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Plan Your Visit

Date information04 January-30 April

10AM – 4PM DAILY

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An Ideal Host + Q&A

28 Jan

6.00pm

Liz just wants to host the perfect dinner party until an unexpect…

Sigrid Thornton and Tom Burlinson on a chestnut coloured horse with mountains in the background in a scene from 'The Man From Snowy River'.

The Man from Snowy River

29 Jan

10.30am

Stirring melodrama and period romance set in Victoria’s stunnin…

Four sassy looking young women

Mean Girls Quote-a-Long

29 Jan

8.00pm

A totally out loud screening? Shut up! That is so fetch! …

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Jan 2021

Front entrance to the National Film and Sound Archive building

Plan Your Visit – COVID-19 information

Date information04 January-30 April

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10AM – 4PM DAILY

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

Street view of Melbourne in the 1960s

Daily program: Vintage Australia

Date information04 January-30 April

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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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Daily Program: Black Screen

Date information04 January-28 February

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Black Screen connects culture, stories and language with community through screen.

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NFSA Livestream: An Ideal Host + Q&A

28 Jan

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6.00pm

Liz just wants to host the perfect dinner party until an unexpected guest causes chaos.

Sigrid Thornton and Tom Burlinson on a chestnut coloured horse with mountains in the background in a scene from 'The Man From Snowy River'.

Friday Matinee: The Man from Snowy River

29 Jan

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10.30am

Stirring melodrama and period romance set in Victoria’s stunning High Country.

Four sassy looking young women

Arc Out Loud: Mean Girls Quote-a-Long

29 Jan

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8.00pm

A totally out loud screening? Shut up! That is so fetch!

A colour wheel advertising the documentary series The Story of Film and featuring film titles arranged on the spokes of the wheel

The Story of Film: New Directors, New Form

30 Jan

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1.00pm

The influence of the 60s counterculture on a new generation of filmmakers.

Two motorcycle choppers on the road in a desert landscape

Easy Rider

30 Jan

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2.30pm

A man went looking for America and couldn’t find it anywhere...

Feb 2021

A man and boy sitting against a fallen tree trunk talking with a dog.

NFSA Livestream: Backtrack Boys

4 Feb

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6:00PM

A powerful story about love and saving lives.

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NFSA Building History: If These Walls Could talk

5 Feb

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10:30am - 11:15am

Zoo. Morgue. Archive. Discover our building's fascinating history.

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The Vinyl Lounge

5 Feb

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5.30pm - 7:00pm

We’re back in the building again, so come and share your vinyl stories and requests.

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Aussie Indies: Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt) + Q&A

5 Feb

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6:00PM

Ellie’s dead aunt dishes out dating advice in this heartfelt and hilarious queer rom-com.

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Saturday Morning Cartoons: Astro Boy

6 Feb

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10:30am

Built for adventure!

Star Wars droids C-3PO and R2-D2 in the Tatooine desert

Season: Star Wars Original Trilogy

Date information11-12 February

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See the original Star Wars trilogy on the big screen – as it was intended.

Three men and a bear-like creature in a spaceship cockpit

Star Wars: A New Hope

11 Feb

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6:00PM

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

A detail from The Empire Strikes Back poster showing a light-sabre duel between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

12 Feb

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6:00PM

If you only knew the power of the dark side.

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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

12 Feb

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8:30PM

The battle to destroy the Empire continues.

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War of the Worlds: Original 1938 Recording

13 Feb

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2:00PM

On World Radio Day, immerse yourself in the experience of Orson Welles’ famous radio play.

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Season: Galentine's Day

13 Feb

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For Galentine's Day we're screening two films with female friendships at their heart.

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Booksmart

13 Feb

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6:00PM

Ticket includes a glass of bubbles (or soft drink) and a cinema snack bag to enjoy during the film.

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Thelma and Louise

13 Feb

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8:30PM

Ticket includes a glass of bubbles (or soft drink) and a cinema snack bag to enjoy during the film.

A young couple in costumes. He wears a suit of armour and she wears angel wings

Valentine's Day: Romeo + Juliet

14 Feb

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6.00PM

Baz Luhrmann's spectacular version of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers.

A graphic of a record player and two vinyl records floating above the turntable

NFSA Livestream: Virtual Vinyl Lounge

18 Feb

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7.00pm - 8.00pm

Vinyl lovers, share your stories and requests at the next online Virtual Vinyl Lounge.

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Season: Love and Neon – The Cinema of Wong Kar-Wai

Date information19-21 February

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A dazzling season featuring five of Wong Kar-Wai's greatest films.

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Chungking Express

19 Feb

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6PM

A dizzying, candy-coloured genre mash-up full of chance encounters, romantic infatuation and daydreams.

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In the Mood for Love

20 Feb

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6PM

See Wong Kar-Wai’s most beloved film, beautifully restored for its 20th anniversary.

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2046

20 Feb

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8.15PM

A visually dazzling and emotionally charged conclusion to Wong Kar-Wai’s 1960s trilogy.

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Fallen Angels

21 Feb

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2PM

The nocturnal streets of Hong Kong come alive with intersecting tales of love, lust and madness.

Two men dancing close together in an apartment

Happy Together

21 Feb

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4.30PM

Wong Kar-Wai’s achingly beautiful tale of a love affair in exile, starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Leslie Cheung.

Four motorcycle racers stirring up dust

Doco of the Month: Finke – There and Back

25 Feb

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6.00PM

Who will win the Finke Desert Race and be named King of the Desert?

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