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A young army reservist gets lost in the woods. A stranger offers her a lift home.

This short documentary showcases Australian photographer Trent Parke’s The Black Rose exhibit while delving into his past, techniques, and philosophy of art.

Maia's grandpa was her hero. Despite his weak heart, he loved the outdoors, especially hiking the mountains near their home town. There was just one climb he couldn't finish, and her greatest wish was to finish it for him.

A documentary about making the feature film "Ten Canoes". It is May, 2005 in Central Arnhem Land: 'We are making a movie. The story is their story, those that live on this land, in their language, and set a long time before the coming of the Balanda, as we white people are known. For the people of the Arafura Swamp, this film is an opportunity, maybe a last chance to hold on to the old ways. For all of us, the challenges are unexpected, the task beyond anything imagined. For me, it is the most difficult film I have made, in the most foreign land I've been to...and it is Australia.' - Rolf de Heer

When New Zealand’s longest-serving prime minister, Richard John Seddon, suddenly took ill and died during his voyage home from a diplomatic trip to Australia, the country went into mourning. A national hero, Seddon had presided over New Zealand’s decision not to join the Australian Federation in 1901, was responsible for the institution of old-age pensions, and was a champion of miners and the native Maori people. Thousands lined the streets of Wellington for his funeral cortège on 21 June 1906. Led by a brass band playing a specially composed funeral march, the horse-drawn carriage was followed by Seddon’s family, along with various dignitaries and government officials, as it made its way through the capital to St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Where do all those missing socks keep going in the washing machine and what happens when one comes back... And it's sentient.

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.

Across 16mm vignettes, Rejoice lives out her everyday life, roaming the streets, crashing parties and attracting trouble, all the while vividly dreaming of fighting everyone and anyone – including those close to her.

Jarman was blue. Mousoulis is green.

A totally killer party is properly executed by the man of the hour; Dean, a 19-year-old law student with a secret. When a masked murderer arrives and begins a brutal killing spree, he quickly realises he must take down the killer to save his friends and reputation. Eventually the gatecrasher forces the guests to spill their guts.

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.

"Pauly's Shorts" is a collection of short films, career highlights and unseen banned footage from the career of Australia's most politically incorrect comedy machine, Pauly Fenech. Stretching back to the very beginning of his career, "Pauly's Shorts" takes us from the very first short film "Pizza Man", that started the "Fat Pizza" series, all the way to the hit bogan comedy "Housos". Featuring "Fat Pizza", "Swift and Shift Couriers" and "Housos vs Authority".

New York playboy Tanner returns to his estranged father’s seaside home after 30 years, armed with a secret that threatens to unravel what’s left of their fractured relationship.

Australia's strange and often beautiful wildlife is no more apparent than in the Lyrebird with its exotic courting displays and its ability as a mimic, which is unrivalled in the world of birds. Following its life for a year through Australia's great rain forests, we see a large variety of songbirds and the marsupials who share its natural environment.

Two pickpockets wanted a little more cash. So they stupidly accepted a job to steal from a psychopath. Of course it goes wrong and the two thieves are hunted by a lunatic who enjoys opening throats a little too much.

“The destruction of trees in Sydney...chainsaws, the trees really screaming out. Rapid zooming, often close up shooting. In Edgecliff and Paddington, near where I lived, I'd travel around with the council workers as they lopped established trees, made way for progress...power lines, new buildings. On the Cahill Expressway, across from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, huge old Moreton Bay Figs were being butchered. As they were ripping and cutting into the trees, I was ripping into them…very physically, rapid zooming. I wanted a very strong message. It was way over the top, really…screeching chainsaws and woodchip machines. There was no real Green Movement in those days. When I showed the film, people came up to me and said I’d made them feel guilty for lopping down trees in their own yard. The aggression of the film still causes people trouble.” (Paul Winkler)

A film created from the footage of the 2014 Mallane manslaughter case.

Deaf Australian man Barry Priori was a thriving teacher, adventurer and tireless advocate for sign language and Deaf culture throughout his life. Having experienced oppression and language deprivation from his hearing family, Priori made it his mission to empower his fellow Aussie Deaf community and educate the world around him.

An experimental music film featuring Australian rock legends Magic Dirt.

The brand new stand-up special was recorded at Sydney’s magnificent Enmore Theatre. Hosted by Rhys Nicholson (RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under), the concert features a cast of award-winning LGBTQIA+ comedy superstars, including Urzila Carlson, Geraldine Hickey, Cassie Workman, and Chris Parker.

