May 2023

Street view of Melbourne in the 1960s
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/event/asset06-2019/melbourne-1_hero.jpg

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.

Jun 2023

In a scene from the influential Japanese anime film Akira, young men on motorcycles race through a futuristic city
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-02/Akira%202.jpg

SCIENCE.ART.FILM. Series

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6:00pm

A series that uncovers the wacky, weird and wonderful facets of science and art in films.

Detail from the poster for the movie Rampage. Dwayne Johnson stands next to an oversized gorilla while city buildings explode and helicopters look down on the carnage.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-02/Rampage%203.jpg

Rampage + Discussion

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6:00pm

What happens when gene editing runs amok?

A collage of vinyl record covers including images of First Nations singers and bands.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/Vinyl-Lounge_June_2.jpg

The Vinyl Lounge: National Reconciliation Week

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5:30-7:00pm

A special First Nations-themed Vinyl Lounge for National Reconciliation Week.

Head and shoulders shot of a teenage First Nations girl standing on the side of a road
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/NRW_Sweet-As2.jpg

Sweet As + Q&A

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6:00pm

An Indigenous teenager discovers photography during a youth trip in Western Australia.

Russian politician Alexei Navalny seated at a table and looking directly at the camera.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/Navalny-1.jpg

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.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/Kings-Speech.jpg

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.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/Blacksmith-3.jpg

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.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/Subject-1.jpg

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.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/Lost-Boys-Poster.jpg

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.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-04/Dear_Pyongyang_crop.jpg

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.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/Razorback-1.jpg

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

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.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/Snapshot-4.jpg

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.