Crowds of people line the footpath and cross the street outside the State Theatre in Sydney for a nighttime screening of A Town Like Alice, circa 1956.

In this clip, film critic and presenter Bill Collins reports from the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for a Channel 7 TV special called Australia in Cannes.

 Australia In Cannes 1976 in which Collins' interviews key Australian filmmakers at the festival.

 Australia In Cannes 1976 in which Collins' interviews key Australian filmmakers at the festival.

Poster for the Portable Film Festival, 2008.

Poster for the World of Women (WOW) International Film Festival help in October 2002 and national tour that ran from November 2002 to March 2003.

Poster for Seventh Sydney Super 8 Film Festival, held in November 1998 in Sydney and Melbourne. The Festival featured films from Australia, West Germany and Japan.

Poster for the Sydney Underground Film Festival, held on 7-10 September, 2007. The Festival featured 85 films as well as live bands over four nights.

Glossy red poster advertising Tropfest 2000 with a space at the bottom for location details.

NFSA Film Curator Heather Gill looks at the legacy of short-film festival Tropfest.