Have you watched every rom-com ever made? Some of them more than once? Do you know the juicy details behind celebrity couples, love stories gone wrong, and iconic soundtracks? Then gather a team and join us ahead of Valentine's Day for Trivia, Actually on 11 February.
Trivia, Actually is a night of questions all about love and romance featuring movie clips, interactive games, and of course prizes to be won – perhaps even a prize worthy of enticing your best friend’s new bride to love you! Book your team’s tickets together to be seated as a group in our beautiful courtyard. Daana’s The Curators Café and Bar with put together a special menu for the night. Trivia starts at 6:30pm, with the bar open from 6pm.
Continue celebrating the month of love with our Arc Out Loud Quote-A-Long screening of The Wedding Singer (1998), starring Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler. Our SCIENCE.ART.FILM. series continues with a free screening of zom rom-com Warm Bodies (2013), followed by what promises to be a lively discussion about the symbolism of the heart with experts from the ANU.
Love truly heats up with our Doco of the Month selection: Fire of Love (2022). The award-winning film is about how one couple's shared passion – for volcanoes and each other – enabled pioneering scientific research that helped save lives, but ultimately ended their own.
Valentine’s Day isn’t just about romantic love, though. Celebrate the fabulous friendships in your life with our Galentine’s Day screening of The First Wives Club (1996), complete with a glass of bubbles upon arrival. And our Sunday Matinee screening of Beaches (1988), presented on a 35mm film print from the NFSA collection, is guaranteed to make you sob.
In collaboration with Umbrella Entertainment, the NFSA revisits landmark cinematic storytelling with the Australian New Wave Season. Running monthly from February to November, the series kicks off with Walkabout (1971). Starring David Gulpilil in his first feature film, Walkabout was hailed internationally as a masterpiece. Buy yourself a 5-film season pass (or 2) and select which spectacular screenings to attend.
Please help us keep everyone safe by reading and following our COVID-safety and visitor information and don’t forget to get your Club NFSA card when you arrive.
