Media releases

The National Film and Sound Archive’s (NFSA) Sounds of Australia will be brought to life on stage in Mandurah, Margaret River, Bunbury and Perth when Cooee Cabaret tours Western Australia for the first time 22–30 May 2012.

Film and television star Martin Sacks will launch the Big Screen film festival on Friday 18 May in Nanango.

From 18 to 20 May the Big Screen film festival gives Nanango and Kingaroy audiences the opportunity to enjoy an array of award-winning and acclaimed Australian films.

A wide range of quality international films will be screened in the National Film and Sound Archive’s Arc cinema during Canberra’s colder months.

On Saturday 5 May, the National Film and Sound Archive’s CEO Michael Loebenstein will present aspiring Canberra cinematographer Jimmy Ennett with the 2012 NFSA-ACS John Leake OAM Award for an Emerging Cinematographer.

On 5 April at the opening of the National Folk Festival, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia presented the 12th annual National Folk Recording Award to guitarist, singer and songwriter Jeff Lang for his new CD, Carried in Mind.

This year’s National Film and Sound Archive of Australia National Folk Recording Award has been won by Jeff Lang for his new CD, Carried in Mind.

This Easter and April school holidays it’s TOTALLY COOL fun at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Bring the kids down for some crafty fun based upon the national audiovisual collection, including a penguin egg hunt!

The 2012 NFSA Orlando Short Film Award has been awarded to Craig Boreham, writer and director of Drowning (2009).

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia is marking United Nations International Women’s Day with a celebration of women from the Australian audiovisual industry.