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class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/arc-cinema-program-nfsa-february-2021"> February at Arc Cinema</a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Karina Libbey / 2021-02-16</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> What's on at the NFSA's Arc cinema in Canberra for the remainder of February? </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/arc-cinema-program-nfsa-february-2021">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/listen-music-australian-film"> Exploring Australian Film Music</a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Johnny Milner / 2021-02-16</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> Explore one of the more under-appreciated dimensions of cinema through our Australian Film Music curated collection. </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/listen-music-australian-film">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/arc-cinema-program-nfsa-march-2021"> March at Arc Cinema</a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Karina Libbey / 2021-02-15</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> What's on at the NFSA's Arc cinema in Canberra in March? </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/arc-cinema-program-nfsa-march-2021">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/unesco-world-radio-day-10th-anniversary"> World Radio Day 2021</a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Mel Bondfield / 2021-02-12</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> UNESCO World Radio Day celebrates its 10th anniversary this year under the banner ‘New World, New Radio’. </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/unesco-world-radio-day-10th-anniversary">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/history-lunar-and-chinese-new-year-australia"> Lunar New Year 2021</a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Mel Bondfield / 2021-02-05</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> See footage of previous Australian Lunar New Year celebrations for the Year of the Ox – from 1937, 1985 and 2009. </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/history-lunar-and-chinese-new-year-australia">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/explore-brisbane-time-capsule"> Brisbane time capsule</a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Beth Taylor / 2021-02-04</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> Take a look at what makes Brisbane unique: from a house in a bridge pylon to Ekka and State of Origin memories. </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/explore-brisbane-time-capsule">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/deep-dive-brazen-hussies-qa-catherine-dwyer-and-elizabeth-reid"> Deep Dive: Brazen Hussies</a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Johnny Milner / 2021-01-28</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> Listen to a Q&A with the director of documentary Brazen Hussies (2020), Catherine Dwyer and influential feminist Elizabeth Reid. </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/deep-dive-brazen-hussies-qa-catherine-dwyer-and-elizabeth-reid">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/director-pat-fiske-australia-daze-1988"> Pat Fiske on Australia Daze</a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Pat Fiske / 2021-01-21</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> Director Pat Fiske shares her story about the making of the landmark documentary Australia Daze. </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/director-pat-fiske-australia-daze-1988">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/australia-daze-revisited"> Australia Daze: 1988 to Now</a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Sean Bridgeman / 2021-01-19</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> For the documentary Australia Daze, 28 film crews captured Australia's bicentennial celebrations over 24 hours across the country on 26 January 1988. </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/australia-daze-revisited">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/silent-night-performances-archie-roach-and-paul-robeson"> Silent Night</a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Johnny Milner / 2020-12-21</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> Johnny Milner takes a look at one of the most enduring of Christmas carols, 'Silent Night', with performances by Paul Robeson and Archie Roach. </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/silent-night-performances-archie-roach-and-paul-robeson">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/nfsas-top-content-2020"> Top Content 2020</a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Mel Bondfield / 2020-12-17</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> What was the most popular content on our website in 2020? </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/nfsas-top-content-2020">read more...</a></span> </div> <div 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<span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/newscaf-christmas-lights-around-australia">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/deep-dive-blue-tongue-films-qa-nash-edgerton-and-david-michod"> Deep Dive: Blue-Tongue Films</a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Johnny Milner / 2020-12-09</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> In October 2020, the NFSA presented an online screening of shorts from Blue-Tongue Films and a Q&A with two of the collective’s principal creatives, Nash Edgerton and David Michôd. </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/deep-dive-blue-tongue-films-qa-nash-edgerton-and-david-michod">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/vale-hugh-keays-byrne"> Vale Hugh Keays-Byrne </a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Heather Gill / 2020-12-04</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> A tribute to actor Hugh Keays-Byrne, who has passed away at age 73. </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/vale-hugh-keays-byrne">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/martinmolloy-tony-martin-interview"> Best of Martin/Molloy</a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Crispian Winsor / 2020-12-04</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> Tony Martin talks about the groundbreaking 1990s radio comedy program Martin/Molloy being inducted into the 2020 Sounds of Australia and preserved at the NFSA. </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/martinmolloy-tony-martin-interview">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/john-lennon-40-years"> Remembering John Lennon</a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Mel Bondfield / 2020-12-04</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> We look back at local and overseas reporting and reactions to the death of music legend John Lennon on 8 December 1980. </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/john-lennon-40-years">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/john-lennon-40-years"> Remembering John Lennon</a></h3> <p class="post-byline clearer"> : by Mel Bondfield / 2020-12-04</p> <div class="tease group-result clearer"> We look back at local overseas reporting and reactions to the death of music legend John Lennon on 8 December 1980. </div> <span class="clearer"><a class="blog-more" href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/john-lennon-40-years">read more...</a></span> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-headline"><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/interview-laura-gordon-star-undertow"> 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