Australia Day film screenings
Australia Day is the perfect time to discover, or revisit, classic Australian films
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Watch government-produced documentaries from the Film Australia Collection in full. Latest: South West Corner (The Commonwealth Film Unit, 1961).
Australian screenings in May at Arc cinema at the NFSA include: My Brilliant Career, Romeo + Juliet and special sessions Don McAlpine Carte Blanche. Full program
NFSA digital restoration of Wrong Side of the Road to premiere at Sydney Film Festival.
Wish You Were Here wins five Film Critics’ Circle of Australia awards. Winners
Nominations for the 2013 Logie Awards have been announced. TV Tonight
The Rocket and Red Obsession both competing at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. Indiewire
Aus films The Rocket, Satellite Boy and The Amber Amulet win prizes at the Berlinale. Details
ACMI’s upcoming Australian Perspectives features David Hannay and Bruce Petty. Details
Tropfest announces its finalists for 2013 (YouTube).
The Sapphires is the big winner at the 2013 AACTA Awards. Details
Patricia Lovell has died. Obituary
Beneath Clouds, Samson and Delilah, Ten Canoes, Green Bush among the films screening as part of Berlinale’s NATIVe program.
Yardbird wins Best Australian Short Film at Flickerfest. Full winners list
Actor Bille Brown has died. Obituary
Congratulations to this year’s Oscar nominees, including Australians Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts, Jacki Weaver and makeup artist Rick Findlater. Full list
Satellite Boy and Lore are screening in Women in Cinema at the Seattle International Film Festival. Details
15th birthday screening of Head On will take place during 20th Mardi Gras Film Festival.
Satellite Boy and The Rocket selected to screen at Berlinale. Details
The star of Red Dog has died. Details
Australia Day is the perfect time to discover, or revisit, classic Australian films
The NFSA is awarding Susanne Chauvel Carlsson the 2012 Ken G Hall Award for Film Preservation
A special screening marks the documentary’s 20th anniversary
It’s been four decades since Australian TV lost its virginity
A special NFSA screening of The Overlanders marks the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin
Graham Shirley explores the powerful presence of the Australian outback on screen
Graham Shirley uncovers the work of an Australian filmmaker ahead of his time.
The Sydney Film Festival screened a new print of Rolf de Heer’s Dingo for the film’s 20th anniversary.
The Corrick Collection gives us a rare glimpse into the early days of cinema and the travelling film show
'This film is nuts! What was I thinking? It is completely barking mad…’
NFSA’s city slicker Brendan Smith is smitten by the night sky at Mildura.