013) @ ICA (London) | |||
| 21 | All This Mayhem (Martin, 2013) – Discover Tuesdays @ various Picturehouse Cinemas | ||
| Australian Film Theory and Criticism, Vol. 2: Interviews [Book] (Edited by Noel King and Deane Williams) via Intellect Books | |||
| 22 | Tracks (Curran, 2013) @ Swindon Film Society – Swindon Arts Centre | ||
| 24 | The Babadook (Kent, 2013) – Theatrical release via Icon | ||
| The Rocket (Mordaunt, 2013) – Sherborne Film Festival @ Powell Theatre (Sherborne) | |||
| 25 | Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla (Simpson, 2014) @ Celluloid Screams – Showroom (Sheffield) | ||
| 27 | All This Mayhem (Martin, 2013) – DVD release via Koch Media | ||
| Felony (Edgerton, 2013) – Digital/VOD release via Solo Media | |||
| The Last Impresario (Otto, 2013) – DVD release via Dogwoof | |||
| Mystery Road (Sen, 2013) – DVD/Blu release via Axiom | |||
| 28 | Mystery Road (Sen, 2013) – Discover Tuesdays @ various Picturehouse Cinemas | ||
| 30 | Dark City (Proyas, 1998) – BFI Sci-Fi @ The Cube (Bristol) | ||
| 31 | Mad Max 2 [aka The Road Warrior] (Miller, 1981) -BFI Sci-Fi @ BFI Southbank (London) |
NOVEMBER
| 2 | Mad Max 2 [aka The Road Warrior] (Miller, 1981) – BFI Sci-Fi @ BFI Southbank (London) | ||
| Predestination (Spierig, 2014) – Mayhem Film Festival @ Broadway (Nottingham) | |||
| 3 | The Code (TV series, 2014) – DVD release via Arrow Films | ||
| Secrets and Lies (TV series, 2013) – DVD release via RLJ Entertainment | |||
| 5 | Tracks (Curran, 2013) @ Fermanagh Film Club (Enniskillen) | ||
| 8 | Tracks (Curran, 2013) @ Octagon Films (Market Harborough) | ||
| 9 | Healing (Monahan, 2014) @ Eden Court – Inverness Film Festival | ||
| Mystery Road (Sen, 2013) @ Cornwall Film Festival – Regal Cinema (Redruth) | |||
| 10 | Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla (Simpson, 2014) – DVD/Blu release via Monster Pictures | ||
| Convict (Basha/Field, 2014) – DVD release via Signature Entertainment | |||
| Metal Down Under: A History of Heavy Metal in Australia (Calpakdjian, 2014) – DVD release via Plastic Head | |||
| 11 | Above Us All (Jansen, 2014) – Cross Channel Film Lab @ Phoenix Cinema (Falmouth) | ||
| Danger 5 [series 2] (SBS TV, 2014) @ Abertoir Film Festival – Aberystwyth Arts Centre (Wales) | |||
| 20 | 52 Tuesdays (Hyde, 2013) – Outburst! Queer Arts Festival @ Queen’s Film Theatre (Belfast) | ||
| 22 | Mystery Road (Sen, 2013) @ Cornwall Film Festival – Royal Cinema (St. Ives) | ||
| 24 | Wentworth Prison [Season 2] (TV series, 2013) – DVD release via Fremantle | ||
| 29 | Strictly Ballroom (Luhrmann, 1992) – Amy Grimehouse presents @ JW3 (London) | ||
| 30 | Strictly Ballroom (Luhrmann, 1992) @ Victoria Hall (Radstock, Avon) | ||
| Mad Max 2 [aka The Road Warrior] (Miller, 1981) @ Prince Charles Cinema (London) |
DECEMBER
| 5 | World Film Locations: Sydney [Book] (Edited by Neil Mitchell) via Intellect Books | ||
| 8 | Charlie’s Country (de Heer, 2013) – DVD/VOD release via StudioCanal | ||
| 13 | Red Dog (Stenders, 2011) @ St Ninian’s Hall Cinema (Isle of Whithorn) | ||
| 15 | The Rocket (Mordaunt, 2013) @ Harrogate Film Society (Yorkshire) | ||
| 26 | Unbroken (Jolie, 2014) – Theatrical release via Universal |
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ANZFLA = Australia and New Zealand Festival of Literature and Arts, King’s College London (29 May – 1 June 2014)
BFI Sci-Fi = BFI Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder season, UK wide (Oct-Dec 2014)
F4FF = Film4 FrightFest, London (21 – 25 August 2014)
LFF = BFI London Film Festival, London (8 – 19 October 2014)
Last updated: 28 January 2015
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