List of Australian films of 2020 explained

This is a list of Australian films that have been released in 2020.

Films

Opening		Title	Production company	Cast and crew
J A N U A R Y	7	True History of the Kelly Gang	Porchlight Fims / Daybreak Pictures / Memento Films		^[1]
	16	Go Karts	See Pictures	Owen Trevor (director); William Lodder, Anastasia Bampos, Frances O'Connor, Richard Roxburgh, Adam T Perkin	^[2]
F E B R U A R Y	6	H Is for Happiness			^[3]
	27	The Invisible Man	Blumhouse Productions / Goalpost Pictures / Nervous Tick Productions		^[4]
		Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears	Every Cloud Productions		^[5]
		The Wishmas Tree		Ricard Cussó (director); Miranda Tapsell, Ross Noble, Kate Murphy, Ricard Cussó, Ryan Renshaw	^[6]
	28		GVKM Elephant Pictures / Aiyai Pty Ltd	Ilanthirayan Alan Arumugam (director/screenplay); Charles Benedict, Mukund Ramanan (screenplay); Kabir Singh, Tahlia Jade Holt, Korey Williams, Anthony Miller, Salvatore Merenda	^[7]
M A Y	6	Hearts and Bones	Night Kitchen Productions	Ben Lawrence (director/screenplay); Beatrix Christian (screenplay); Hugo Weaving, Andrew Luri, Hayley McElhinney, Bolude Watson	^[8]
	22	Escape from Pretoria	South Australian Film Corporation / Particular Crowd / Spier Films		^[9]
	29	100% Wolf	Flying Bark Productions / Siamese Pty Ltd.		^[10]
J U L Y	21	Blood Vessel	Storm Vision Entertainment / SunJive Studios / Wicked of Oz Studios	Justin Dix (director); Alyssa Sutherland, Nathan Phillips, Christopher Kirby, John Lloyd Fillingham, Alex Cooke	^[11]
	23	Babyteeth	Screen Australia / Entertainment One / Whitefalk Films		^[12]
A U G U S T	7		Thrills & Spills / Cornerstone Pictures / ProdigyMovies		^[13]
	20	Sequin in a Blue Room		Samuel Van Grinsven (director); Conor Leach, Simon Croker, Anthony Brandon Wong, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Samuel Barrie	^[14]
	28	I Am Woman	Goalpost Pictures / Screen Australia / Cowlick Entertainment		^[15]
S E P T E M B E R	10	Slim and I	Pictures In Paradise / Slim Dusty Enterprises		^[16]
O C T O B E R	8	Bloody Hell	Eclectik Vision / Entertainment Squad / Heart Sleeve Productions		^[17]
		Dirt Music	Wildgaze Films / Aquarius Films / Cornerstone Pictures	Gregor Jordan (director); Jack Thorne (screenplay); Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Macdonald, David Wenham, Julia Stone, Ava Caryofyllis	^[18]
	15	Combat Wombat			^[19]
	29	Rams	WBMC		^[20]
		Never Too Late			^[21]
N O V E M B E R	7	Brazen Hussies	Film Camp Pty Ltd / Brazen Hussies Film Pty Ltd	Catherine Dwyer (director)	^[22]
	19	Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)	Head Gear Films	Monica Zanetti (director); Sophie Hawkshaw, Zoe Terakes, Marta Dusseldorp, Rachel House, Julia Billington	^[23]
D E C E M B E R	10	The Furnace	Umbrella Entertainment	Roderick MacKay (director); Ahmed Malek, Baykali Ganambarr, David Wenham, Kaushik Das, Noah Skape	^[24]

See also

• 2020 in Australia
• 2020 in Australian television
• List of 2020 box office number-one films in Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stan primes ‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ with limited cinema release. 13 January 2020. if.com.au. 8 November 2021.
2. Web site: Australian movie Go! releases first trailer. 21 August 2019. news.com.au. 1 November 2021.
3. Web site: H is for Happiness. 6 February 2020. Event Cinemas. 1 November 2021.
4. Web site: The Invisible Man reboot shifts focus away from villain towards victim in domestic violence tale. 27 February 2020. ABC News. 3 November 2021.
5. Web site: ‘Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears’, ‘Disclosure’ to bow at Palm Springs. 11 December 2019. if.com.au. 3 November 2021.
6. Web site: INTERVIEW: ‘The Wishmas Tree’ Is Australian To Its Core. 25 February 2020. Supanova. 18 November 2021.
7. Web site: Australian mystery thriller movie in town. 23 February 2020. Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 31 October 2021.
8. Web site: Hugo Weaving’s new film ‘Hearts And Bones’ released direct to living rooms. 6 May 2020. 7 News. 1 November 2021.
9. Web site: Escape From Pretoria hits Australian streamers. 20 May 2020. Screenwest. 1 November 2021.
10. Web site: 100% Wolf Transfigures into a Small Screen Masterpiece. 28 May 2020. Screenwest. 31 October 2021.
11. Web site: Vampire Terror BLOOD VESSEL Arrives on VOD on July 21. 16 June 2020. Nightmarish Conjurings. 31 October 2021.
12. Web site: Australian film Babyteeth stars Eliza Scanlen in bittersweet tale of first love soured by sickness. 22 July 2020. ABC News. 31 October 2021.
13. Web site: Black Water: Abyss Brings the Crocodile Rock But Struggles Selling the Drama: Review. 5 August 2020. Consequence Film. 31 October 2021.
14. Web site: AFTRS MA FILM SEQUIN IN A BLUE ROOM RELEASED IN CINEMAS FROM AUGUST 20. Film Ink. 9 November 2021.
15. Web site: I Am Woman's Tilda Cobham-Hervey on becoming Helen Reddy. 19 August 2020. The Adelaide Review. 2 November 2021.
16. Web site: 2020-08-31. Slim & I in Cinemas 10 September. 2021-11-09. Screen Queensland. en-AU.
17. Web site: Australian Horror Film 'Bloody Hell' Movie Hopes For A 3-Film Franchise + Acquires Distribution Deal. Mother of Movies. 22 April 2019. 31 October 2021.
18. Web site: Bizzaca. Caris. Podcast – Gregor Jordan: Directing Dirt Music. Screen Australia. 29 September 2020. 31 October 2021.
19. Web site: Combat Wombat helps bring back BIFF with hometown premiere. InQueensland. Daniel. Johnson. 1 October 2020. 31 October 2021.
20. Web site: RAMS: BEHIND THE SCENES. Screen Australia. Matthew. Jenkin. 26 October 2020. 3 November 2021.
21. Web site: NEVER TOO LATE To Hit Australian Cinemas. Heavy Cinema. Dave. Griffiths. 9 September 2020. 3 November 2021.
22. Web site: 2020-11-06. 'Women were expected to make the tea': How 'Brazen hussies' changed Australia. 2021-10-31. ABC News. en-AU.
23. Web site: Bizzaca. Caris. 2020-11-17. SHOOTING, PITCHING AND DISTRIBUTING ELLIE & ABBIE (& ELLIE'S DEAD AUNT). 2021-11-01. ABC News. en-AU.
24. Web site: Janssen. Eliza. 2020-10-21. Upcoming Australian film The Furnace is a western about our ‘Ghan’ cameleers. 2021-11-09. Flicks. en-AU.