Australian
Screen

an NFSA website

4 collections

Australian Comedy Part 1: The Silent Era

Part one in Paul Byrnes’ series on comedy in Australian film looks at the silent filmmaking era. [read more]

AWM Western Front

Paul Byrnes argues that the surviving First World War footage held by the Australian War Memorial of Australians at the Western Front is worthy of more serious regard. [read more]

Australian Comedy Part 3: 1950s–1980s

Part three in Paul Byrnes’ series on comedy in Australian film covers the 1950s through to the 1980s. [read more]

Prisons on Film

Paul Byrnes examines the history of Australian penal cinema, from prison ships to detention centres. [read more]