NFSA Blog

The NFSA’s Cooee Cabaret family cabaret show is hitching up its wagon and making its way down to Tasmania in early February, and we’ve got a diverse range of local performers helping us to bring Australian sound and music history to life while we’re there.

NFSA conservator Shingo Ishikawa explores some of the ethical dilemmas that his profession is grappling with to remain relevant. Finding ways to preserve the non-physical elements surrounding physical objects is one example of a key challenge facing conservators.

For nearly a decade, the NFSA has demonstrated its commitment to supporting Australia’s next generation of filmmaking talent by its ongoing sponsorship of the VCA School of Film and Television Graduate Screening Awards night.

Nominees have been announced for the inaugural AACTA Awards – formerly known as the AFI Awards.

To celebrate the life of Ken Russell, Vincent Plush reveals a little-known connection between the late British director and Australia – the failed film adaptation of Voss.

Film curator Itzell Tazzyman introduces her role as collector of short films for the NFSA and highlights some recent international successes.

The everyday lives of a group of Sydney private school girls, a renowned film director and an Indigenous actress couldn’t be any more different, yet they all found some common ground through the NFSA Connects program. NFSA Education Coordinator Imelda Cooney writes.

TV acquisitions curator Helen Tully looks at the current and past state of Australian-produced television drama.

Brendan Fletcher’s feature won the 2011 NFSA IF Award for Independent Spirit. Miguel Gonzalez spoke with this 'mad’ director/producer.

Digital technology has, for decades, been elbowing its way onto the set and changing the way films get made. Film journalist Sandy George discussed its impact with those who roll up their sleeves and do the hard behind-the-scenes slog of filmmaking.