Australian wrestling was once a television obsession where the best in the world would clash. Now travel half way around the world with an Aussie wrestling champion to track down the greats of those glory days where generations cheered heroes, and booed villians. Here are the mad, bad and dangerous-to-know grand-daddies of the original reality television, where every move was Ruff, Tuff, and Real!
11,363 Matches Found
One night, 3 am in an almost-empty parking lot, a girl named Fran witnesses a murder. A murder between a lesbian couple, whom both seemed to enjoy the dark act. Fran is traumatised by what she sees and flees the scene, but for some reason even she doesn’t understand, never tells a soul of what happened. Fran feels her sanity slipping each day, but is this actually what she truly wanted all along? Is this what she was looking for in her life? A reason to truly let herself go? Her story is one of battling with one’s own thoughts, and the struggles to contain violent urges.
Red Syrup
A road safety film for pedestrians in city traffic. Demonstrates typical unsafe practices.
Dead on Their Feet
A short teasing a Wyrmwood TV series that never got made
Wyrmwood: Chronicles of the Dead
In 1918 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, his wife, son and four daughters were summarily assassinated. In 1992 the bodies were unearthed only to discover that the remains of two family members were missing - Alexei and Anastasia. Persistent rumors of Anastasia's escape have circulated after her death. This documentary examines the possibility that Anastasia may have survived the brutal assassination.
In Search of a Lost Princess
Documentary on Australian actor Ernie Dingo. As an actor, Ernie Dingo has played many parts, but many people see his major achievement as being a role model for other Aborigines. This film traces the life of the WA actor from his birth in a corrugated iron shed on Bullado station to early childhood in Mullewa, and his high school years in Geraldton to the beginning of his acting career.
Oondamooroo
Two brothers argue over a family matter. Inspired by the work of Yorgos Lanthimos.
The Pickle
Australian Nature in Time Lapse, Sunsets, Sunrises, Flowers, Landscapes and Waterfalls filmed all over the Country. Images with background music.
NATURE in Time Lapse
In this introductory video to permaculture, Bill Mollison, the movement’s co-founder, takes the viewer through the history and developments of the movement. With startlingly laconic humor and insight he deconstructs the modern agribusiness and the “modern plague” : manicured ornamental lawns. In this video he offers an antidote, which is an antidote to both our currently unsustainable practices and our unsustainable culture. Both of these have to change and adapt. Permanently.
In Grave Danger of Falling Food
The Emu, Cassowary, Eclectus Parrot and more, over a hundred species are described in their natural environments, with great photography and pleasant narration, no scientific names, no insert names, great to watch en enjoy.
Australia, Bird's Haven
This film takes the form of a psychiatric session, using the metaphor as a way to explore the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef.
Will The Great Barrier Reef Cure Claude Clough?
A teenage girl living in an extreme Christian sect, is driven into psychological turmoil by her Elders, when she strikes up an innocent relationship with a boy.
Grace
Four different women, each with a well-hidden secret they are coaxed, tricked or forced into revealing... sometimes it's better to omit the truth.
Four of a Kind
The attempted ‘modernisation’ of Melbourne in the 1950s destroyed much of the city, including its elegant cinemas and picture palaces. Now, a new Melbourne-made documentary brings them back to life.
The Lost City of Melbourne
Nicholas Moore hires taxi driver Trevor to help catch his fiance cheating. With misunderstandings, and mistaken identity, these defective detectives find themselves on an adventure more dangerous than they bargained for.
The Tail Job
During the anticipation of an upcoming state election, a brooding Aussie senator tries to win the hearts of conservative voters.
Dyed in the Wool
Australian Short Film directed by James Ricketson
Drifting
Could Australia's past help secure its future? 65,000 years in the making, Burnt Country is about fighting fire, with fire. Exploring the profound knowledge and wisdom of First Nations, this film is an invitation to connect to country and community.
Burnt Country
Documentary on the redevelopment on a dock area of Sydney. For 5 years, until 1977, Woolloomooloo was the site of a bitter struggle between property developers and the local community, which at times involved the National Trust, Building Unions and squatters’ organisations.
Woolloomooloo
Dame Edna shares her views and answers questions in front of a celebrity audience.
Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Margaret O'Halloran sets out to discover whether a dog killed her friend and mentor, Harry Bowman. To do this, O'Halloran must delve into the dark secrets of her home town and what she finds not only turns her world upside down, it could cost her life.
Dogwoman: The Legend of Dogwoman
Two unruly youths attending a backwater public school in the Australian suburbs make life a living hell for an academically gifted yet socially challenged young boy named Ebaad. Search YouTube for: Where’s Ebaad?! and watch free today!
