The Sydney Opera House was the location of the first Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards.
 The layout of the interiors was changed, and the stage machinery, already designed and fitted inside the major hall, was pulled out and largely thrown away, as detailed in the 1968 BBC TV documentary Autopsy on a Dream, which "chronicles the full spectrum of controversy surrounding the construction of the Sydney Opera House"
The Sydney Opera House appeared in the final scene of 2007 film Sunshine, directed by Danny Boyle

