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Film title 'Shame' in pink neon next to a photo of Deborra-lee Furness crouched down next to her Suzuki sportsbike
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NFSA Live: Shame

10 Jul
6:00PM
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Deborah Mailman as Bonita Mabo, walking along a footpath with another woman, in the Mabo TV movie. She is wearing a floral dress and carrying a basket, looking back over her shoulder at the camera.

NFSA Live: Iconic Costumes

17 Jul
6:00PM

Take an exclusive peek inside the NFSA costumes collection with c…

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Front entrance to the National Film and Sound Archive building

COVID-19 Information

Date information01-31 August
SEE BELOW

We're excited to welcome you back to the NFSA. Here's what we're …

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Virtual Vinyl Lounge

7 Aug
5.30PM

Vinyl lovers, join us for the next online edition of our Virtual …

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List of events

Jul 2020

NFSA Live: Shame + Filmmaker Q&A

10 Jul
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6:00PM

Free online screening of Shame (1988), starring Deborra-lee Furness, followed by a live Q&A session with director Steve Jodrell.

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NFSA Live: Inside the Archive – Iconic Costumes

17 Jul
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6:00PM

Take an exclusive peek inside the NFSA costumes collection with curator Jenny Gall.

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Aug 2020

Plan Your Visit – COVID-19 information

Date information01-31 August
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SEE BELOW

We're excited to welcome you back to the NFSA. Here's what we're doing to protect the health of our visitors.

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Hive

Date information01-31 August
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10.00am – 4.00pm daily

A new space to explore NFSA stories is opening at the NFSA this August.

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Daily program: Vintage Australia

Date information01-31 August
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What was life in Australia like 50 years ago? Enjoy a look at our cities in the 1960s.

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Bluey Pyjama Party! – BOOKED OUT

1 Aug
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10:30am

THIS EVENT IS BOOKED OUT

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Daily Program: Black Screen

Date information01-31 August
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Black Screen connects culture, stories and language with community through screen.

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NFSA Live: Virtual Vinyl Lounge

7 Aug
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5.30PM

Vinyl lovers, join us for the next online edition of our Virtual Vinyl Lounge.

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La Strada

7 Aug
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6.00pm

A screening of Fellini's landmark film to mark the centenary of the celebrated director's birth in 1920.

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Girls to the Front: She Who Must Be Loved

8 Aug
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2:00pm

The epic story of photographer, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, radical and pacifist, Freda Glynn.

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Doco of the Month – Martha: A Picture Story

13 Aug
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6:00PM

Iconic New York photographer Martha Cooper captured the birth of the global graffiti art movement.

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The Story of Film: The Golden Age of World Cinema

15 Aug
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1.00pm

See highlights from the 1920s golden age of world cinema and learn about a sadly forgotten star.

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Metropolis

15 Aug
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2:00pm

Fritz Lang's 1927 epic Metropolis created the cinema of futurism and is one of the most influential films ever.

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Aussie Indies: Emu Runner

21 Aug
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6:00pm

A spirited girl deals with grief by forging a bond with a wild emu, a mythical bird of her ancestors.

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Friday Matinee: Meet Me in St Louis

28 Aug
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10:30am

Its songs have earned this Technicolor vision of turn-of-the-century Americana a place in pop culture history.

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Arc Out Loud – The Loved Ones: Twisted Prom Night

28 Aug
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8:00PM

Come dressed in your best twisted prom-night fashion for this 'Arc out loud' horror screening.

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