A TV-hour length documentary film depicting the relationship between language, culture, place, music, tradition, and magic on an active volcano, in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu, on the island of Ambrym.

After a year studying music abroad, Monika returns home to Australia, eager to reunite with her boyfriend after months apart. When he doesn’t show up, Monika instead happens upon her childhood friend, Yael, who she hasn’t seen for years. Yael is an amateur photographer who walks through the Adelaide Botanic Gardens every day, taking photos of the subtle differences she sees. This chance rendezvous sparks a series of conversations which explore love, breakups, photography and dirty socks.

Greg Sanford is looking to buy some weapons, but the deal goes wrong

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”

Devilish, animalistic, and not at all like the ordinary. A small community discovers the cause of multiple killings that have taken place in the last few weeks. Time is running out; they need to solve the issue before more people are taken.

Leaving a broken marriage and finding a job at a motel could be the best thing that's happened to Marion in years. Disturbing phone messages however soon begin to threaten her sanity.

When two buddies go on a drug fuelled hike, one friend experiences dangerous hallucinations, getting both of them stuck in a crumby situation.

Experimental video by Peter Newman.

Trance is a short film about Oliver Brooks (Oliver Ludbrook). A hard working man who hits a small bump in life. After seeing an ad playing on his television for a suit, a certain 12 thousand dollar suit, Oliver begins to pursue it by any means necessary as he believes it will solve all his problems. He falls into a Trance.

During World War II there were nearly 2,500 Allied prisoners held in Sandakan POW camp in British North Borneo. Along with the ravages of war and the struggle to survive abject conditions, only six of these POW's were found alive when the war finally ended. In the years that followed, the horror stories of human depravity and the atrocities committed by the Japanese at Sandakan POW camp would come to light, considered by many as one of the most devastating chapters of the Pacific War.

John, an old reformed criminal, is stranded after his release from prison and is forced to take public transport to a halfway house. His abrupt return to society instantly exposes him to old temptations that challenge his righteous, new-found path and John begins to realise his faith may not be enough to keep his inner demons at bay.

A delightful mockumentary that underscores the universality of childhood and imagination, Warya originally screened at the Africa Film Festival Australia.

A young homeless girl watches a wounded real estate agent after one of her fellow squatters accidentally injures him.

A grieving son struggles with an otherworldly sickness and the hallucinations of his recently deceased mother.

After receiving devastating news, a man is catapulted into fear. An exploration into 27 of the world's leading experts on fear, examining the biology, psychology and culture of fear, and also the metaphysics of fear.

An aspiring filmmaker interrogates her father, a seasoned director stuck in creative limbo, about his unfinished project - an investigative documentary entering its 13th year of production.

Famous drag queen Holly and her scheming sister Beryl (both played by Doug Lucas) battle over the wishes of their recently deceased grandmother, who wants to be buried with her canine companion, Dingo. Defying all health codes and decorum, Holly and her long-suffering manservant hatch a plan to fulfil her grandmother's wishes, while Beryl plots a much darker fate for her deluded sister.

Lewis Garnham's second full length stand up special. This show was developed and toured throughout 2023/2024. The taping took place at Max Watts, Melbourne, in October of 2024.

Daisy is looking for love but it’s all going terribly wrong. If only she could be someone else, someone ‘cooler’. After encountering a ‘cool’ girl in a bar bathroom, Daisy learns things aren’t always as perfect as they seem.

Fremantle Arts Centre is visited by a ghost who lived a terrible life when the Centre was a lunatic asylum.

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.

An acting couple play reptilians by day as their relationship falls apart at night.

Warru, or black-footed rock-wallaby, is one of South Australia's most endangered mammals. In 2007, when numbers dropped below 200 in the APY Lands in the remote north-west of the State, the Warru Recovery Team was formed to help save the precious species from extinction. Bringing together contemporary science, practical on-ground threat management and traditional Anangu ecological knowledge, this unique decade-long program has celebrated the release of dozens of warru to the wild for the first time.

Highlights from every Brute Horsepower production since the 1986 Street Machine Nationals in Canberra Australia - the first Summernats in 1988 through to the 20th in 2007. Featuring highlights, milestones, trends, outstanding cars and people, sponsors and exhibitors and an Honour Roll. "Every event has an extremely memorable highlight" Narrated by event promoter Chic henry and Burnout Track announcing Supremo Milton Adey. It's 20 years of Street Machining History.

