Film & Sound News

List of articles

Dec 2016

2016 at the NFSA

The NFSA collects tens of thousands of items every year. What were some of the highlights for 2016?

By Adam Blackshaw / 23 Dec 2016

Documents

Film

Object

Oral History

Photographs

Radio

Sound

Television

Sep 2016

Peter Finch

On the centenary of Oscar-winning actor Peter Finch’s birth, we publish highlights from his early radio career in Australia.

By Adam Blackshaw / 28 Sep 2016

Film

Radio

Dennis Cometti

An insight into Dennis Cometti's 40-year career in sports broadcasting.

By Adam Blackshaw / 27 Sep 2016

Oral History

Split my ride

We spoke to David Parker and Tony Mahood, two of the creative minds responsible for creating the quirky getaway car in Malcolm (1986).

By Jemma Pietrus / 21 Sep 2016

Film

Object

Aug 2016

Fairlight

In 1979 two young Australians invented the first Fairlight sampling synthesizer and changed electronic music forever. We have one in working condition!

By Beth Taylor / 29 Aug 2016

Object

Brother and sister musicians Hephzibah and Yehudi Menuhin

Hephzibah Menuhin

Roz Barker reveals the link between Aspro headache tablets and world-famous violinist Yehudi Menuhin and his sister Hephzibah.

By Roz Barker / 24 Aug 2016

Sound

Television

Gaywaves Project

Radio Archivist Chris Arneil looks at the outcomes of our Gaywaves LGBTI radio preservation program.

By Chris Arneil / 19 Aug 2016

Radio

Sound

Staff Profile: Jennifer Gall

Meet Jenny Gall, Assistant Curator - Documents and Artefacts, who has a passion for the performing arts, an obsession with textiles and a love of musical instruments.

By Adam Blackshaw / 2 Aug 2016

Object

Jul 2016

Proof restoration

Our digital restoration of Proof premieres tonight at the Melbourne International Film Festival. It’s been a long road, but it was absolutely worth it!

By Gayle Lake / 29 Jul 2016

Film