The Film film

An animated promotional film which describes various services and encourages greater use of its resources Written and drawn by Alexander Stitt; music by Bruce Smeaton and voice by Bobby Bright and Paul Meaney

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has been digitised and can be viewed in the display above.

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

production company

Victorian Film Corporation

Duration

00:08:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1980

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323316

Language

English

Subject categories

Animation

Animation → Animated films - Australia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

U-Matic (low band); Access Print (Section 1)

Collected

2 times

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/75597--the-film-film/ |title=The Film film |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=16 July 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

Australia, 1980