We talked to director Peter Weir about Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) – one of the masterworks of Australian cinema – and the film’s mesmerising outtakes, which are held in the NFSA collection.

Actor Mark Lee interviewed by Alice Ansara.

Peter Weir, who directed Gulpilil in The Last Wave (1977), talks about his 'star quality':

Some of the most distinctive examples of Australian film music are the panpipe pieces by the Romanian folk musician Gheorghe Zamfir in Picnic at Hanging Rock.

In 2020 the NFSA screened the documentary Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, followed by a Q&A with award-winning Australian sound designer Emma Bortignon.

We look back at how 'Mr Movies' Bill Collins reported on Cannes for a 1976 TV special.

On St Valentine’s Day 1900, three schoolgirls from an exclusive English-style boarding school go missing, along with a teacher, at Hanging Rock, in central Victoria.

Actors Mel Gibson and David Argue and director Peter Weir talk with TV host Mike Walsh about the film 'Gallipoli' (1981).

Peter Weir talks with TV host Mike Walsh about the inspiration for his film Gallipoli (1981). Weir visited the trenches at Gallipoli in the 1970s when the site was largely unchan

Director Peter Weir and actors Mel Gibson and David Argue promote the 1981 release of their film Gallipoli on the popular The Mike Walsh Show.