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Frustrated by their lack of connection, Patrick resorts to desperate measures to spend more time with his six-year-old son, but in a moment of truth he must make a decision that will determine their future together.

A celebration of evolving technologies as tools for performance and their parallels with the evolving queer body, the evolving sick body and the evolving black body. Technology as puppetry and the screen as praxis for our desires and our imagined selves.

Ricky is a young Arab Australian whose peaceful suburban life is turned on its head when his sister, Ameena, disappears without trace. In a climate of distrust and xenophobia, she is soon suspected of having joined the ranks of ISIS in Syria. In a ‘post-facts’ world, Ricky no longer knows who to believe, his sense of what’s right or the 24 hour media cycle of spin.

Frank meets Madaline at a cocktail party held at a World Bank conference. He's a foreign correspondent whose recent work in Mali has left him traumatised. As the erotic connection between Frank and Madaline deepens, each gradually reveal secrets from their past that could have deadly consequences. The sensual, politically charged Embedded is an exciting anomaly in Australian cinema, marking a promising directorial debut for Sewell.

Clean hands is an Australian short film created by up and coming director Director Alvin Verghese and shot by Cinematographer Callum Saunders, with lead characters played themselves. Clean hands uses traditional Noir film techniques inspired by films like Double Indemnity and much more. Clean hands was produced with a budget of $20 and borrowed equipment, being of of the first produced by this duo.

Chronicling a walk to the end of the line on Super 8 film — from the heart of the inner city to the outer suburban station of Upfield in Melbourne’s North.

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.

In 2019, the Mandurah Mustangs All Abilities AFL team was born. What began as a dream of inclusion has grown into a powerful movement, proving that football is for everyone. This film celebrates their journey, their triumphs on and off the field, and their 2025 season — showing the world that ability comes in many forms, but passion unites us all

Hours after her mother’s cremation, Andrea steals the ashes in an attempt to say her last farewell and emancipate herself from her toxic twin.

Arrowhead is a movie about redemption and loneliness, set against the backdrop of a sun-baked desert planet. After an intense prison break, Kye's heroism gains him the attention of a ragtag group of rebels, led by an ex-military general. With the promise of guaranteed freedom, the general lures Kye into a dangerous hostage mission which leads him stranded alone on a planet for several years. While alone, our hero has to decide whether he wants to continue on his violent path, or undo the damage he has done. But inner peace is hindered when Kye becomes infected with a symbiotic alien creature, which periodically causes hideous transformations. It's Jekyll and Hyde meets Robinson Crusoe. The Incredible Hulk in the distant stars. A bullets-and-sand adventure that will introduce pulp science fiction to the cerebral, character-based intimacy of independent cinema.

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.

Caught looking at naughty magazines, a thirteen-year-old boy must now navigate through the torments of his ultra conservative South Pacific island community.

Moby Dick 4 Dummies taps into this child-like subconscious, exploring our relentless quest to decipher the meaning of life.

Infirmus follows Jess and Ian, a young couple on the night of their breakup. After the split, the couple navigate the end of their relationship as they begin to untether from the life they had built together. Despondent and reflective, Infirmus sheds light on the difficult stages that follow a breakup

In her suburban home, 12-year-old Clara tries to come to terms with a life-changing event.

It's getting late on a Friday night and Ralph is keen to get out of the office, but the boss won't let him. No big deal, right? It's just that the full moon is rising and Ralph is a werewolf.

Nine women convicts escape from a prison hell-hole and dare to create a savage world free of man.

Victoria Achut battled her way through medical school and escaped a civil war in Sudan, but her biggest struggle yet has been re-starting life in the 'lucky country' with three children, an absent husband and mounting bills.

A conservatively raised capitalist travels the world on an evolutionary journey exploring alternative economic and political models in a pursuit for greater global peace, unity and wealth equality.

The recollections of a shattered and traumatised man, a former escapee from the advancing Japanese army relates the horrors of war, his doubts and misgivings of the support of comrades, his fear for the loss of his best friend, and of course, his own fear of dying. "Journey to the End of Night" is the diary of a soldier. Although it was filmed forty years after the event, it is a timeless universal testimony because of its power and emotion. It is the voice of an individual raised against the violence, the horror and the futility of war. The film raises one question which continues to haunt us: a soldier is trained to kill, but not to commit murder. Who can draw the line?

The world is flooding. It's been raining for weeks on end and 12 year old Briggs is the last in the line of kids to be sacrificed in a ritualistic drowning.

A drowning survivor must confront the dangerous fixation she has on the accident and the woman who saved her.

Discover the secrets of the Confederate hand-powered submarine, the H.L. Hunley, as researchers raise it and open it for the first time in more than a century.

Nearly Really Me follows the story of Karla, a 35 year old professional who knows her life is fine, and yet feels that fine isn't good enough, she wants to feel alive. Trouble is, she has no real idea how to go about it. So she outsources her existential crisis to an internationally respected medium for direction and soon finds herself embarking on a trip to Vietnam for their 5 day spiritual conference, where participants gain knowledge, wisdom and insights delivered unlike any other in the world.

In the tradition of Sunday Too Far Away, this independent film is based on the classic Australian play by John Power. Pic tells the story of a group of miners living in a camp in outback Australia. They swear, brawl, gamble, and drink heavily. Central to the story is the conflict between Tarzan, the authoritarian group leader and cocky loud-mouth wisecracking Pansy. This results in a bare-knuckle punch-up for the movie's denouement.

Broke and desperate, two post-teens Splint and Spraggo plan a robbery but accidentally kill a man. As they scramble through a botched plan, they spiral through the stages of grief armed with nothing but crowbars and a bag of bread. Roasties Toasties is a dark comedy about failure, friendship, and the absurd weight of consequences.

