Franklyn Barrett toured Queensland in 1925 with the screening of Cecil B De Mille's, 'The Ten Commandments' (1923) - accompanied by 11 tonnes of scenery, costumes, dancing girls, live orchestra, explosives and more.

Grant Scicluna wins the inaugural Orlando Short Film Award for his short film 'Neon Skin'. Grant gives an insight into the world of making short films on the streets of Melbourne.

The NFSA together with Deluxe Sydney and Kodak (Australasia) have preserved and made available 75 classic Australian films.

Film curator Sally Jackson's examination of original documents in Australia and France sheds new light on the man who brought the cinema to Australia in 1896.

The discovery of two films made in Australia by frères Lumière representative Marius Sestier in 1896 includes Australia’s earliest surviving film.

Graham Shirley reflects on Gillian Armstrong’s career ahead of retrospective screenings of two of her films at the NFSA in 2010.

Director Gillian Armstrong writes about a 2010 screening at the NFSA of a new preservation print of her 1992 film 'The Last Days of Chez Nous'.

New 35mm prints of 'Love Serenade' and 'The Last Days of Chez Nous' screened at the 2010 Sydney Film Festival.