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Arc Cinema Screenings
Enjoy cinema's greatest experiences at Arc, the new state-of-the-art venue at the National Film and Sound Archive.
Silk and Bamboo
Four outstanding Japanese-Australian artists Riley Lee, Satsuki Odamura, Fukutoshi Ueno and Akira Isogawa will transport you to that quieter, other place of contemplation of Nature and beauty at the core of the soul.
Friday 21 November, 7:30pm. Tickets now on sale from the NFSA Box office.
02 6248 2000
Adults $25, Concession $15
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The Japanese Film Festival
The 2008 Japanese Film Festival is presented with the support of The Embassy of Japan. Presented in cooperation with The Japan Foundation. MORE
THE LONGFORD LYELL LECTURES - Bertrand Tavernier
Bertrand Tavernier has been described as “…the French Martin Scorsese”: a veteran director of nearly 20 features, an encyclopaedic cinema historian and a passionate believer in preserving film heritage. The NFSA welcomes Bertrand Tavernier to give the 2008 Longford Lyell Lecture, and to introduce his film Life and Nothing But ([La vie et rien d’autre] France, 1989, 139’ (PG)), with Philippe Noiret in a haunting look at France in 1919 and the legacy of the Great War. Presented with the support of Unifrance and the French Embassy in Australia. Friday 28 November 6.00pm MORE
CJ Taylor:
12 Canoes Photography Exhibition
Where:The Studio Café
When:9am - 5pm weekdays; 10am - 5pm weekends
Cost: Free
Shooting Stars:
Women from the Taussig Collection
Where: Foyer and South Gallery
When: From 3 July 2008
9am - 5pm weekdays; 10am - 5pm weekends
Cost: Free
Sights + Sounds of a Nation
100 years of Australian film, television, radio and recorded sound. Through video compilations and touch screen programs, discover the “sights and sounds” of our imagination and our daily lives.
Where: South Gallery
When: All year
Cost: Free
Ken G. Hall Award
Acknowledging an outstanding contribution to the art of moving image and its preservation
Longford Lyell lecture series
Celebrating the work of national and international screen personalities.
Bertrand Tavernier - 28 November 2008
Thomas Rome lecture series
An annual lecture providing a platform for a leading figure in the Australian Sound Recording industry to generate ideas, debate and discussion about the state of the sound industries, relevant public policy issues and the role of sound in society.
