Stories

Some of the most striking film posters in the NFSA collection originate from Poland.

The NFSA has been collecting local and international posters of Australian feature films for years. See how The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Wake in Fright, Sons of Matthew and On the Beach were promoted overseas.

Zenith Records Director Paul Rigby talks about the current state of the vinyl market in Australia. Part 2 of 2.

'From Little Things Big Things Grow' has become an iconic Australian protest song, symbolic of the movement for Indigenous equality and land rights in Australia.

Assistant Sound Curator Nick Henderson looks at the new vinyl records being added to the NFSA collection, thanks to Melbourne’s Zenith Records – from Kylie Minogue to The Wiggles.

In 2016, the NFSA presented two 1970s short film spoofs – Buckeye and Pinto (1980) and Terror Lostralis (1980) – as a special double bill at the St Kilda Film Festival.

Go behind-the-scenes at the circus with rare home movie footage of Australia's Con Colleano, the world-famous 'Wizard of the Wire'.

Filmmaker Philippe Mora talks about the horror feature Howling III: The Marsupials.

Caddie (1976) was so popular it ran for 54 weeks on one screen alone. The second part of our celebration of the film looks at its success and feminist legacy.

Operations Supervisor Michael Karris chats to Emily George about how he taught himself to direct, produce and write films, his love of the medium and the work he does with the NFSA collection.