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A young midwife becomes entangled in the life of a young mother after a stillbirth occurs under her care.

It’s 1988. Recently married Dana helps her eternally-single friend Aleea make a video profile for a dating service ATOMIC LOVE, provoking a confession which forces them to address the nature of their relationship.

An intimate portrait of a reluctant grandfather on a heart-warming journey of transformation – one that will lead him back to a home unlike any he ever imagined.

Businessman Gerald Barker is invited to join a mysterious super corporation known as The Firm. His work in the organisation turns out to be of a unique and somewhat disturbing nature. But Gerald finds no comfort with his wife Melissa and friend Barry - his relationships with both collapse. In a surreal and strange fashion, Gerald eventually comes to understand what The Firm is about. Made on a tiny budget of $15,000 the film is a mix of naturalism and stylisation which the filmmaker hoped would work on 'a simple, surrealistic level'.

The Woman Suffers is a complicated silent melodrama of revenge and sexual betrayal, only part of which survives. In the first two reels, which have been lost, a woman caught in an abusive marriage runs away with her infant son from her drunken husband. He falls on a knife and dies and she collapses in the bush. The child wanders off and is found by one family; the mother is rescued by another family and is unaware that her son lives.

When Rebecca runs away from home she get’s to experience life outside of her narcissistic mother’s patterns of control and can feel the water on her skin again.

While working on a school project with class clown Brayden, teenage Ingrid finds herself drawn to his older sister, Dani.

Desperate to make the film that will crown him the next Tarantino, debut filmmaker Kurt Michael travels 8000 miles to the outback of Tasmania.

A story of intrigue, power, politics and murder set in Australia's national capital, Canberra.

A young woman, seemingly jinxed by her choices, has her world thrown into turmoil after a tragic loss. Stubborn, cynical yet refreshingly candid, Lindy Lou Trentino is in constant conflict with her family, the community at large and ultimately the corrupt patriarchy in rural Queensland.

Long time friends Louise, Nina and Alice celebrate their recent graduation with hectic partying, joined by their friend Kane who is the only friend not to attend university. Louise’s imminent departure for London adds to the underlying tension within the group, and as the boundaries between real and surreal blur, Louise devises an intervention to save their final days together. They embark on a road trip to regional Australia, and upon returning home face the reality of her departure. They are left, a group of suburban animals, on the threshold of their lives.

A morose traveling salesman finds solace by ‘collecting’ odd phrases he finds on motel walls. He believes they may make an interesting study, even a book, but thoughts of suicide prove equally as distracting.

Deep in a midlife crisis Frank, a faith and financial influencer on the edge of divorce, finds himself befriending Frank, a happily separated carpenter and artist who enjoys life. As their friendship grows and the two men start sharing stories Frank #1 has to face up to his uncertain future…

Based on Richard Frankland's experiences as a Field Officer during the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Two young women fall in love in the highly competitive world of theatre students, but life forces them to re-evaluate their relationship.

Trapped in a remote Caravan Park, little Elvis thinks up a scheme to break free, determined to make a better life for herself.

Charlie is a strange and troubled young insomniac barely holding onto his job. His boss, a gruff but oddly sentimental man, has given him more chances than he deserves. But when Charlie’s fixation on a stranger pulls him further from his responsibilities, the consequences are inevitable. As their uneasy relationship reaches its breaking point, Charlie must face the quiet fallout of his obsession.

A lifetime of innocent fun together can’t stop the darkness from creeping in. Every summer break, Jess, her older brother Trav, and their friend Kelsey spend all their time together. When the others sneak off for a party one night, Jess slowly realises that the trio will never be the same.

Wallaby Station in the outback is devastated by drought. The sheep are starving, but Jo Galloway (Charles Beetham) and his wife (Nan Taylor) battle on. Their son Gilbert (Rawdon Blandford) falls in with the wrong crowd while studying medicine in Sydney: conman Varsy Lyddleton (John Faulkner) and the seductress Olive Lorette (Marie La Varre). Gilbert forges his mother’s cheques to pay for Olive’s favours, ruining the family. A bank takes ‘friendly possession’ of Wallaby Station. Gilbert’s sister Marjorie (Trilby Clark) keeps her brother out of jail, but he becomes a tramp, after Lyddleton murders Olive and kills himself. Marjorie’s suitor Tom Wattleby (Dunstan Webb) saves Gilbert from a bushfire, just as the drought breaks, restoring the family’s fortunes. Marjorie and Tom can now wed, as the sheep and cattle fatten on rich pasture.

A young woman unpacks the emotional aftermath of a secret that unravelled everything — her relationships, her reputation, and her sense of self. Told through monologue, voiceover, and fractured memories, this confessional short explores how far we go to protect the lies we tell.

Unmarried, beautiful and talented, Melanie Hilton discovers she is pregnant. The editor of a woman's magazine, she decides to have her baby and take leave from her job. Caught between her ex-lover and a colleague who wants to marry her, Melanie must find a solution or an alternative to her problem. When she falls in love with a woman, she questions the value of the traditional value unit.

Ali is a gay Lebanese probationary constable and kicking against her Muslim brother's controlling behaviour. When she attends a 'concern for welfare' and discovers the body of an elderly man who died alone and unnoticed, she realises the value of a loving family, even if they can be misguided.

A young runaway falls prey to the city's darkest vice market - a youth worker on a visiting outreach bus becomes fixated with saving him.

'Sacrifice' follows the love story between James Hunter and Blake Robinson as they begin a new phase in their life together. Forces out of their control tear them apart but to what extent and consequence? How much will they sacrifice? A traditional military love story from a perspective which has not yet been seen before.

