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Black Screen connects culture, stories and language with community through screen.
The Black Screen collection includes over 30 short films and documentaries created by renowned filmmakers.
Black...
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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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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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Enjoy a comprehensive selection of Australian animated short films in our new curated collection.
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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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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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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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In the early years of the 20th Century, Marconi revolutionised communication, Queen Victoria died, and Australia federated. What’s more, imagination took off as the Wright Brothers flew over America...
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This is a clip from the multi-award winning, hand-drawn animation The Orchestra, by Mikey Hill.
The film explores a world where striking the wrong note is literal, not figurative. A band of tiny...
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This clip is from The Lost Thing, which started as a picture book written and illustrated by Shaun Tan. The book was later adapted into a short film narrated by the multi-talented performer, Tim...