Autumn program - National Film and Sound Archive

NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE / mCCOY CIRCUIT, aCTON
MAR
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MAY
AUTUMN EVENTS
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PROGRAM
MARCH
DAILY
Screening – A New Nation
3
FRI 4
Event – Vinyl Lounge
6
THU 10 +
Season – Spear
4
THU 17
Screening – 1916: The Irish Rebellion
7
FRI 18
Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier
Event – Ghost Tour
6
14
APRIL
DAILY
Screening – Migration and the Evolving Australian Identity
3
FRI 1
Event – Vinyl Lounge
6
FRI 8 +
Season – Ricketts Italian Film Collection
MON 11 +
School Holiday Film Program – Daily 10am
11
FRI 15 +
Season – Marco Polo Jr (Includes meet–the–filmmaker event at 6.30pm)
10
FRI 22
Screening – Ireland Will Be Free
SUN 24
Event – Home Movies from New Australian Families
10
Screening – King of the Coral Sea
10
Screening – Home Song Stories
10
Event – Ghost Tour
14
FRI 29
8
7
MAY
DAILY
Screening – Migration and the Evolving Australian Identity
FRI 5
In Conversation: ‘Bruno’ and Kingswood Country
FRI 6
Event – Vinyl Lounge
Screening – Phil Noyce’s Good Afternoon
FRI 13
3
12
6
12
Screening – Howling III The Marsupials
12
Event – Ghost Tour
14
SUN 15
Event – Eurovision Superfan Party
13
WED 18
Behind the Scenes at the NFSA for International Museums Day
14
TUES 24 +
Season – Reconciliation Week film program – Daily 2pm
FRI 27
Friends of the NFSA – The Gumleaf Girls: Women in Early Australian Cinema
5
12
AUSTRALIAN
IDENTITY
In 2016 our daily screening program
continues our exploration on the theme of
‘identity’ and what it means to be Australian.
All titles are from the NFSA collection.
Part One: A New Nation
Until 1 April
Arc Cinema | FREE | 10am Daily
These titles focus on the birth of our
national identity.
Part Two: Migration
COMMENCES MON 4 APRIL
Arc Cinema | FREE
We look at the challenges migrants have
faced adapting to the harsh Australian
landscape and the sometimes harsher
closed communities. And we look at how
successive waves of migrants have brought
Australian life a richness of food, culture
and community.
APRIL | 9.15AM DAILY
Populate or Perish (1995, 55mins)
Destination Australia (1985, 92mins)
Mike and Stefani (1952, 57mins)
Double Trouble (1951, 10mins)
No Strangers Here (1950, 48mins)
I’ll Call Australia Home (1950, 54mins)
No Milk and Honey (1997, 54mins)
Settlers in a Far Far Land (1985, 17mins)
Migrant Experience episode
‘Are You Fair Dinkum’ (1985, 55mins)
Our Multicultural Society episode
‘Ethnic Broadcasting’ (1979, 10mins)
No booking necessary
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SPEAR
Arc Cinema | $14/$12
2015 | PG | 84mins | D: Stephen Page
Bangarra’s Stephen Page makes his
feature film directorial debut with this vibrant
dance film, depicting the journey of young
Aboriginal man Djali (Hunter Page-Lochard)
as he comes to understand what it means to
be a man. Co-starring Aaron Pedersen and
dancers from Bangarra Dance Theatre.
Join us for a special cast and crew Q&A
with star Aaron Pedersen and Director
Stephen Page at 8PM Sat 12 March.
