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Dec 2019
A scene from Muriel's Wedding where the main character, Muriel (Toni Collette) is getting married. She's standing at the alter with her groom, his best man, her bridesmaid and a minister.

Muriel's Wedding: 25 Years

We head back down the aisle for a silver anniversary celebration of Muriel's Wedding.

By Mel Bondfield / 9 Dec 2019
Film
Sep 2019
Red Dog, a kelpie-cattle dog cross, pokes his head out of the window of a travelling train

Starstruck on Tour

After successful seasons in Canberra, Adelaide, the Gold Coast and Bathurst, the Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits exhibition now opens in Geraldton, WA.

By Stephen Groenewegen / 24 Sep 2019
Object
Photographs
Posters
A man and a woman wearing dark sunglasses, black clothes and carrying guns.

The Matrix is 20

The NFSA is celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Matrix with a special screening and Q&A with Executive Producer Andrew Mason.

By Tara Marynowsky / 10 Sep 2019
Film
Television
Scene from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. A tour bus on a dirt road in the desert with blue sky in the background. On top of the bus is Guy Pearce in a shiny silver frock sitting on a giant stiletto shoe with a long train flowing behind the bus.

Priscilla turns 25

Australia's most fabulous road trip movie opened in Australian cinemas 25 years ago – on 8 September 1994. To celebrate, we're Undressing Priscilla all over again.

By Mel Bondfield / 6 Sep 2019
Film
Aug 2019
Head from a bear costume inside a conservation box

Fredd Bear Costume

Fredd Bear, the much-loved children’s television character from the late 1960s and early 70s, has arrived at the NFSA.

By Bronwyn Barnett / 20 Aug 2019
Television
Jul 2019

NAIDOC Week: M Yunupingu

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that the following article contains the names, images and voices of deceased persons.

By Adam Blackshaw / 8 Jul 2019
Television
Jun 2019

Vale Bill Collins

We mark the passing of 'Mr Movies', popular film critic and TV presenter, Bill Collins.

By Adam Blackshaw / 24 Jun 2019
Television
Art Deco NFSA building from front view, with blue sky in the background and flags flying atop of the building

20 Years: NFSA Annexe Opening

On 21 June 1999, Prime Minister John Howard opened a major extension to the NFSA building.

By Adam Blackshaw / 17 Jun 2019
Television
Image of a hand writing 'Eternity' in chalk on the sidewalk

NFSA Restores: Eternity

NFSA Restores: Eternity premieres at the Sydney Film Festival. The acclaimed 1994 documentary has been digitally restored 25 years after its release.

By Chris Arneil / 7 Jun 2019
Film
Mar 2019
A partly colourised photo of a nautical-themed float in a 1930s street parade. On the float a woman dressed in white sits on a large-scale model of a sea creature.

Australia in Colour

The NFSA provided nearly three-quarters of the footage used in the groundbreaking four-part series Australia in Colour.

Film
Television