Stories

In the late 1980s and early '90s, an unlikely love affair sprang up between an American rock legend and Australian sport. Tina Turner’s rugby league ads reshaped public perception of the game and made the singer a national favourite.

From fictional fathers in Round the Twist and Bluey to real-life superheroes like Steve Irwin, we salute the much-prized Australian phenomenon that is the daggy dad.

Step behind the scenes to unpack the ideas, influences and creative collaborations fuelling Inferno, an audiovisual installation by Paris-based Australian artist Mikaela Stafford commissioned by the NFSA.

Jazz Money reflects on making their film WINHANGANHA and engaging with the audiences and communities who are encountering it at screenings in Australia and around the world.

From beloved family companions to cheeky physical comedians, these canines, pooches and pups have left a pawsitive impression on the Aussie TV screen. 

Jenny Neighbour, former Head of Programs and Documentary Programmer at the Sydney Film Festival, pays tribute to David Stratton, who died on 14 August 2025, aged 85.

Sweetie is a film which takes up residence inside you in all its messy, complicated, gorgeous glory. Curator Hannah de Feyter reflects on a new NFSA restoration of Jane Campion's uncompromising debut feature.

Fifty years after it debuted in cinemas, The Rocky Horror Picture Show still pulses with the same energy, testament to both the wild, loud powerhouses behind its genius, and the rituals that have become folded into the film’s very being.

As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) – one of the masterworks of Australian cinema – we talked to director Peter Weir about the film’s mesmerising outtakes, which are held in the NFSA collection.