The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the zombie apocalypse has settled in nicely. There's just one problem...one of the undead is in the yard. What's a pacifist to do?
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The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the zombie apocalypse has settled in nicely. There's just one problem...one of the undead is in the yard. What's a pacifist to do?
Dr Derek Muller takes us on an epic adventure, a world-spanning investigation of vitamin science and history, asking how do we decide whether to take vitamin supplements, or not?
If you every needed to show somebody the effect Easyfever had on mid 1960’s Australia, then you would only need to show them their Australian “farewell” television special. Although completely mimed, the bands energy is absolutely electrifying as the storm through their set list in front of a studio audience of screaming teenagers complete with go-go dancers and pop idol Billy Thorpe to compère. Special guests of the program included Janice Slater performing her then current release ‘We’re Doin’ Fine’ with it’s flip side ‘If You Don’t Think’ and Tony Worsley with ‘Raining in My Heart’ and ‘Knocking On Wood’ (released that month on Sunshine).
A circus caravan of computer-driven creatures inspired by human gesture, move with an odd blend of mathematical precision and wild unpredictability. The highly structured yet simple overall design of the film is the landscape from which these characters evolve and express their human complexities. These pedestrians express the light and the dark, the contradictory emotions and responses to both the world they have created and the to each other.
An intimate and important story that demands to be told, Revealed - Danielle Laidley: Two Tribes this must-see documentary is an in-depth journey of a remarkable woman who has endured some difficult bumps in the road while achieving countless plaudits along the way. Utilising personal archival material including photos, journals and videos, audiences will witness Danielle’s early childhood in a working-class suburb of Perth, to her career as an elite athlete and as a renowned senior AFL coach. Cameras also capture the emotional moments as Danielle faces her family and friends for the first time.
It’s 1984 and Venice Beach, CA, is at the epicenter of a pop culture explosion. Young people of color seeking refuge from the turmoil of inner city life flock to the eclectic ocean community to create a brand new phenomenon: roller dancing! The talent and vibrant personality of this multicultural roller ‘family’ draws massive crowds and influence Hollywood. But just as roller dancing flourishes, politics, money and gentrification conspire to take their dreams away.
Let's all go for a ride in the Big Red Car! Join The Wiggles on the freeway of fun as Captain Feathersword shows us how to Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo, Dorothy the Dinosaur invites us to her Dance Party and Wags the Dog and Henry the Octopus get their waist benders and toe tappers wiggling! For the first time ever on DVD, this re-recording of Big Red Car includes the catchy songs I Want To Wear The Jacket and Sorry Again, as well as the all new animated I'm A Cow.
A day in the life of an Asian delivery rider in Melbourne, Australia. At night, his pressures and desires surface in dreams, but by morning he must resume his routine within a city shaped by gentrification and a punishing rental market, raising questions about what the Australian Dream means today.
The year is 2057. For six years the extraterrestrial invaders have occupied our world. The harvest of humankind has begun. When they arrived, everything was lost. The people, the land, the system… gone.
Matty, a man in an abusive same sex relationship with a younger lover, battles to retain his sanity while trying to piece together his memory of a tragedy that would alter the course of his life forever.
A touching story of a likable, but somewhat slow, teenage boy who believes he has bought a major Sydney racecourse for $20. Based on the classic Australian novel of the same name by Patricia Wrightson.
Worlds collide when polar opposites Friday and Debbie fall head over heels for one another, the only issue is; it's 1987. Follow the characters in a tale about identity, adversity and romance that spans across the year.
This second feature film from the McDonagh sisters is an emotional romance of an innocent young woman, Cherry Carson, forbidden to continue the relationship with the man she loves, Peter Lawton, because he is a son of her father’s enemy.
26 year-old school-teacher and Calisthenics lover Brianna Lee pursues her lifelong dream to finally win Calisthenics' most prestigious title, the 'Most Graceful Girl' competition. After placing second three years in a row, and being controversially stripped of the State Title, she knows this year is her last chance to win. With the help of uncompromising, legendary coach Diane Synnott, the grande Dame of the re birthed 'Regent Calisthenics Club' she struggles to perfect her routine, lay all her ghosts to rest and produce the best performance of her life.
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Fremantle Arts Centre is visited by a ghost who lived a terrible life when the Centre was a lunatic asylum.
Sir Donald Bradman gives an instruction on how to play the perfect Cricket shots.
Blind from birth, Dr G Yunupingu found his identity through song and the haunting voice that has already become legend. His debut album introduced Australia to the Songlines and culture of his Elcho Island community, but now Dr G Yunupingu finds himself increasingly torn between city and country, present and past, self and the community to which he owes so much.
