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Heath Ledger exhibition

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Two cowboys slouch against a pick up truck.

Season: Lonesome Cowboys

Date information03-17 November

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A short season of contemporary cowboy classics, including Brokeba…

A woman wearing sunglasses is laughing amidst a small group of Iranian women and children in a mountain village.

Iranian Film Festival

Date information17-18 November

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The festival returns to highlight one of the world’s most exhil…

A man wearing a yellow jacket sits in front of a monumental Roman statue.

Season: Rome on Screen

Date information30 November-01 December

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A short program of Oscar-winning films – one contemporary, one …

List of events

Nov 2018

Heath Ledger: A Life In Pictures exhibition

Date information01 November-10 February

9am-5pm Mon–Thurs / 9am-8pm Fri / 12-5pm Sat–Sun

This unique exhibition offers a rare insight into the man behind the camera.

Heath Ledger season

Date information01 November-10 February

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An in-depth look at the career of Heath Ledger through a season of screenings and talks.

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Heath Ledger Exhibition Floor Talks

Date information01-23 November

FRIDAYS 1.00pm

A program of Exhibition floor talks by NFSA curators and special guests.

Heath Ledger looks into the camera with his arm in the air

Daily Program: I Am Heath Ledger

Date information01 November-28 February

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Daily free screenings of the documentary I Am Heath Ledger.

Iranian Film Festival Australia

Date information17-18 November

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The festival returns to highlight one of the world’s most exhilarating national film cultures.

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A woman standing in a forest looking anxious.

Tale of the Sea

17 Nov

2:00pm

A well-known writer breaks down after witnessing a violent murder.

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Three scruffy looking men stare at the camera.

The Proposition

17 Nov

4:00pm

Nick Cave wrote this tale of brother turning against brother in 1880s outback Australia.

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PIG

17 Nov

6:00PM

A social satire about a banned filmmaker, with hilarity and hijinks quite unlike anything in Iranian cinema.

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3 Faces

18 Nov

6:00PM

An alarming video from a desperate girl sends director Jafar Panahi and actress Behnaz Jafari on a journey to help her.

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A woman looks through a dorrway with a man standing behind her.

Rona: Azim's Mother + Lunch Time

18 Nov

4:00pm

Azim, a refugee living in Tehran, must choose between his own life and that of his mother.

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In Conversation: Paul Barron on Heath Ledger

23 Nov

6.30pm

Producer Paul Barron talks about making the TV series Sweat with Heath Ledger and we screen the pilot episode.

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Season: Rome on Screen

Date information30 November-01 December

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A short program of Oscar-winning films – one contemporary, one classic – featuring the Eternal City.

A man in a white suit walks along a path next to an ancient Roman aquaduct.

The Great Beauty

30 Nov

7:00pm

A disillusioned journalist in Rome finds a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

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NFSA Ghost Tour

30 Nov

8:00PM

Tim the Yowie Man leads a tour of the spooky history of the NFSA.

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Dec 2018

A woman wearing a fur coat stands next to a car outside of a night club.

Nights of Cabiria

1 Dec

4:00pm

Fellini’s Oscar-winning classic about searching the streets of Rome for true love.

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Aqua and blue graphic of a record being played on a record player.

The Vinyl Lounge + Record Fair

7 Dec

5:30PM - 7:00PM

The final Vinyl Lounge for 2018 plus the return of our popular record fair.

Lords of Dogtown

7 Dec

7:00pm

Heath Ledger stars in the true story of the 1970s skateboarding group, Z-Boys.

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Portrait of Allison Holland in the Heath Ledger exhibition space.

An Evening with the Curator

8 Dec

5.30pm

In conversation with Dr Allison Holland, curator of Heath Ledger: A Life in Pictures.

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Montage of a close up photo of a teenager, a crowd and two girls with the words 'one witness'

Blackrock

14 Dec

7:00pm

Heath Ledger's first feature is an emotionally charged story of toxic mateship and murder.

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Close up of a scruffy man and two young boys.

Breath

15 Dec

4:00pm

Simon Baker makes his directorial debut with a film based on a novel by Tim Winton.

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Jan 2019

Three actors dressed as bushrangers holding guns

Season: Aussie Outlaws

Date information02-06 January

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A short season of Australian antiheroes, featuring two classic Heath Ledger roles.

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Close up of a man tied to the front of a car wearing a metal muzzle

Mad Max: Fury Road - Black and Chrome

2 Jan

3.00pm

The colour-stripped version of George Miller’s modern classic, Mad Max: Fury Road.

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Three bushrangers riding horses across a barren landscape.

The Legend of Ben Hall + Q&A

3 Jan

3.00pm

An encore screening of the popular Australian film, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Matthew Holmes.

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A family group of five males with the matriarch in the centre.

Animal Kingdom

4 Jan

3.00pm

The Oscar-nominated brooding, modern-day film noir about a Melbourne crime family.

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Two young men in white shirts and black ties act as door security outside a club in Kings Cross.

Two Hands

5 Jan

3.00pm

The breakthrough Australian film for both Heath Ledger and co-star Rose Byrne.

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A young man and woman doze on a wicker lounge.

Candy

6 Jan

3.00pm

Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish star in this tragic love story between a poet and an art student.

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Season: Summer school holidays

Date information07-13 January

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Are you a cat person or a dog person? This holidays, we pit cool cat matinees against dog day afternoons!

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Puss in Boots

7 Jan

10:00am

The adventures of a swashbuckling feline and breakout star of the Shrek movies.

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Red Dog

7 Jan

2:00pm

The legendary true story of the dog that united a community.

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Cartoon image of a black and white cat with its hands raised.

Felix the Cat: The Movie

8 Jan

10:00am

The feature-length Felix the Cat movie also screens with some classic Felix shorts.

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