Book online: trybooking.com/jzpz
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MARCH
THU 10 – SAT 12:
10AM, 12PM, 2PM, 6PM and 8PM
SUN 13 – WED 16:
12PM, 2PM, 4PM and 6PM
THU 17 – SAT 19:
10AM, 12PM, 2PM, 6PM and 8PM
SUN 20 – WED 23:
12PM, 2PM, 4PM and 6PM
RECONCILIATION WEEK AT NFSA
BITTER SPRINGS
Yolngu BOY
TUES 23 MAY, 2PM | Arc Cinema | $5
FRI 27 MAY, 2PM | Arc Cinema | $5
1950 | G | 89mins | Australia | D: Ralph Smart
2001 | M | 88mins | Australia
D: Stephen Johnson
This stark story of the dispossession of
Indigenous land owners was Ealing Studios’
third and last film made in Australia. With a
‘comic relief’ character (British comedian Jimmy
Tinder) added in to lighten the mood, and
an ending that was steered far off the bleak
course originally intended due to commercial
imperative, the film is sometimes awkward,
but remains damning under Smart’s careful
direction; a vital image of post-war Australia.
Three Yolngu boys reluctantly face the
transition to adulthood navigating the constant
push-pull between European and traditional
culture. Arnhem Land plays a starring role
alongside its young but clever cast and the
film’s unsentimental approach works wonders
with its tiny budget and makes these boys’
stories all the more moving.
Book online: trybooking.com/jzRX
DEAD HEART
WED 24 MAY, 2PM | Arc Cinema | $5
1996 | MA | 106mins | Australia
D: Nick Parsons
The Fringe Dwellers
The obstacles to reconciliation between black
and white Australia are writ large in this
outback thriller set in the dusty town of Wala
Wala, NSW. Working with the wonderful
screenplay drawn from his play of the same
name, Parsons pushes his actors through a
vast spectrum of emotions resulting in a film
that scorches.
THE FRINGE DWELLERS
THURS 26 MAY, 2PM | Arc Cinema | $5
1986 | PG | 96mins | Australia
D: Bruce Beresford
The first Australian film to cast Indigenous
actors in all its leading roles, this is also one
of the few Australian films to be selected
for competition in Cannes. Nene Gare’s
1961 autobiographical novel is adapted
to an Australia of the 1980s, as Beresford
subtly explores the politics and emotional
complexities of assimilation and its rejection.
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DEBORAH
CONWAY
AND WILLY
ZYGIER
FRI 18 MARCH, 7PM | Arc Cinema | $35
Singer-songwriter Deborah Conway was a
founding member of Do-Re-Mi before launching
a successful solo career, much of which was
shared with musical collaborator William
(Willy) Zygier. In conversation, the pair look
back across their careers and perform from
their own rich and familiar songbook.
Book online: trybooking.com/JZQB
THE VINYL LOUNGE
FRI 4 MARCH, FRI 1 APRIL, FRI 6 MAY,
5.30PM – 7PM | NFSA Theatrette | Free
(Café open from 5pm for drinks and snacks)
Join us after work for a glass of wine
and nibbles. Brings your LPs and
hear what’s spinning on the NFSA’s
turntables this month!
No booking necessary
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IRISH EASTER
RISING CENTENARY
I N A S S O C I AT I O N W I T H T H E E M B A S S Y O F I R E L A N D
1916: THE IRISH REBELLION
IRELAND WILL BE FREE
2015 | PG | 85mins | Ireland
D: Pat Collins and Ruan Magan
Drinks available in courtyard from 6pm,
Film program from 7pm
1920 | PG | 45mins | Australia
Drinks available in NFSA Gallery from 6pm,
Film program from 7pm
THURS 17 MARCH, 6PM for 7PM
Arc Cinema | $5
Pat Collins and Ruan Magan’s documentary
(with narration from Liam Neeson) tells the
dramatic story of the events that took place
in Dublin during Easter Week 1916, when
a small group of Irish rebels took on the might
of the British Empire. Presented within hours
of the documentary’s premiere in Ireland.
Book online: trybooking.com/JZRC
FRI 22 APRIL, 6PM for 7PM
Arc Cinema | $10/$8
In Melbourne in 1920, Archbishop Mannix
presided over a St Patrick’s Day celebration
that for Australia’s large Irish diaspora was
a celebration of Ireland’s emergence from
British rule as its own nation. This newly
remastered actuality footage is presented in
association with the Embassy of Ireland, as
part of its 1916 commemoration programme,
and the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne
and features a live piano accompaniment.
