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Tagged: Australian film
Exhibition
Storm Boy, the classic Australian film based on Colin Thiele's novel, is now 40 years old.
Collection
The first Australian film nominated for an Academy Award ('Oscar') won - Kokoda Front Line! in 1942.
Since then, Australian productions and co-productions have been nominated in virtually every...
Collection
The NFSA and the National Portrait Gallery proudly present a star-studded exhibition.
Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits explores striking portraits emerging from 100 years of Australian movies...
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According to prolific cult director Brian Trenchard-Smith, Ozploitation is 'genre homage through an Australian lens: boisterous, anti-authoritarian, wide angle'.
Trenchard-Smith should know – he made...
Collection
The art of poster-making flourished in Poland following the Second World War. There were two main state institutions that commissioned artists to create posters: Film Polski (Polish Film) and...
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What did Australians watch at their local cinema during the First World War?
During the 1910s huge picture palaces flourished across the country and going to the pictures was a big social event....
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Submerge yourself in 80s goodness with glimpses of fashion, music, technology, film, television, radio, sport and advertising from the decade.
The 1980s was all about excess: greed was good, hair...
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Malcolm is a beloved Australian comedy from 1986 about a mechanical genius played by Colin Friels. Directed by first-time director Nadia Tass, the central character of Malcolm was inspired by her...
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The king of the small screen also made a brief but successful transition to the big screen.
Graham Kennedy always aspired to be a film actor; to him, acting in films was 'travelling first class',...
Collection
'You’re terrible Muriel!’
Muriel’s Wedding has had a strong impact on Australian popular culture since its release in 1994. The NFSA celebrates the film with this collection of rare videos, costumes...