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WEA Sydney Film Society was established as WEA Film Study Group in 1961. It is a club of WEA Sydney, which is part of the Workers' Educational Association . It screens a double-feature program each Sunday at noon and on occasional Saturdays. There are about 48 programs a year. There is a short recess after Christmas and during the Sydney Film Festival. The group usually do not screen on public holidays or during public holiday weekends. The Society's screening room is located on the ground floor of the WEA Centre at 72 Bathurst Street, Sydney.

From July 1965 to December 1967 the WEA Film Study Group published the cinema journal FILM DIGEST. Notable screenwriters, film makers and film critics such as Frank Moorhouse, Michael Thornhill, Ken Quinnell and John Flaus have been members of the WEA Film Study Group . Many significant films can only be seen in Australia by members of the general public if they belong to a film society. Most of the films screened by the society are selected from the more than 6,000 titles held by the National Film and Video Lending Service, owned and managed by ScreenSound Australia – the National Screen and Sound Archive. A number of the titles available on 16mm film for the film society screenings are not currently available on pay or free-to-air television, videocassette or Region 4 DVD. WEA Sydney Film Society is a member of the Federation of NSW and Associated Film Societies and the Australian Council of Film Societies.

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