Independent cinema owners from across the country are gathered at the 2017 ICAA Conference in Sydney this week to talk about the future for film exhibition.
Jeremy Sims' Last Cab to Darwin will be the first film to premiere under the new Independent Association of Australia initiative, My Cinema Premiere.
A cinema on demand service may be available in Australia later this year should the roll out of American web platform Tugg prove successful.
Australia's independent cinemas should band together to share the costs of collecting data on their customers which will enable the indies to compete more effectively with the major chains.