Seven years after deployment, Corporal Kath Davison must face the ghosts of Afghanistan when an exhausted, young, asylum-seeker turns up on her parent’s doorstep.
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Seven years after deployment, Corporal Kath Davison must face the ghosts of Afghanistan when an exhausted, young, asylum-seeker turns up on her parent’s doorstep.
The Milk Man, a psychopathic murderer who preys upon women. Pinoy Boy, the world’s deadliest Filipino who is tasked with tracking him down. Angelo, the filmmaker who created them and is struggling to find an ending as the lines between his reality and the film blur. Underground auteur Matthew Victor Pastor, aka MVP, attacks racism, gender, love and serial killing in his most free-form, assured, challenging film to-date; the final chapter of his Filo-Aus Trilogy.
Mark has second thoughts about proposing to his girlfriend of six years, after a crisis strikes during an important dinner.
Eliana's neighbour always keeps the top light on, the white glow spills right into her backyard, and she can see everything. So when her neighbour hangs a disturbing flag in the window in clear view of her children, she feels compelled to call the police.
A look at society's response to ageing, particularly with regard to older women.
When gunshots ring out at school, library geek Alex finds herself hiding with popular girl Ruby, Alex’s secret crush. Will Alex find the courage to reveal her true desire amid the overwhelming fear and confusion?
After years of domestic abuse, Donnie and his agoraphobic mother Helen attempt to make a normal life for themselves, only to find that they can't shake their unforgiving past.
Three foster siblings come together for a weekend to confront their alcoholic mother and face some hard truths as they attempt to mend the family - hanging by a thread.
A gay Australian man reflects on the immigration problems of his young Russian boyfriend.
The debut short film by Greg McLean, which won a gold award from the Australian Cinematographers' Society.
A young man sits in a surreal space between two doors, each representing a life-altering choice. Behind one lies the darkness of his drug addiction, and behind the other, the hope of happiness with friends and family—but which path will he take?
A short indie film
The story of Ned Kelly and his gang. A policeman comes to arrest Dan Kelly, which results in him being shot and Ned Kelly going on the run with his gang. They rob several banks but are captured and killed at the Glenrowan Hotel.
A teenager's seemingly perfect life comes crashing down around her, as she suffers with depression in silence. Now, under extreme exertion, she must find the answer to the ultimate question - Is her life worth living?
Gabriel, an imaginative six-year-old, has developed a close relationship with the ants he's keeping in his ant farm. When one of them stops moving, he asks his mother questions about love, life and death for the first time. After listening closely to his mom’s distracted response, Gabriel's unique interpretation leads him to go to great lengths in caring for the soul of his ant, making sure it gets into heaven. Eager to witness the deceased ant's passage, Gabriel embarks on a self-appointed quest and is rewarded.
After the start of WW2, a mother takes her children from Sydney to the countryside.
Ollie and Liv, a young couple who connect instantly after a chance meeting at a nightclub, find their relationship tested when Liv faces an unexpected loss. As she struggles with grief, she withdraws into depression and prescription drug use. Ollie does his best to support her, but the growing distance between them threatens to pull them apart.
The confusion of first love, sexual awakening and the poetry of W.B. Yeats explored.
A woman and her baby have just moved into a new home. After she calls her mother, guests start to come up the stairs: isn’t this where the housewarming is? When she hesitantly lets them in, it turns out to be the beginning of a nightmare.
Park ranger Steve Mitchell is torn between Lee, a beautiful sly political aide from Melbourne who supports the government's decision to turn the local grazing areas into a national park, and his old flame Joanna, a rancher who opposes it.
After rejecting unwanted advances from her husband’s mates, Monica is forced to defend herself against "The Testosterone Club". Fortunately, she's found the perfect recipe for a little revenge.
A country boy, Jim Conroy, is living a dissolute life in the city, running around with vamp Helen Ross. When his father cuts him off, he is dumped by Helen and returns to the bush.
A remake of 'Reservoir Dogs' by Quentin Tarantino, with the noticeable difference that all the male characters have been replaced with female ones.
In her small apartment, a woman receives an unusual visit from the man she claims to miss.
A dark comedy about the evolving relationship between two people who are completely different save for one thing; they both want to die.
Two young men make a bid for freedom from the confines of a mysterious rural commune.
Follows the journey of two country boys who find themselves out of place in the big city.
A young man is troubled by the challenges his girlfriend throws at him, so much so that he looks for answers elsewhere. Which is when the adventure begins..
When a Man dealing with the loss of his wife takes a dark turn when memories start coming back.
Friends and Strangers follows two middle class wanderers in a dryly comic exploration of inner Sydney.
A 19 year old blind boy has his sight restored and decides to take his new friends back to the country town he grew up in.
A queer teenager finds pride in his newly discovered sexual identity during a drug raid in a Melbourne gay nightclub in 1994.
In the film, two Noongar men – Frank and Vinnie – travel across the country and seek revenge for the repeated beheading of the statue of their ancestor warrior Yagan.
