Awards and Lectures
Ken G Hall Film Preservation Award
Ken G Hall AO, OBE is recognised as one of Australia's leading film directors and producers. The National Film and Sound Archive initiated the Ken G Hall Film Preservation Award in 1995 in honour of Hall's advocacy of cinema and its preservation. The award is presented by the NFSA to acknowledge and encourage individuals, groups of individuals or corporations for their outstanding contribution to the art of moving image and its preservation.
Longford Lyell Lecture series
The Longford Lyell lecture series celebrates the work of national and international screen personalities. Named in tribute to the creative partnership of film pioneers Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell, it provides an opportunity to discuss cultural issues of major relevance in the art, industry and scholarship of the moving image.
Thomas Rome Lecture series
The earliest known surviving Australian sound recording was made in 1896 by Thomas Rome of Wanambool: a novelty song called The Hen Convention. The NFSA launches an annual lecture providing a platform for a leading figure in the Australian Sound Recording industry to generate ideas, debate and discussion about the state of the sound industries, relevant public policy issues and the role of sound in society.