A first date: he shows up at her flat, several stories up in her building. She's finishing getting ready, so she introduces him to her dog, which loves to fetch a small red rubber ball with blue stars. He tosses the ball to the dog a few times, somewhat distractedly, looks through a book ("Do I have to be me?") on her coffee table, opens the French doors to her balcony, sits down and continues to toss the ball. It takes a deadly carom, but when she emerges from her bedroom ready to go, he stays mum. Outside the building, a crowd has gathered. Will he tell her what happened, or leave it for her to put together? Is there any way out for him?

A team of scientific detectives from around the world attempt to crack one of science’s most enduring mysteries – what killed Australia’s megafauna?

Awkward suburban teenager Nic Wooding wants to be the greatest badminton player in the world, much to the dismay of his demanding father, a former tennis champion. With the local badminton competition on the horizon, Nic rebels against his dad's wishes to learn that following your dream may lead you to a bird of a different feather.

In his world sex is everything (if you don't count surfing, drugs and his mates). She's not so keen on his mates, but... she hasn't tried them all yet.

Theo leaves home seeking independence but faces adulting challenges: fines, daddy issues, scams. With best friend Johnny, he learns through mishaps that family matters most.

Documentary on the revival of classical dancing in Cambodia, where nine out of ten classical dancers were killed during the Pol Pot regime in the 1970s. The program focuses on master teacher Em Theay and her star pupil Sok Chea, who recall their ordeals under Pol Pot and talk about their present efforts and their hopes for the future. In addition to views of Em Theay, Sok Chea, and others in classes, rehearsals and performances, the program includes historical background on Cambodian classical dancing and archival footage of dancers of the past.

The story of three horses who were all born on the same night but their lives take very different paths.

David's mourning of the death of a previous partner is interrupted by a girl named Nadia. Much to his surprise, she's here to do the same thing.

Two estranged sisters, Sam and Maggie, attempt to reconnect after the death of their mother. But Maggie isn't interested in anything, and that could be Sam's worst nightmare.

Five friends set off on an adventure in a small boat. They discover a mysterious island, where, one by one, they die a terrible death.

A young man is held captive by a deranged surgeon and faced with the choice which can alter his life and the life of his loved ones forever.

I don't think we were made for this.

Inexplicably abandoned by his parents on an empty, windswept beach, a young man embarks on a surreal journey through time and contemplation of his very own mortality.

Two teenage geniuses battle it out for school domination in this feature length version of the hugely successful, award-winning teen action series.

Leon Trotsky is considered one of the most controversial revolutionary figures of his time. Was he a practical revolutionary or a naive idealist? On the practical side, he was the mastermind behind the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917, and was totally ruthless during the ensuing Civil War. As an idealist, he was committed to the pursuit of international revolution, but created many political enemies. After Lenin's death, Trotsky lost in a power struggle with Stalin, and later was expelled from the Communist Party. Trotsky was exiled from the Soviet Union, eventually finding refuge in Mexico. In 1940, Stalin ordered his assassination, and Trotsky died after being struck in the head with an ice-pick. History records that Trotsky was a master theoretician, a skillful propagandist and a brilliant orator.

Guided by a legendary figure of the Finnish wood throwing game, a group of mates form Australia’s first ever team to compete at the Mölkky World Championships.

two cowboys duel with bannana

March 23rd, 1885. Fighting rages in the city and the southerners gain ground. Meanwhile, five northern prisoners, accompanied by their dog Tob, manage to escape. In their escape from the enemy, they had no choice but to board a hot air balloon to survive the chaos of the terrain. It is then that the flying machine will take them to a mysterious place, perhaps even more dangerous than the war itself...

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

Laka is a cross cultural love story that begins in the suburbs of western Sydney and ends with a birth in the remote Arnhem land wilderness.

A whimsical film about Wyatt Kettling - a very ordinary man with hidden talents...

An animated version of Dickens' novel

Ant society awakens after the spring thaw to prepare a royal banquet. This video was directed by Zoë, who also did most of the animating as well as all the painting (but I did some stuff too!)

Singer-Songwriter Kavisha Mazzella's musical journey to find the lost songs of a dying generation. Filmed on location in Italy and Western Australia. A moving, humourous and sometimes quirky documentary about some of the larger than life characters who comprise the Italian Women's Chorus, 'The Joys Of The Women'.

Helen finds a letter from her daughter postmarked nearly two years ago.

A university professor finds his romantic relationship with one of his students increasingly difficult to manage in the wake of a promotion.

"The flow of the tides, flooded jungles with fauna and flora, piranha fishing, canoeing, a Warao Shaman ceremony, houses, handicrafts, and a whole chapter dedicated to the jungle wisdom. In the end, a young Ocelot practices its skills."

Silence is the most beautiful thing that exists in the universe. When an astronaut ponders the quietude of space, he makes a startling self-realisation.

Uplifting and intimate look at the last days of an elderly cancer victim. The film is even more relevant as it was written specifically for the lead actress, Sheila Florance, who was in fact dying of cancer as she created what is essentially a self-portrait.

In a very special one-night-only event, Australian theatre and music sensation Kate Miller-Heidke will join the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, performing songs from her award-winning opera The Rabbits and popular hits featured on her new album 'The Best of Kate Miller-Heidke: Part One'.

Hugh Mostyn is sent from his family station to England for an education and returns to Australia years later as a "gentleman", complete with a white suit and monocle. He seeks work as a jackeroo and is teased by station hands who pretend to hold him up as bushrangers.

Has there ever been a more awesome or imposing footballer than Tony Lockett? Modern football historians would probably say no, for Lockett is peerless, unstoppable and wonderfully skilled.

When the sun disappears out of the sky, Jake Anderson is trapped in darkness. But he must run from the light.