Where's Ebaad?!
Guided by four musicians from the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Anatomy of String Quartet takes audiences on an intimate journey through the rehearsal and performance of an iconic piece of string music.
Anatomy of a String Quartet
Sydney, Australia. Michael, 24, and James, 28, fall in love unbeknown to James' parents. The decision to reveal their relationship to their family is soon followed by a tragedy. James' family is torn apart while Michael must struggle to protect his relationship and survive beyond the shock. Inspired of true events, Wish For Tomorrow is a film that explores love, loss and the struggle of inequality.
Wish for Tomorrow
Heartbeat Love is a miniseries that chronicles the love story between two travellers (Show and Rainie) who happen to share a hotel room in Australia by accident. Rainie initially mistakes Show for being gay, but eventually discovers that he is straight, resulting in a very angry Rainie! However, through the whole trip, the two of them grow close and end up confiding their innermost thoughts and emotions to each other.
Heartbeat Love
Short opentoonz animation of the recently discovered, semi-aquatic dromaeosaur Natovenator polydontus.
Natovenator polydontus
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.
Ties That Bind
In a ravaged future-Australia, a solitary hermit guarding a priceless treasure is forced to offer sanctuary to a young girl who is fleeing murderous scavengers. With danger around every corner, can they learn to survive together?
Brolga
Australia: The Wild Continent carries its audience through the wildest and most beautiful landscapes in Australia in search of the hidden stories that make this continent unique. Discover flora and fauna that has evolved in splendid isolation, explore ancient landscapes sculpted by great geological forces, and learn what it means to care for Country from traditional custodians of the land. Circumnavigating the continent, we travel from the limestone cliffs of the Nullarbor to the steamy tropical wetlands of the Northern Territory via the stunning Kimberley coast and Australia’s expanse of red deserts. Along the way we meet giant humpback whales, get up close and personal with baby wetland birds, and fly with wedge-tailed eagles. Each destination has its own unique story of formation and biological significance unlike any other place on earth.
Australia: The Wild Continent
After collapsing during rehearsal, Yuri struggles to understand her mysterious medical condition and her even more enigmatic hospital-ward neighbour. Both patients are forced to confront the link between mind and body in vastly different ways.
Girl and Body
Venezuela, Guiana Shield, Tepuis, Canaima, Gondwanaland, magical words in the Nature World, this documentary explores the adventure of travelling to the highest falls in the world, Angel Falls, passing thru dangerous rapids, fantastic falls, otherworldly.
Angel Falls, the Great Falls
Passenger tells the story of arriving in a new country to live. Sitting in the back of a taxi, you gradually piece together your story, abstracted and dreamlike, as you progress into the quiet shock of a new world. Your taxi driver, himself a migrant to Australia, navigates the new terrain with you, and acts as your guide while revealing small glimpses of his own story. This 360-degree, stop-motion VR film recreates and investigates the geographic and visual dislocation of arriving somewhere unfamiliar: the beginnings of finding a new home in a foreign land.
Passenger
An animated short film, narrated by two asylum-seeking men detained in Australia's Manus Island Offshore Processing Centre, recounting the dangerous journeys that brought them to the island and their memories of the riot that erupted in 2014.
Nowhere Line: Voices from Manus Island
A man walks the streets of Melbourne, which looks very New Yorkish.
Crazy Motherfucker
Australian Made: The Movie is a 1987 live concert film of the Australian Made tour from December 1986 to January 1987. The tour featured internationally performing Australian acts, INXS, Divinyls, Models, The Triffids, The Saints, I'm Talking, and Jimmy Barnes. Concert segments were linked by Troy Davies interviewing audience members and musicians.
Australian Made: The Movie
Captain's daughter Josephine and common sailor Ralph Rackstraw are in love. However, their relationship is complicated by her arranged marriage to the high-ranking Sir Joseph Porter. A secret about the characters' true identities revealed by Little Buttercup, which leads to a farcical resolution. Performed by the D'Oyly Carte Company for Opera Australia.
H.M.S. Pinafore
Twelve men from seven countries embark on a seemingly impossible mission - to cross the world's largest ocean on three handmade wooden rafts. Fifty years later, the survivors finally tell the story of the world's longest raft journey.
The Raftsmen
For Indigenous Australian rugby league players, a pre-game ‘unity dance’ is an important step towards celebrating their cultures and combating entrenched racism.
Araatika: Rise Up!
