Collection
There are over 1,000 Australian animated short films in the NFSA collection, with the earliest here dating back to the 1920s.
Examples in this curated collection encompass analogue techniques like...
Collection
The first Australian film nominated for an Academy Award ('Oscar') won - Kokoda Front Line! in 1942.
Since then, Australian productions and co-productions have been nominated in virtually every...
Article
The first Academy Award ever won by an Australian is in the NFSA collection.
Article
Enjoy a comprehensive selection of Australian animated short films in our new curated collection.
Article
Australian films have been nominated in nearly every category at the Academy Awards.
Article
Australian set decorator Ken Muggleston recalls the moment he first learned he'd won an Academy Award.
Article
Film curator Itzell Tazzyman introduces her role as collector of short films for the NFSA and highlights some recent international successes.
Video
This story from Southern Cross News, Tasmania previews the 2015 Academy Awards, held in Hollywood on 28 February 2016. It spotlights the record number of Australians nominated for awards, many of...
Video
A convoy of stunt performers outside the Sydney Opera House promote Mad Max: Fury Road ahead of its premiere.
Interviewed for this Ten Eyewitness News story on 13 May 2015 was production designer...
Video
Leisure, directed by Australian master animator Bruce Petty in 1976, won the Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated). It is one of the more unusual films to have come out of Film Australia and...