Book online: trybooking.com/JZRE
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RICKETTS COLLECTION
OF ITALIAN CINEMA
In the mid-20th century Carmelo Palumbo
of World Film Distributors imported popular
mainstream cinema from Italy, Spain, France
and Germany; his audience – Australia’s
postwar immigrants. In dedicated cinemas
around the country here was a little piece
of home in their new home.
The NFSA presents a season from the World
Film Distributors Collection. A small selection
of what survives from the 1960s and 1970s
includes romance, drama, musicals and
a Lucio Fulci comedy. These 35mm prints
are in their original condition, which ought
to make for nail-biting excitement for our
projectionists.
Check nfsa.gov.au for subtitling details.
LECTURE:
Italian cinema in Australia:
COMMUNITY AND IDENTITY
FOR NEW AUSTRALIANS
FRI 8 APRIL, 6PM | Arc Cinema | Free
FILM:
GLI INVINCIBILI DEICI
GLADIATORI / SPARTACUS
AND THE TEN GLADIATORS
FRI 8 APRIL, 7PM | Arc Cinema | $10/$8
1964 | 99mins | M | D: Nick Nostro
Nick Nostro’s 1964 classic is the second
of three Ten Gladiators films starring Dan
Vadis in the title role of the hero gladiator
Spartacus who led the revolt against the
brutal blood sport.
FILM:
RIDERA! (CUORE MATTO) /
I WILL LAUGH! (CRAZY HEART)
SAT 9 APRIL, 2PM | Arc Cinema | $10/$8
1967 | 92mins | PG | D: Bruno Corbucci
Just as Elvis tore up the silver screen in the
US, Little Tony enjoyed the same level of
adoration in 1960s Italy. Named for two of
Little Tony’s pop hits, this teen comedy does
have something of a plot, though it is merely
an excuse for the idol to periodically belt out
his hits on screen.
Note: This film is presented in Italian without subtitles
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FILM:
LA PADRINA / LADY DYNAMITE
SAT 9 APRIL, 4PM | Arc Cinema | $10/$8
FILM:
GRAN VARIETA /
GREAT VAUDEVILLE
1973 | 95mins | M | D: Guiseppe Vari
SUN 10 APRIL, 2PM | Arc Cinema | $10/$8
Lidia Alfonsi is explosive as the widow
who descends on Palermo to avenge the
murder of her Mafia boss husband. Equally
incendiary is the boom-chic-a-wow-wow
score from composer Mario Bertolazzi.
1954 | 103mins | PG | D: Domenico Paolella
FILM:
DUE MAFIOSI CONTRO
AL CAPONE / TWO MAFIOSI
AGAINST AL CAPONE
SUN 10 APRIL, 12PM | Arc Cinema | $10/$8
1964 | 93mins | M | D: Giorgio Simonelli
An omnibus musical comedy from director
Domenico Paoella, with five vignettes
starring a who’s-who of 1950s Italian
cinema. This is an ‘Italian-language
backstage musical about quick-change
artists, aspiring singers, and has-been
actors.’
FILM:
Tutti Innamorati /
Everyone’s in Love
Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia were
the Hope and Crosby, Martin and Lewis
of Italian cinema in the 1960s and 1970s.
Spaghetti Western helmer Giorgio Simonelli
directed a series of films celebrating this
great comedy duo, and this one finds them
as bumbling New York detectives going
undercover in Al Capone’s gang.
SUN 10 APRIL, 4PM | Arc Cinema | $10/$8
Note: This film is presented in Italian without subtitles
Book online: trybooking.com/jzsg
1959 | 87mins | PG
D: Giuseppe Orlandi, Franco Rossi
Rossi’s frothy rom-com starring the
always‑magnifico Marcello Mastroianni
playfully mixes two narratives into a
delicious, sugary cocktail about friendship,
commitments and, of course, amore!
