List of Australian films of 2016

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Title | Director | Cast (subject of documentary) | Genre | Notes | Release date

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Arrowhead | Jesse O'Brien | Dan Mor, Aleisha Rose Groth | Sci-fi |  | 10 June
Alex & Eve | Peter Andrikidis | Andrea Demetriades, Richard Brancatisano | Comedy / Romance  |  | 22 October
Backtrack | Michael Petroni | Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, Robin McLeavy | Mystery, thriller |  | 16 June
Boys in the Trees | Nicholas Verso | Toby Wallace, Gulliver McGrath, Mitzi Ruhlmann, Justin Holborow | Fantasy, drama |  | 20 October
The Daughter | Simon Stone | Geoffrey Rush, Miranda Otto, Odessa Young | Drama | Based on the play The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen | 17 March
Down Under | Abe Forsythe | Lincoln Younes, Rahel Romahn, Michael Denkha | Comedy |  | 11 August
Downriver | Grant Scicluna | Reef Ireland, Kerry Fox, Robert Taylor | Drama |  | 16 June
Girl Asleep | Rosemary Myers | Bethany Whitmore, Harrison Feldman, Matthew Whittet | Drama |  |
Emo the Musical | Neil Triffett | Benson Jack Anthony, Jordan Hare | Musical, Comedy |  | 1 August
Goldstone | Ivan Sen | David Wenham, Aaron Pedersen, Jacki Weaver | Thriller | Sequel to Mystery Road | 8 June
Hacksaw Ridge | Mel Gibson | Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington | Biographical war film |  | 4 September
Joe Cinque's Consolation | Sotiris Dounoukos | Maggie Naouri, Jerome Meyer | Drama, True Crime |  | 30 July
The Legend of Ben Hall | Matthew Holmes | Jack Martin, Jamie Coffa, William Lee | Drama, action | Based on the true story of bushranger Ben Hall | 5 December
Lion | Garth Davis | Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, David Wenham | Drama | Based on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley | 25 November
Looking for Grace | Sue Brooks | Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh, Odessa Young | Drama |  | 26 January
A Month of Sundays | Matthew Saville | Anthony LaPaglia, John Clarke, Julia Blake | Comedy |  | 28 April
Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows | David Caesar | Rahart Adams, Dougie Baldwin, Joel Lok, Matt Testro | Sci-fi, fantasy | Based on the television series Nowhere Boys by Tony Ayers | 1 January
Pawno | Paul Ireland | John Brumpton, Maeve Dermody, Kerry Armstrong | Drama, romance |  | 21 April
Red Billabong | Luke Sparke | Dan Ewing, Tim Pocock, Jessica Green | Thriller | Pinnacle Films | 25 August
Red Dog: True Blue | Kriv Stenders | Jason Isaacs, Levi Miller | Family | Prequel to Red Dog, Woss Group Film Productions | 26 December
Restoration | Stuart Willis | Craig McLachlan, Grant Cartwright, Stephen Carracher, Nadia Townsend, Rosie Lourde | Sci-fi, thriller | Midnight Snack Productions | 8 September
Scare Campaign | Cameron & Colin Cairns | Meegan Warner, Ian Meadows, Olivia DeJonge | Horror |  | 26 November
Servant or Slave | Steven McGregor | Rita Wenberg, Rita Wright, Violet West, Valerie Linow, Adelaide Wenberg  | Documentary  | No Coincidence Media  | 1 August
Sheborg Massacre | Daniel Armstrong | Daisy Masterman, Whitney Duff, Emma-Louise Wilson | Neo-pulp |  | 10 January
Sherpa | Jennifer Peedom | Documentary about the work done by Sherpas as mountain guides on Everest | Documentary |  | 31 March
Spin Out | Tim Ferguson, Marc Gracie | Xavier Samuel, Morgan Griffin, Eddie Baroo | Romance, comedy |  | 15 September
Teenage Kicks | Craig Boreham | Miles Szanto, Daniel Webber, Shari Sebbens, Charlotte Best | Drama |  | 11 June
Top Knot Detective | Aaron McCann & Dominic Pearce | Masa Yamaguchi, Toshi Okuzaki | Mockumentary, comedy |  | 28 September

## References

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* List of 2016 box office number-one films in Australia

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* 1970
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* 1985
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* 2004
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* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Production companies
and studios|

* Cinesound
* Commonwealth Film Laboratories
* Disney Studios Australia
* Film Australia
* VicScreen
* Kennedy Miller Mitchell
* Limelight Department
* Pagewood Studios
* Palace
* South Australian Film Corporation
* Screen Queensland
* Screen NSW
* Screenwest
* Village Roadshow Pictures
* Village Roadshow Studios

Organisations|

* Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
* Australian Cinematographers Society
* Australian Costumers' Guild
* Australian Directors Guild
* Australian Film Institute (AFI)
* Australian Classification Board
* Australian Guild of Screen Composers
* Australian Production Design Guild
* Australian Screen Editors
* Australian Writers' Guild
* Casting Guild of Australia
* Film Critics Circle of Australia
* FTI
* Salvation Army
* Screen Australia
* Screen Producers Australia
* Sydney Filmmakers Cooperative

Awards|

* AACTA Awards
* ACS Awards
* ADG Awards
* APDG Awards
* ASE Awards
* ATOM Awards
* AWGIE Awards
* Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
* Inside Film Awards
* Screen Music Awards

Theatres|

* Ace Cinemas
* Australian Multiplex Cinemas
* Dendy Cinemas
* Event Cinemas
* Grand Cinemas
* Hoyts
* Ozone Theatres
* Palace Cinemas
* Reading Cinemas
* Village Cinemas
* Wallis Cinemas

Topics|

* Film and television financing in Australia
* Film industry in Western Australia
* Bushranger ban
* Ozploitation
* Australian New Wave
* Australian Western

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