2017 Australian Films Released In Cinemas
A list of Australian films released in Australian cinemas during the 2017 calender year.
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- DirectorGarth DavisStarsDev PatelNicole KidmanRooney MaraA five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
- DirectorRachel PerkinsStarsLevi MillerKevin LongToni ColletteIn the late '60s, two teenage boys join forces to solve a chilling mystery and navigate the prejudices and secrets of their small Australian town.
- DirectorMark LamprellStarsKris MarshallDacre MontgomeryXavier SamuelTravel plans for three men in ill-fitting wedding tuxedos goes horribly wrong. A follow-up to the 2011 comedy 'A Few Best Men'.
- StarsDavid StrattonJill BilcockJacki WeaverFor most people, movies are entertainment. For one man, they're a way of life.
- DirectorJonathan AdamsStarsGareth RickardsVincent AndrianoSam GlissanAn environmental activist group charters treasure-seeking Rovers for an expedition through remote and treacherous Australian terrain, with exciting off-road chases, daring rescues and amazing discoveries to follow.
- DirectorCris JonesStarsXavier SamuelRachel WardMatilda BrownThe chronicle of the life and great love of Otto Bloom, an extraordinary man who experiences time in reverse - passing backwards through the years only remembering the future.
- DirectorJeffrey WalkerStarsXenia GoodwinMackenzie FearnleyInes EnglishThis 2017 movie follows the original dance academy TV show and tracks where the characters are in their lives now.
- DirectorCate ShortlandStarsTeresa PalmerMax RiemeltMatthias HabichA passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist awakens in a Berlin apartment one morning and is unable to leave.
- DirectorMatt DrummondStarsJordan DulieuAnnabel WolfeScott IrwinA troubled town is plunged into chaos when a boy accidentally makes a new friend.
- DirectorFin EdquistStarsSara WestSamara WeavingBen WinspearBad girl Amy, 17, is given one last chance by her adoptive parents, who think Amy's friendship with local girl Chloe is a step in the right direction. But when Amy discovers Chloe's secret she finds herself fighting for her life, and for the future of the family she herself tried to destroy.
- DirectorNeil TriffettStarsBenson Jack AnthonyJordan HareRahart AdamsEthan, a sullen high-school student whose life is defined by what he hates, finds love with a blindly optimistic Christian girl Trinity, much to the annoyance of his angst-filled band mates and her evangelistic brethren.
- DirectorAdrian BuitenhuisDerik MurrayStarsHeath LedgerBen HarperKim LedgerFriends and family of the late actor Heath Ledger remember his life and career.
- DirectorJames BogleStarsJack BarnsAndrew BlaikieSebastian CraigA visual journey into the life and legacy of one of Australia's most celebrated artists, Brett Whiteley.
- DirectorTori GarrettStarsJack ThompsonAden YoungSara WestWith help from a local lawyer, a young abuse survivor finds the courage to speak out when having a voice is her only option.
- DirectorShane AbbessStarsKellan LutzDaniel MacPhersonIsabel LucasSet in the future in a time of interplanetary colonization, an unlikely pair race against an impending global crisis and are confronted by the monsters that live inside us all.
- DirectorBen YoungStarsEmma BoothAshleigh CummingsStephen CurryVicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.
- DirectorPete GleesonStarsNicolinaStephaniePeter CoffeyOn a road between Australia's most isolated town and its largest gold mine lies Coolgardie, where the arrival every three months of a new foreign backpacker couple is a much-anticipated event.
- DirectorChristopher SmithStarsTye SheridanEmory CohenBel PowleyDriven by the motive to avenge his mother's accident, a young man blindly enters into a pact with a hoodlum who offers to kill his stepfather - the man he feels was responsible.
