Listen to a Q&A with composer Paul Mac about writing a new score for the NFSA Restores digital restoration of The Sentimental Bloke.
In 1908 the site of the nation’s capital was chosen as a compromise between rival cities, Sydney (NSW) and Melbourne (Vic).
One of Australia’s greatest silent films celebrates its 100th anniversary with a new digital restoration by the NFSA.
Lyell was fearlessly committed to her career, executing her own riding, fencing and rowing stunts.
Mutiny of the Bounty is a 1916 Australian-New Zealand silent film directed by Raymond Longford about the mutiny aboard HMS Bounty.
This is the earliest surviving feature footage of the work of pioneering filmmakers Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell. The first half of the film survives with the English setting of the story of
A scene from the 1923 film The Dinkum Bloke, starring Lottie Lyell and Arthur Tauchert. Directed by Raymond Longford.
