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Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | Aussievision podcast recording + live performances
Get ready for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest with a live recording of Aussievision. Join hosts Mike and Dale, with special guests, as they size up this year’s competition – favourites, top contenders and dark horses – and make their ...
Sat 11 May, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601
Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | Eurovision Grand Final screening
Catch all the performances from the 2024 Eurovision grand final on the big screen with a streamed telecast in Arc Cinema with special guest hosts. Sleep in late (and avoid discovering the results!) so you can assemble your friends for ...
Sun 12 May, 6:00 PM - 10:30 PM
McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601
CSO Australian Series: Heart-Space
Engage your mind and your heart, to explore joy, love, loss and longing in Heart-Space. Enjoy an evening of Australian music, including two world premieres in a performance by the CSO Chamber Ensemble at the National Museum of Australi...
Thu 16 May, 6:30 PM - 7:40 PM
Lawson Cres, Acton ACT 2601
20,000 Species of Bees | IDAHOBIT screening
The NFSA marks IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia) with a screening of Spanish drama 20,000 Species of Bees: an intimate and considered portrait of childhood gender discovery. The story centres on ...
Fri 17 May, 7:00 PM - 9:15 PM
McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601
Land of Storms | Progress 1984: Men In Love
The debut feature from Hungarian director Ádám Császi, Land of Storms follows young German footballer Szabolcs, who abandons a promising sporting career for a rundown family farm on the Puszta (grassland on the Great Hungarian Plain) i...
Sat 18 May, 4:00 PM - 5:45 PM
McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601
Moonlight | Progress 1984: Men In Love
Moonlight follows Chiron from childhood to early adulthood (played by Alex R Hibbert, Ashton Sanders and Trevante Rhodes) as he grapples with his identity amidst violence and poverty. Caught between an abusive mother with a drug addict...
Sat 18 May, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601
REPUTATION: The Ultimate Taylor Swift Show
ARE YOU READY FOR IT? Witness the incredible EVOLUTION of the greatest artist and songwriter of a generation from country music’s fastest rising star to global pop SUPERSTAR! REPUTATION is a stunning high-energy extravaganza featuring ...
Sat 18 May, 8:00 PM
Tangney Road, Acton ACT 2601
Book Club at the NFSA – Little Women (1994)
Gillian Armstrong’s 1994 interpretation of Little Women revived the cherished story of the March sisters, the subject of four film adaptations, including George Cukor’s 1933 Oscar-winning version. Led by Winona Ryder and starring a you...
Sun 19 May, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601
The King of Comedy
Robert De Niro is Rupert Pupkin, an aspiring comedian in search of an audience, in this classic from director Martin Scorsese. For the world to recognise him as the King of Comedy he knows himself to be, Pupkin is determined to secure ...
Fri 24 May, 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601
Harley Breen- Sustainably Organic Free Range Comedy
The award-winning Harley Breen, a stand-up comedian, podcaster, actor, and TV regular will return to Australian stages in May 2024 with his brand-new show SUSTAINABLY ORGANIC, FREE-RANGE COMEDY. Have you been to live comedy recently an...
Fri 24 May
University Ave, Acton ACT 2601
Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark)
When baby Azaria Chamberlain disappeared from her family’s tent at an Uluru campground in 1980, the case soon made international headlines. Based on John Bryson’s 1985 book Evil Angels, the film follows parents Lindy and Michael Chambe...
Sat 25 May, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601
Matilda
Long before Tim Minchin’s musical, the 1996 film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s story captured the hearts of a generation. Neglected by her parents – a dodgy car salesman (Danny DeVito, who also directed and narrated the film) and his wife...
Sat 25 May, 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601
Book Club at the NFSA – Little Women (2019) & Discussion
Greta Gerwig offers a fresh interpretation of Lousia May Alcott’s beloved story, bringing the March sisters to life for a new generation. Little Women reunites Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet – stars of Gerwig’s breakout hit, Ladyb...
Sun 26 May, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601
The Persian Version
The only daughter in a large Iranian-American family, Leila (Layla Mohammadi) is estranged from her mother when her unplanned pregnancy following a one-night stand sparks confusion, questioning and, ultimately, familial love. Inspired ...
Thu 30 May, 6:00 PM - 7:45 PM
McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601
Rosemary's Baby | Cult Classics with Venus Mantrap
Journey into a witchy and quintessentially 60s nightmare: occult cinema at its very best. Rosemary’s Baby is a psychological thriller that dabbles in the demonic, starring Mia Farrow in a role that won praise for her portrayal as the t...
Fri 31 May, 8:00 PM - 10:45 PM
McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601
Vinyl Lounge
Vinyl lovers rejoice! Bring your favourite records, share your music stories and hear what’s spinning on the NFSA’s turntables this month. Proceeds of ticket sales for the Vinyl Lounge go towards the development of the NFSA sound colle...
Fri 7 Jun, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601
Free Lunchtime Jazz Concert
You are invited to a free lunchtime concert in the ANU School of Art & Design Gallery, featuring musicians from the ANU Community Music Centre.
Wed 17 Jul, 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Cnr Ellery Cres and, Liversidge St, Acton ACT 2601
Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour Canberra 2024
The Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour showcases a 2 1/2 hour program of the most inspiring, heartfelt, and entertaining films celebrating adventurous women from independent filmmakers around the globe. Experience the thrill of exploratio...
Tue 13 Aug - Wed 14 Aug
McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601