For World Home Movie Day 2021, curator Heather Gill highlights the work of Australia's amateur cine societies.

Graham Shirley's portrait of the pioneering Australian filmmakers, the McDonagh Sisters – Isabel, Paulette and Phyllis.

A behind-the-scenes photo from the set of The Cheaters (silent version, 1929).

Rupert Kathner (Ben Mendelsohn) announces his filmmaking vision: a projector atop the tallest city building screening his movies on white clouds in the sky, the entire world his audience.

Rupert Kathner (Ben Mendelsohn) is having trouble selling his film to production houses.

NFSA Historian Graham Shirley remembers filmmaker and actor Esben Storm (1950–2011).