National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

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The Dressmaker Exhibition

Date information18 April-18 August

10am-4pm Daily

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Image featuring Indigenous Francis Williams of the Naygayiw Gigi Dance Troupe in costume standing in front of the sea

Carriberrie: VR Experience

Date information01 April-21 July

11am-2pm Daily

Put on your virtual reality headset and enter a world of Aborigin…

A pig hanging out of a wooden cart

Season: School holidays

Date information23-26 April

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What do a pelican, a pig, a rabbit and a bee have in common? They…

Head and shoulders image of Judy Davis in the movie High Tide.

Australian Women Directors

Date information28 June-07 July

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David Stratton programs a season of 10 films by essential Austral…

List of events

May 2019

Photoshopped image of a death mask.

NFSA Ghost Tour - SOLD OUT

31 May

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8:00pm

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

Jun 2019

A silhouette of a person filming dancers on a beach

Carriberrie – Meet the Makers

1 Jun

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2:00pm

The filmmakers behind Carriberrie talk about shooting their groundbreaking 360 degree documentary.

Photoshopped image of a death mask.

NFSA Ghost Tour

14 Jun

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9:00pm

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

Head and shoulders image of Judy Davis in the movie High Tide.

Season: Essential Australian Women Directors - 10 Trailblazers Selected by David Stratton

Date information28 June-07 July

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David Stratton programs a season of 10 films by essential Australian women directors.

A man and woman sitting by a lake. The wowan looks concerned as the man speaks to her.

The Cheaters

28 Jun

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10.30am

McDonagh’s pioneering silent romantic melodrama is set in 1920s Sydney.

Looking down a street as a small, yellow car split in half comes towards the camera.

Malcolm

28 Jun

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6:00PM

The delicious comedy about an introverted inventor and a resourceful criminal.

A woman lying on a bed with a man lying on top of her holding her face in one hand.

High Tide

29 Jun

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12.00pm

Gillian Armstrong and Judy Davis collaborated on this emotionally rich, multi-generational drama.

Head and shoulders image of a plain looking and sullen woman.

Sweetie

29 Jun

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2:00pm

The film that established Jane Campion as a major international director.

Young woman and an older man wearing a dressing gown sitting on a couch.

Love Serenade

30 Jun

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2:00pm

Shirley Barrett’s offbeat comedy won the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Jul 2019

Group portrait of four woman.

Waiting

5 Jul

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10.30am

A beautifully-made film about friendship, sexual politics and infidelity.

A mother, her son and the family dog lie on the floor looking under a bed.

The Babadook

5 Jul

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6:00PM

Jennifer Kent’s thrilling debut is one of the creepiest, most satisfying movies of its type in a long while.

Overhead shot of a man in a hat walking while holding a spear with a kangaroo slung across his shoulders.

Bedevil

6 Jul

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12.00pm

Three ghost stories told in a thrillingly original, highly stylised, fashion.

A woman with a tattoo on her shoulder sits in a cafe smiling.

Blessed

6 Jul

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2:00pm

An honest and powerful film about mothers and children.

A man and a woman lean against a suburban metal fence.

Beautiful Kate

7 Jul

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2:00pm

Ben Mendelsohn stars in this riveting and flawlessly acted family drama.

Aug 2019

Photoshopped image of a death mask.

NFSA Ghost Tour

2 Aug

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8:00PM

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

Photoshopped image of a death mask.

NFSA Ghost Tour

23 Aug

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8:00PM

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

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