NFSA blog entries by Sally Jackson

The Marius Sestier film previously believed to have been shot in a Melbourne park has now been identified as being shot in Sydney’s Prince Alfred Park. The release of a segment of footage to australianscreen in March of last year played a major role in the discovery.

Australia’s earliest surviving sound-on-film films is of the Duke of York, soon to be King George VI, not speaking…

Today, the release of Patineur Grotesque and the visit of Marius Sestier’s descendants, Mons. Robert Sestier and his sister, Mme Marie-Dominique Petitbois was celebrated with an event in the NFSA’s Arc cinema.