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MARCO POLO JR VERSUS
THE RED DRAGON
MON 18 – FRI 22 APRIL, 10AM daily
Arc Cinema | $5
1972 | PG | 82mins | Australia | D: Eric Porter
Meet the animator event
with Cam Ford
FRI 15 APRIL, 6.30PM | Arc Cinema | $10/$8
Young Marco, descendant of Marco Polo is
given a quest to find the mythical kingdom
of Xanadu. This delightful family film was
conceived and directed by Eric Porter, the
animator behind Louis the Fly and Bertie
the Aeroplane, and with the talents of Cam
Ford who had worked on the Beatles Yellow
Submarine.
Book online: trybooking.com/jzsCb
WELCOME TO CANBERRA:
HOME MOVIES FROM NEW
AUSTRALIAN FAMILIES
SUN 24 APRIL, 3PM | NFSA Theatrette | FREE
As the Canberra region began to grow
in the 1960s and 1970s, families from
Europe, the Middle East and SE Asia,
brought home movie cameras and
documented their new lives. We’ve combed
the NFSA collection for just a few of these
films, and invited original filmmakers and
subjects to come and share their stories.
No booking necessary
10
KING OF THE CORAL SEA
SUN 24 APRIL, 5PM | Arc Cinema | $10/$8
Starring Chips Rafferty and Charles
Tingwell, this rollicking high seas adventure
was one of Australia’s most commercially
successful films of the 1950s, hurling
the dashing Rod Taylor into the lap of
Hollywood. Ross Wood’s daring and
sumptuous on-and-under-water photography
on location on Thursday Island makes this
already fun thriller into a big screen holiday.
Book online: trybooking.com/JZSH
HOME SONG STORIES
SUN 24 APRIL, 7PM | Arc Cinema | $10/$8
Screening at over 15 international film
festivals around the world, this multi-award
winning, multi-heartbreaking film is director
Ayres’ memoir of growing up with his
glamorously troubled mother. Joan Chen’s
handling of this complex character is
masterful and, together with its meticulously
understated art direction, creates a very
specific, complicated nostalgia for 1970s
Australia and the Hong Kong diaspora
that made it their home.
Book online: trybooking.com/jzst
FAMILY
CLASSICS
PAPER PLANES
MON 11 APRIL, 10AM | Arc Cinema | $5
2014 | G | 96mins | Australia | D: Robert Connolly
An imaginative children’s film about a young
Australian boy’s passion for flight and his
challenge to compete in the World Paper
Plane Championships in Japan.
ODDBALL
TUES 12 APRIL, 10AM | Arc Cinema | $5
2015 | G | 95mins | Australia | D: Stuart McDonald
An eccentric chicken farmer, with the help
of his granddaughter, trains his mischievous
dog Oddball to protect a penguin sanctuary
from fox attacks.
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS:
SPONGE OUT OF WATER
WED 13 APRIL, 10AM | Arc Cinema | $5
2015 | PG | 92mins | USA
D: Paul Tibbitt, Mike Mitchell
When a diabolical pirate above the
sea steals the secret Krabby Patty formula,
SpongeBob and his nemesis Plankton
must team up in order to get it back.
BLINKY BILL: THE MOVIE
THUR 14 APRIL, 10AM | Arc Cinema | $5
2015 | G | 93mins | Australia | D: Deane Taylor
An adventurous young koala embarks on
a journey across the wild and dangerous
Australian outback in the hope of finding
his missing father.
THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER
FRI 15 APRIL, 10AM | Arc Cinema | $5
1982 | PG | 102mins | Australia | D: George Miller
In 1880s Australia young Jim Craig takes a job
at the Harrison cattle ranch after his father dies,
forcing him to become a man.
Book online: trybooking.com/jzqx
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PHIL NOYCE’S GOOD AFTERNOON
FRI 6 MAY, 10AM & 2PM | Arc Cinema | $5
1971 | G | 50mins | Australia | D: Phil Noyce
Phil Noyce cut his directing teeth on this
dual-screen documentary of the Aquarius
Festival of 1971, Australia’s answer to
Woodstock. The Canberra Times EditorAt-Large Jack Waterford was among the
10,000-strong audience and will present
this film with recollections of this groundbreaking Canberra cultural event.