An idealistic solicitor heads to the bush after a disillusioning encounter with the legal system. In a small country town she witnesses an incident between police and two local Aborigines, and reluctantly becomes embroiled in a fight for justice.

A ragtag group of kids set out to save derelict steam ferry Lady Hope from destruction.

Yash's isolation extends further than lockdown as he lives lost in thought until he meets a familiar stranger.

Alex, a self-assured young gallerist, escapes the city for a summer-idyll with his artist-friend Daniel. When met with an unexpected beach house guest, the alluring Chloe, Alex's best-laid plans unravel and the holiday draws to a close.

This silent picture (which was redone as a talkie in 1930) concerns the daughter of the head of a criminal gang, who falls in love with the son of her father's most bitter enemy.

During the Sydney Olympics, a young drag queen runs her own race.

Aboard a steamship sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in 1874, widower John Andrews delights the restless minds of his two children with a tale of courage, hope, war, and true love that begins with the end of the world.

A beautiful young man has been summoned to an eerie meditation retreat by a dying theatre director. The young man has been given a tape of instructions; over a weekend he must perform scenes from the director's life. He visits different rooms encountering five actresses who all portray key women in the director's life. They rehearse the boy to play the lead role in an as yet 'unmade film'. The dying director watches young boy's progress as he searches to inhabit the director's identity. It's an Alice in Wonderland tale and an unpredictable journey of self discovery for all concerned...

Coming-of-age story about an Italian-Australian teenager making his way in the world.

When Optometrist Alana discovers her daughter has a rare inherited eye disease, she must look into her past to realize her vision for the future. A judo athlete with a vision impairment halfway across the world may hold the answers she is searching for, but old truths threaten to derail the mission and Alana’s marriage. Can she save her daughter’s sight without losing everything else she holds dear?

Produced as part of a campaign by Go Gentle Australia to pass right-to-die legislation, "Stop the Horror" is a dramatic re-enactment of the agonising final moments of 56-year-old Greg Sims' life, as witnessed by his family and doctors.

Kate's love for her brother's wife and the ensuing feelings of guilt lead her to an obsession with the supernatural.

A young man alone on an open road, waits for a ride to nowhere in particular. He encounters a couple of gray nomads in a hearse, who take him on a demented journey towards his destiny.

An alienated teen on the cusp of womanhood must find solace in an alternate coming of age, where lines of gender dissolve by the surrounds of the sea.

Delivered home by police, 17 year-old Thomas has to front his domineering mother Marlene who isn’t interested in his side of the story. Forced outside as punishment, Thomas is left with hurt and frustrations, until neighbourly sounds enter his conscious world echoing a connection to the present and the past, Thomas is triggered to make a life changing decision.

One Sunday between meals and chores with her family, ten-year-old Leah experiences small but striking moments of longing and loss. A series of reimagined memories, the film offers a meditative and wistful glance into the intersectional identities of being Chinese-Australian.

What do you do when you have reached the top of your profession? For Andrew Gordon, the answer is don't look down. An urban tale of an accountant caught in a world where the bottom line is a matter of life and death.

Suffering from a mysterious affliction, a young boy is taken to a secluded hospital by his fearful parents. Lloyd soon learns that more harm is being done than good.

When Shane is convinced to join his friend’s plan to steal from a nearby factory, their simple grab for cash spirals out of control.

A gay man’s attraction leads to a tense confrontation. Homophobia and fear play out in post gay marriage Australia.

An aboriginal girl is brought up by a white family that adopts her. As a young woman, she is mysteriously drawn to go "Walkabout" as people of her tribe have for hundreds of years.

A dancer falls. Can she get back up?

Dan, a closeted homosexual, goes to a cruising area under a bridge to confront his darkest secret. It isn't until he meets a younger and more confident Paul that he realises his biggest fear is just the beginning of something much closer to home.

A man picks himself up off a barren landscape and begins to walk. An electronic soundtrack pulsates ominously. Unable to get a lift while hitchhiking, the man turns to the sky to bellow the eternal existential question, “What do you want me to do?” He answers himself by conducting 'Magic Ceremony 777' in front of a small and blackened winged-demon all the while invoking the second coming...

Sim, now a member of the Winter Circus in Paris, befriends Eve, another young clown. Drawn to an experimental style of clowning used by Circus Oz and Cirque du Soleil, the techniques get them both fired, but when Sim returns home to Australia, he finds that he is now the inheritor of a share in the Rathnow Circus.

An exploration of what it is to be lost in today’s world and how to be okay with where you are.

Noel ventures into a sprawling department store in search of a jumper but instead finds a surreal commercialist nightmare.

A man posing as a courier gains access to an illegal gambling game with a fake delivery. Wielding a gun hidden inside a small teddy bear.

A raw, gritty, uncompromising and heavily stylised independent feature production, based on the ancient Greek narrative, Homer's: 'The Odyssey'.

A alienated woman's body falls apart whilst staying at a strange hotel

Teenager Aaron used to look after his sick mother whilst his father Jacob worked day and night to afford her treatment. After her death, Jacob borrows money off his drug-dealing brother Miles to pay back her treatment bills. Buckling under grief, Jacob blames Aaron for her death and physically abuses him. Seeking refuge with Miles, Aaron realizes he cannot escape his father and retaliates against him.

A man in the middle of nowhere contemplates existence.

A celebrated darts player and die-hard drinker is visited by death at the pub. The two soon find themselves locked in an epic game of darts with Terry's soul and status at stake.

The goings-on at a support group.

Callan is twenty and is overcome with impulses that he finds it increasingly difficult to control. In order to protect others from his strange behavior, Malcolm, his father, tries to channel his son's attention by every means possible.

In 1917 rural New South Wales, a young boy with polio struggles to break free of his overprotective mother.