Every World Cup, Every winner.The next in the Super8 series, only bigger and better. Illusionary Lines has been with the World Cup circus for the entire journey capturing every winner of a World Cup ripping in an isolated and unique part of the globe. Travel to Africa, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Finland (Arctic circle), Germany, New Zealand, Scotland, Spain and Switzerland in a never ending journey to find the Illusionary Line.
Super8 Illusionary Lines
Carl Barron’s topics jump from one to the other and back again, until you find yourself helpless with laughter. What a show this was; a mixture of stand up, musical attempts and crazy facial expressions. Barron captured his audience from the word “go”. People were laughing so hard they were either crying or nearly falling out of their chairs.
Carl Barron: Walking Down the Street
A short film by Elissa Black starring Martelle Hammer and Sarah Greenwood.
Christmas Caltrops
Australia is well behind the Western world in organ and tissue donor rates, causing immense suffering for those awaiting organs, while donors inspire us with their gift of life.
Dying to Live
Experience Ruel’s biggest hits like never before, reimagined with Ensemble Apex, a collective of Australia’s most prestigious players, known for redefining the orchestral experience for a new generation.
Ruel - Live at Red Bull Symphonic Orchestra Show
When a nationwide lockdown threatens the progress of James' budding romance with local barista, Leila, he is faced with a hard decision to avoid being alone.
Leila
Documentary on the USSR
The Human Face of Russia
Dance music has spread across the world transcending religious & racial barriers connecting to the hearts and souls of millions. People have always felt the rhythm of music and have as a result evolved countless dance styles throughout the ages. Beginning in the late 80's in Melbourne's underground dance music party scene, a revolutionary freestyle dance began to grow and has now developed into the most unique and robust underground dance style since the birth of Breakdancing. The Melbourne Shuffle has no set steps but encourages individuality and imagination, incorporating dance moves from numerous styles such as miming, popping & locking, liquid and breaking.
Melbourne Shuffler
The Leyland brothers make a six-month journey from Darwin to Sydney in an 18-foot open boat, following the Australian coast around Arnhem Land and Cape York.
Open Boat to Adventure
an in-depth, step-by-step tutorial
how 2 kiss (a guide for autistic girls)
A documentary about the making of Gillian Armstrong's 1982 film STARSTRUCK.
Puttin’ on the Show: The Making of Starstruck
In 1965, a busload of boy scouts go for a camping trip, where they start telling campfire tales. One of the older scouts, in attempt to scare the youngers, tells the "true story" about The Berko Brothers , which according to the legend, used to be a pair of Italian brothers who crashed their plane near the area years ago.
The Fogbrook Thing
In a hungry world, remember who your friends are. Painstakingly crafted with elastic clay animation, this tale of survival tells the story of Snork, a lonely green thing, and his best friend, an excitable green plant. Featuring expressionistic lighting and shot in glorious grainy 35mm with in-camera effects. Any scratch, sparkle or dust is real! This golden oldie is a stop mo festival favorite.
Slim Pickings
“The Young & The Wrestlers” is a Documentary following a group of Canberrans who share a common hobby: Professional Wrestling! The feature length film will document a six month period as the members of the Pro Wrestling Alliance deal with their lives and each other in the lead up to the biggest show of the year ‘Clash in the Capital.’
The Young and the Wrestlers
A journey through different processes of capturing light using pinhole cameras (pinhole camera in Super 8 format), accompanied by a cassette recorder during the director residency at Nanolab (Daylesford, Australia). It represents a step between the interior and the exterior, between moving forward and going back. It is about the space the director inhabit, the one she walk through and capture over and over again.
A Certain Light
Experimental video by Peter Newman.
The 5.19
An account of the grim and ironic death by freezing of a man trapped inside a refrigerated meat wagon.
Absolute Zero
In Skin Deep, Palmateer explores her own interpretation of what it means to be free. By stripping down and riding waves in remote and idyllic locations, she undertakes a journey towards uninhibited self-expression.
Skin Deep
The Porn Factor takes viewers on a journey of discovery, from regional and urban Australia to the centre of the international porn industry in Los Angeles and back. Through candid interviews with young people, experts and porn industry professionals, The Porn Factor explores how pornography is shaping young people's sexual expectations and experiences. It brings into compelling focus the 21st century challenges faced by parents, schools and others as they seek to equip young people for a sexuality that is safe, respectful and fully consenting.
The Porn Factor
When Australia stopped the refugee boats in 2001, most Australians applauded. Ten years later, the people who were there tell us what we didn't then know.
Leaky Boat
A young couple in Sydney return home from a “very special” night out.
Something Romantic
A guy and a girl, a secret and a world...