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Here's a little film about a witch. I mostly made it for my kid, but you're allowed to watch it too.

When director Sue Thomson’s 89-year-old mum, Margaret, begins to need additional help with day-to-day life, they face a decision that most families will encounter: whether to consider a residential aged-care facility; and, if so, how to find a suitable one amid a sector with a reputation for neglect and mistreatment. Margaret’s story becomes a springboard for an investigation of the political history of aged care in Australia, marred by a 40-year bipartisan privatisation agenda. As we hear from advocates, journalists and senior citizens who have experienced the system, a group of schoolkids discuss the situation we’ve reached with aged care and where we need to go from here – and of what they, and we, can expect in the future.

Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Bahamas, Morrocoy, Bonaire, and Los Roques. Take a look into these six diving destinations in the Caribbean.

Celebrated Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love, Rabbit-Proof Fence) talks about his adventurous life and career in this frank and insightful documentary.

In the context of Australia's cold war a 'hidden history' of Melbourne's Realist film movement (1945-1959) is explored through the first person account of a filmmaker of another generation, speaking to the 'indy-media' movement of the present day.

Courtney Barnett performs live for Triple J's 50th Tour. Recorded on 15th November 2025, on the lands of the Nipaluna people of the Lutruwita Nation at the Odeon in Hobart.

A seedy virus is spreadding... is a digital epidemic closer than we think?

The most isolated metal band in the world, Southeast Desert Metal, and their Aunty Kathleen, share ancient Arrernte culture with the world through song and painting.

When two young women grappling with identity issues face demons from the past, they must rely on each other in order to survive the consequences of their actions.

A storm-chasing photographer journeys through Tornado Alley in search of chasing monsters on the plains.

Filmmaker Sam Matthews sets out to meet other gender-diverse Australian artists, challenging each of them to create a new artwork based on the theme "Unboxed".

Helena Rubinstein is rightly seen as one of the pioneers of a market worth millions - the female beauty market. Born in Krakow, Rubinstein started her career in the early years of the twentieth century in Australia, from where she quickly went on to conquer Europe and the United States. What began with twelve jars of her mother's beauty cream was to develop into a company with 100 branches in 14 countries and a workforce of 30,000 employees.

GOLD – YOU CAN DO MORE THAN YOU THINK is the emotional story about three outstanding top Athletes. Henry Wanyoike, a blind Marathon runner from Kenya, Kirsten Bruhn, paralyzed Swimmer from Germany and Kurt Fearnley, Australian Wheelchair racer.

This film is a documentary based on three location scouts, who in the summer of 2010 went missing while on location.

OZ Encounters is the remarkable eye-popping one-hour documentary that features extraordinary UFO sightings and encounters. The result is an amazing cross-section of case studies from all walks of life--farmers, bank managers, wedding photographers, nurses, doctors, children, housewives. These people's experiences range from multiple sigh tings and encounters to abductions. OZ Encounters takes a non-judgmental approach to the accounts, providing a truly impartial Australian perspective on this fascinating subject which is bound to stimulate public consciousness. The film incorporates people presenting their stories in their own words with the latest in 3-D animation and exciting dramatizations of their experiences. OZ Encounters ... unbelievable stories told by the ordinary people whose lives will never to be the same again.

Fourth of 6 animated shorts made for Nickelodeon.

Country girl Anne Maxwell is receiving lessons from choir master Karl Krona, who is secretly a German sympathiser.

Workers of the word, in yellow vests, building other people's dreams.

After the arrival of a mysterious figure, a young boy starts using drugs to cope with the disappearance of his father.

A short film about someone hearing noises in their house, but never being able to catch them. So he puts up security cameras in his house as a last ditch effort to catch what is making the noises. and he is terrified about what he finds out after he sets them up.

False As A Beach follows Ursula, Gertrude and Ruby, three emancipated young women wiling away the hours as a halcyon apocalypse brings the world to a close.

Provocative, funny and profoundly moving, Bastardy is the inspirational story of a self proclaimed Robin Hood of the streets. For Forty years and with infectious humour and optimism, Jack Charles has juggled a life of crime with another successful career- acting

The Life Story of John Lee, or the Man They Could Not Hang is a 1921 Australian silent film (which is now considered lost) based on the true life story of John Babbacombe Lee. It is a remake of a 1912 film with some extra scenes of Lee's childhood.

Beautifully filmed in black and white, this classic short film looks at pearling in the late 1940s. It goes on board the boats that work off the coast of Broome, Western Australia, from March to December each year. Crewed mainly by Aboriginal, Malay and Chinese men, they work six days a week from sun up to sun down—replenished occasionally by supply boats that also take away their hauls of pearl shell. The film captures the atmosphere, the detail and the danger involved in the search for shell as the divers in huge metal helmets and layers of clothing under their suits dive two at a time, each with one person tending their airhose and another their lifeline.

A critical documentary about the war on terror since 9-11.

When Lisa is working a closing shift at the All Star Drive-In, strange things start to occur and she is confronted by her vice when a supernatural entity targets her.

It is estimated that today 80 per cent of Indigenous Australians live in urban environments. What impact is urbanisation having on Indigenous Australians and what does this mean for the future of Aboriginality?

A contemporary retelling of the classic tale of the City Mouse and the Country Mouse, Stray follows the story of Mouse, a teenager who leaves his home in the country in search of a place in the world. Along the way, he is exposed to the seedy underbelly of the city and the people who live there including the broken drag diva Lame Doe Ray, who takes him under her wing. Will Mouse be led astray and consumed by the drug soaked landscape?

