Events

Jun 2017

Artist Tom Bass installs one of his abstract sculptures

Daily Program: June

Date information01-30 June

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9:15am - 5:00pm (weekdays only)

Celebrating revered artists whose work challenged the audience of their day.

Portrait of film critic and academic David Stratton

Essential Kurosawa: Selected by David Stratton

Date information14-30 June

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Retrospective of films for Akira Kurosawa selected by David Stratton.

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A man is stripped to the waist and bound sitting on the floor while others look on

Rashomon (4K)

30 Jun

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7:00pm

An innovative murder mystery that explores the subjective nature of truth. Toshiro Mifune plays a bandit accused of murdering a samurai and raping his wife – but what actually happened?

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Jul 2017

Camera crew in studio filming an interviewee.

Daily Program: July

Date information03-31 July

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9:15am - 5:00pm (weekdays only)

Can news programs and documentaries put events into a broader context?

A male Aboriginal teenager, another boy and a girl in the bush looking worried

Jasper Jones

5 Jul

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11:00am

Charlie and Jasper set on out dangerous journey to solve a mystery that will consume the entire community.

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A male Aboriginal teenager and his friend in the bush at night looking worried

School holiday screenings – Book heroes on the screen

Date information05-14 July

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11:00am

Throughout 2017, we screen magical movies based on beloved books.

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Eddie Koiki Mabo surrounded by a tree and plants in a garden.

Mabo: Life of an Island Man

5 Jul

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7:00pm

Eddie Koiki Mabo and his fellow islanders changed the Australian political and legal landscape forever.

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Young boy punches his fist into the air as he rides on the shoulders of a giant flying doglike creature.

The Neverending Story

6 Jul

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11:00am

A wondrous tale of a troubled boy who dives into an amazing fantasy world.

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Cartoon image of a young boy standing in the palm of a giant metal robot.

The Iron Giant

7 Jul

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11:00am

Hogarth Hughes discovers a giant robot trying to eat an electrical substation!

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

The Vinyl Lounge

7 Jul

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5:30 - 7:00pm

Bring your LPs and get in the groove at the Vinyl Lounge.

Black and white film still of a man interrupting a woman dancing with a bride at a wedding reception.

Jen Anderson presents Pandora's Box

7 Jul

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7:00pm

Acclaimed German silent film with live string accompaniment.

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A woman wears a negligee and suspenders in a room surrounded by photographic studio lights.

Peeping Tom

12 Jul

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7:00pm

British psychological thriller-horror film that caused outrage on its release

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The Banned and the beautiful

Date information12 July-02 September

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Films too hot, too weird or simply too much for Australian censors at the time of their release!

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Actress Emma Watson holds a rose while the 'Beast' stands behind her.

Beauty and the Beast

13 Jul

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11:00am

Belle is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle.

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NFSA Ghost Tour

14 Jul

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8:00PM

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

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A museum guard stands holding a torch while peering behind him are famous people from history.

Night at the Museum

14 Jul

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11:00am

A night watchman at a museum makes a startling discovery.

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Pink Flamingos

19 Jul

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7:00pm

Director John Waters and his cast push the boundaries of 'bad taste'.

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An Aboriginal man carries a dead kangaroo in the bush while being filmed by another man.

People of the Australian Western Desert

Date information21-22 July

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4:00pm

Ian Dunlop realised an eight-year dream when the Commonwealth Film Unit (later Film Australia) and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies accepted his proposal to make a film on the daily l

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