Australians & Hollywood
The NFSA announces a blockbuster exhibition opening in January 2022.
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Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photojournalist
In March we launch Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photojournalist, an exhibition celebrating one of Australia’s most prolific and influential photographers.
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NFSA + DNA
A technological world first for the NFSA.
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Game Masters: The Exhibition
Game Masters: The Exhibition opens and the NFSA begins collecting and preserving Australian video games.
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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Our online exhibition celebrates the majesty of Skippy.
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Australia in Colour
We supply 70% of the footage used in the landmark four-part series Australia in Colour.
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Carriberrie VR Experience
We present an immersive virtual reality journey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander song and dance.
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Starstruck exhibition on tour
We produce a short documentary about Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits when the exhibition opens in Adelaide.
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Museum Dance Off 2018
The NFSA wins the national title in the international Museum Dance Off competition 2018!
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The new NFSA website
The redeveloped nfsa.gov.au offers a mobile, responsive experience to better discover and share our collection.
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Shine screening and concert
The NFSA’s 20th anniversary screening of Shine reunited pianist David Helfgott with actor Geoffrey Rush.
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NFSA Restores premiere screenings
NFSA Restores brings the classics back to the big screen.
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Picnic at Hanging Rock: 40 Years of Mystery
The NFSA celebrates Picnic at Hanging Rock with an online exhibition and a 40th anniversary screening.
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Muriel’s Wedding: Renewing our vows
The NFSA celebrates the 20th anniversary of Muriel’s Wedding with an online exhibition and a special screening.
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Black Chat: Stiff Gins
In March, Stiff Gins perform in the NFSA theatrette for the Black Chat program. In 2013, they visit the NFSA to record a unique wax cylinder.
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Priscilla: 20 Years Young
The NFSA throws a 20th birthday party for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert complete with special guests, outdoor screening and online exhibition.
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Film Australia Collection turns 100
The NFSA marks 100 years of the Film Australia Collection and Australian Government filmmaking.
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Centenary of Canberra
The NFSA’s open-air screening and live music event for the Centenary of Canberra attracts 4000 people to the Senate Rose Gardens at Old Parliament House.
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The Corrick Collection
A work inspired by the NFSA-restored Corrick collection of early silent films debuts at the Sydney Festival to sell-out crowds.
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Repatriation
The NFSA Indigenous Collections Branch visits Yirrkala in north-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory to repatriate audiovisual materials to the Buku-Larnnggay Mulka Multimedia Archive and Production Centre.
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Restoring the world’s first feature film
The NFSA digitally restores The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906), considered to be the world’s first feature-length film, to mark the centenary of its premiere.
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Big Screen
Big Screen commences touring Australian films to regional centres in 2001.
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Radio with Pictures
The Radio with Pictures interview project commences. It includes filmed oral histories with prominent media personalities such as Bruce Gyngell AO.
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Lost film found in cake tin
A cake tin donated to the NFSA contains 24 minutes of the previously lost bushranger film Thunderbolt (1910).
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In the news: Operation Newsreel
The NFSA launches Operation Newsreel.
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The Australian Image
The Australian Image series is televised nationally.
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Opening night
On 3 October 1984, Prime Minister the Hon Bob Hawke officially opens the NFSA’s new headquarters in Canberra.
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The NFSA is formally established
Former federal government minister Barry Cohen recalls the separation of the NFSA from the National Library of Australia.