 The Sydney Women's Film Group, a collective of members from within the Co-op, was particularly active in distributing women's films for screening at various women's movement events, and Film Co-op women were responsible for programming and producing The International Women's Film Festival of 1975.And as part of the newly reviving Australian film industry, several early Co-op members went on to key roles and careers in mainstream feature film and television production, including Phillip Noyce, Peter Weir and Jan Chapman.In 1981, the Co-op's cinema closed when the AFC decided not to fund it any longer; and the St Peters Lane premises were vacated in February 1985.