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Jan 2021
Man waving an Australian flag, set against a pale blue, cloudy sky.

Australia Daze: 1988 to Now

For the documentary Australia Daze, 28 film crews captured Australia's bicentennial celebrations over 24 hours across the country on 26 January 1988.

By Sean Bridgeman / 19 Jan 2021
Film
Dec 2020

Silent Night

Johnny Milner takes a look at one of the most enduring of Christmas carols, 'Silent Night', with performances by Paul Robeson and Archie Roach.

By Johnny Milner / 21 Dec 2020
Film
Sound
Kylie Minogue on stage in a pink showgirl costume singing into a microphone.

Top Content 2020

What was the most popular content on our website in 2020?

By Mel Bondfield / 17 Dec 2020
Film
Photographs
Sound
Television
Still frame from virtual reality production Whadjuk showing Aboriginal men in the water and a ship on the horizon

2020 at the NFSA

View and listen to highlights of what we collected in 2020, including an emotional eyewitness account of the Victorian bushfires and exclusive interviews on the impact of COVID-19.

By Mel Bondfield / 16 Dec 2020
Documents
Film
Object
Oral History
Radio
Sound
Television
A long exposure image of lights. They have left trails across the image.

Newscaf: Christmas lights

As part of our Newscaf series, we bring you some notable Christmas light displays, from Toowoomba to Tasmania.

By Beth Taylor / 11 Dec 2020
Television

Deep Dive: Blue-Tongue Films

In October 2020, the NFSA presented an online screening of shorts from Blue-Tongue Films and a Q&A with two of the collective’s principal creatives, Nash Edgerton and David Michôd.

By Johnny Milner / 9 Dec 2020
Film

Vale Hugh Keays-Byrne

A tribute to actor Hugh Keays-Byrne, who has passed away at age 73.

By Heather Gill / 4 Dec 2020
Film
Oral History
Photographs
Head and shoulders shot of John Lennon pictured in New York, wearing sunglasses and a beret and making a peace sign with his fingers. C. 1973.

Remembering John Lennon

We look back at local and overseas reporting and reactions to the death of music legend John Lennon on 8 December 1980.

By Mel Bondfield / 4 Dec 2020
Television
A collection of analogue cassette tapes of the Martin/Molloy radio show

Best of Martin/Molloy

Tony Martin talks about the groundbreaking 1990s radio comedy program Martin/Molloy being inducted into the 2020 Sounds of Australia and preserved at the NFSA.

By Crispian Winsor / 4 Dec 2020
Radio
Nov 2020
Two women standing in front of a building site. One woman is slightly older and is holding a camera.

Laura Gordon Interview

Curator Jenny Gall talks with Laura Gordon about starring in the film Undertow, for which she's been nominated for Best Actress at the 2020 AACTA Awards.

By Jenny Gall / 27 Nov 2020
Film