The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has launched Take Three, an initiative to support Australian tertiary students and emerging filmmakers/artists by providing up to three minutes of footage/audio, and ten stills, free of licence fees for use in their projects. “We can’t wait to see what Australia’s creative minds will be able…
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Screen Australia Selling Lindfield Studios site
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Screen Australia has announced that it is selling the former Film Australia studio and office facilities, located in Lindfield on Sydney’s upper north shore. Following the merger of Film Australia, the Australian Film Commission and the Film Finance Corporation into the existing Screen Australia, the studio facilities were no longer required. It also should be…
Khe Sanhn, Boys in Town, Great Southern Land, Cattle and Cane added to NFSA’s sounds of Australia list
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Cold Chisel, Divinyls, Icehouse and The Go-Betweens have been added to the National Film and Sound Archive’s Sounds of Australia registry of historically, culturally and aesthetically significant sound recordings. The songs selected this year for inclusion in Sounds of Australia are Cold Chisel’s Khe Sanh (1978), Divinyls’ Boys in Town (1981), ICEHOUSE’s Great Southern Land…
Rare Footage of Football Legend John Coleman Preserved
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The National Film and Sound Archive has discovered, preserved and released a rare five-minute film of a 1953 Victorian Football League (VFL – now AFL) final, featuring one of its greatest players, Essendon forward John Coleman. “This film is the last known surviving footage of Coleman, playing in the VFL First Semi-Final on 5 September…