A small group of neighbours discover a mysterious car, seemingly abandoned in their suburban cul-de-sac.
A vengeful mistress is kidnapped and left to die in the Australian bush on her ex-lovers wedding day.
A make-shift Time Machine sends one man hurtling back through time - 3 seconds back in time
When James finds an abandoned child in his living room, their quest to track down her mother brings on a life changing decision that tests the limits of human kindness.
When a toddler goes missing in a car park, her mother fears she has been abducted.
Teenage boy Roy and his ailing mother Elizabeth live an aimless life on the road, shuttling between gas stations, temp jobs and cheap motels. When they end up at a desolate caravan park, fractures begin to appear in Roy's relationship with his mother as he starts to fall head over heels for park manager Maurice.
With the loss of her mother imminent, a young woman realises that she must comfort another with similar traumas.
The story of how Australia's 'ANZAC myth' was born and the role of General John Monash in this process as soldier and statesman both during and after WW1.
A burgomeister and family man is haunted by a crime he committed 15 years before: robbing a wealthy Jewish Polish seed merchant to pay off his mortgage debt.
In this movie version of "Bellbird" (1967) a reporter, Philip Henderson stirs up the town further when they are already suffering with a drought.
Set in Australia and Ethiopia, this film explores the journey of a young adopted Ethiopian-Australian man struggling to find his path. Abeselom is a drug dealer living in Melbourne. Experiencing isolation and navigating between doing what is right and doing what he must to survive, Abeselom's world is changed when he meets a young nurse named Netsanet. The film is about love, culture and, ultimately, finding comfort within connection.
An outgoing New York City art student falls for an introverted photographer who happens to be deaf - and living on the other side of the world.
All the colour, depth and mystery of India's complex and riotous cultural heritage is brought to light in a single action which changes two countries forever. A proud Indian international student is attacked in a brightly lit train carriage against a backdrop of darkness. Unknown to his attackers his high caste status has little relevance, and in one poignant moment, he is rescued by his counterpart, an 'untouchable', a low caste. They are united by what would otherwise be impossible. The highly publicised event sends shock waves through the international community.
It's been a year since Killarna tried to take her own life, today is her 18th birthday, and things are slowly starting to feel ok again, but not all is as it seems.
Milena travels to a remote opal mining community to see her estranged, ill father. Lost and alone, she falls into his bewildering world, where men escape society and share ideals of freedom. Soon, he doesn’t want her to leave. Stuck in time, father and daughter try to mend their fractured bond, but their connection is fragile, like the strange, colourful gems he digs up from the earth.
The scars etched upon the souls of those fighting for freedom of speech and belief transcend the boundaries of race and nationality. In different corners of the world, individuals are often confronted with agonizing choices. It’s akin to the dilemma faced by a soldier forced to decide between harming an innocent girl or sacrificing themselves in a distant northern land. Or, in the case of a young lesbian girl, the heart-wrenching decision of whether to intervene when her lover is arrested by oppressive regime security forces in a Middle Eastern country or save herself.
A convict, wrongfully accused and sent a harsh prison colony, attempts to escape.
Feeling isolated, lonely, and bored, new mother Lydia struggles to grasp what's real and what's her imagination.
"The Dingo" is a nickname for Harry Selby, a drunken thief from the city who loves animals and little children. He marries a country girl, Molly, despite knowing that she loves someone else, Dr John Stirling. Selby becomes passionately jealous of Stirling's attentions to Molly and is encouraged in this by Oily Allen.
The culmination of four pole dancers personal lives collide as they prepare backstage to perform and compete as a group in the much anticipated Hypnotic Pole Competition.
Nine women convicts escape from a prison hell-hole and dare to create a savage world free of man.
A touching story of a likable, but somewhat slow, teenage boy who believes he has bought a major Sydney racecourse for $20. Based on the classic Australian novel of the same name by Patricia Wrightson.
A Nigerian refugee struggles to integrate into Australian society after escaping the clutches of Boko Haram, until he meets a woman who opens her home, and ultimately her heart, to him.
A soldier and her girlfriend notice a man wearing a jacket on a hot day on an Israeli bus. They lock eyes with mounting suspicion as people around them record the face-off on their phones. The soldier must now decide between the other passengers' lives and a potentially innocent man while the world watches via live streams.
Teenager Ernie lives with his alcoholic father in the harsh and lawless opal fields of Coober Pedy in outback South Australia. When his cache of precious opals is stolen, Ernie and his best friend are determined to find the thief.
An anthology of four diverse stories about identity and belonging through prism of love and loss, sexuality, marriage and wish to fulfill dreams.
On a whim, Eve, a young Swedish traveler, accepts an invitation from Peter to vacation on his family's private island off the coast of New England. As a series of unexpected delays prevent other guests from arriving, Eve discovers that she has little in common with the increasingly erratic Peter. Gradually the idyllic natural beauty of the island gives way and Eve finds herself trapped in a state of surreality punctuated by bizarre visions, dimensional shifting and secret pizza.