Cinema and Movie Poster Collection

This collection is of film posters and posters for film events. These posters are held at the AFI Research Collection. The collection is focused mainly on Australian film or on films that have screened in Australia,as well as posters promoting certain film events (for example film festivals). The posters were once used as a promotional item to show the public that a certain film was screening. The posters may be used in a number of different areas, though one of the main locations where they would be used would be on the premises of a cinema that was showing the film. The posters have been collected by the AFI Research Collection over the years, though a large portion of the collection comes from a donation by the Chauvel Cinema in Paddington (Sydney) (the Australian Film Institute once ran this cinema). Other notable donors include the Cinema Nova in Carlton (Melbourne).