Through its former agencies’ websites, Screen Australia provides access to information on Australian feature films, TV dramas, documentaries and shorts. You can also view clips and browse an extensive archive of Australian documentary footage, as well as buy programs online.
For a comprehensive round-up of Australian productions (both those with funding from Screen Australia and its former agencies and those financed in other ways), use the following links:
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Search for Australian and co-produced features and telemovies from 1970, mini-series and documentaries from 1980, and TV drama series and short films from 1988.
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Festival and award successes
The former Film Australia website offers extensive information on more than a thousand Australian documentaries and programs produced under the National Interest Program, Making History Initiative and Digital Learning Scheme, or distributed by Screen Australia, plus other useful links.
Archived Clips for Documentary Makers
The former Film Australia Library is one of the largest and most historically significant sources of archival, documentary and stock footage in Australia. Australian documentary producers are entitled to up to 10 minutes of wholly owned Film Australia material without incurring a licence fee.
Digital Learning is the gateway to Screen Australia's free-for-education online learning resources, including a host of topic-based websites.
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Free Download Clips for Teachers
Part of Digital Learning, the Digital Resource Finder is a quick and easy-to-use search engine for teachers and educators searchable by curriculum, topic or keyword. It features free-for-education download video clips from Screen Australia’s remarkable archive plus print-friendly resource and classroom activity sheets.
Managed by the National Film and Sound Archive, australianscreen contains clips from and information about a wide selection of Australian feature films, documentaries, television programs, newsreels, short films, animations, and home-movies produced over the last 100 years.