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

Nov 2016

Karen Hewitt at her desk working at the NFSA

Staff Profile: Karen Hewitt

Kylie, Jason, Bananarama. These are only some of the people that our Audio Services Preservation Officer and Assistant Curator worked with before joining the NFSA.

By Adam Blackshaw / 10 Nov 2016

Sound

Oct 2016

Staff Profile: Annie Breslin

Sound designer, yoga teacher, film preserver, florist, foley artist, animal voice-over artist: the talents of our Senior Curatorial Officer Annie Breslin are many!

By Sophie Barbera / 4 Oct 2016

Sound

Sep 2016

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

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

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

Gerry O'Neill

Meet NFSA staffer Gerry O'Neill: preserving Australia's sound heritage when he's not thrashing his guitar with punk outfit The Bladder Spasms.

By Adam Blackshaw / 5 Jul 2016

Object

Sound

May 2016

From Little Things Big Things Grow

Released 25 years ago today, '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.

By Nick Henderson / 26 May 2016

Film

Sound