Media releases

In its response to Screen Australia’s Australian Interactive Games Fund paper, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has highlighted the importance of long-term preservation of digital content such as video games, apps and other interactive cultural products.

The NFSA called for the inclusion of an archiving strategy for funded works in all project proposals, and the incorporation of associated costs into project budgets.

The experts behind The Art of Sound, the new exhibition presented by the Grafton Regional Gallery (GRG) and the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), will discuss the intersection between sound and the visual arts during a special ‘Curators Forum’ on 9 February.

The Film Australia Collection (FAC), a diverse range of more than 5,000 titles of documentary and educational programs, is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2013.

The Art of Sound, a new exhibition which examines the intersections between sound and the visual arts, will be open to the public at Grafton Regional Gallery from 23 January – 13 February, presented in partnership with the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA).

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), partnered with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), has presented the Timorese Government with a comprehensive profile of material on Timor-Leste held in Australia’s national audiovisual collection.

The Australians in Toronto, a rare 1932 film featuring cricket legend Sir Donald Bradman in action in Canada, has been released by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. The 13-minute black and white silent documentary had never been seen before in Australia.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the much-loved Luna Park in St Kilda, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has curated a compilation of historical films featuring this Melbourne icon.

Canberra film-lovers are in for a treat as the popular Japanese Film Festival returns to the NFSA’s Arc cinema in December 2012, with a selection of some of the latest Japanese hit films, as well as classics from revered veteran directors.

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) marks the United Nations’ World Television Day (21 November) with an online history of the development of regional television in Australia.

The National Film and Sound Archive is currently installing a new one-of-a-kind exhibit, which will provide visitors with the opportunity to ‘play’ and remix the music of Gotye.