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An empowering documentary about the Latrobe Valley community as they bear the brunt of the privatisation of Victoria’s electricity in the 1990s and the devastating Hazelwood Mine Fire of 2014.

Following the global financial crisis in 2008, Melbourne-based Rob Henry seeks out a new lifestyle and arrives to the tropical islands of Mentawai, Indonesia, where he finds himself immersed between two contrasting local villages.

A step-by-step guide to: Pam's drapplique technique, machine applique, quilting, and much more.

So what does the live music scene in Sydney look like today, where do artists go to perform, or is the Sydney scene dead? We take a look at Sydney’s sound then and now.

Set against the thriving dance music scene in the city of Adelaide, Decks and the City explores the passion for electronic music within the night time cityscape and the obstacles that DJ's, producers, venue owners and patrons face from lawmakers and a conservative society.

In rural Ghana, Clara faces the challenges of teaching, as her students discover the happiness of having wheels.

Across a series of increasingly surreal flashbacks, an extended Indigenous family argues about what caused their boat’s motor to breakdown and leave them stranded. As they consider the causal roles played by ancestral spirits, the regulatory state and the Christian faith, the film makes manifest the multiple demands and inescapable vortexes of contemporary Indigenous life.

The devastating Chilean earthquake of 2010 damaged over 370,000 homes. The city of Talca was near its epicentre, leaving many historic neighbourhoods in ruins. CASA ANTÚNEZ is an intimate portrait of one beloved home in Talca, and how its destruction reveals a divided family. When the mother sells the adobe ruins to her architect son José Luis, his brothers and cousins are sceptical about his intentions. Over three years, we witness their psychological process of losing a childhood home as they confront the future of its land. CASA ANTÚNEZ is a poetic homage to the very notion of ‘home’ after a disaster.

A sensory journey into the world of ecstasy experienced through rhythm and dance.

A significant historic record of proceedings in the Queensland Supreme Court regarding the Murray Islanders’ native title claim over their traditional lands.

Sandalwood is the basis of most of the world’s most expensive and exotic perfumes. Once prolific, 80% of it now comes from only one location, the outback of Western Australia. Tribal Scent follows the journey of choreographer, dancer, didgeridoo player, activist and tribal leader Dr Richard Walley. Richard joins forces with scientists and the world’s major perfume makers in Grasse, France. Together they work toward their shared goal of protecting one of the few remaining indigenous Sandalwood reserves in the world and, at the same time, protecting the harvesters in the outback deserts of Western Australia and thus protecting the sustainability of the high-end perfume industry itself. WA holds 80% of the world’s Sandalwood reserve.

In 1989, the landowners of Central Bougainville closed one of the world's largest copper mines that was destroying their land. It remains closed to this day. In response, a blockade was imposed around the island. From scratch, the Bougainvilleans built their own schools, they revived their traditional bush medicines, they used solar and hydro power to generate electricity, but the most fascinating invention was the use of fermented coconut oil as a substitute for fuel. "An Evergreen Island" is a story of courage, survival and persistence - of inventiveness, imagination and creativity on a little-known Pacific island.

Generators is a collaboration between Creative Victoria and the VCA School of Film and Television that celebrates Victoria’s vibrant creative sector. Here, filmmaker Eddie Diamandi captures HA LF, a performance by dancer Mariaa Randall. A Bandjalung woman, originally from the far north coast of NSW, Mariaa's performance scrutinises the lable ‘half-caste’ and the terms that perpetuate racial segregation based on skin tone, shade and colour.

Dawn O’Donnell was a convent girl who became a professional ice skater, travelled the world and then landed up in 1950s Australia, a penniless lesbian. By the time of her death in 2007, she had stormed through Sydney’s gay underworld and built herself an empire of bars, clubs, steam rooms, sex shops and drag shows, inspiring The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. This fascinating documentary explores the mythology (was she a mobster? an arsonist? a murderer?) and life of this shrewd, silver-haired, butch businesswoman.

