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FILM SERIES
What’s On at Arc Cinema
28
March
Friday 8:00 pm
Cult Classics: The Warriors
Flamboyantly costumed gangs hit the night streets of New York in the 1979 cult classic.
29
March
Saturday 1:00 pm
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Paul Newman and Robert Redford rampage across the Wild West.
29
March
Saturday 4:00 pm
I Saw the TV Glow
A neon-hued supernatural teen horror that explores identity in the blurred boundary between reality and fiction.
29
March
Saturday 7:00 pm
The Breakfast Club
The Brat Pack goes on detention in an ‘80s teen-angst classic.
30
March
Sunday 1:00 pm
Doctor Zhivago
Omar Sharif in an epic sleigh ride through the Russian Revolution and the First World War.
Discover more about Arc Cinema and the program
Enjoy our curated program of recent releases and revived classics, from high art to guilty pleasures. There’s something for everyone!
Cutting-edge audiovisual experience
Installations and experiences
Constellations
An immersive audiovisual experience by Robin Fox in which sound, light, and space collide.
Open 27 February to 4 May in the Gallery, seven days a week. Admission is free.
Special events
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SUN 6 APR | 1PM
Special Event: A Steam Train Passes
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of Australia's finest railway films, A Steam Train Passes with the special film screening and discussion event.
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FRI 11 APR | 8PM
Cult Classics: Streets of Fire
Romance takes over the neon night in this cheesy-delicious, rock musical.
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3-5 APR
Mardi Gras Film Festival
Share your love of cinema as Queer Screen's 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival (MGFF) brings the best new LGBTQIA+ films to Arc Cinema from 3 to 5 April 2025.
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16 FEB–7 DEC
Book Club at the NFSA
Join the NFSA in partnership with Canberra Writers Festival for a series of screenings and discussions, exploring how culturally significant books have been adapted and reimagined as films. Perfect for bookworms and film buffs alike!
Explore the NFSA
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Open daily - free admission
The Library
Home to over 280 items drawn from the full expanse of our collection, discover The Library: a celebration of pop culture curiosities.
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Open daily - free admission
Mediatheque
Step into the Mediatheque, a welcoming lounge to gather and enjoy highlights from the NFSA’s audiovisual archives.
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Open weekends and for events
Theatrette
Catch free documentaries on rotation every weekend and book your tickets for our monthly Vinyl Lounge listening party.
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OPEN WEEKDAYS 8.30AM–3PM | WEEKENDS 10AM–2PM
Cafe and bar
Enjoy locally roasted Redbrick coffee and a selection of sandwiches and sweet treats. Open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 3pm and Saturday and Sunday 10am to 2pm. Joining us for an evening screening? The cafe and bar is also open late for NFSA screenings and events.
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Open daily
1930s courtyard
A sanctuary for all seasons, with beautifully landscaped gardens framed by covered seating areas – perfect for quiet coffees.
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Open daily - free admission
Kookaburra Room
Newly renovated in collaboration with Australian designer Mel Page, the Kookaburra Room celebrates the heritage aesthetic of our Acton building, with vintage 1930s furniture from the Institute of Anatomy and a colourful array of entertainment-themed mugs on display from the NFSA collection.
A celebration of pop culture curiosities
Installations and experiences
The Library
Lose yourself in The Library, a treasure box of the NFSA’s most precious, wondrous, and whimsical artefacts.
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There’s something for everyone at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in Canberra. Drop in for date night, a family outing or a quiet afternoon to yourself.
Open daily, in Acton’s cultural precinct.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.