They say never meet your heroes, how about never meet your friends heroes! An action hero from an old movie takes vengeance on punk teens.

Forgotten Wars, Forgotten Victims (2012) John Tsambazis Over the last 20 years, Africa has experienced some 15 devastating civil wars with over 20 million victims in death, injury or displacement. Yet the West has turned a blind eye. This documentary sheds light about the conflict and post conflict reconstruction in particular in West Africa , discussing issues such as child soldiers and the many damaged victims of war and how they have found support. Missionaries have played a vital role in the restoration and healing process of post war conflict. The documentary is narrated by the former Australian Rock Star Themi Adams, who once toured with the Rolling Stones and who now heads the Orthodox Mission in Sierra Leone. He talks about how his mission in particular is contributing to the recovery process.

Every morning Betty tramps alone through the big city to join her fellow buskers in the pedestrian tunnel below, trying to earn a living. But her earnings are meager, and to make things worse, the new security guard, Joe, is trying to confiscate her fiddle. While Betty dreams of fame and fortune, Joe dreams of earplugs – something’s got to give!

A visual poem, a black queer couple’s journey unfolds through the evocative exploration of the seasons of love.

Filmmaker Paul Gallasch is 30 and still lives at home with his mentally ill mother. When he meets the woman of his dreams, Paul decides that if he's ever going to make a new life of his own, he must first find a cure for his mother's illness.

This Damien Parer/Ken Hall newsreel was shot at a time remembered as the dark days to Australia's north, with the Japanese still strong and threatening Port Moresby with air raids. The air battle for Port Moresby was a critical time for Australia. From this larger battle the newsreel selects a number of incidents for the visual record, as it looks at the damage to buildings in Port Moresby, the crash landing of an American bomber which had lost its undercarriage, and the sinking of the merchant vessel, the Macdhui, in Port Moresby harbour.

“Somewhere I read a headline ‘One million trees will be chopped down’ and I was absolutely horrified. My association with the Bush goes back a long time, and thinking that one day it might not be there tied my stomach in knots. I felt physically sick...like seasick...really off. Images were fermenting in my head, but I couldn’t see how to film what I was feeling. How do you film a blinding headache? A churning premonition? I tried shooting toothpaste glasses, filters, but nothing worked...until I found a way of doing it where I had these household glasses spinning at very fast speed in front of the lens. I didn’t want the film to be didactic, like Scars...more a veiled and brooding warning about impending loss.” (Paul Winkler)

When an enormous mine threatens the Sepik River, Papua New Guinean activist Manu Peni and his people launch an urgent mission to protect the waterway, by recognising the river’s own Right to Life.

In a quiet parking lot, a small decision sets fate in motion, whilst a sentient trolley takes matters into its own wheels.

Juno is an average school student at Tempe High School, until he bonds with an ancient totem of great power. He gains incredible superhuman abilities and must push forward through whatever mystery awaits.

A house that slowly closes in. The ceiling churns, the dread of isolation consumes all. This is it. Time to accept it or let reality eat you.

The Maralinga people survive aggressive colonisation, including dispossession to enable atomic testing, and through their tenacious spirit and cultural strength fight to retain their country.

For almost 50 years, activist artist George Gittoes has stood on the frontlines of the world's most brutal conflicts and borne witness to the best and the worst of humanity. Now living in Afghanistan's remote, Taliban-infested Jalalabad province, Gittoes turns his attention to the lives of the children and outcasts of this war-torn land. In Snow Monkey, Gittoes paints a portrait of a Jalalabad seething with humanity, adversity and hope – focusing on three gangs of children: the Ghostbusters, persecuted Kochi boys who hawk exorcisms of bad luck and demons; the Snow Monkeys, who sell ice cream to support their families; and the Gangsters, a razor gang led by a nine-year-old antihero called Steel, terrifying to the core but still capable of experiencing aspects of the childhood seemingly taken from him. With a deeply humane vision that won him the Sydney Peace Prize, Gittoes shows us the unseen nature of Afghanistan's politics, culture and society, up close and startlingly personal.

Desperate for money, a struggling photographer accepts a high-paying anonymous photoshoot in a stranger’s house.

For her entire life, Judith has suspected she was secretly adopted at birth. With the help of a few actors, we gave Judith the chance to re-create this important conversation - one she always wished she'd had with her mother.