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The Sydney Opera House is festooned with red ribbons. There are many boats on the water in front of it.

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Sydney Opera House

By Beth Taylor / 16 Oct 2018

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A cable car descends a hill in 1950s San Francisco.

World Home Movie Day

For World Home Movie Day 2018, we share early home movies of Sydney and the USA by filmmaker Anthony Buckley.

By Heather Gill / 20 Oct 2018

A woman wearing blue plastic gloves is examining a coat.

Starstruck exhibition

A behind-the-scenes look at Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits, now showing at Samstag Museum in Adelaide.

By Miguel Gonzalez / 8 Oct 2018

Annette Kellerman is wearing a sequinned costume with feathers in her hair. She looks off to the side away from the camera.

Annette Kellerman

Annette Kellerman took on the world – swimming, acting, performing and writing herself into the history books.

By Beth Taylor / 27 Sep 2018

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Aug 2018

A rose-pink tinted image of a woman looking off into the distance.

The McDonagh Sisters

A portrait of the pioneering filmmakers, The McDonagh Sisters - Isabel, Paulette and Phyllis. NFSA Restores: The Cheaters screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2018.

By Graham Shirley / 9 Aug 2018

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Photographs

Jul 2018

A black and white photo taken on the set of The Piano. From left to right actress Anna Paquin, director Jane Campion and actor Sam Neill.

Jane Campion: a portrait

Jane Campion's bold and unconventional work has been acclaimed around the world.

By Richard Kuipers / 27 Jul 2018

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Jan 2018

Mia Wasikowska leads a camel in the ocean in a scene from the film Tracks

Matt Nettheim in Starstruck

Matt Nettheim shares insights into his work as on-set stills photographer on films featured in the Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits exhibition.

By Jessica Bolton / 17 Jan 2018

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Photographs

Mar 2015

Oral History: Directors

In these Oral History interviews, three filmmakers discuss their careers making documentary and drama for TV and film.

By Bronwyn Murphy / 26 Mar 2015

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Oral History

May 2013

Asghar Farhadi

Arc Screening Program Manager Quentin Turnour profiles the career of Iranian cinema’s hottest director, Asghar Farhadi, ahead of a special program featuring four of his films.

By Quentin Turnour / 3 May 2013

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Ôshima Nagisa

Screening Program Manager Quentin Turnour looks at the career and work of controversial Japanese director Ōshima Nagisa.

By Quentin Turnour / 3 May 2013

Film

Jun 2012

NFSA Connects with Red Dog

Director Kriv Stenders and editor Jill Bilcock discuss the making of 'Red Dog' with Queensland high school students for the latest NFSA Connects.

By Imelda Cooney / 15 Jun 2012

Film

Nov 2011

The Independent Spirit of Mad Bastards

Brendan Fletcher's feature won the 2011 NFSA IF Award for Independent Spirit. Miguel Gonzalez spoke with this 'mad' director/producer.

By Miguel Gonzalez / 17 Nov 2011

Film

Aug 2010

Reflections on Gillian Armstrong

Graham Shirley reflects on Gillian’s films and career ahead of this weekend’s repeat screenings of two of her films.

By Graham Shirley / 13 Aug 2010

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Revisiting The Last Days of Chez Nous

Director Gillian Armstrong writes about the screening of a new preservation print of her 1992 film 'The Last Days of Chez Nous' at the NFSA.

By Gillian Armstrong / 9 Aug 2010

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