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Five decades of films and the city that inspired them

We can learn much from these 50 newly-released films by past students and today’s stars

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Film in the 2010s and beyond ... what's on next?

In a world of virtual reality and multi-stranded games narratives, creative manipulation of cinema audiences’ expectations is more important than ever

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When Australia met Un-Australia – film in the 2000s

Three films from the Film and Television archive show us what, and who, we were in the early years of this century

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Sex in the 90s: feminism on film

How did films in this decade rework, reject, radicalise or reinforce feminism and portrayals of women on screen?

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Animation in the 80s: the view from Melbourne

Making an animated film has never been easy, but in the 1980s it seemed the artform’s future was bright

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Film in 1970s Melbourne — the enduring human drama

Every human being has a story to tell, but these three student films from the 1970s offer lessons that go way beyond the individual

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Cool All at Onceness: Australian film in the 1960s

Ian Baker’s film, shot while a student, reveals much about the era in which it was made

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Armchair travel: 50 years of Melbourne films

Never-before-seen films by some of Australia’s top filmmakers anyone? Sit back, relax, and take a trip through five glorious decades on screen

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