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Recorded live at the State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre on the 15th of August 2003. Contains the hilarious on-stage antics of Dame Edna Everage, Sir Les Patterson and Sandy Stone.
In a moment of catastrophic climate change, Jon Wright, a gay farmer, is faced with a dilemma. His 22-year commitment to transform the genetics of his herd are pitted against the attitudes of the beef industry, who hold the future of his families 4th generation farm in their hands.Through his incredible journey of loss and survival, we learn what it takes to be true to yourself, at any cost.
In the tradition of the 20th century classic novel 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance', Growing Old Disgracefully is a biker documentary about a son's struggle to understand his father five years after a family break-up. Riding with his dad and the Ulysses club, we trace a motorcycle adventure across the southern Australian landscape, and the emotional terrain of family relationships.
It’s therapy time for Mr Sloth, but progress is slow.
Millie and Max have been tasked by the Outer-God Gor Shabor to throw a summoning party.
"Kick it to the boundary line". These are the famous words of Ted Whitten in the commentary box late in the last quarter of the 1966 Grand Final between St Kilda and Collingwood, This was the classic battle between the powerhouse of Collingwood and its rich successful history against a club riddled with failure who had never tasted Premiership success. With only one point separating the teams at the final siren - it is still to this day one of the all-time great football stories,
Witness country come alive as Mark Cora, proud Minjungbal man and cultural educator unveils the rich contexts that shape his evocative artwork, The Wind Dancer.
Dave Thornton is tall, he's pointy and he'll tell you everything that's happening in his life. Laughter is a meal best served in a pair of skinny jeans and a half ironed shirt.
Pitted against the harsh terrain of Australia's Snowy Mountains, two colonial women haul a coffin to its final resting place, only to be confronted with a deadly surprise upon reaching their destination.
Olympia's journey continues. Men expect youth, beautiful bodies and sex partners from women. Thinking this, Olympia takes advantage of her young and beautiful body to sign a mistress contract with a rich but vulgar old man. However, something arises inside her that she cannot resist, so she breaks the contract and sets off on a journey. On her journey, she also encounters men who look at her as if they value her. She sets up her own extreme show to strike back at these men. But how much of it was reality and how much of it was her fantasy... From the fantastic intro, a world of beauty supported by a strong sense of style unfolds. The strength of the visuals gives the simple story a fullness.
Two teenagers get entangled in a criminal coup enterprise but must raise $500 each in order to set sail for Africa.
An Australian icon found on every supermarket shelf, and coating every game day pack of hot chips. But the story of the South Australian man who invented the famous Chicken Salt has never been told. While he sold the company in the late 70’s to the brand names you see in your cupboard today, he maintains that the original recipe, held secret for more than 40 years, tastes even better.
A young artist debuts her artwork at a launch party and interview, but experiences a surreal disassociation to the world around her, reflecting on her uncertainty about identity.
An experimental music film featuring Australian rock legends Magic Dirt.
An experimental work about the Australian forests by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill.
In Australia with its rapid development there is a need for insistence upon town planning. This film illustrates what has already taken place in our leading capital cities, where planning has been haphazard.
Unlike Synetech's 'Naked Yoga', this has less instructional information, and instead focuses on the visuals of mostly women, plus one man, doing nude yoga.
Lionel Burke is young, single and living in a remote Queensland mining town. Life is pretty good apart from the impossible odds of falling in love. Keeping it a secret, particularly from his mates, Lionel strikes up a video relationship with Lena.
A woman soon begins to suspect her partner is a cannibal.
Two boys grow agitated with their videogame.
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.
Four millennial teens who go on a camping trip discover they have no reception. When one of their group goes missing, the surrounding bush land comes alive.
When the Silly Billies hear that their circus friends are in trouble, they decide to help. Fun and laughter follow as the Silly Billies create chaos under the big top. Don’t miss the crazy chase scene, when the scheming bank manager makes off with the takings. Will the big top be repossessed? Will the elephants be raffled? How much mayhem can a puppy cause on the high trapeze? And the big question is… who’ll save the circus from the Silly Billies? Featuring the circus performers from Baz Luhrman’s Moulin Rouge.
