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In 1974, Narritjin Maymuru and his family are establishing a small settlement at Djarrakpi, an important Manggalili clan site on the northern head of Blue Mud Bay in the Northern Territory.

Green Is The New Black is a story of passion and purpose behind an ambitious environmental feat of one of Australia’s leading heavy music acts, In Hearts Wake.

Land is our Mother, Land is our Lifeline, Land is out Future, No, no mining. In this film the people of Bougainville speak their mind about the mine they don't want, the mine they shut down in 1989 by cutting down the power pylons, which supplied the mine with electricity. A ten year war and military blockade followed, 20,000 Islanders, a fifth of the population died. Now they are fighting against the reopening of the infamous Gold and Copper mine Panguna. "Land is very important, it's the source of life, because if there's not enough land we wouldn't be surviving... we work on the land to feed the children. Land is passed from the mother to the daughters. Women are the land holders in Bougainville. So that's why we don't want anybody to take the land from us, like the BCL, the CRA."

Decades of over-fishing by the global tuna industry have now pushed the final frontiers to the waters of Papua New Guinea. In the 1950s, the world was fishing out 400,000 tons of tuna each year. Today, this number is close to 4 million. And it comes at a high cost: a human one, now affecting the last places on earth to receive the full impact of globalisation. Set in "the land of the unexpected", in the north-eastern part of Papua New Guinea, this film follows the struggle of Indigenous tribes to protect their way of life, guarded by traditions dating back thousands of years. Many have lost hope, others are fighting for survival from their own corrupt government. They see their ancestral land taken away to make way for multinational corporations, in their quest to create the new tuna capital of the world. The question remains: is this type of development in the Pacific Bringing prosperity or poverty?

The building of a giant open-cut copper mine on the island of Bougainville brought profound change to local landowners. Despite royalties, training programs and extensive development, landowner concerns eventually escalated into conflict, which resulted in the closure of the mine. These issues are already clearly evident in this film, made shortly after the mine opened in 1970.

Recollections of the Australian women's Peace Movement told by those who helped shape it, from 84-year-old Irene Greenwood whose activities go back to WWI, to the protests of the women at Pine Gap in Australia.

A moving documentation of the life of a small boy about to face his sixth major operation in six years. Raises questions of care for the hospitalised, the rights of the patient and family, and the emotional requirements of people reliant on technology for life support.

Five housewives, living in a housing estate in outer Adelaide, tell how they organized a mutual self-help group to overcome the boredom, frustration and loneliness of living in suburbia.

Kurtal – Snake Spirit tells the story of Spider, a sprightly 80 year old Aboriginal elder who travels from Fitzroy Crossing into the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia to visit a jila - a sacred waterhole. Spider is one of the main custodians responsible for the practices that take place there. For the first time, he is taking his family and community elders back to his birthplace, where he will communicate with their ancestors through Kurtal, the Snake Spirit in an ancient ritual. This unique documentary examines the ongoing change faced by a remote Aboriginal community and their determination to maintain their close links to birthplace and country. It shows the passing on of traditional knowledge from father to son and grandson, and the vital and sustained connection to ancestry and customs. It is a celebration of strong tradition and culture thriving through the spirit and willingness of the next generation.

The Wirth Brothers Circus, one of Australia’s largest and most successful, survived another 15 years after this film was made.

A documentary about fruit growing and canning in Australia.

A look into beekeeping.

A documentary by Brooke Linnegar

An ethnographic documentary directed by Roger Sandall, recording the construction of a bark canoe by two Aboriginal men, Djurkuwidi and Wangamaru, on the north coast of Arnhem Land. Filmed in the coastal swamps of Buckingham Bay near the end of the wet season, the film follows the process from the selection and stripping of a stringybark gum tree through to the completed canoe in use for hunting magpie geese and collecting eggs. Sandall’s narration explains the techniques involved and notes changes from earlier practices.

Tnorala is the Aboriginal name for Gosse's Bluff, a dramatic meteorite impact crater set in a vast plain 175km west of Alice Springs. This significant dreaming site for Western Arrernte people is steeped in mystery and tragedy. The story of its creation and the events that occurred there are narrated to the camera by Aunty Mavis Malbunka, one of the traditional story-tellers for the place.

Teresa Rizzo puts forth radical and subversive ideas that question gender construction and expectation in Western culture.

The Australian edition of Remedies casted Mildura natives to contribute eucalyptus tree related unwritten narratives and oral histories for an individual and collective portraiture. Earth bound clay object-action cements the liminal stories and realities around the complex legacy of postcolonial wake into a collective stem. The project was conceived by the Finnish-Swiss artist duo Sasha Huber and Petri Saarikko and consisted of a series of filmed sessions around Mildura. During each session, participants were invited to share eucalyptus tree related remedies, these were choreographed and edited into an installation piece.