Sally: Behind the Smile gives a fly-on-the-wall insight into one of Australia's most beloved athletes as she attempts to overcome some of the biggest hurdles of her burgeoning career in pursuit of that all-encompassing goal, a surfing world title. A Red Bull Media House production realized by Milkmoney, Sally: Behind the Smile is a definitive compilation of all things Sally Fitzgibbons that every aspiring and professional athlete can take something away from.

Follow Indonesian pro surfer, Oney Anwar, on his epic journey from a remote jungle village to his debut on the World Championship Tour.

Rhythm And Poetry is a documentary film that follows the change in the Hip Hop scene in Australia for three years from underground shows to wider popularity.

A macro look at the minute creatures that live among us. A world that is terrifyingly brutal yet amazingly beautiful. Struggles to the death, ingenuity beyond belief, the grotesque transformed into the wonderful. This award winning title features stunning cinematography from Emmy winning cinematographer Jim Frazier.

The first Japanese Road Movie in Australia follows the psychedelic adventures of four punked up Manga inspired Japanese characters; Shark, Yuto, Kimiko and Gunja Man as they travel up the east coast of Australia in a 1961 EK Holden.

What do you get when you cross two of Australia’s most recognised television actors with a musical wizard? A troubadour trio of conscientious ‘vagabonds’, 160 years between them, who want to bring their ‘bad ass gospel’ country music to the most remote and marginalised people in Australia. Through their larrikin humour and story telling, they are creating a new wave of excitement in Australia’s fringes, leaving behind smiles and some good ole feeling. Oh and quite a few hangovers. Along the way they meet some quintessential Australian characters, a window into the sunburnt country with its oddballs and strange country folk on the fringes of society.

From a remote tropical archipelago off northern Australia, a small island community takes the fight to save their home from climate change all the way to the global corridors of power.

In Mongolia's timeless Altai Mountains, 13-year-old Kharakoz embodies a captivating blend of ancestral traditions and modern influences. As she learns the ancient art of eagle-hunting, the film delves into the powerful ripple effect of passing this sacred knowledge to girls.

A documentary piece following the Melbourne University Racing Motorsport team as they race to finish their 2025 Formula Series racing car before the looming Australasian competition. Driven by the team's strong history in competition and an award-winning club culture, students navigate changing technical, media and event landscapes post-COVID in their efforts to return to fighting form.

A journey deep into the native forests of Australia, where a scientist, a study group, a lyrebird sound recordist, a lyrebird keeper, an activist, and a Knowledge Holder descended from the People of the Lyrebird help us understand not only the lyrebird’s sophisticated artwork, but what its message may be for humanity.

An independent documentary exploring the politics and history of Sydney's drag scene.

A dozen villages have been swallowed up by a volcano of mud in Indonesia, but four years on from the start of the eruption, the dispute over what’s causing it bubbles on. Some experts say a drilling accident at a nearby gas site has caused gas to constantly push mud to the surface from a depth of 3,000 metres, but the energy giant Lapindo Brantas blames an earthquake. The company was cleared of responsibility by Indonesia’s Supreme Court last year, but was still ordered to pay compensation. People in East Java though say they’ve seen little help. Video journalist Adrian Brown visits the vast lake of mud, which can even be seen from space, to hear the blame game that’s left villagers living in makeshift huts and an ecological disaster that seems to be growing bigger by the day.

A poignant short documentary featuring three children as they reflect on a life-changing family tragedy: their father’s diagnosis with brain cancer. Told through their eyes, the film explores love, resilience, and the ways young people process illness and uncertainty within a family.

In November 2024, two Indigenous ranger teams set out on a 1,900-kilometre journey from the remote community of Bidyadanga in Western Australia to Uluru. Their destination: the largest gathering of Indigenous desert rangers in Australia — the Indigenous Desert Alliance Conference.

