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OzHarvest CEO Ronni Kahn has enough passion and drive to move mountains – but can she reduce the exorbitant pile of food Australians waste each year? Food Fighter follows Ronni’s crusade as she partners with the United Nations, rubs shoulders with royalty and Jamie Oliver’s juggernaut, rifles through dumpster bins, and holds government to account.
Andy and Jen have mind-blowing sex, and in good ‘ol lesbian fashion, their connection is much deeper than they thought it would be. Pun intended.
Living in an apocalyptic world, a family of three fight for survival. Michael, determined to protect his family, pushes ten-year-old son Josh into manhood when a routine scavenger hunt goes awry.
While attempting to record life as it was, Arthur unintentionally documents his family’s unraveling.
A cubicle worker in 1990s Sydney works in a world that isn't quite right...
A daughter residing within a smoke polluted world waits anxiously for her mother's return.
This film revolves around a boy who accesses his dead mother and comes to know of things he hadn't known of her past.
The Road to Patagonia is a stunning, intimate and unflinching series of love letters within a documentary – firstly, a love between two people, and secondly between humanity and the Earth. Ecologist Matty Hannon begins an incredible solo adventure, to surf the west coast of the Americas by motorbike, from the top of Alaska to the tip of Patagonia. But deep in the wilderness - alone with the wolves and the bears - the journeyer’s plans unexpectedly fall to pieces. After losing everything, and on the cusp of quitting he meets the girl of his dreams, a permaculture farmer named Heather. Shot over 16 years, the result is an adventurous exposé on the more-than-human-world, offering a physical and spiritual odyssey to better understand our place in Nature.
The story of five unique Australians who have been nominated for the Australian of the Year Award. Phil, a rescue hero who saved nine children in a jumping castle accident. Ricky, a Chinese physics genius and aspiring actor. Ja’mie, a charity-minded schoolgirl who sponsors 85 Sudanese children. Daniel and Nathan, hearing impaired teenage twin farm boys embarking on a world first eardrum transplant. And Pat, a disabled suburban housewife turned elite athlete.
As of 2015, 42% of Australia’s homeless population is under the age of 25. Perth, Western Australia also has the highest homeless population per capita in the nation. “Unsheltered” offers insights into those trying to fix the issue, as well as those who are currently suffering from being out on the streets, night after night.
Impressionistic documentary-cum-music clip of the residents of Kallithea, Athens, Greece.
When Ethan becomes overwhelmed by his future prospects, he tries escape from the impending stress of adult life.
Seven volunteer English teachers from Australia gradually confront the colonial implications of their work in rural Thailand. Over the course of six months, they contend with their inexperience as teachers, the omnipresence of Westernisation, and the ambiguity of their purpose. Directed by one of the volunteers, 'Six Months to Salvation' is a self-reflexive documentary about language, landscape and idealism lost. u16.co/6m2s
As the sun rises, an old man awakens.
After a married couple move into their new home, they soon realise not all is what it seems as they unearth chilling truths about its dark past, will they escape the looming terror that grips the property or has the house already claimed its next victims.
The Born at Home documentary explores and uncovers the empowering journey of homebirth, shedding light on the often overlooked and misunderstood option that has transformed lives. Born at Home dives into real stories of women navigating birth trauma and examines how a shift in environment and informed choices can reshape the birthing experience. Wisdom is shared from homebirth families, interwoven with evidence-based information from midwives, medical professionals, doulas, researchers and maternity advocates.
The Legend of Lasseter is a 1979 Australian documentary about Lasseter's Reef. Lasseter's Reef refers to the purported discovery, announced by Harold Bell Lasseter in 1929 and 1930, of a fabulously rich gold deposit in a remote and desolate corner of central Australia.
Genevieve Snow is a piano teacher at a school for girls. Genevieve is lonely. Nigel is lonely too - he telephones people he doesn't know. One day, Nigel calls Genevieve. Nigel wants to talk about wolves and Genevieve seems prepared to listen.
Intersecting stories follow a group of criminal misfits through the violent streets of Shinjuku.
A wannabe fashion designer stirs up angry spirits when he destroys an old funeral shroud to make his latest creation.
Each screen shows exposure variations in a room with a seated figure, the sunlit bush seen through large windows, its tonality altering with the exposure changes. A stereo track of birdcalls and voices was added in 2010.
A hybrid documentary that delves into the mysterious Min Min Lights of outback Queensland. It traces ghost light legends across cultures and history, inviting viewers to explore the unknown and why humans tell stories.