This film continues MacDougall's long-term study of an elite boys' boarding school in northern India. It focuses on a group of twelve-year-olds during their first year in one of the 'houses' for new boys. The film concerns their attachment to the house, but, more importantly, their attachment to one another in a communal life. It follows, in particular, the experiences of one boy and several of his close associates, from their initial homesickness, to their life as member of the group, to their separation from the house at the end of the year.

This inspiring film celebrates the courage and resilience of those who, for over a century, have fought for the right of Aboriginal children to public education

A philosophical exploration of turbulence and its relationship to the emotional human experience.

A man's journey with his giant paper-mache carrot forces him to confront his traumatic past

When it all goes horribly wrong, there is only one word that can adequately describe the horror: Fraught. A documentary animation exploring people's most awkward, embarrassing moments.

Your postcode shouldn't dictate what you can wear or who you can love. This documentary highlights the unique challenges the LGBTQI community face growing up and living in regional towns.

In Australian motor sport, there was only one “Fox.” Harry Firth was perhaps best known as the first manager of the legendary Holden Dealer Team and mentor to the great Peter Brock. However Harry Firth’s story is much more than just that. Not only did he win the Armstrong 500 and Bathurst multiple times as a driver and team manager, he also won five manufacturer’s championships, four Australian rally championships, Round Australia Rallies and the Southern Cross Rally. Add to that his influence on several great drivers, his involvement in the development of the Cortina GT 500, the Falcon GT and GTHO, the Torana XU1, L34 and A9X – all without any formal qualifications – and you have a true legend of Australian motor sport. His is a unique story of determination, rare cunning and motor sport intuition.

An evocative documentary focusing on Callan, a transgender rock and roll musician whose uninhibited performances and spirited personality make her someone to be reckoned with.

A short bathroom sink documentary about hair and why trans and gender diverse people must ask themselves the question, to shave or not to shave?

An informative DVD on arguably Australia’s best barra fishing impoundment - Lake Awoonga! It is more than just a ‘how to’ DVD! Loads of action chasing large monster barra!

In 2010, BP was responsible for the world’s largest oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico. Over several months, the rig spewed nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the ocean, killing millions of animals and destroying the surrounding environment. Less than a year later, the Australian Government signed papers allowing BP to come to Australia and drill in deeper and rougher seas. In 2016, The Great Australian Bight Alliance announced the launch of ‘Operation Jeedara’ – a campaign that would see the ‘Steve Irwin’ sail into the heart of the Great Australian Bight to document the beauty of the region in order to showcase what we would all stand to lose if we let BP drill there. This film is the story of the campaign.

Papua New Guinea "Land of the Unexpected", a country of rugged mountain ranges, impassable terrain and isolated villages. With over 850 indigenous languages and cultural groups, people align themselves with their tribe before their nation. P.N.G. Style follows adventurer and one-man film crew David Fedele's 3 month solo journey through Papua New Guinea, armed only with a backpack, camcorder and traveling guitar.

Drawing on a life's work defined by controversial and ground-breaking ideas, the world's greatest architect has inaugurated his first Australian building - and debate still rages over whether it is eyesore or icon. Our film follows the drama as Gehry'Äôs vision for this commission is realized.

A couple mysteriously vanish after a romantic evening under the stars... A teenager disappears on her way home from school... A university graduate goes missing whilst holidaying in London... From the early 1970s to the mid-80s, scores of ordinary Japanese disappeared without a trace, many of them from beaches and remote villages along the Japan Sea coast, others from Tokyo, London and Madrid. After decades of speculation, it was finally revealed in 2002 that these ordinary Japanese citizens had in fact been abducted by North Korean spies as part of a bizarre and sinister plot of espionage by the hard-line, communist dictatorship of Kim Jong Il. From the last front of the Cold War to the new battle against the 'Axis of Evil', Kidnapped! tells the extraordinary story of the Chimura, Yokota and Arimoto families - some of the unfortunate victims of a terrifying abduction campaign by North Korea, and who are now unwittingly caught up in the eye of a political storm. The story of these.

Ford’s bracingly intimate and reflexive documentary on time and change was filmed over four years and focuses on a small group of male filmmakers and close friends.

In mid-1936 a sound engineer visited the Pemberton region of south-west Western Australia to make a film that focused more on the atmosphere of the forest as it was irrevocably changed by the axe and saw of the loggers.

One man’s journey to help alleviate homelessness in Cairns. A hair raising documentary uncovering what lies beneath this Paradise island.

