John Brady looks at the early experimental films of Phillip Noyce including music festival documentary 'Good Afternoon' (1971).

NFSA curator Jillian Mackenzie writes about the Ten Days on the Island festival where she took the newly digitised Corrick Collection on tour.

This silent Movietone newsreel clip shows Melbourne's Moomba Festival parade of 1960.

Record crowds attend the annual Kannamaroo Festival in Horsham, Victoria in November 1994.

The lighting of the Opera House sails has been an integral part of the Vivid Sydney festival since its inception in 2009.

The lighting of the Opera House sails has been an integral part of the Vivid Sydney festival since its inception in 2009.

Anna Haebich, a John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University in Perth, showcases West Australian Aboriginal performing arts and the plays, music, dance and festivals in the NFSA collection.

Sound archivist Tessa Elieff continues her staff exchange at the British Library Sound Archive and attends the Field Day Festival.

Film curators Jillian Mackenzie and Jennifer Coombes introduced eight short films from the Marvellous Corrick Family at last week's National Folk Festival.

Australia will be the guest country at the 25th Mar del Plata Film Festival.