Sep 2024

An animated Spider-Man leaps into action on a neon-lit Manhattan street
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Science. Art. Film.: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse + Panel: BOOKED OUT

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6:00pm

THIS EVENT IS BOOKED OUT

Director Pedro Almodovar standing side on to actress Penelope Cruz, who is smiling
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Mothers and Melodrama: Pedro Almodóvar and Penélope Cruz (Film Pass)

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7:00pm

Showcasing the collaboration between the acclaimed Spanish director and his star actress.

Still from Parallel Mothers, 2021
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Parallel Mothers

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7:00pm

After giving birth on the same day, two women’s lives become inexorably and traumatically linked.

Still from Tampopo, 1985
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Tampopo (35mm): BOOKED OUT

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6:00pm

THIS EVENT IS BOOKED OUT

Tim the Yowie Man holding a lantern backstage during the NFSA Ghost Tour
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NFSA Ghost Tours 2024: SOLD OUT

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8:30pm

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

A young man and woman pictured from waist up on a dance floor wearing ballroom costumes look anxiously at something off camera
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A Day at the Movies – NFSA Restores: Strictly Ballroom

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9:30am arrival for 10am screening

A dementia-friendly screening of Baz Luhrmann’s debut feature, digitally restored by the NFSA.

Still from Grendel Grendel Grendel, 1981
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Grendel Grendel Grendel

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1:00pm

An Australian animated film retelling the legend of Beowulf from the monster’s point of view.

Still from Polite Society, 2022
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Polite Society

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6:00pm

A teenager determined to be a stuntwoman sets out to rescue her sister from marriage.

Three teenagers sit in the back of a pick-up truck looking both sullen and uncertain
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Book Club: The Miseducation of Cameron Post + Discussion

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1:00pm

A razor-sharp critique of ‘gay conversion therapy’, adapted from the award-winning YA novel.

Japan Film Festival banner
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Japanese Film Festival 2024

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Various

The visionary changemaker of postwar Japan.

Still from I'm So Excited!, 2012
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I’m So Excited!

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7:00pm

A flight to Mexico City faces unexpected turbulence in this delightfully camp comedy.

A woman and a man talk intimately while the man is lying down and they are bathed in a blue light
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Cult Classics: The Fly + Performance

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8:00pm

Something went wrong in the lab today. Very wrong.

Oct 2024

Still from FernGully - The Last Rainforest, 1992
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest

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1:00pm

An animated fable about a magical rainforest threatened with destruction.

Still from Babe, 1995
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Babe (35mm)

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1:00pm

A young pig must charm his way out of a terrible farmyard fate.

A table that has a turntable and records on it and a lava lamp. There is an armchair in the background.
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Vinyl Lounge

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5:30-7:30pm

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

Still from In the Mood for Love, 2000
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In the Mood for Love

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7:00pm

A story about the heartbreak of attraction and the fear of losing everything.

Still from Princess Mononoke, 1997
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Princess Mononoke

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1:00pm

An animated classic with compelling environmental themes from Hayao Miyazaki.

A woman lies in a cylindrical device wearing a helmet with power cords attached
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Metropolis (35mm, 2010 Restoration)

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7:00pm

Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent masterpiece, restored with the original orchestral score.

An Arabic woman wearing a headscarf and standing outside, looking thoughtful
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The Perfect Candidate

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1:00pm

A Saudi doctor surprises her community by standing for local council election.

Still from Peter Rabbit, 2018
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Peter Rabbit

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1:00pm

Beatrix Potter’s beloved character gets a CGI makeover.

Still from Annie's Coming Out, 1984
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Annie's Coming Out: 40th Anniversary Screening

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6:00pm

This true story explores disability rights and is a moving testimony to the human spirit.

Still from Red Dog, 2010
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Red Dog (35mm)

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1:00pm

Lovable stray kelpie Red enriches the lives of everyone around him.

Kurt Russell in a scene from the film The Thing. He has sticks of dynamite strapped to his jacket and is carrying a flame thrower.
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Science. Art. Film.: The Thing + Panel

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6:00pm

Paranoia looms as an isolated team of Antarctic researchers face a violent, shape-shifting alien.

Still from The Cars That Ate Paris, 1974
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NFSA Restores: The Cars That Ate Paris – 50th Anniversary Screening

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7:00pm

A 50th anniversary screening of Peter Weir’s classic, digitally restored by the NFSA.

Still from Ghost in the Shell, 1995
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Ghost in the Shell

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7:00pm

An elite cybercrime unit led by a cyborg cop hunts a nefarious hacker.

Still from 12 Angry Men, 1957
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12 Angry Men

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1:00pm

Twelve jurors hold in their hands the life of an 18-year-old man accused of murder.

Two men standing in the snow looking up and pointing at snowy mountains.
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The Great White Whale + Q&A

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6:00pm

The expedition to climb a 3,000 metre, glacier-ringed volcano on Australia’s most remote island.

An audience watching a pink, purple and green laser display being operated by a musician on stage
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Live at the NFSA: Robin Fox, Triptych

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7:30pm and 8:00pm

An audiovisual space-time carving from iconoclastic artist and composer Robin Fox.

A First Nations woman in a period dress and bush hat stands outside holding a rifle
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Book Club: The Drover’s Wife (short & feature) + Discussion

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1:00pm

Two thought-provoking interpretations of Henry Lawson’s iconic Australian short story.

A crowd of people in mid-19th century costumes standing outside a building in a scene from the film Eureka Stockade
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Eureka Stockade (35mm) + Discussion

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6:00pm

Chips Rafferty stars as Peter Lalor in this retelling of the legendary 1854 mining rebellion.