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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.
The Doug Anthony All Stars were an Australian musical comedy group who performed together between 1984 and 1994. The band was an acoustic trio comprising Paul McDermott and Tim Ferguson on main vocals and Richard Fidler on guitar and backing vocals. They were known for their aggressive, provocative style; their habit of involving audience members and their tendency to attack topical and sometimes controversial issues in their comedy. Dead & Alive, is a live recording of one of their London shows...
This classic ethnographic documentary, by the renowned filmmaking team of David and Judith MacDougall, explores the nomadic life of the Jie of Uganda. During the dry season the Jie leave their homesteads in large numbers and take their cattle to temporary camps (nawi) in western Karamoja District, where water and grass are more abundant.
Martin was born with just 2,000 words to use in his lifetime, and once he's spoken them all, he will fall irreversibly silent. Fearful of a voiceless future, Martin decides to save his words for the perfect moment. But in being so cautious, he risks not being heard at all.
Regarded as the most physical Grand Final ever played. 40 Years On: The Final Story provides a unique insight into the feelings and experiences of those who've played at the highest level.
SPINFX is a fast and funky showcase of contemporary Indigenous music, artists and performers. It explores the most recent Indigenous music being produced in Australia such as hip hop, techno, house, dance and turn tables. Stylistically, the series is raw and fast mixing black and white with vibrant colours and grainy imagery. With no presenter, its audience is guided by the Indigenous people who make the music and those who listen to it.
One night, a bar waitress encounters a mysterious and predatory stranger whilst waiting at a bus terminal.
Molti, Spotzl, Eigi and Pichla fall into the hands of a serial killer. Only their fans can save them.
Provence is the ideal place to break up, as lavender helps one fall asleep. Yet, lavender has been banned due to allergies when Therese and Reggie arrive, seeking culture and to rekindle their relationship.
The life and provocative work and writings of First Nations artist, Richard Bell. The film reveals the "two Richards" – "Richie" the provocateur and enfant terrible of the art world who challenges its whiteness, and the Richard who spent his childhood living in a tin shed, learnt his politics on the streets of Redfern and is known in his own community as an "activist".
With their ancient knowledge, traditional healers play a vital role in Aboriginal communities. This film follows three Ngangkari as they go about their impressive work, and shows how traditional methods can complement Western medical practices.
The willingness to pass on the power of life to the next generation is maybe the greatest purpose of all.
“In a wry exploration of women’s sexuality, the character Pussy demonstrates the play between the masculine and the feminine, the strong and the passive, the observer and the observed, as she metamorphoses between female, feline and male figures. As the film demonstrates, animation is a form ideally suited to render the process of metamorphosis.” —Dr. Marian Quigley
Essie Coffey gives the children lessons on Aboriginal culture. She speaks of the importance of teaching these kids about their traditions. Aboriginal kids are forgetting about their Aboriginal heritage because they are being taught white culture instead.
A visual poem, a black queer couple’s journey unfolds through the evocative exploration of the seasons of love.
The Blue Mountains Mystery involves the alleged murder of a wealthy businessman, Henry Tracey, and the eventual discovery that the victim was an underworld look-alike impersonator.
A lively succession of breasts are animated to the Fugs’ title hit.
A young family terrorised by a new species of deadly arachnid.
A day in the life of an unemployed youth.
SexStar follows Nathan Hill, a Casanova whose chief occupation is the 'rounding' of women. He juggles five different girls over a series of hilarious dates, all while trying to maintain his reputation by nailing the hottest girl in the city. Equal parts entertaining, informative and controversial, SexStar finally reveals the truth about the games men play to pick up women.
Someone has to come face to face with things left behind.
Narrated by a Bunuba Traditional Owner, Lifeblood showcases the Kimberley’s pristine Fitzroy River, its wildlife, and the cultural heritage of its critically endangered species.
A university student is stuck in a never-ending cycle of being sold life insurance.