"Bodyline", the word coined to describe a method of attack that involved bowling fast rising deliveries aimed at the batsman's head and body with a ring of close in fieldsmen on the leg side poised for a catch. Used in the 1932-33 Ashes Test Series, that pitted Bradman against Jardine and soured Anglo-Australian relations for years.

For decades, computer scientist Brent Seales has pursued an obsession long thought impossible: reading the hundreds of scrolls carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Armed with cutting-edge imaging, artificial intelligence, and relentless determination, Dr. Seales and his underdog team work to digitally unlock the secrets of ancient Rome’s only surviving library. As their quest captures global attention, The Vesuvius Challenge becomes a high-stakes story of perseverance, discovery, and humanity’s quest to recover the great lost books of antiquity.

Explores the rise, impact, and enduring mythology of Aziz Shavershian – “Zyzz” – the unlikely internet icon whose transformation from anonymous teenager to global symbol of fitness culture reshaped how a generation defines influencers, identity, and self-invention.

Jenny is a teenage girl in a same-sex relationship, and JENNY lets her speak plainly about it. She talks about what the relationship means to her, how she sees the lesbian scene, and how others see her. There’s no sweeping drama or moral panic – just an honest portrait of one young person navigating identity, attraction and assumptions. Made in 1978, it’s one of the rare screen documents of queer youth from the era – clear-eyed, unsentimental and ahead of its time.

Benneby Zappa and his intern Seth must save Old Saint Nick and subsequently Christmas.

In 2009, Monte Dwyer set off on a lap of the country in his new bus Claude, to shoot half a dozen travelogues for Tourism Australia and a swag of character stories for the Australia Network. From Lake Eyre to the Kimberley, the Top End to the very tip of Cape York, Monte meets a circus of characters from bona fide UFO hunters to miners who use chooks to collect gold, as he travelled through northern Australia in a bus determined to break him. This is the video of the trip, and the companion piece to the book, Through a Crooked Lens. It's the Leyland Brothers meets Norman Gunston on a quest to discover a fast-disappearing Australia.

Since the early 1990s, the Nicholas Building has been a centre of arts, creativity and craftsmanship; in recent decades it has come increasingly under threat. In his feature length debut, Mark Newbound explores the importance of the Nicholas Building, and the creative processes of the artists it houses, through insightful interviews and meticulously observed portraits of craftspeople at work. In a lyrical and visually stunning style, Newbound showcases the skills behind contemporary jewellers, bespoke shoemakers and experimental artists. Featuring Anna Varendorff, William Llewellyn Griffiths, Nicholas Jones, Darren McDonald, Louise Macdonald, Jason Patterson, Paul Zika, Stephen McLaughlan, Marcos Guzman, Brendan Dwyer, Mary Burgess, and Vikki Kassioras

In Mooroopna, boots hit the dirt long before they hit the big stage. Bush Boots celebrates the Indigenous footy kids and the community role models guiding them, on and off the field.

Images of boats on the river.

One of Australia's series of Pfizer Patient Education videos.

A poetic, ethnographic documentary that draws on the individual and collective memories of ordinary Italian migrants who made Victoria, Australia their home after the end of the second world war.

Christmas is celebrated in the middle of the Australian summer under a blazing sun. But even in the heat it is a season for traditional things; for family affairs and meeting with friends.

Drawing on over 100 hours of footage filmed over seven years at the height of the Afghanistan war, The Watch or the Time tells the stories of foreigners grappling with what they’ve left behind, Afghans struggling to make sense of the dramatic shift in their fates, whilst others celebrate the Taliban’s win. As America and its allies try to wash their hands of responsibility in Afghanistan, The Watch or the Time puts it front and centre again. As this film asks, was it all worth it?

A short film by Jordan James Kaye

Warlpiri painters of Central Australia and British artist Patrick Waterhouse collaborate to revise colonial Australian documents.

Screens is an Avant Garde short inspired by the great works of Andy Warhol's Screen Tests. This is a new stylistic approach to Warhol's Screen Tests.

Archaeology at The Big Dig, Below Sydney Harbour YHA tells the story of the site through the people who once lived here.

A daughter, Marylou, recalls growing up with her father, Joe, and his slow decay into dementia.

A behind-the-scenes look at the Richmond Tigers' 2019 AFL season, as they battled through adversity to come out on top.

In To Be Silent, Noongar and Spinifex Aboriginal woman Tace Stevens explores the impact of code-switching on her identity, before revealing what led her to embrace the power of standing firm in who she is, no matter where she is.

Motorbikin crew go from Adelaide To Melbourne

Does gender fuck or do we fuck gender?

Experience the greatest scientific endeavour in history as you step onto Australia’s future site for the incredible SKA telescope and journey to the edges of the Universe