An avant-garde audiovisual essay riffing on the work of Marshall McLuhan.

“Sydney. Another symphony of the city...inspired by the hectic, rollercoaster times. Buildings were going up left right and centre...‘Money Makes the World Go Round’ came to mind...I developed a little device which carried lenses in front of the camera, with a motor which made the images actually go around...people in the city...people and money going ‘round and ‘round. The soundtrack was pinball machines and muzak. Sydney was showing off its wealth, spreading out and up...Darling Harbour...more and more sparkling glass. A lot of it was the Emperor’s new clothes...many of those ‘buildings’ are still only holes in the ground.” (Paul Winkler)

A guided audio meditation forces Jacinta to confront her darkest fears and battle her very existence with terrifying consequences.

A young Aboriginal man must help his disabled brother escape from their abusive life in a remote Australian Aboriginal community.

Only metres above sea level, the nation of Kiribati is on the front line of climate change. Maria Tiimon, a Kiribati woman living in Sydney, is passionate about her homeland and, despite her shyness, is determined to raise the world's awareness of its predicament.

Jørn Utzon, acclaimed architect of the Sydney Opera House, tells the story of the design and construction of his masterpiece.

Australian Aborigine Bob Randall presents his spiritual philosophy.

Short directed by Bruce Petty.

A charcoal animation of the meeting of a woman and a man.

The evening seemed very disturbing to me, as if the approaching night was something to be feared. It was as if, when night fell, you couldn't escape and had to face unspecified consequences. Maybe the earth will remember and the night will reveal what we could have done...

A mysterious dark figure walks through a world of endless moonlight. Wielding an object of ancient power, the traveller is driven by the call of a cosmic voice, guiding them through a twisted land inhabited by miscreants and wretches.

A constant series of tiny collisions.

Blockhead and Sparkles are the dream team - Blockhead loves to bake, Sparkles loves to decorate - and together they create the most beautiful and delicious cakes in the village. But when their friendship hits a rift and Sparkles walks out, Blockhead must harness all their courage to find Sparkles, fix their friendship and together they must work to save everything they love from drowning in the Prince's flood of tears.

Fifty years after the collapse of Melbourne's West Gate Bridge that took with it the lives of 35 workers, their families and the survivors share their stories of the tragedy.

The proboscis monkey is one of Borneo's most threatened species. This program is about the behaviour of the proboscis monkey, the habitat in which it lives and some of the creatures it shares this habitat with.

A feature-length documentary that reveals the famous but untold story of Torquay, Victoria. This is the small town that went global. A quiet coastal community until the booming surf culture swept in and it swelled to become an international surfing mecca that is home to industry brands and colourful personalities.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Simple question asked to kids with a complex view as we grow older. As a child we are obliged to look in only one direction, which leaves adults defeated when the question is not fulfilled. We sat down with people who have multiple jobs, changed jobs or don’t believe in the word "careers". Here they recall their experiences and reveal their views on the working culture.

Melbourne based Stelarc burst into prominence in the early 1970s with a series of confronting, and outrageous public art performances. Following his mantra that ‘the body is obsolete’, the Cypriot-born Australian set about proving his theory by testing the limits of his own body in a series of death-defying stunts.

With a career spanning well over a decade in the bloodiest, most violent subgenre of pro wrestling, David "Gweedo" Brown reflects on his time as a deathmatch wrestler.

This playful video from famed director and photographer Tracey Moffatt turns the tables on traditional representations of desire to examine the power of the female gaze in the objectification of men’s bodies. HEAVEN begins with surreptitiously taped documentary footage of brawny surfers changing in and out of bathing and wet-suits. While the soundtrack switches between the ocean surf and male chanting, Moffatt moves closer to alternately flirt with and tease her subjects, who respond with a combination of preening and macho reticence.

Charlie Chaplin is a saint to earthquake survivors in a small desert town in India and they are throwing him a birthday party. Australian filmmaker Kathryn Millard is taking the cake - a chocolate truffle sponge shaped like the Tramp's boot.

Who am I? Just another point of view.

When Alex finds out he has a serious illness his outlook on life can only be fixed by his older brother Alex.

Ex lovers meet for tea that spans their entire relationship

Made collaboratively with children from public housing areas in the Illawarra on the south coast of New South Wales, Protection uses a unique blend of film and animation to tell stories about childhood - inspired by the lives and experiences of the film's adventurous and often hilarious young cast.

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.

Shutter is an experimental short film that blurs the line between narrative, satire and self reflection. It primarily explores the anxiety of performance and the fear of being judged. Through various lives, the film communicates these pressures. A man who loses his temper over a letter, a comedian dying on stage and a dishonest friend. Anything from everyday actions to major stunts spiral out of control into moments of scrutiny and even silence becomes a form of judgement. By combining satire with a sense of self awareness, Shutter captures the true essence of creating, performing and exposing oneself to the gaze of others.

A teenage girl finds herself plagued by a mysterious man only she can see. He is known to her as The Watcher. In an attempt to face her fears, she learns the danger of curiosity and the ease at which people can become the monster in someone else's story.

Three-color separation imagery expands the experimental documentation of landscape. Alternating nuances of color conjure up; a formal beauty, which are echoed in birdsong and the buzzing of insects.

The Crusades had finished and Robin Hood and his band of merry men had disbanded. That is until the Sheriff of Nottingham escapes with the much valued Crown Jewels of the King.

1942, Croker Island, as Japanese bomb the North, 95 Aboriginal children and their missionary carers make a remarkable journey to safety 3000 miles across the Australian continent.