Puffs of Smoke at the NFSA
Overview
Puffs of Smoke is a live musical performance featuring a program of short silent films, mostly from before 1920, accompanied by live music composed and performed by Phillip Johnston. Interspersed with these films are short narratives that together create a fantasia exploring the little-known history of the Australian silent film era.
These films combine a variety of techniques, subjects and styles, including dramatised poems, newsreel footage, fragments of bushranger melodramas, advertisements and short documentaries. The program also includes magic lantern slides from the Salvation Army's proto-multimedia event Soldiers of the Cross (1900).
This performance includes short films and other excerpts from the NFSA collection.
Dates
30 May 2026National Film and Sound Archive of AustraliaMcCoy Circuit, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, AustraliaGet Directions
- Cafe
- Carpark
- Coach Parking
- Conference/Function Facilities
- Family Friendly
- Non Smoking
- Public Toilet
- Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Accessibility statement
Contacts
When
Next on 30 May 2026 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Where
Price
Adult+ $1.50 booking fee
$35Concession+ $1.50 booking fee
$25