A warehouse worker gets locked in because he can't read
A journey into the emotional landscape of family, love and loss of two close friends, both Aboriginal, who were adopted by white families and have connected back with their bloodline families.
A young Japanese boy searches for a mysterious vending machine after the passing of his parents.
1967 David E. Perry short
Australian sculptors discuss their attitudes towards modern sculpture. In sculpture, as in the other arts, Australia has achieved a world reputation in recent years. In this film, Tim Burstall examines the Australian sculptors working in Australia and overseas, analyses their attitudes and asks them to sum up their views about modern sculpture.
After a traumatic life change, a girl strives to get her shit together whilst indulging in bad habits, and with a mindset centred on her past.
A couple of low profile mobsters interrogate a fellow comrade regarding a missing payout. These are just some kids.
Two brothers embark on a surfing trip together, attempting to bury past grievances in the process. As their surfing adventure unravels, so do the delicate and fragile bonds of brotherhood.
On March 15, 2004, Richard Moir underwent an operation for Parkinson's Disease. Called Deep Brain Stimulation, electrodes are placed in the brain that are powered by batteries placed in the chest. The current 'zaps' bad signals in the brain. This film gives you an insight into the daily life of a patient with Parkinson's Disease, which is a view you don't get as a doctor in a clinical practice.
The Way is an inspirational story of the adversity and challenge professional surfers go through while trying to make it. The film starts with the discovery of an old surfboard washed ashore in Nelson, New Zealand. The board is refurbished and it turns out it was shaped by legendary charger Peter Way, New Zealand’s first ever national champion in 1963. Peter was known for his antics in and out of the water, but it was his mark on surfboard shaping, competitive surfing and surf lifestyle that has influenced the lives of generations of surfers who have come after him. Current pros Paige Hareb, Billy Stairmand and Ricardo Christie weigh in on what has driven them to success and also hard times. Maz Quinn takes us through becoming the first ever Kiwi to make the world tour of surfing and we’re taken on a journey through the north island of New Zealand to return the old board to the man who made it, Peter Way.
This documentary is based around a vision and a mission to help everyone understand how to unlock their own potential, power and journey to abundance. We believe that we all have an unlimited wealth of potential within us, and that we just need to learn how to tap in and find it. It’s in there, because we were born with it.
When Doctor Pangea, "the world's deadliest geologist", escapes from prison with plans to destroy Earth as we know it, the city turns to its unlikely champion: 14 year old homeless girl - and kungfu skateboarding superhero - Street Angel! Short film based on the comic of the same name.
150 is an inspiring, hilarious, and downright gob-smacking story that follows Erchana Murray-Bartlett’s dream to break a Guinness World Record by running 150 marathons in 150 days. Narrated by TV personality Osher Günsberg, 150 captures this seemingly impossible adventure with heart and humour, as one woman battles unavoidable injury, physical exhaustion, and her own mental toughness to run from the top of mainland Australia to the bottom. 6500 kms. Spanning the most gruelling landscape on the planet, through some of the wildest weather imaginable, this heartwarming documentary celebrates failure, vulnerability, and the pursuit of a childhood dream. With the entire world watching every step, when everything and anything can happen, 150 proves that the only limits we have are the ones we place on ourselves.
A teenage girl is plagued by a rumour that takes over her life.
Trent Dansie, A Muay Thai fighter and coach reflects on his time with the sport while preparing for his next fight
The Hammerstone is an atmospheric documentary about memory, artefacts, and the generations of stories that have travelled through a single farm in rural Canada.
A romance set in the world of the sport of kings. The Curzons are a racehorse breeding family, who need to strengthen their blood stock to re-establish a fading reputation.
CAMBODIA: THE PRINCE AND THE PROPHECY explores the years of Prince Norodom Sihanouk’s rule, his juggling for peace, his charisma and contradictions. Following the Prince’s overthrow in 1970, the film traces Cambodia’s destruction during the five years of war before Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge came to power and launched their revolution… As a central theme, the film and its sequel CAMBODIA/KAMPUCHEA feature exclusive interviews with Prince Sihanouk, and focus on his pivotal role in shaping Cambodia’s fate.