Two boys anxiously wait for their friend to partake in illicit activities, however their curiosity overwhelms them leading to an unfortunate chain of events.
The natural history of owls through the eyes of the eccentric naturalist, John Young. Using his incredible camera skills, John transports us into the mysterious world of Australia's owls and leaves us with a challenge to protect these beautiful birds.
In 1973, eleven year old Miguelito was discovered singing in the San Juan airport by the legendary New York record producer Harvey Averne. Within the year, he went from the slums of Manuel A Perez, to recording an album with some of the finest salsa musicians of the time to finally performing with Eddie Palmieri at Madison Square Garden in front of 20,000 people. Throughout Latin America his songs ‘Payaso’ and ‘Canto a Borinquen’ had become cult hits. And then he simply disappeared...
MARY is based on the true life story of Mary MacKillop who in the 1860s began an order of nuns to teach poor Catholic children in rural Australia. When she refused to obey the local Bishop, she was ex-communicated. More than 100 years later, in 1995, she was beatified as Australia's first saint. The film follows her tumultuous journey.
Three women appear connected in this short experimental drama about internal and external states of emergency, about personal and collective shadows, about resistance and spirit.
Harry and his much-younger girlfriend surprise their friends one vacation weekend by announcing their desire to marry immediately. As they are visiting a small island village off the coast of west Australia, that is easier said than done.
Two men, flying ace Justin Strong and foreigner Montgomery Lyle are both in love with sportswoman Elsa Hope. Justin and Monty leave by motorcycle on a surveying trip and Monty leads his rival in the desert to die.
In 1997, the feminist punk poet and experimental writer Kathy Acker interviewed the Spice Girls for the Guardian (not, as has passed into legend, US Vogue). The Spice Girls were at the height of their fame, flicking peace signs at us from every teenage girl’s bedroom wall on posters ripped from magazines. Acker on the other hand was an unapologetic weirdo in the same vein as William S Burroughs, writing books so filled with sex, incest and violence that West Germany banned Blood and Guts in High School for being too pornographic. SEE THIS NEVER SEEN BEFORE EVA BERRY EXCLUSIVE NOW! NOW! NOW!
Students Ali and Vanessa arrive at the mansion on the hill for a weekend of psychic competition. The competition pays well, especially for the winner. They're met by the eccentric Professor Manchester, barely four feet tall, and an assortment of colourful competitors. Every guest has story and a secret. When one guest falls ill; Ali learns he's being treated with an exorcism! As a storm takes out the power, much more than prize money is at stake. In a race against time, Ali and Vanessa must plan a way to escape, all while fighting for their lives. But whose plan are they really part of?
A local theatre troupe sets out to make their own movie version of Dracula, but their charismatic leader may be more than just an inspiring director—he could be a real blood-sucking vampire. As rehearsals turn sinister, the lines between performance and reality blur, leading to a delightfully dark and unpredictable finale.
After breaking into his landlord’s home, a mysterious renter forces him to read a cryptic poem that unravels the landlord’s involvement in a exploitative system of profit and power.
A method actor commits a heist that goes wrong. He befriends the critically injured victim and tries to reconcile his guilt before his one shot audition in New York.
How the church is better and worse than you ever imagined, a documentary by the Centre for Public Christianity, confronts the worst of what Christians have done - and also traces the origins of Western values like human rights, charity, humility, and non-violence back to the influence of Jesus.
Antigone arrives in Sydney from Greece to have an arranged marriage with Telis, but is rejected by him as he expected a younger woman. Telis's older brother, Manolis, sympathizes with Antigone.
1967 David E. Perry short
The Meaning of Vanlife is an adventurous, revealing look into the Vanlife community through the eyes of nomads who have chosen to live a life of freedom on the road. A movement that exemplifies a deeper societal trend towards minimalism and authentic community building.
Once described by the press as "one of the most controversial figures on the Australian art scene", avant-garde poet and playwright Christopher Barnett achieved a level of notoriety in the Melbourne underground theatre scene during the ‘70s and ‘80s, before self-exiling to France. He remains there today, running an experimental theatre lab working with the marginalised and underprivileged, applauded by the establishment (including former French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault) and faithful to his belief that art can change the world. These Heathen Dreams is an intimate portrait of Barnett's life and revolutionary philosophy. Combining archival footage dating back to the ‘60s with contemporary observational documentation and text from Barnett's writings, it is a poignant and inspiring study of the power of both art and political activism.