A frame-by-frame Opentoonz animated short production, featuring scenes from the Rainforests of the Australian Wet Tropics. Species included: Metallic starling (Alphonis metallica), southern velvet worm species (Peripatopsidae), green ringtail possum (Pseudochirops archeri), northern leaf-tailed gecko (Saltuarius cornutus), southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
When the last quarter of an Essendon versus Carlton game was broadcast on Easter Sunday in 1957, a new era in television and sport was born. A ride which for 45 years has seen magical moments, controversies, heroes and characters all pass by on our TV screen. Heart of the game is a fun and nostalgic look back at the 45 years of football seen through the camera lens...and from the armchair.
I Grew Here is a stand-up comedy show about growing up Korean in Wollongong, NSW. I chat about having 3 names, Asian parents, race and relationships, and a bit of Korean culture.
LGBTIQ+ individuals from across Melbourne engage in intimate conversation and share their lockdown experiences – despite having never met before.
Kimberley Traditional Owners question what meaningful negotiation looks like and offer humanising portraits of those at the centre of this battle in Australia’s spectacular north-west corner, which governments aspire to make "the future economic powerhouse of Australia". With the highest percentage of Aboriginal people living on Country in Australia, what will this mean for the Kimberley’s custodians, lands and cultures, and will they survive these pressures?
When a woman invites her date up to her apartment, she surprises him by performing an impromptu striptease. But is this a seduction... or an evaluation? And will he fail horribly?
To save their suicidal pal Dan, five friends escape to the coastal town where they partied hard at the end of school. Jefferson, a serial troublemaker, Gareth, a pill popping ex-soapie star, Andrew, the school hero and Ed, an artist trapped in an advertising agency don't suspect that Dan has a very different reason for this weekend away...
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.
COFFEE CRAZY is a fun and exciting journey with Australia’s WORLD CHAMPION Barista PAUL BASSETT to discover the world’s perfect cup of coffee!
Workers of the word, in yellow vests, building other people's dreams.
More than a hundred species of birds in their natural environments, City Parks, Reserves, National Parks, urban and suburban areas up to 100 Km around. Great memories for Sydney visitors and a world of discovery for those who still have not been there.
Andy wrestles with the idea of telling his friend Bec how truly feels about her.
Set on the Upper Sepik River in New Guinea, this film records the day-to-day experiences of Kiap (one-man representative of the Australian government in regional areas) Barry Downes as he patrols an area that in 1963 had only recently been brought under control from headhunters. As well as being a record of the role of the colonial administration, Along the Sepik offers insights into some tribal communities' cultures through depictions of their spirit houses and traditional 'sing sing' ceremonies. Downes investigates a murder, and the culprit is caught and tried by a magistrate in a jungle courthouse under the Australian flag, on the edge of the Sepik River. Australian patrol officers and their men operated under rugged conditions to bring western law and order to this remote area. The film also portrays some of the impact the colonial government had on regional, traditional communities.
A goat with an appetite for life realises that time is dangerously delicious.
An ex-cop goes on a rampage after his fiancee is killed by the Asian mafia.
A film record of Reg Livermore's successful one-man stage show, featuring characters and sketches centred around Betty Blokk-Buster, a bare-bummed German maid who entertained the troops during the war. In April 1975 Reg Livermore stormed the stage of Sydney's Balmain Bijou Theatre with his groundbreaking show Betty Blokk Buster Follies. A tour de force, an irresistible blend of music and comedy, the show caught the imagination of audiences all round Australia filling theatres wherever it played. This record of the show was released in cinemas during 1976. Songs include Family Of Man, Hello In There, Captain Jack, What Makes A Man A Man, The Entertainer and Celluloid Heroes, with well known characters, Betty Blokk Buster, Tara the Incredible, The Old Man and Vaseline Amylnitrite - a football star who joins the Australia Ballet.
A short animation of Charles Lloyd’s dry points. Sound composition by Arthur Cantrill.
The stories in The Habits of New Norcia are told by former Western Australian Aboriginal child 'inmates' of the New Norcia Benedictine Mission who were separated from their families in the 1940s, 50s and 60s and confined in this "orphanage without orphans". In recent decades the New Norcia Monastery has been packaged as one of the State's leading cultural tourist attractions. "A unique blend of Spanish architecture, European art treasures and pioneer history," "Monks, Music & Mystery," "New Norcia, Australia's only monastic town," the brochures announce. Aboriginal testimony in the film challenges this revised and sanitised history. The documentary provides damming evidence of the continuing violence of the Mission against its victims by deliberate omission of their experience in the New Norcia museum, guided tours, art gallery and promotions — an omission that represents a cruel and wounding cover-up.
