From national surf carnivals and cultural events to family holidays by the sea, Australians love spending time at the beach.

From award winning director Maya Newell (In My Blood It Runs) and acclaimed producer Sophie Hyde (52 Tuesdays) comes a documentary short 19 years in the making.

The Death of a Wombat is an award-winning radio documentary by writer and producer George Ivan Smith and composer Geroge S English.

The documentary Never Say Die Matildas (2008) follows the team’s 2007 FIFA World Cup campaign, going behind the scenes as the team prepares for the tournament in China.

The members of the band No Fixed Address leave for their gig. During their performance the police arrive.

Summary by Romaine Moreton

Members of the bands No Fixed Address and Us Mob collect bush tucker on the beach. Les (Les Graham), driving with Carroll (Carroll Karpanny), talks about finding his birth family.

This is a clip from the NFSA Restores digital restoration of Wrong Side of the Road (Ned Lander, Australia, 1981).

The Department is a documentary about the NSW Department of Communities and Justice as they navigate the complexities of keeping children safe in families experiencing domestic violen

Deborah Mailman set out in 2006 with one of Australia’s best-known Olympians, gold medallist Cathy Freeman, to meet remote Aboriginal communities from Broome to Arnhem Lan

Listen to the NFSA's Karina Libbey in conversation with Ablaze co-directors Tiriki Onus and Alec Morgan.