The National Film and Sound Archive tells the national story by collecting, preserving and sharing audiovisual media, the cultural experience platforms of our time. 

Guest First Nations writer Nathan Sentance offers suggestions about how historical collecting institutions can provide access to racist collection material without causing harm.

Curator Thorsten Kaeding looks at how and why the NFSA selects – and sometimes excludes – materials from the national collection.

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.

The NFSA collects tens of thousands of items every year. What were some of the highlights for 2019?

The NFSA collects tens of thousands of items every year. What were some of the highlights for 2018?

The NFSA collection holds more than 4 million works.

Robert Waterfall explains how the NFSA protects the collection from threats posed by water, fire and natural disasters.

The National Registry of Audiovisual Collections is a unique NFSA initiative – a listing of over 80 audiovisual collections from across Australia.