For the love of film – QAGOMA’s Australian Cinémathèque curators spotlight their picks in a monthly screening series
The curatorial team behind QAGOMA’s Australian Cinémathèque is responsible for crafting a vibrant and ever-evolving film program, offering audiences a diverse and immersive experience of the moving image. With a treasure trove of cinematic masterpieces at their fingertips, have you ever wondered which films truly ignite their passion? Or why some films make the screen, when others are left on the cutting room floor? On the last Wednesday of each month, you can find out.
QAGOMA’s Australian Cinémathèque has introduced a special screening series called For the Love of It – Curator’s Pick, where one curator steps into the spotlight to share and discuss a personal-favourite film that’s close to their hearts. Held on the last Wednesday of each month of 2025, each film screening features an introduction by the curator who selected it.
The free monthly curator-picked series is designed to give audiences a first-hand insight into what the curatorial team loves about film as an art form, and how the Cinémathèque’s ongoing program is created. With a different curator in the hot seat each month, audiences can expect a rich mix of screenings from powerful dramas and documentary portraits to silent films and everything in between.
You might like
On Wednesday February 26, the baton is in the hand of curator Rob Hughes, who will take audiences on a sword-swinging deep dive into Taiwanese martial arts and ‘wuxia’ (a genre of Chinese cinema that features ancient martial artists) with Joseph Kuo’s The Swordsman of all Swordsmen. Audiences will be treated to a recent restoration of the 1968 classic, which follows swordsman Tsai Ying-jie who embarks on an obsessive and vicious quest for vengeance against the five men who made him an orphan.
The monthly curator-led experience forms part of QAGOMA’s Australian Cinémathèque’s weekly program, which includes Wednesday and Friday night screenings, and Saturday and Sunday matinees. To view the full program, jump over to the QAGOMA website.
Image three credit: Taiwan Film & Audiovisual Institute, New Taipei City