Stories

We mark Home Movie Day 2017 on 21 October with a curated collection of films from the NFSA collection.

'Homicide' premiered on TV on 20 October 1964. Here's 10 things you didn't know about the classic crime drama.

Berlei cinema and television advertisements and educational glass slides from the 1920s to the 1960s offer a window onto Australian fashion and social mores.

Listen to excerpts from Helen Garner reading her award-winning first novel Monkey Grip (1977) on Melbourne community radio in 1980.

Strictly Ballroom choreographer John 'Cha Cha' O'Connell talks about working with Baz Luhrmann and his dazzling career as choreographer to the stars.

Footage of a 1933 AFL face-off between Victorian and South Australian teams gives us rare glimpses of two goal-kicking legends.

Cinema Art Films brought many notable foreign productions to Australia between 1927 and 1932. We've acquired original posters for a selection of their releases.

With the 2017 Rugby League season drawing to a close, we present a curated collection of memorable rugby moments from the 20th century.

Roger Cowland recalls his work in film optical effects on films like Babe, Strictly Ballroom and Mad Max.

Twenty-five years after the release of Strictly Ballroom, the NFSA caught up with one of the stars of the film, Tara Morice.