Somewhere between Sri Lanka and the island of New Guinea, in the upper reaches of the Amazonia jungle, there is rumoured to be a lost tribe of cannibals. Assembled out of Italo cannibal mondo movies, Hollow Jungle documents their rituals, sourcing their power in narrative repetitions and analogies, before structurally locating them in the prurient pathologies of certain pseudo-ethnographies.
Charting the recovery of wildlife in the aftermath of Australia's catastrophic bushfires through stories of hope and resilience.
The Angels were one of Australia's greatest ever live rock bands. Their legendary concert from Narara on Australia Day in 1983 has never been on DVD. This special edition 2 DVD set features the band in full flight performing all their biggest hits, and features 5.1 sound and a newly recorded audio commentary by Doc Neeson. Disc two is Beyond Salvation Live, recorded live on the band's Beyond Salvation Tour in 1990. Live at Narara was Australia's highest-selling music video release for many years, and the DVD release is sure to be a hit.
Jake (Tom White) wakes up in a house without any prior knowledge to how he got there. As he explores the home, he finds the home's butler (Joe Oxenford), who he questions for answers about what's going on.
A group of incompetent and useless actors attempt to audition for a role.
In a crumbling estate Harry, an accomplished but declining author slaves away on his latest novel. He is assisted by his sharp-tongued daughter, Syb. Syb’s easy routine is interrupted by an attraction to Margot, the young neighbour, and the unexpected arrival of Jonathan, Syb’s brother.
Laura and Jonathan are best friends who are both in content, stable relationships. But when their housemate can’t go on a pre-booked weekend away, both Laura and Jonathan feel they deserve the free weekend more than the other.
Two mates discuss the hardships of their lives over a bad cup of coffee, oblivious to the beauty and sadness surrounding them.
A short documentary looking into the journey and relationship that black Australian women have with their hair.
Maria, and Pauline is the reevaluation of name identity and the person it is - or used to be, to Maria Pauline.
This film tells the staggering story of Melbourne's Alex Kurzem, a young boy who escaped the massacre of his family's shtetl in Belarus in 1941. He survived in the woods during one of the coldest winters on record, only to be captured by a Latvian battalion. Instead of killing him, they took pity on him and gave him a new name, adorned him with a uniform and a gun, and made him their child mascot, “Hitler's youngest soldier.” Building on the international bestselling book ‘The Mascot’ and an award-winning ABC documentary, the film goes above and beyond, tracing Alex’s journey to Australia with his adopted Latvian family, and his eventual life in the Melbourne suburb of Altona.
A hospitalized amnesiac boy, victim of an abduction gone wrong, brings police detective Mark Bryce (Friels) and nurse Rose (Picot) together. Both have 'baggage' -- she a recently widowed and somewhat demented father, George (Myles), living at home; Mark a divorce with only part-time access to his two children, plus a demanding and increasingly frustrating job. Over the next 24 hours the lives of this pair intersect as they each try to coax some memories from the boy (named 'Max' by Mark), while George struggles with his failing mental capacity and visions of his late wife and her dead first husband.
Mr Ikegami is in Sydney on business. Back in Tokyo, his wife Seisuko is expecting their first child. A tale of divided loyalties.
Australian Nature in Time Lapse, Sunsets, Sunrises, Flowers, Landscapes and Waterfalls filmed all over the Country. Images with background music.
Isolating with Long COVID, Archie starts experiencing symptoms that no amount of medication can cure - and as his physical and mental state starts to deteriorate, he becomes convinced that something more sinister might be going on...
From an automatic spellcheck, to omnipresent domotica: what is looming for us when computers are no longer merely complementing our actions, but taking over the steering wheel? Will the machines treat us as stupid and inferior, the way we have treated people with an intellectual disability for millennia? Simon, Scott and Sarah, a trio of neurodiverse activists, trigger the debate in the presence of a group of peers. They all attempt to take the lead in the discussion.
The world is a blazing atomic hell. Civilisation is dying in agony... What do you do? ...THROW A PARTY! The Third World War has happened. Bombs are dropping everywhere, even Elwood, Melbourne, Australia. In the ruins that follow, three survivors find a bomb shelter. Only to find that the survivors in there are having a party.
Darren Maxwell became addicted to collecting Batman merchandise in late 1980s Australia as a way to be a part of nascent geek culture. Decades later, Darren's stuck with a room full of collectables - a membership card to a fandom he no longer recognises - yet powerful forces beyond his control mean he's unable to let go.
Detective Parker is called to a murder scene only to find the dead man has his face. The mystery unravels around the true identities of the victim and detective.
When Max, a down on his luck strip club owner, has his life and livelihood threatened by local gangsters, he turns to his wife's connections for help and hires a hitman to solve the problem once and for all. But before long, Max is blinded by his newfound power and his family finds him spinning off the rails as the body count piles up.