Two mice, a man with a TV remote control. A cartoon of pests and controlled revenge.
Two young men experience paranormal activity, making them question notions of reality, God, existence.
When the first wave of punk broke Australian shores in the 1970’s it was met with a fierce embrace that still reverberates. Adopted and adapted with fearsome intensity by disenfranchised, pre-globalisation Australian kids against the isolation and cultural vacuity of mainstream Australia, punk was a DIY counterculture - a profound, lived, visceral critique of late 20th century capitalism. Australian punk chose values and agendas that for many have become lifelong.
Lina, feeling lost and searching for some way to feel better, goes to a small gathering with some friends where she is confronted with her own immaturity and lack of confidence.
With honesty, humour and heart, Deafinition presents the first-hand narrative of Paul and his experiences being deaf. From the physical day-to-day, social interactions, the intricacies of communication and language, the frustrations and challenges we see it all unfold through the inner world of Paul.
A fatigued couple visit a couple's therapist (Dr. Richard Junglejuice) in the hope that he will help them to put a stop to their endless fighting, find a cure for their absence of intimacy and maybe reignite their fire again.
It’s Mother’s Day - what to do? Breakfast in bed sounds like the perfect plan. What could possibly go wrong!
A film that explores the relationship between man and technology...told from the perspective of a phone.
Facing a short term in prison, wealthy Eisenstein heads off to a masquerade ball to enjoy his last evening of freedom. But Eisenstein's wife, Rosalinde, and her chambermaid Adele show up to the costume party in disguise, and each try to teach him a lesson or two. This revival of Johann Strauss's operetta performed by Opera Australia stars Anthony Warlow and Ghillian Sullivan.
Over the past decade Australia’s prison population has doubled. But of all the States, it’s Western Australia that has the highest number of prisoners per population. Casuarina, Western Australia’s Maximum Security Prison, is designed for 360 inmates. It currently houses almost double that. For the first time ever, our cameras go inside Casuarina Prison to witness life behind bars in an Australian Super Max.
Linda Dement's Smile (1996) represents an abstracted bodily form that evolves through technology. The video begins with a skin-like texture stretched across the surface of the screen. The skin is slit, lips grow from the bloody gash and metal adaptations replace teeth in a swift gesture.
The story of one of the greatest live concerts ever filmed, with interviews with band members Jon Farriss and Kirk Pengilly, plus never-before-seen backstage moments.
Ben, an unsuspecting teenager, resurfaces a supernatural creature after searching through his grandfather's old belongings. Short film by Charlie Fraser - Showcased at the Central coast film festival Began as a personal interest task for his Screen & Media assessment..
Strange Tenants were the 'Godfathers of Australian Ska', emerging in the 1980s in the wake of UK two-tone ska bands like The Specials but producing their own original political ska songs unlike most other Australian ska bands. Thirty-six years later they're still around and still political.
This film examines the ecology and poetry of everyday life. Two Rotinese narrate this film, each offering his perception of the importance of the Lontar (Borassus) palm: a clan leader describes the many practical uses of the palm; a poet tells of its origin and mythic significance. The film complements Fox’s book, The Harvest of the Palm, as well as his essays on ritual language.
Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean.
In 1979, acclaimed Iranian actor Manouchehr Farid fled his country, turning his back on the stage. Inside an Australian detention center, he finds new purpose.
Uranium mining, the first link in the chain of nuclear development, has managed again and again to keep itself out of the public eye. A web of propaganda, disinformation and lies covers its sixty-five-year history.
Australia’s favourite double act Colin Lane and Frank Woodley have reunited to create the comeback masterpiece FLY. No more stupid silly nonsense, it’s time to make THEATRE! An epic show about the history of aviation, no less. There is no reason whatsoever to think this will go as planned.