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1917 Film The Great Strike Added to UNESCO Register

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) is proud to announce that its reconstruction of the censored 1917 film The Great Strike has been inscribed in the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register. The Great Strike documents one of Australia’s largest industrial conflicts. It was screened only once before it was embargoed…

NFSA Restores My Brilliant Career

Margaret Fink and Gillian Armstrong’s empowering feminist classic My Brilliant Career has been digitally restored by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) and is set to premiere at this year’s Sydney Film Festival on Wednesday 13 June. Director Gillian Armstrong will participate in a special Q&A following the screening. My Brilliant Career…

NFSA Restored Aussie Classic Proof to Screen at MIFF

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has announced that its digital restoration of the award-winning classic Proof, will premiere at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). Actor Hugo Weaving, Director Jocelyn Moorhouse and Producer Lynda House will be the special guests at the 29 July screening. The 1991 film, starring Weaving,…

Canberra International Film Festival 2015

The Chief Minister for the ACT, and Minister for Tourism and Events, Andrew Barr MLA launched the Canberra International Film Festival (CIFF) which is in its 19th year at the National Film and Sound Archive, Acton. The Chief Minister switched on the large neon film festival sign which was constructed this year to mark the…

NFSA Celebrating 40 Years of PNG Independence

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) will celebrate Papua New Guinea’s 40 years of independence with a program of screenings, presentations and a special performance by PNG’s award-winning musician George Telek as part of the NFSA’s 100 Seats series on Saturday 19 September. NFSA CEO Michael Loebenstein explained that the celebrations kicked…

Picnic at Hanging Rock: 40 Years of Mystery

Picnic at Hanging Rock: 40 Years of Mystery is a new online exhibition from the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), featuring 360o views of the original costumes, never-before-seen footage, international posters and more. The exhibition coincides with the 40th anniversary of the film’s world premiere in Adelaide on 7 August 1975. “Picnic…

100th anniversary of first ever ANZAC film

The first ever film re-enactment of the 1915 Gallipoli landings, ‘The Hero of the Dardanelles’, is now available on DVD, just in time for the 100th anniversary of its premiere at Melbourne’s Majestic Theatre on 17 July 1915. Directed by Alfred Rolfe, The Hero of the Dardanelles was filmed only weeks after the Gallipoli events.…