High School Music Director Karen Carey, puts on a concert every two years at the Sydney Opera House. She insists upon a demanding repertoire, and the participation of all 1200 girls in the school. Not everyone share her passion
When two buskers find themselves situated on the same busy street corner, a musical battle ensues when the musicians realise that the lively city isn't big enough for the both of them
A Northern Territory policeman, is given the job of taking an Aboriginal prisoner Emu Foot, to Alice Springs to be tried for a tribal killing. Bayard is wounded during a revenge attack by tribesmen, and Emu Foot helps him get to a remote cattle station. But there Bayard gets involved in a domestic crisis involving Julie Kirkbride, the neurotic, bored wife of the station owner, and is tempted by the head stockman's daughter Chris Palady.
Behind the kind eyes of a gentle, unassuming fellow... lies the depraved, loathsome delusions of a lunatic. LAY DOWN AND ROT will put a face to the pernicious musings of a sordid internet creep. Based on a real story from the now banned subreddit r/incel, the film explores ownership in a digital world. Follow this detestable chap, as reality collides with his own puzzling fantasy in the search for love.
Double Barrel follows surf and travel journalist Angie Takanami’s journey to Peru to document Peruvian surf guide Harold Koechlin’s dream of protecting Peru’s world-class surf breaks. After a chance meeting, the two compared tales of living through natural and human-inflicted disasters, and their dreams for sustainable surf development and tourism. Focussed in the oil-dominated town of Lobitos, Harold is working together with the local and international community and is determined to preserve the locals’ right to a clean ocean and environment to give towns like Lobitos a more sustainable future.
In the Northern Territory of Australia, an extended Aboriginal family attempts to track down a missing family member so as not to lose their government housing.
Urine therapy is one of the oldest forms of health care. Both fascinating and taboo, this documentary explores the confronting subject of drinking urine for medicinal purposes.
For an imaginary friend, living an imaginary life, there's nothing worse than being forgotten.
Short film by Jamie Blanks. Premise unknown.
A woman is forced to confront her elderly husband’s physical deterioration when they meet to sign their divorce papers.
The second and final compilation films for Ultraman Great (aka Ultraman: Towards the Future). Jack Shindo is an astronaut doing research on the planet Mars. On a routine mission to survey the desolate landscape, he discovers mankind's greatest threat, Gudis, whose monsters have been ordered to kill all life on Earth. Jack must work with the mysterious colossal alien Ultraman and the Universal Multipurpose Agency to save humanity from extinction!
Chris, an elderly Alzheimer's sufferer, is confined to his home. His son, Michael, is his primary caregiver. For months Chris' mind has been fading away and with it his grasp on reality. He is desperately trying to hold onto his mind. Chris is passing further and further from recognition. Michael is left wracked by survivors guilt. But to Chris, the world around him has become nothing more than a waking dream, the bounds of reality and reason bent and warped as his life cycles over and over around him. The only way he can hope to find clarity is to retrace these fractured memories from childhood to his elderly infirmity, in a desperate attempt to understand his condition.
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.
10 years from now, a virus decimates all the world's living creatures. Facing a total extinction event a brilliant geneticist discovers a miracle vaccine that is fast tracked into production, saving the final remnants of humanity. Unfortunately there's one side effect - the vaccine completely erases all memory of surfing from the human mind. Now, it's up to the Surf God Hughie to pull together a team of former greats - guys who dominated the riding of ocean waves - in a last ditch effort to save surfing. Can this bunch of forgotten outcasts work together to create the Greatest Surf Movie in the Universe?
A newly married couple receive an unexpected visit from an old friend who has ulterior motives to end their relationship.
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.
Falling out of touch with his wife, a jaded community playwright secretly exploits the private affairs of his marriage in an attempt to finally create something authentic.
When an introverted college student bumps into a classmate at a party, she must win their friendship before she loses them forever.
The people of the Bikini Atoll were removed from their homelands as a result of American testing of nuclear bombs in the Pacific. They now live on another island, dependent on American food and support. They can never go back to Bikini Atoll because it is poisoned beyond the possibility of habitation. This film is a poignant, impressive study of a people whose culture has been vanquished.
Relive the iconic show that defined a generation. With a documentary special hosted by Dylan Lewis and exclusive extras that takes a nostalgic trip back to the music and the mayhem that was Recovery.
Desperate to return to his home planet, a hybrid human-alien mercenary must make a difficult decision when he falls in love with a human woman
‘Virtual Reality’ is a short VR 360 degree film that aims to expose the deceitful nature of social media.
Olympic aerial skiing champion Lydia Lassila returns to the sport as a mother to perform the most complex acrobatic manoeuvre ever performed by a woman, fulfil her childhood dreams, and make history.
"Take the Steps” follows four characters at Collingwood Football Club throughout the 2023 Toyota AFL Finals Series. Craig McRae is in his second year of senior coaching.
One-reeler short film.