A vegan couple are stuck in the apocalypse without food. When Mark and Ann encounter a stranger, they learn that somethings got to give.
Imagine if every Facebook status update you entered magically came true.
When a malevolent creature resides inside the artwork of a 10 year old girl, fate is sealed, with trauma from her childhood echoing across her life. Art and horror collide when the girl becomes a Mother and desperately tries to come to terms with her delusions and the shocking truth of her daughter.
A microbudget, improvised drama, The Land follows the lives of its three main characters over a few tense days, as their lives quickly implode after an old friend returns to bring some long-held secrets to the fore.
When the Victorian Government locks down his public-housing building, a teenager responsible for his mother’s welfare is pushed to the brink. Bursting with incendiary rage, this tense drama – shot with an almost harsh, vérité-style realism – presents an insider’s view on a distressing, still-unresolved chapter of recent Melbourne history.
A killer that lives in the woods kills for an entity called ‘The Deer God’
Alison Berger has only recently moved from the country to take up a new job as a computer programmer and already her future looks promising, both professionally and personally. But, unbeknownst to Alison, one of them has become besotted with her. Against her better judgement, Alison agrees to a 'once only' date with Matthew Pitt and from that night on, her life becomes a nightmare.
When Andrew comes home from a weekend away and finds a single rose petal in his bed, he becomes convinced that his girlfriend has cheated on him.
A young boy is forced to stand up and face his fears head on to save a friend.
Determined to prove to her partner that their new eucalyptus house is perfect for their family, a pregnant woman discovers there's more to the house than what was advertised.
Three aspirational gangsters risk their criminal careers whilst botching a kidnapping job.
Tash Sultana takes centre stage as the critically acclaimed MTV Unplugged Melbourne concert series returns.
They call it religion. It's been branded a cult. The lethal handling of serpents. In the name of God. Immolation, speaking in tongues, ecstasy, self injury and the dangerous snakes. The bible belt of the very South. Backyard churches. In West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. Appalachia.
The Australian music company and home to Kylie Minogue, Jimmy Barnes, Paul Kelly, Hunters and Collectors, Skyhooks and many more, celebrate its 50th anniversary with an all-star mega concert.
Set in working class Brisbane in 1953, Stations is an evocative short drama featuring Noni Hazelhurst as a young woman coning to terms with her romantic illusions. “A sensual piting of black-and-white social realism against memory-hazed fantasy sequences . . . It is a film of immediate and engaging feel for human weakness and strength”
Four young women retreat to a secluded forest clearing to perform a seasonal ritual, but as the night unfolds their practices begin revealing deeper truths about identity, friendship, and the lives they’re afraid to begin.
Stand by for a behind the scenes journey through one of Australia's longest surviving and most-loved subcultures; the sometimes crazy world of Australian pro wrestling.
Set in a Post-Apocalyptic world, The Liberator is the story of Kane, a young boy who is forced to live in the middle of an ongoing war between the New American Liberation Force (N.A.L.F.) and the Rebels. When Sarah, an N.A.L.F. soldier murders Kane's little brother, Kane seeks revenge, capturing and torturing Sarah, but unexpected circumstances arise and Kane's morality is tested. Will Kane be able to go through with exacting his revenge?
Documentary about and a behind-the-scenes look at The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello with director Anthony Lucas.
This film revolves around a boy who accesses his dead mother and comes to know of things he hadn't known of her past.
Two Bureaucratic aliens conduct a trial with a randomly chosen human, who must subsequently defend the human race.
King of the computer nerds Ben, transforms himself into a sonnet reading, serenading, sword fighting, cross-dressing Shakespearean Love Machine, to woo the girl of his dreams.
The Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004 was the most devastating natural disaster in modern times, killing 228,000 people across 13 countries in just a few hours. AFTER THE WAVE tells the untold story of this epic forensic operation in Thailand to identify and return home the bodies of over 5,000 victims, both locals and holidaymakers from around the world. Led by a crack Australian team, the best forensic specialists from around the world were in a race against time to give back every victim their identity. Creating forensic history, the international team’s mantra from the outset was ‘we will take them home’, a seemingly impossible ambition but one that almost succeeded. In this film forensic science intersects with powerful stories of survival and loss, attempting to make some sense out of a tragedy so bewilderingly complete that nearly a decade out it still seems far-fetched to most of us.
It's time for wiggling, giggling, moving and grooving around the clock as The Wiggles sing and dance to keep their sleepy friend Jeff awake long enough to join the show! This DVD features 18 songs like Wake Up Jeff!, Romp Bomp A Stomp, I Can Do So Many Things and Guess What?. Children will love dancing and singing with Greg, Murray, Anthony and of course, waking up Jeff!
Billy's best friend was Sophie. Grief, guilt and alcohol are now her best friends. Sophie won't finally leave until Billy forgives herself her mistakes.
Two brothers kill time in a series of ambiguous vignettes that create a mood both playful and unnerving, taking us through the looking glass of middle-class Australia.
Oscar©, a powerful exploration of the life and writings of literary legend, Oscar Wilde. A spectacular new full-length ballet by Tony Award-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon In a celebration of the beauty and complexity of love in all its forms, Oscar© brings queer romance to life through Wheeldon’s innovative and heart-stirring choreography. Oscar© journeys through the extraordinary life of Wilde – a man who dared to live and write with unapologetic boldness – while masterfully integrating two of Wilde’s best-known works, The Nightingale and the Rose and The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Produced by Peter Dickson, watch the definitive story of the 1970 VFL Grand Final, from those who lived it.
Four months after the sold-out success of The Seekers’ Golden Jubilee ‘Farewell’ Tour of Australia in late 2013, the group and their team reconvened to do it all again in the United Kingdom in 2014, winding their way through Wales, Scotland and England with a 15-date sold-out tour. When Judith Durham, Athol Guy, Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley took to the stage for the last time, the audience was on its feet clapping and cheering for several minutes before they even sang a note. Far from any sense of sadness or regret, the mood on this tour was one of celebration and appreciation, both for the group and their loyal fans. This historic Album & DVD marks the final time that Australian music phenomenon The Seekers toured in the country where their global success story began.
Emily and Tom meet and have a magnetic connection. They almost fall very much in love, however, fate intervenes and they can never be together.
Doug Hawkins IS Footscray! The man who has had an entire wing at the Western Oval lovingly named after him by the loyal Footscray supporters has, for over a decade, been the lifeblood of the Western suburbs club.
Everything I Never Did follows troubled teen Liam Black and Jenna Reid, a seriously ill girl, as they embark on a transformative journey together, discovering life and love in the face of adversity.
Late in life, Cass is drawn to his long-forsaken childhood home of Bundaberg, where he finds himself on a spiritual search for redemption.
Can you hear the sleigh bells jingling? It's The Sound of Christmas! Join The Wiggles and their friends for the most joyous time of the year as they sing and dance along to over 20 festive songs, including many wiggly favourites. There's so much fun to be had in Wiggle Town, from a party on the Goodship Feathersword, to baking a Christmas cake or dancing ballet with Dorothy. Even the great big man in red, Santa Claus, makes a special visit with his prancing reindeer and the most talented elves. So, hang your Christmas stocking, decorate the Christmas tree and, of course, put on your dancing shoes, it's time for a wiggly Christmas!
Our friends, who are driving down the coast for a holiday, have their plans interrupted when a man, gagged and bound, jumps in their car. They are presented with a difficult choice: help the stranger escape his captors or leave the man to his inevitable fate. Their choice sets off a chain of events as the stranger is found dead and the four friends are implicated for murder. With police, mobsters, politicians, and a fruitier all after them, the guys can trust no-one...not even each other.
A look at the life of a 16-year-old girl, focusing on the person she loves and what happens to him, and how it affects her.
Best friends Ben and Jen are plunged into infamy after their ill-conceived stunt to win back Ben's ex backfires. However, the scandal gains them the attention of a radical futurist who tries to recruit the pair for his cyber revolution.