National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

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Heath Ledger holding a camera against a saturated orange background.

Heath Ledger exhibition

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A lone figure watches a house consumed by flames.

Season: Restoration Showcase

Date information13-23 June

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Recently restored films from specialist distributors from around …

My Brilliant Career

20 Jun

7:00pm

Sybylla must decide if love will interrupt her plans for a brill…

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

The Vinyl Lounge + Record Fair

6 Jul

5:30PM - 7:30PM

The NFSA's Vinyl Lounge presents its first Record Fair! …

List of events

Jun 2018

A silhouetted prince and princess from the 1926 animation The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Daily Program: June

Date information01-29 June

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Enjoy our free screening program throughout June.

Judy Davis stands holding a book and looking outwards from a verandah in a scene from My Brilliant Career

Season: Restoration Showcase

Date information13-23 June

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Recently restored films from specialist distributors from around the world and the NFSA.

Judy Davis and Sam Neill embrace and kiss in My Brilliant Career

NFSA Restores screening: My Brilliant Career

20 Jun

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7:00pm

Sybylla must decide if love will interrupt her plans for a brilliant career.

Photoshopped image of a death mask.

NFSA Ghost Tour - SOLD OUT

22 Jun

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8:00PM

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

Actor Snowy Baker seated on the ground in a scene from the silent film The Empire Builders

NFSA Restores: The Empire Builders

23 Jun

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4:00pm

Ballard is sent to make a treaty, but meets resistance from the Boers.

Black and white image of a portrait of an African woman looking up and wearing a white head scarf.

Black Girl

23 Jun

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6:00PM

In the groundbreaking, Black Girl, Sembène explores themes of cultural domination, modern slavery and the female condition.

Eight men wearing dark sunglasses with matching bizarre haircuts look out the doors of a barn.

Essential Kaurismäki: Selected by David Stratton

Date information29 June-11 July

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David Stratton presents Aki Kaurismäki, Finland’s most celebrated filmmaker.

A man sits behind a wire grill talking to a woman.

Crime and Punishment

29 Jun

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7:00pm

An intensely gripping updating of Dostoevsky’s novel.

A man and woman lying in a romantic pose on a beach.

Shadows in Paradise

30 Jun

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2:00pm

A tightly structured romantic drama involving two lonely people.

A woman wearing a white jacket stands looking up in an abattoir with animal carcasses hanging in the background.

Ariel

30 Jun

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4:00pm

The misadventures of a mineworker from Finland’s frozen north.

Jul 2018

A silhouetted prince and princess from the 1926 animation The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Daily Program: July

Date information02-31 July

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Enjoy our free screening program throughout July.

Two men sit in the boat of a car as it speeds down a highway.

Leningrad Cowboys Go America

2 Jul

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6.15pm

A cheerfully slapdash, cartoon-like road movie.

An Indigenous man and woman standing in the desert

Sweet Country

4 Jul

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7:00pm

Warwick Thornton's acclaimed Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s.

A man and woman dancing slowly under lights.

The Match Factory Girl

4 Jul

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6.15pm

A beautifully made little story about one of life’s losers.

Three men in a bar sit around a table looking dejected.

La Vie de Bohème

6 Jul

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6.15pm

The adventures of three down-and-outs in Paris.

A man and woman kiss while a dog looks on.

Drifting Clouds

6 Jul

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8:15PM

A quietly hilarious and uplifting tale of perseverance over adversity.

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

The Vinyl Lounge + Record Fair

6 Jul

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5:30PM - 7:30PM

The NFSA's Vinyl Lounge presents its first Record Fair!

A man and woman lean casually and chat. She's wearing a uniform.

The Man Without a Past

7 Jul

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3:00pm

All the Kaurismäki themes combine in this delightfully optimistic, serenely graceful film.

A woman crouches down next to a man half lying in the mud beside a large machine.

Lights in the Dusk

7 Jul

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5:00pm

A lonely security guard falls for a woman he meets in a café.

Three teenagers on BMX bicycles

School Holidays: July

Date information09-20 July

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10:00am

This school holidays we present a mix of animal hits, action-adventure flicks and the return of Frozen Sing-A-Long.

A young boy leans over the side of a fishing boat with the ocean in the background

Blue Fin

9 Jul

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10:00am

Greg Rowe stars in another Colin Thiele adaptation, following the success of Storm Boy.

Steve Irwin holding a stick with a funnel-web spider on it.

Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course

10 Jul

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10:00am

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin gets tangled up in a CIA plot.

Doctor Dolittle and others stand in front of a two-headed Llama.

Doctor Dolittle

11 Jul

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10:00am

The charming family adventure about the vet who can speak to animals.

An old man sits talking to a young African boy.

Le Havre

11 Jul

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6.15pm

A man decides to help a young illegal immigrant from Africa.

A young boy cuddles a kangaroo.

Skippy and the Intruders

12 Jul

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10:00am

Skip's very own feature film, complete with sunken treasure and crooked smugglers.

Russell Crowe and two other horsemen in The Silver Brumby

The Silver Brumby

13 Jul

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10:00am

The classic tale of the silver horse leading a herd of wild brumbies.

A close-up of director Brian Trenchard-Smtih standing at a microphone.

Season: Brian Trenchard-Smith, Ozploitation King

Date information13-26 July

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A retrospective of one of our most prolific and surprising directors.

A car drives to the entrance of a drive-in theatre called the 'Star'.

Dead-End Drive-In + Q&A

13 Jul

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6.30pm

Join us for a Q&A with Brian Trenchard-Smith after the screening.

A white-faced demon with goat horns screams at the camera.

Night of the Demons 2

13 Jul

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8.45pm

Unapologetically over-the-top teen horror with a ridiculously twisted plot.

Two men ride on a buggy.

Deathcheaters + The Dangerous Summer

14 Jul

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5:00pm

Two Vietnam vets turned stunt men become government spies.

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