Book online: trybooking.com/jzsC
HOWLING III: THE MARSUPIALS
FRI 13 MAY, 7PM | Arc Cinema | $14/$12
2015 | G | 95mins | Australia | D: Stuart McDonald
MIGRANT CHARACTERS
CHANGING THE CULTURAL
MIX OF AUSTRALIAN
TELEVISION: ‘BRUNO’
AND KINGSWOOD COUNTRY
FRI 5 MAY, 6.30PM
Arc Cinema | Entry by donation
When it debuted on the small screen in
1980, the locally-made sitcom Kingswood
Country featured a lovable anti-hero in
Ted Bullpitt (Ross Higgins) appalled at his
daughter’s impending marriage to Bruno
(Lex Marinos), the show’s secret hero. In
conversation with Marinos and producers
Tony Satler and Gary Riley, we discuss
writing a comedy that was of its era but
also paved the way for a more inclusive
television landscape.
Book online: trybooking.com/jzsu
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The third instalment of the Howling
adventure takes the werewolf genre to
delightfully strange places. Amidst a
dizzyingly fragmented narrative sparked by
the protection of a couple’s marsupial‑human
lovechild, this film features the wonderful
Barry Otto as mad scientist and Imogen
Annesley as ballerina with love pouch.
Presented by NFSA Restores: Classics Back
on the Big Screen.
Book online: trybooking.com/jzsa
FRIENDS OF THE NFSA
THE GUMLEAF GIRLS: WOMEN
IN EARLY AUSTRALIAN CINEMA
FRI 27 MAY, From 5.30 PM | NFSA Theatrette
Free with gold coin donation to Friends
Across four decades from 1910-1950
Australian filmgoers were treated to a
succession of bush heroines. This illustrated talk
will saddle up with the actresses who rendered
these memorable characters in scenes of action
and adventure. Presented by film historian,
critic and broadcaster Marilyn Dooley.
No booking necessary
eurovision
superfan party
Come in
your best
ABBA costume
for a chance
to win prizes.
SUN 15 MAY, 5.30PM | NFSA Acton | Entry by donation
In association with SBS and the Embassy of Sweden, the NFSA presents
THE ultimate Eurovision celebration, with a (delayed) live feed from the finals,
Euro-centric karaoke, Eurovision bingo and a very Swedish sensibility.
Book online: trybooking.com/jzsd
Photo: Thomas Hanses (EBU)
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THE CIRCUS IN ARCHIVAL
FILM AND HOME MOVIES
WED 18 MAY, 12PM | Arc Cinema | Free
Our film curator Tara Marynowsky has been
mining a rich vein of materials in the NFSA
collection around the circus in Australia.
She shares rarely seen footage, including
the home movie collections of Australian
vaudeville performer Frank ‘Tex’ Glanville
and the family behind Wirth’s Circus.
No booking necessary
TOUR OF THE NFSA COLLECTION
WED 18 MAY, 10AM and 2PM | NFSA | Free
In celebration of International Museums
Day, peek behind the curtain at our vaults.
Meet some of our two million collection
items up close and personal.
Book online: trybooking.com/JZSE
BEHIND
THE SCENES
AT THE NFSA
HERITAGE (GHOST) TOURS
FRI 18 MARCH, FRI 29 APRIL, FRI 13 MAY,
From 7.30PM | NFSA Theatrette | $70
Join Tim the Yowie Man for a rare look
behind the spooky history of the NFSA
headquarters. Discover the strange, the
ghostly and the disturbing stories lurking in
the NFSA basement and under the stairs…
if you dare! A rare treat for lovers of the
mysterious and macabre.
Book online: trybooking.com/HJDZ
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Photo: Con Colleano with two clowns and a dog at
Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus c.1940.
Gift of Mrs W Colleano, 1979. Arts Centre Melbourne,
Performing Arts Collection.
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free parking surrounding the building
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wheelchair accessible and wheelchairs are
available at reception. Both venues cater
for the hearing impaired and are fitted with
hearing induction loops.
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