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Our events are unique and limited – don't delay or you might miss out.
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Canberra experiences

Experience large-scale audiovisual art, admire the Art Deco building, meet a friend at our cafe run by Church.
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Visit us

Everything you need to know before visiting our Canberra home in Acton: opening hours, parking, accessibility and more.

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Dec 2023

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Australians & Hollywood Exhibition

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Various

The Canberra-exclusive Australians & Hollywood exhibition is closing 28 January 2024.

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A man and woman, both with blood on their faces, embrace each other. They have a blanket wrapped around them. It's night time and snowing.
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A Very NFSA Christmas

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Tis the season for more Christmas cheer, NFSA style!

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A Very NFSA Christmas: Die Hard 2

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6:00pm

Wrong place, wrong time, same John McClane.

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A production still from the film Scream showing a row of five men and women dressed in black and against a black background standing looking very serious, directly facing the camera
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Fright Night: Cult Cinema Classics at the NFSA with Venus Mantrap

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See session times below

Venus Mantrap, local drag artist and culture warrior, presents a series of cult cinema classics. 

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A teenage girl and boy at Senior Prom. The girl is wearing a tiara and holding a bunch of flowers. The boy is wearing a tuxedo. They are both smiling.
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Prom Night at the NFSA: Carrie Special Screening

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6:00pm

Dirty pillows and pigs' blood. It doesn’t get any more iconic than Carrie.

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Jan 2024

The small furry-blonde video game character Pikachu with rosy cheeks and wearing a Sherlock Holmes detective cap sitting on the bonnet of a taxi
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Game Over

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Various

Catch all the action of your favourite video games on the big screen.

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Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson by a smouldering bushfire in an outback setting either at dusk or early dawn. Pattinson is crouching while Pearce stands apart, looking down, with hand on his head
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Nefarious Australia

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Various

Explore the darker side of Australian cinema.

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Back to School

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Various

Recall the collision of adolescence and adulthood with these high school classics.

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G’day LA

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7:00pm

A trio of films set in Los Angeles with Aussie stars.

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Feb 2024

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Vinyl Lounge

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5:30-7:00pm

Vinyl lovers, come and share your favourite records and requests.

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Tim the Yowie Man holding a lantern backstage during the NFSA Ghost Tour
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NFSA Ghost Tour

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8:30pm

Join Tim the Yowie Man for a rare look behind the spooky history of the NFSA headquarters.

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Cult Classics at the NFSA with Venus Mantrap

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8:00pm

Venus Mantrap, local drag artist and culture warrior, presents a series of cult cinema classics. 

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