More than three decades after its release, Muriel's Wedding continues to captivate audiences worldwide. Amal Awad speaks to the film’s writer and director, PJ Hogan.
With all the hallmarks of a quirky Aussie comedy – and a Hollywood romance – even 30 years on, Muriel’s Wedding surprises with its layered narrative of self-realisation and the mother wound.
Revisiting Australia’s landmark music television program Countdown half a century after it began, Curator Simon Smith spotlights rarely seen moments from the golden era of 1970s music television.
Illustrated cards in Norman Hetherington's trademark Mr Squiggle style document a special connection.
To celebrate 50 years of Countdown, we’ve rounded up 13 surprising facts that define the show’s singular alchemy.
For World Digital Preservation Day in 2024, we share the NFSA Technical Specifications for Preservation Digitisation, detailing our approach to the preservation, distribution and access of digitised materials.
In the film Malcolm, a small yellow car that splits in two steals the spotlight.
The lucky discovery of rare footage of Australian rock band the Easybeats delivered a performance treasure.
This second drop dives deeper into the undercurrents of 1984: a year when Australian music unsettled, seduced and provoked.
Videotape Specialist Richard Vorobieff looks at one the earliest home video recorders – and finds some rare gems.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.
