Jun 2023

Street view of Melbourne in the 1960s
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Vintage Australia program

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See times below. Note: doesn't screen Thursdays or late on Fridays

What was life in Australia like 50 years ago? Enjoy a look at our cities in the 1960s.

Russian politician Alexei Navalny seated at a table and looking directly at the camera.
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Doco of the Month: Navalny

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6:00pm

Russia’s leading opposition figure sets out to discover exactly who attempted to poison him.

Actor Colin Firth wearing a suit, tie and hat and speaking into a 1930s style microphone in a scene from the film The King's Speech.
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The King's Speech – 35mm

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2:00pm

It takes leadership to confront a nation’s fear. It takes friendship to conquer your own.

An Asian man sitting cross-legged on a floor in a dark room with a spotlight on him. He is wearing a short-sleeve shirt with a tie and shorts and he is looking up at the camera.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/Alvin-4.jpg

Aussie Indies: Alvin's Harmonious World of Opposites + Q&A

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6:00pm

Join us for a Q&A with the director and star of this surrealistic independent Australian film.

David Gulpilil, pointing a spear, stands in the desert with Jenny Agutter and Lucien John in private school uniforms in a scene from the film Walkabout
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/Walkabout%20hero.jpg

Australian New Wave Season

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1:00pm

Ten bold and provocative films that put Australian cinema on the world stage in the 1970s and 80s.

Close up of a young Indigenous man talking to an older man whose face is just visible on the left. A woman is in the distance and they appear to be in an outback setting.
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

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1:00pm

The true story of a man’s brutal revenge.

A young man pictured from the waist up wearing dark sunglasses, leaning back with his arms raised and hands folded behind his head.
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Subject + Q&A

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6:00pm

A film that explores the impact of high-profile documentaries on their onscreen participants.

Mike Myers dressed as his character from the film Wayne's World pictured in front of a big YouTube sign.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/Hello_Dankness_1.jpg

Soda Jerk Presents: Hello Dankness

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6:00pm

A horror musical about contemporary America composed entirely of sampled film clips.

Close up of a group of brooding young adults and teens, taken from a movie poster for the film The Lost Boys.
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Fright Night – Cult Cinema Classics at the NFSA with Venus Mantrap: The Lost Boys

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8:00pm

Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It’s fun to be a vampire.

A middle-aged Korean man standing with his pre-teen daughter. They are looking directly at the camera.
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Saturday Screenings: Dear Pyongyang

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2:00pm

A free screening in partnership with the National Gallery of Australia.

Jul 2023

A giant boar bursts through a glass panelled window.
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Razorback

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1:00pm

It’s waiting outside and it can sense your fear – no nightmare will prepare you for it!

Director Jane Campion on the set of a film with her arm outstretched standing in front of a chalkboard in a classroom.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-04/Campion_Cinema-Woman-1.jpg

Jane Campion Retrospective

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See below

A career retrospective, presented in association with the Sydney Film Festival and ACMI.

Aug 2023

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University of the Third Age at the NFSA

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10:00am -12:30pm

Explore Australian recorded sound, silent film and national identity with the NFSA and U3A.

Tim the Yowie Man in the NFSA Theatrette standing before a slide of the NFSA during an evening Ghost Tour
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-12/Ghost%20Tour%20hero%202%20by%20Martin%20Ollman.jpg

NFSA Ghost Tour

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8:00pm

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

Tim the Yowie Man holding a lantern backstage during the NFSA Ghost Tour
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-12/Ghost%20Tour%20hero%201%20by%20Martin%20Ollman.jpg

NFSA Ghost Tour

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8:00pm

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

A young man peering out of a window through curtains.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/Malcolm-2.jpg

Malcolm

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1:00pm

A comedy about a mechanical genius and his unlikely friendship with two thieves.

A young Japanese man standing in a room surrounded by three other men who are holding onto his hands. In the back of the room are a group of policemen.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-04/Death-by-Hanging.jpg

Saturday Screenings: Death by Hanging

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2:00pm

A free screening in partnership with the National Gallery of Australia.

Sep 2023

Tim the Yowie Man in the NFSA Theatrette standing before a slide of the NFSA during an evening Ghost Tour
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-12/Ghost%20Tour%20hero%202%20by%20Martin%20Ollman.jpg

NFSA Ghost Tour

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8:00pm

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

A man lies in a hospital bed, he is connected with tubes and machinery while a young woman stands next to the bed leaning over him.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/Patrick-3.jpg

Patrick

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1:00pm

Patrick is in a coma and nearly dead... and still he kills!

Tim the Yowie Man holding a lantern backstage during the NFSA Ghost Tour
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-12/Ghost%20Tour%20hero%201%20by%20Martin%20Ollman.jpg

NFSA Ghost Tour

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8:00pm

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

Oct 2023

Tim the Yowie Man in the NFSA Theatrette standing before a slide of the NFSA during an evening Ghost Tour
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-12/Ghost%20Tour%20hero%202%20by%20Martin%20Ollman.jpg

NFSA Ghost Tour

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8:00pm

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

Tim the Yowie Man holding a lantern backstage during the NFSA Ghost Tour
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-12/Ghost%20Tour%20hero%201%20by%20Martin%20Ollman.jpg

NFSA Ghost Tour

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8:00pm

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

Wide shot of a man holding a suitcase is standing on a short platform at a train station in a remote outback area. The sign at the train station says Tiboonda.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/Wake-in-Fright-4.jpg

Wake in Fright

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1:00pm

Sweat, dust and beer... There’s nothing else out here, mate!

Nov 2023

Tim the Yowie Man in the NFSA Theatrette standing before a slide of the NFSA during an evening Ghost Tour
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-12/Ghost%20Tour%20hero%202%20by%20Martin%20Ollman.jpg

NFSA Ghost Tour

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8:00pm

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

A young woman sits at what appears to be a table in a bar. She is looking unhappy with her head tilted away from an older man who is talking to her.
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Snapshot

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1:00pm

The click of a fashion photographer’s camera started her on a career that led to terror and death!

Tim the Yowie Man holding a lantern backstage during the NFSA Ghost Tour
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-12/Ghost%20Tour%20hero%201%20by%20Martin%20Ollman.jpg

NFSA Ghost Tour

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8:00pm

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

Dec 2023

Tim the Yowie Man in the NFSA Theatrette standing before a slide of the NFSA during an evening Ghost Tour
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-12/Ghost%20Tour%20hero%202%20by%20Martin%20Ollman.jpg

NFSA Ghost Tour

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8:00pm

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

Tim the Yowie Man holding a lantern backstage during the NFSA Ghost Tour
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-12/Ghost%20Tour%20hero%201%20by%20Martin%20Ollman.jpg

NFSA Ghost Tour

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8:00pm

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