Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Australian film and theatre director, Jim Sharman thinks that cinema was the art form of the 20th century and that the medium of this century is “yet to come.”

In his recent talk at the Library, Jim challenged young artists to create what’s next (and he didn’t think it was AI).

Use your curiosity to explore Jim Sharman’s visual diaries now on Trove: https://www.library.gov.au/news-media/i-would-if-i-may-take-you-strange-journey-explore-papers-jim-sharman