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Tagged: short films

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Black Screen collection of films for screenings
Black Screen connects culture, stories and language with community through screen. The Black Screen collection includes over 45 short films and documentaries created by renowned filmmakers. Black...
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Australian award-winning animated short films
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...
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Short Films by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers
Highlighting short films made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers including Wayne Blair, Beck Cole, Ivan Sen, Catriona McKenzie and Warwick Thornton. These films are from several...
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Best of Australian animated short films
Enjoy a comprehensive selection of Australian animated short films in our new curated collection.
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Grant Scicluna wins Orlando Award
Grant Scicluna wins the inaugural Orlando Short Film Award for his short film 'Neon Skin'. Grant tells us what he's been up to, and gives us an insight into the world of making short films on the...
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Short films at the NFSA
Film curator Itzell Tazzyman introduces her role as collector of short films for the NFSA and highlights some recent international successes.
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Matt Bird: filmmaker on the rise
Curator of short films at the NFSA, Heather Gill, speaks with up-and-coming filmmaker Matt Bird who is charting his own course in the film industry.
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Sparkles: Sparkles meets Diamond on her way to Perth
Sparkles is a short film from Rush Films about a 30-something-year-old Down Syndrome woman leaves her past behind by running away from a small country town towards the city. Along her journey, she...
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Wadu Matyidi
In the 1800s, Adnyamathanha children of the Flinders Ranges in South Australia were inspired, schooled and entertained by their interactions with country.  In this clip from the short animated film,...
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Cate Shortland talks about writing Flowergirl with Jun Tagami
Cate Shortland speaks with Deb Verhoeven in front of an audience at a Popcorn Taxi event in Melbourne on 12 December 2000 entitled 'Shorts by Jo Kennedy and Cate Shortland'. Here Cate talks about the...
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