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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.
Key mountain catchments in the Australian Alps are under increasing threats of climate change and human impacts. In shared knowledge, there is hope for practical actions to restore, recover and regenerate our mountain landscapes.
A brilliant robotics engineer goes to extreme lengths to protect her sons.
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.
Desperate to win the acceptance of the older boys he idolises, 15-year-old Casey agrees to rob a war veteran's cabin.
Sky News host and political commentator Rowan Dean presents a documentary special examining whether or not political correctness has caused the demise of the larrikin spirit in Australian life and culture. Dean takes a nostalgic look back at the 'Aussie larrikin' of the 1970s and 80s, then tracks the changing tastes and standards of more recent years, and asks has it been crushed by political correctness, the growth of social media, and the "cancel culture" which in recent years has seen online outrage shut down comedy and TV shows.
Some 240,000 women over 55 are at risk of homelessness In Australia – a figure both surprising (owing to this demographic being less likely to speak up about their difficulties) and shocking, given this country’s wealth. Under Cover introduces us to 10 of these people, including a survivor of domestic violence, a former advertising executive, a self-confessed loner and a displaced immigrant, for whom security and shelter are constant unknowns and who, until now, have suffered in silence.
An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the Greater Western Sydney Giants.
1976. A candid look at the highs and lows of Australian society.
A retrospective documentary including interviews with band members past and present, producers, fellow musicians and fans as well as behind the scenes footage taken around the world.
The story of an Aboriginal stockman, Sunny Bancroft, and his family at Collum Collum and their growing enthusiasm for "picnic races" on bush tracks in New South Wales.
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.
A hazmat-suited researcher in a bathroom/toilet, credited only as the slime narrator, talks about discovering a new kind of parasite that attempts to complete its life cycle within various contemporary media platforms. It quickly emerges that our narrator has possibly started to lose his mind or has been affected by the parasite as he explores topics such as Virtual Reality worm simulations, our symbiotic relationship to 7-11s, AI censorship parasites, to the appearance of programmable dark matter, slime TV game shows, parasite pornography and mutant YouTube cat videos.
A film created from the footage of the 2014 Mallane manslaughter case.
Taxidermist Peter Murphy loves his mother, so when she dies he can't bear to live without her and does all that he can to keep her with him.
In 1978 the police attacked demonstrators at the Sydney (Australia) Mardi Gras celebrations. This film details the communities' responses.
Amidst a political campaign to represent his people in a post-WWII British Government, a Punjabi community leader faces unexpected opposition from a member of his own flesh and blood.
The lives of the people of Port Melbourne in the early 1930s are recreated in this award-winning short film.
A BAFTA award nominated feature. Walls of stone, surrounded by water isolate the National Gallery of Melbourne, Victoria from its inhabitants. Stone, glass and water are the constantly repeating motives of this gallery. A mosaic of quick reciprocal action arises from the mixture of architecture and nature, sculptures, pictures, masks and people. A subjective look at the National Gallery of Victoria, the film expresses visually and audibly the visitors' reaction to the Gallery, and the Gallery's reaction to its visitors
“I don’t drive, but I know people who’ll drive 100 metres to go to the shops. Our society is obsessed with the car, with coming and going, getting somewhere. I used very intricate matting, some shaped like knives. I wanted the cars to slice each other in two, creating a kind of hurdy gurdy atmosphere…an abstract rushing to and fro, going nowhere. The first half of the film is silent. The second half, a grainy dupe of the same images, has sound and is far more urgent and aggressive.” (Paul Winkler)
This film looks at the efforts to rebuild Afghanistan's infrastructure and culture, as seen through the eyes of women, such as former Deputy Prime Minister Sima Samar, whose fight for education and health-care rights for women and girls put them in danger. Having survived the Taliban, they are putting their lives back together.
After failing to get a taxi, Jane is forced to walk home alone after a night out with friends. Encountering a group of men at an underpass, she changes direction only to see they have begun to follow her. It's not long until we realise where the real danger lies.
The Somerton Man mystery has baffled a global audience for over 70 years. A dead body found on Adelaide's Somerton Beach has never been identified. Now a new documentary, including interviews with friends, witnesses and detectives who worked on the case, some now in their 100's, reveals a fascinating first hand view of this extraordinary, enduring mystery. Was he murdered? Did he commit suicide? Why did he have a tiny piece of paper in his pocket with the words "Tamam Shud"? Missing Pieces examines the case in detail and cast new light on the woman he came to visit.
Austen Tayshus performing his stand-up comedy, recorded at the Bridge Hotel in Sydne
A series of Public Information Films eventually compiled and released as a single feature.
Two men connect more than just sexually, when a Scruff hook-up has them meeting in a park in the middle of a hot summer's night.
An imaginative stop-motion animation that looks inside our cameras at the creatures within, who are living lives defined by what they see through the lens.
In 2010, renowned Australian artists George Gittoes and Hellen Rose established the Yellow House in Jalalabad, Afghanistan - a sanctuary for artistic expression amidst conflict. This documentary chronicles their return to the Yellow House in 2024 under Taliban rule, aiming to demonstrate that "where war fails, art wins."
This observational documentary follows an episode in the routine life on Collum Collum cattle-station in northern New South Wales. But, as the filmmaker notes, it's a story that could have occurred anywhere.
