Updated 17th July 2002.

• Cinema Industry Associations
• Exhibitor Companies

Cinema Industry Associations

Australian Entertainment Industry Association
Suite 17, 8th Floor, West Tower, 608 St Kilda Road, Melbourne Victoria 3004
Tel: 03 9521 1900 · Fax: 03 9521 2285
aeia@aeia.org.au
www.aeia.org.au
The AEIA is the peak employer body for the Australian arts and entertainment industry. Has a Cinema Operators Division.

Cinema Owners Of Australia
Contact: Neil Pendergast, c/- Reading Cinemas. Tel: 03 9646 1955
Established in 1991, the COOA is an organisation of independent cinema owners.
www.coaa.asn.au

Motion Picture Exhibitors Association of Queensland
PO Box 1031, Stafford City, 4053 Queensland
Tel: 07 3356 5671
Organises The Australian Movie Convention which is held each year on the Gold Coast. The convention is attended by people from the Australian and New Zealand cinema exhibition and distribution industry, and allied traders.

Large Format Picture Association US
The Large Format Cinema Association is a non-profit corporation created to benefit the large format cinema community of film makers, distributors, equipment manufacturers, consultants, exhibitors and others. Membership and full participation are available to all, without reference to specific film or video format. International.
www.www.lfca.org

Giant Screen Theater Association US
The international association for 8 perf/70mm, 10 perf/70mm, and 15 perf/70 theatres and suppliers to the large-format industry.
www.giantscreentheater.com

Exhibitor Companies

Ace Cinemas · Grand Cinemas
PO Box 2137, Warwick, Western Australia 6024
Tel: 08 9448 3188 · Fax: 08 9246 1755
www.acecinemas.com.au
www.moviemasters.com.au
Website for Ace Cinemas and Grand Cinemas, Western Australia.

Anderson Multiplex Cinemas
Head Office: Epping Multiplex, Epping Plaza, Victoria.
Tel: 03 9401 5800
www.andersoncinemas.com.au

Australian Multiplex Cinemas
Queensland based cinema group.

Birch Carroll & Coyle
A subsidiary of the Greater Union Organisation
418 Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Queensland 4000
Tel: 07 3335 0222 · Fax: 07 3832 1101
www.greaterunion.com.au
Birch Carroll & Coyle is a fully owned subsidiary of Greater Union.

Dendy Cinemas
www.dendy.com.au

East Coast Cinemas
East Coast Cinemas run summertime movie shows at various tourist locations in Victoria during the annual December-January holidays: Ocean Grove, Torquay, Portarlington, Tidal River (Wilson's Promontory), Lakes Entrance and Mallacoota Inlet.

Grand Cinemas · Ace Cinemas
PO Box 2137, Warwick, Western Australia 6024
Tel: 08 9448 3188 · Fax: 08 9246 1755
Grand Cinemas was founded in 1994.
www.acecinemas.com.au

Greater Union
49 Market Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000
Phone: 02 9373 6600 · Fax: 02 9267 5277
www.greaterunion.com.au

Hayden Theatres
380 Military Road, Cremorne NSW 2090
Tel: 02 9908 1799 · Fax: 02 9953 8863
Operates the Orpheum at Cremorne, a 6 screen art deco complex.
www.orpheum.com.au

Hoyts Cinemas
World Headquarters: 6th Level, Village Hoyts Centre, 505-523 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: 02 9273 7373
www.hoyts.com.au
Hoyts Cinemas Corporation (US):
www.intercom.net/biz/hoyts

IMAX
The website for IMAX theatres in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane is at www.imax.com.au

Independent
Independent cinemas for Victoria are included in the Cinemas listings on the CATHS website.
Other sites which can help with locating independent cinemas are:
www.drive-insdownunder.com.au
www.movieguide.com.au
www.melbournemovies.com.au

Marriner Theatres
www.marrinertheatres.com.au

The Movie Masters
www.moviemasters.com.au
Website for Ace Cinemas and Grand Cinemas, Western Australia.

Nova Cinemas
Lygon Court Shopping Centre, 380 Lygon Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053
Phone: 03 9347 5331 · Fax: 03 9347 2695
Located in Victoria and South Australia. Village and Palace have invested with Nova to further develop their complexes in Carlton and Adelaide.
www.cinemanova.com.au

Pacific Cinemas
PO Box 3018, Loganholme, Queensland 4129
Tel: 07 3801 1788 · Fax: 07 3801 2986
Pacific Cinemas was founded in 1989. They have sites located in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

Palace
Head Office: 233 Whitehorse Road, Balwyn.
Tel: 03 9817 6421 · Fax: 03 9817 4921
www.palace.net.au

Peninsula Cinemas
Kirby family cinemas (Kirbys are the founders of Village Roadshow) on the Mornington Peninsula and West Gippsland have recently established a website for their cinemas. Under the banner of Peninsula Cinemas you can find out program and other info for Sorrento Athenaeum Cinemas, Rosebud Cinemas, and the Warragul Cinema Centre.
www.sorrentocinemas.com.au
www.rosebudcinemas.com.au
www.warragulcinemas.com.au

Reading Australia Cinemas
[Editor's Note: Reading is pronounced "Redding"]
www.readingcinemas.com.au

United Cinemas
www.unitedcinemas.com.au

Vicmovies
Program information for Shepparton Drive-in and Maryborough Paramount Twin Cinemas.

Village Cinemas
Corporate Head Office:
Village Roadshow Limited
206 Bourke St, Melbourne 3000
Tel: 03 9667 6666
Village Cinemas International (World Headquarters); Village Cinemas Australia
Jam Factory, 500 Chapel Street, South Yarra
Tel: 03 9281 1000
www.villagecinemas.com.au

Wallis Theatres
Head Office: 139 Richmond Road, Richmond, South Australia 5033
Tel: 08 8352 1377 · Fax: 08 8352 1865
www.wallis.com.au
Founded in 1947.