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25.01.2022 Congratulations to NFSA Board Chair Gabrielle Trainor today for her Queen Birthday Honours Order of Australia. Gabrielle is a supporter of the AFFF Ltd and Ozflix TV, and well deserves her recognition.

24.01.2022 FREE MOVIE GIVEAWAY !!! We are giving away free movies, for just answering our 5 minute Survey of viewer responses. Every completed survey qualifies. You will need to have visited Ozflix in the past month and watched something! Enter here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/67DRYHG

20.01.2022 Ozflix is Now Live! It is with great pleasure that after two years of planning, thousands of phone calls and emails, touring the country multiple times over to ...gather the support of hundreds of amazing filmmakers and distributors, we can finally announce that Ozflix is now live. We invite you to dive into our library to revisit a beloved classic, or to discover your next favourite new Australian movie. Our in-house team of Australian cinema fanatics have handpicked our initial offering of over 200 films. We think that’s probably more Aussie movies on offer than all of the other major streaming services combined, with more titles being added daily. In the long term, our mission is nothing less than streaming Every Aussie Movie, Ever that’s over 2,000 films. Enough small talk, head over www.ozflix.tv to start watching now. Thanks for your interest and support. Best wishes, Ron Brown, CEO, and the Ozflix team

19.01.2022 Having produced iconic features and documentaries alike, Sue Maslin truly understands the importance of capturing our history on screen. She is passionate about preservation and so are we.

16.01.2022 FILM MAKERS: want to be in the audience as we interview producer, director, and AFI-award winning screenwriter, Robert Connolly? Robert Connolly is the writer a...nd director of the feature films The Bank, Three Dollars, Balibo, Paper Planes, and The Slap. He is the producer, together with his business partner John Maynard, of the award-winning films, The Boys and Romulus, My Father (starring Eric Bana and Franke Potente), and the Gallipoli mini-series. As a producer, Robert’s first feature film, The Boys, had it's world premiere In Competition at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1998 and was nominated for thirteen Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards including Best Film. Since then, Robert has garnered many awards for his work as a writer, producer, and director. He has won four AFI awards for screenwriting for The Bank, Three Dollars, Balibo, and Paper Planes and in 2007 Romulus, My Father, which he co-produced with John Maynard, won four AFI Awards including Best Film. The Ozflix FAQ series brings together some of Australia's most legendary actors and filmmakers for an in-depth interview about their career, their craft, their views on the future of the industry... and more. At 1:30pm on Tuesday, January 10, Robert Connolly will be interviewed by our host, respected film critic Tom Ryan, at the beautiful Alex Theatre in St Kildaand we want YOU to be there! We're keeping this audience small and intimate, so you can have the chance to ask Robert your own question during the show. To reserve your seat, head to http://www.ozflix.org and enter your details at the bottom of the page ("Tell Me When It's Live"), along with special access code JAN10FBC

15.01.2022 Michael Lobenstein, CEO of the NFSA is heading back to Austria in January, permanently. We hope the new CEO will be as progressive. And willing to fight for the much bigger budget the archive really needs to do its job properly.

12.01.2022 Well, The Brits can do it, and so should we. https://www.theguardian.com//we-need-mr-mrs-in-200-years-w

12.01.2022 Leading Australian actor and Producer Claudia Karvan has today agreed to join our new AFFF Ambassador program. We are thrilled! Claudia will help us in the campaign to raise $10 million to digitise 1000 classic Australian films, for future generations to enjoy. We are very grateful to Claudia for her support.

12.01.2022 Jocelyn Moorhouse has released a string of modern Australian classics including The Dressmaker 2015 (writer, director) and Muriel's Wedding 1994 (producer), and she knows full well the importance of film preservation. Her early feature Proof 1991 recently received funding for a complete restoration through an NFSA crowdfunding campaign and now she's throwing her support behind the Australian Film Future Foundation. https://vimeo.com/178410586

10.01.2022 Ozflix are interviewing John Jarratt, legend of Australian film, and we want YOU to be in the audience! In AIR CONDITIONED comfort! The Ozflix FAQ series brings... together some of Australia's most legendary actors for an in-depth interview about their career, their craft, their views on the future of the industry... and more. We are kicking off the FAQ series with a journey inside the mind of John Jarratt. We are filming at the Alex Theatre in St Kilda, Melbourne, on Monday, November 21st at 2:30pm. Did we mention the AIR CONDITIONING? John’s resume includes the classic Picnic at Hanging Rock and TV shows Blue Heelers and McLeod's Daughters. 2005’s Wolf Creek threw him into international stardom and led to a role in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. Tarantino himself calls John his "favourite Australian actor. John will be interviewed by respected film critic Tom Ryan at the beautiful Alex Theatre in St Kildaand we want you to be there. Register now for a free audience ticket for this FAQ episode and you can have a chance to ask John your own question during the show! Seats are strictly limited in this intimate venue! To reserve your seat, head over to http://www.ozflix.tv and enter your name, email, and access code NOV21FB in the sign up box at the bottom of the page.

08.01.2022 Gabrielle Trainor AO, Chair of the National Film and Sound Archive endorses the activities of the Australian Film Future Foundation.

06.01.2022 Quite a week. Alan Finney and Ron Brown, signing the Roadshow Entertainment contract this week, at Alan's kitchen table! Happily Alan is pulling up well after h...is operation, but taking it easy at home. Both Alan and Ron are very pleased that this contract has been finalised, as we regard the Roadshow catalogue one of the most significant with over 150 great Australian films available from the past 45 years, really enhancing the Ozflix offerings. See more

06.01.2022 Leading Australian actor John Jarratt has today agreed to join our new AFFF Ambassador program. We are thrilled! John will help us in the campaign to raise $10 million to digitise 1000 classic Australian films, for future generations to enjoy. A hearty Welcome to John.

05.01.2022 FAQ - Host Tom Ryan talks to multi-award winning filmmaker Robert Connolly (Tim Winton's The Turning, Paper Planes, Balibo, The Bank, Three Dollars) in this fascinating TV series about Australia's leading film practitioners. Join the live audience during filming and have the chance to ask Robert questions about his work and Aussie film. FREE admission. Register now for limited tickets at www.ozflix.org ("Tell Me When It's Live") with Promo Code JAN10FBC.

05.01.2022 OZZIE AWARDS 2019 entries now open at FilmFreeway.com/Ozzies, for Narrative Features, Documentaries and Indigenous films. Early Bird deadline discounts apply.

05.01.2022 Excited to announce that the Australian Film Future Foundation Ltd has been granted our DGR status, allowing us to fund raise now from those needing tax deductibility for their involvement. We will approach philanthropic trusts, private donors and corporations in the new year to get the ball rolling.

04.01.2022 Film preservation is an issue of national heritage and it requires all levels and parties of government to get involved. It is with great pride that we are sharing former Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu's support of the Australian Film Future Foundation, and his passion for the subject is truly inspiring.

03.01.2022 Happy Friday 13th! With only 13 days to go until launch, there's plenty of spooky Aussie horror films just around the corner...

03.01.2022 Synonymous with the Melbourne arts scene of the 1970's, Philippe Mora and his family (creative family included) revolutionised the way we value Australian culture, particularly film as art. Now he wants us to preserve and digitise our films so future generations can value them too.

01.01.2022 Ozflix celebrates women and gender diversity...