Born of a poor family in Paris, Guy Detot transforms himself through passion and luck into an international ballet dancer, dancing with Pina Bausch in The Rite of Spring and the Ballet Rambert. In 1982 Guy moves to Australia for love, and works with the Australian Dance Theatre, before being retired out of ballet and embarking on a journey to use his love of movement to create emotion-driven wood sculptures, based in Penola, South Australia.

There have been some memorable racing moments in the rich history of the Australian Touring Car Championship. And also lots and lots of crashes. Relive the early years of V8 Supercars and the moments when the legends of Australian touring car racing were, well, just a little but less than legendary. And a few special moments, so get ready for some action.

A feral intruder is on the loose in Tasmania, one of the world’s last great wildlife havens. The predator is cunning, deadly and a master of stealth, so expert at flying under the radar that some people refuse to believe it even exists. FERAL PERIL follows the ‘Fox Squad’, a team employed by the Tasmanian Government to eradicate the elusive and adaptable European red fox – before it destroys Tasmania’s fauna. The Fox Squad must chase down sightings, gather evidence and battle public scepticism in a bid to avert ecological disaster. A Screen Australia and Magic Real Picture Company production in association with Screen Tasmania. Made in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

After leaving Cairns at the age of 18 to chase a dream, Canberra Raiders winger Xavier Savage navigates the harsh realities of life as a professional athlete in the National Rugby League.

Archival photographs help reconstruct the life of white buffalo hunters, and the Aboriginal labour that supported them, in the remote wetlands of the NT in the 1930s. Former hunter Tom Cole visits hunting camps and discusses the trade.

Looks at the history and cultural diversity of the Sydney, Australia suburb of Marrickville. The video features interviews with those who live in this area including people with Greek, Lebanese, Portuguese and Vietnamese backgrounds.

This is the story of Bryan Cook. A local inner-city photographer and Australian independent music lover who captured some of the most unique, unseen photos around the inner-city pubs like The Hopetoun, The Vulcan, The Sydney Trade Union Club the Evening star, The Strawberry Hills Hotel and more. His love of film and digital photography inadvertently captured a music scene that was never given a lot of attention or documented by the mainstream press. Dr Gregory Ferris, an esteemed academic from the UTS, discovered Cookie's extensive, extraordinary and rarely seen photos and exhibited them at the Powerhouse Museum in an interactive display that recreated the Hopetoun Hotel. Cookie has confirmed that the total number of photographs taken over the years exceeded 80,000, a monumental achievement.

Sentience starkly contrasts the stunning beauty of Guanxi Provence's ancient mountains and the abrasive imposition of modernity playing out on Yangshou's famous 1400 year old West Street.

Kupungarri in northwestern Australia is one of the most natural places left in the world. The small community strengthens its young people through a close connection with Country. Excitement grows as they prepare for the biggest event of the year, the Mowanjum Festival.

Kitesurfing — for most, just another sport, but for Steve and Kenno, it’s a way of life. Bodhi Csutoros and I had the honor of capturing their story in the form of a short documentary. Through our lens, we witnessed how they find euphoria in the waves. For Steve, it's been a lifelong obsession that led him to open the first kite surfing shop in Aus, and pioneer during the sports growth globally. For Neil, It’s a new way to spend time on the water, born in Ballina his life long love of the ocean offers a beautiful perspective on life by the coast. This is a love letter to the ocean & the art of kiting.

Autun, a small town in Burgundy with a quiet appearance, which has a well-established past. It was one of the largest and most spectacular capitals of Roman Gaul.

What is behind Israel's war on Gaza? Why do so many Palestinians support armed struggle? Why are Israel and Hezbollah on the brink of full-scale war? In this hard-hitting debut documentary, Lebanese-Australian lawyer Nicholas Hanna explores these questions and crucial context largely ignored by mainstream media. Filmed in Lebanon and Occupied Palestine, The Last Sky is a must see documentary for anyone interested in understanding the current Gaza war and the escalating conflict in the region.

The tragic and compelling story of a man who commits decades of his life to building an elaborate timber amphitheater in the Australian bush, dragging his young family along for the ride.

