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Carriberrie: VR Experience

Date information22 February-01 June

11am-2pm Daily

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Prisoner: Cell Block H - 40th

27 Feb

7:00pm

Celebrating 40 years of Prisoner with special guests Val Lehman, …

Bruce Beresford outside standing next to a large mounted movie camera.

Season: Bruce Beresford

Date information15-23 February

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A season of highlights from one of our most celebrated directors.…

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The Dressmaker Exhibition

Date information18 April-18 August

10am-4pm Daily

Go behind-the-seams with this exquisite exhibition of costumes. …

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Feb 2019

Life Through the Lens

Date information08 February-31 May

10am-4pm Daily

This photographic display features highlights from the Film Australia Collection.

Season: Bruce Beresford

Date information15-23 February

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A season of highlights from one of our most celebrated directors.

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Carriberrie: VR Experience

Date information22 February-01 June

11am-2pm Daily

Put on your virtual reality headset and be guided on a journey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander song and dance.

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Mao's Last Dancer

22 Feb

7:00pm

Bruce Beresford films the inspirational true story of ballet dancer Li Cunxin.

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NFSA Ghost Tour

22 Feb

9:00pm

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

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Double feature: The Club + The Fringe Dwellers

23 Feb

4.00pm + 6.00pm

Two 1980s Bruce Beresford films – one set in an AFL club, the other in an Aboriginal community.

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Prisoner: Cell Block H - 40th Anniversary

27 Feb

7:00pm

Celebrating 40 years of Prisoner with special guests Val Lehman, Amanda Muggleton and Allan Caswell.

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Mar 2019

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The Vinyl Lounge

1 Mar

5.30pm - 7.00pm

Vinyl lovers, bring your favourite records and share your music stories.

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In Conversation with David Stratton - BOOKED OUT

2 Mar

1.30pm

Please note: this event is now fully booked.

David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

2 Mar

3.00pm

David Stratton's personal journey through Australian cinema – and how it changed his life.

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King of Peking + Q&A

8 Mar

6pm

When video home entertainment enters the market in 1990s Beijing, a former projectionist ropes his young son into starting a pirate movie company, but easy money comes with its own price tag.

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Season: Sam Voutas

Date information08-09 March

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Hear from Canberra-born filmmaker Sam Voutas about what it is like to be a filmmaker working primarily in Asia in this short retrospective curated by the NFSA’s Nathan Smith.

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Her Sound, Her Story + Panel: International Women's Day screening

8 Mar

6:00pm

Join us this International Women's Day for a new documentary and a panel featuring producer-engineer-mixer Anna Laverty.

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Double feature: Red Light Revolution + Shanghai Bride

9 Mar

3.00pm + 5.00pm

Two films about traditional values and modern China by Canberra-born filmmaker Sam Voutas.

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Five dancers wearing light clothing in various poses on train tracks at an overgrown abandoned train station

BOLD Festival: In Conversation with Sue Healey

15 Mar

7.30pm

Choreographer and filmmaker Sue Healey discusses and shows some of her recent work as part of BOLD Festival.

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Art, Not Apart

16 Mar

1-7pm plus after-parties

Art, Not Apart is one of Canberra’s most exciting and provocative festivals focusing on contemporary arts.

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Season: John Carpenter

Date information22-29 March

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Newly 4K-restored cult classics from the master of horror John Carpenter.

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Double feature: They Live + The Fog

22 Mar

6.00pm + 8.00pm

Two newly 4K-restored cult classics from the master of horror John Carpenter.

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[CENSORED]

23 Mar

3:00pm

Filmmaker Sari Braithwaite created [CENSORED] from an archive of clips cut from international films screened in Australia.

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Double feature: Escape from New York + Prince of Darkness

29 Mar

6.00pm + 8.00pm

Two newly 4K-restored cult classics from the master of horror John Carpenter.

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NFSA Ghost Tour

29 Mar

9:00pm

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

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A montage of an image of a Moari woman with traditional chin tattoo and Olivia Newton-John from the movie 'Grease'.

Terror Nullius

30 Mar

3:00pm

Soda_Jerk’s Terror Nullius is a blistering, sample-based film that captures the complexity of contemporary Australia.

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Apr 2019

The Vinyl Lounge

5 Apr

5.30pm - 7.00pm

Vinyl lovers, bring your favourite records and share your music stories.

Season: Oz Music Documentaries

Date information05-13 April

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Join us over two weekends to celebrate the strengths of the Australian music industry through these insightful documentaries.

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The Go-Betweens: Right Here + Q&A

5 Apr

8:00pm

Part memoir, part concert film, this documentary screens with a Q&A with Lindy Morrison OAM, former drummer with The Go-Betweens.

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Courtney Barnett on stage in blue light holding a guitar next to a microphone in stand

Keeping the Scene Alive double feature + Q&A

6 Apr

3:00pm

As Australia’s two major cities battle the constant threats to their live music culture, we take a look at two brand new feature documentaries exploring their respective live music scenes.

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