Film Societies in Australia
The membership of Australia’s film societies varies between 15 to over 1000. In country areas probably 20 to 30 is the norm. Many films have only been seen in Australia by members of the general public when programmed by a film society. Most of the films screened by film societies in Australia are selected from the more than 6,000 titles held in the Non-Theatrical Lending Collection, owned and managed by the National Film and Sound Archive. This is a world renowned collection of 16 mm feature films and short films and more recently DVDs which are available to film societies for a service charge. There is another lending facility within the Archive of mainly Australian films which on different terms are also available for screening. Protecting these invaluable resources has been one of ACOFS' main activities over the past few years.
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