- DirectorJonathan SequeiraStarsAlley BreretonWarwick GilbertPip HoyleA group of outsiders get together in 1974 Sydney, and RADIO BIRDMAN is born with a mission - to keep compromise from their art. Birdman are turned off and kicked out of venue after venue. Their determination to do things their own way, against the industry, is unwavering, and drives them together - they become a family as much as a band. A 'New Race' of disaffected youth gain a rallying point when Birdman start their own venue, 'The Funhouse', and release their own records. But the intensity that drives Radio Birdman causes their break up. 20 years later they reform. Have they found peace with their struggle against the industry and each other?
- DirectorMarcus CobbledickDan JonesStarsEsteban ChavesMatthew HaymanPhil LiggettALL FOR ONE is the story of GreenEdge, Australia's first ProTour cycling team.
- DirectorDamien PowerStarsAaron PedersenIan MeadowsHarriet DyerA couple's camping trip turns into a frightening ordeal when they stumble across the scene of a horrific crime.
- DirectorJeffrey WalkerStarsOsamah SamiDon HanyHelana SawiresAfter telling a white lie which spirals out of control, a neurotic, naive, musically gifted Muslim cleric's eldest son must follow through with an arranged marriage, even though he's madly in love with an Australian born-Lebanese girl.
- DirectorSera DaviesStarsAlbert NamatjiraKing Charles IIITrevor JamiesonFrom the remote Australian desert to the opulence of Buckingham Palace - Namatjira Project is the iconic story of the Namatjira family, tracing their quest for justice.
- DirectorRhiannon BannenbergStarsDebby RyanGenevieve HegneyAndrew CreerFollowing an embarrassing viral video, a New York model decides to escape from her suffocating existence by visiting her faraway aunt in Australia.
- DirectorKriv StendersStarsMiah MaddenElias AntonJenny WuA trio of intertwined tales of racial prejudice, misunderstanding and revenge play out against the backdrop of Australia's national holiday.
- DirectorJennifer PeedomStarsWillem DafoeAn experience about the highest peaks around the world.
- DirectorKriv StendersStarsRobert ForsterMark CallaghanClinton WalkerAll about the Australian band The Go-Betweens.
- DirectorBen EltonStarsRobert SheehanRebecca BreedsMichael CatonAt a summer music festival, the feisty lead singer of an Irish folk band meets a folk music-hating Theremin player and sparks literally fly.
- DirectorGreg McLeanStarsDaniel RadcliffeThomas KretschmannAlex RussellA group of friends join a guide for a trek into the Bolivian jungle, searching for an Indian village. The men soon realize that the jungle is a difficult place to be.
- DirectorSaara LambergStarsSaara LambergBrendan BaconAndy HazelWhen a mysterious young woman starts a new life as an art model, will her demons leave her alone or finally reveal the naked truth?
- DirectorPriscilla CameronStarsMelissa GeorgeEwen LeslieEd OxenbouldEvelyn, a burlesque queen bewitches single dad, Al and his teenage son, Fin. As they compete for her affections, old wounds are reopened over the death of Fin's mother.
- DirectorGlenn TriggsStarsTiriel MoraMarty RhoneLulu McClatchyIn order to protect his father's discovery, Lucas and his five friends go on the adventure of a lifetime to find the piece of a passing Comet that crash lands near their hometown in the 1950's.
- DirectorKarina HoldenStarsTim SilverwoodMadison StewartValerie TaylorBLUE is a provocative journey into the ocean realm, witnessing this critical moment in time when the marine world is on a precipice.
- DirectorDavid PulbrookStarsXavier SamuelMorgan GriffinRob MacPhersonCarrie is in love with her new fiancé Vincent, a handsome and successful author. Vincent is besotted with Carrie, she's everything he's ever dreamed of. However, he's harbouring a dark secret from his past and on top of that he's experiencing a series of strange daily occurrences. It's almost as if someone is following his every move. Who's following him? And what do they want? When Vincent asks Carrie on a romantic weekend away to celebrate their engagement, cracks start appearing that threaten their happy and secure relationship. And maybe even their lives.