Episode of Series “Working series”. One of a series of films about attitudes to work. Shows the effects of technological change on the worker in the printing industry. Do computers take away the enjoyment of the job? Have a lot of skills been lost? Is job security at risk?

VHS provided free with new copies of the Easy album. 60 Min running time. In studio, live, music videos

A Labour government imposing cutbacks on the National Health Services is the theme of Dismantling a Dream. Pilger recalls the establishment of the NHS in 1948 and Health Minister Aneurin Bevan’s declaration that the “silent suffering” of the old, young, chronically sick and handicapped had no place in a civilised society. But, in December 1976, an official report revealed that thousands of children who could be saved were dying.

A lively romp though a century of Chapel Street's fashion history in an entertaining feature-length documentary.

A unique tribe of rainforest nomads living in Sarawak, Borneo, are being logged out of existence after 40,000 years of living at one with their jungle. Bruno Manser is living with them and is helping to get their plight to the outside world before it is too late.

In 1978, Genni Batterham contracted Multiple Sclerosis. The battle with this debilitating illness changed the course of Genni’s life and that of her husband, Kim - both individually and as a partnership. This documentary is about Genni’s disability and how she and her husband confronted Multiple Sclerosis and the issues surrounding it.

A film about the end of the world: the myth that has been with us since the beginning of civilization, and the possibility made real at Hiroshima in 1945. The journey takes us from medieval paintings to 50s sci fi movies and leaves us better able to understand and deal with our destructive urges.

A film surveying the lifestyle and industries of Western Australia and the role of the Royal Australian Mail Service throughout the state.

An uninformed Brisbanite athlete risks both his career and health after discovering the ever-growing rate of suicide in Australia, further deciding to run 60km around Uluru in an attempt to raise awareness. Luke Kingdon, a twenty-three year-old Greek Australian, one day decided that he was going to make a change after learning about the silent killer; mental health. As he saw the growing rates of suicide on the news, accompanied by people around him losing their loved ones, he felt it was time for a turning point. In an attempt to raise awareness about the social issue, he decided he would run 60km around Uluru in one stint, prompting his fellow Australians to help attain his donation goal of $30,000 for mental health support company, Reach Out.

A daughter mourns the loss of her father, a passionate collector of space memorabilia, as she falls under the sway of the 'flown' space objects in her inheritance.

This documentary provides an extraordinarily personal window into the last two weeks of the life of Victorian artist Lee Stephenson. Shot by the artist’s daughter, at Longlee, her mother’s home in the Goulburn Valley, we watch Lee navigate her own death with varying levels of grace, clarity, and humour.

Australian spies are on the offensive against cyber criminal networks and foreign actors seeking to disrupt democracies. But our intelligence agencies have a long history playing a key role in secret battles.

Comedian, architecture enthusiast and design nerd Tim Ross takes us across Australia to meet the families whose lives have been shaped by the exceptional designs of their iconic homes.

An attempt at an unadulterated biography of one life of many within a moment, which always will be, and always was, a memory.

In late 2006, the Central Coast and western Sydney Aboriginal Men’s Groups hosted the Aboriginal Men’s Sharing and Learning Circle at Camp Wollombi. Aboriginal men from throughout NSW were invited to attend and participate in this important event, which considered many of the issues and challenges confronting Aboriginal men today. From the Message Stick series.

This is one ladies story and she is “The Last Decoder of Monterey”. Monterey, home to a secret Royal Australian Navy intelligence unit called FRUMEL during World War II.

A surreal animated documentary based on historical records, The Pioneers is a mesmerising rhythmic experience honouring the animal passengers aboard their 59 rocket test flights prior to the first human voyage to space. This film aims to remind us of the sacrifices, experiences and tragedies of these forgotten and overlooked pioneers. Directed by auteur Australian animator Simon Cottee and scored by renowned Canadian composer Kid Koala.

Short film accompanying McInerney's 2022 installation of the same name.