This collection highlights the work of Cate Shortland, one of our most acclaimed filmmakers and the first Australian and solo woman to direct movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Dr John Milner explores the work of Justin Kurzel, a director whose films explore myth, identity and traumatic moments in Australian history.

Scene from Justin Kurzel's anthology film The Turning (2014) which was based on a collection of short stories by Australian author Tim Winton. 

Introductory scene from Justin Kurzel's True History of the Kelly Gang (2019).

A scene from Justin Kurzel's 2015 adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. 

Hondo (John Farrow, USA, 1953): Starring Michael Pate (1920–2008), b.

Botany Bay (John Farrow, USA, 195

Watch a Q&A session with Wash My Soul in the River's Flow director Philippa Bateman and the NFSA's Karina Libbey.

This is a transcript of an excerpt about George Miller and the making of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, featured in the Australians in Hollywood exhibition at the NFSA, 2022.