While backpacking in Australia, Jac attempts to hide her pregnancy from her best mate Hazel for fear of becoming 'redundant', but their assumptions land them in hot water with a stranger.
Andy wrestles with the idea of telling his friend Bec how truly feels about her.
The story of Valmay Beepzup's first night on Earth. After winning the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant on her planet, Valmay is awarded the glory of being sent to Earth as an ambassador. With the assistance of her transmographer she is able to morph into a variety of human forms & so slip seamlessly amongst humans.
Based on a story by Frank Moorhouse, this is a satire on left intellectual manners in Sydney at the time. Moorhouse's story was in turn based on an actual event, a party thrown by members of the Sydney Push for visiting American poet Kenneth Rexroth.
On a drought-ravaged vineyard, Yirri is about to kill his last chicken. He’s stopped by his wife, Teresa, who claims the chicken’s comb resembled the face of Jesus. Bizarre miracles start to happen, but Yirri and Teresa look a gift chicken in the mouth, with disastrous results of biblical proportions.
A delightful mockumentary that underscores the universality of childhood and imagination, Warya originally screened at the Africa Film Festival Australia.
In a subterranean bunker, a man - rescued from the wasteland above - must lie about being a doctor in order to be deemed worthy of saving.
A meditation upon the redemptive power of Christ's crucifixion. The film employs a variety of styles including animation, newsreel footage, hand painted footage, live-action and optical effects. The soundtrack is composed of a wide variety of music including Gregorian chant, Kodaly, Liszt and electronic music.
Documentary about the life and teachings of Adi Da Samraj.
Underground Inc explores the rise and fall of the 90's Alternative Rock scene. Told by the artists who pioneered a sonic sub-culture, this music documentary relives the triumphs, tragedies and ruckus energy of the underground punk world - and is a must see for serious music lovers!
With the end of the world imminent, sixteen-year-old Kyra struggles with the complexities of growing up and the difficult journey of self-acceptance.
Musings on dividing zero by zero.
Back in 1977, Dillon filmed Hillary and crew (including son Peter Hillary) as they jet boated from the mouth of the Ganges to the base of the Himalayas, then set out to climb peak Akash Parbat. Dillon has remastered existing and unseen footage, and interviewed crew members about Hillary's last big expedition.
John Harland is a former boxer turned reverend posted to the town of Kangaroo. He falls in love with Muriel, an orphaned heiress, and discovers that her guardian Martin Giles is embezzling her inheritance. Harland earns the ire of parishioners by teaching young boys to box, and Giles manipulates local opinion to have the bishop remove him. Harland rescues a gentleman from a mugging in Sydney who suggests that he go to Kalmaroo where a criminal gang has driven the church out of the area. Harland preaches, and unexpectedly sees Muriel in the congregation; her property is near Kalmaroo. But her overseer is Red Jack Braggan who leads the gang which violently breaks up Harland's mission - much to the distress of Muriel who regards Harland as too timid - and is in cahoots with Giles.
Rainforests hold the key to the secret of life on our planet. They are the most abundant and diverse land environments on earth. Not only do they safe guard the genetic bounty of our past, they also hold the very key to the future of our world. Rainforest – The Secret of Life captures rare and fascinating wildlife sequences, including the mating rituals of lyrebirds and bowerbirds, and explores the intricate web of life that evolved in these rainforests. It also lead to the recent scientific discovery of the greatest secret of all – how rainforests form part of a vast global system that regulates the world’s climate.
A highly elliptical and tense story about an abduction, set in the Blue Mountains in NSW.
In the last four years of his life, Lionel Murphy was at the centre of an historic battle to retain his position on the High Court in Australia. While the film concentrates on this period and the events leading up to it, in a wider sense, it uses the dramatic story of Murphy as a vehicle to consider some more fundamental issues about law. The film tackles the problem of police and security surveillance of the individual in Australian society and in particular, of prominent political and legal figures.
Primary school aged Orville has a fascination for model planes which intensifies when he encounters Harry who owns a sadly neglected but real Tiger Moth. Orville becomes obsessed with the notion that the Tiger might fly once more and the adventure begins when he and Harry set out to achieve that goal.
Hector has just married Milly, and before they drive off, he checks his bride’s safety belt. Their first house guest is Uncle Tom, a silly old man lacking all road sense. It takes all Hector and Milly’s time saving him from trouble. Words and music by Charles Marawood, Damien Parer - Unit Manager. Costumed characters performed in pantomime musical style.
A behind the scenes interview on the making of "Sneezing Baby Panda: The Movie" (2014).
A young man begins to question his relationship with his friends following a harrowing incident.
A dance of impressions, of humans and animals and nature. Light and movement, music and silence, melancholy and laughter, Daddy-Long-Legs takes delight in cinematic and musical play ...
After weeks of sleepless nights, 19 year-old insomniac Dorothy Allen begins to see hidden messages in the night sky.
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.
Stacy throws a party in a strangers house, she soon discovers the home owners dark past, which makes their dreams come true.
Morris and his father attempt to murder an elderly client of their legal practice after he makes Morris the main beneficiary of his will.
George enlists in the police force and is assigned to Harmony Row, a haunt of criminals such as Slogger Lee.
This film documents a unique collaboration between Indigenous and white historians from Australia and North America. In September 2004, a diverse group travelled through the Top End of Australia meeting representatives of the traditional landowners, and engaging in a dialogue about Indigenous history. The themes that emerged raised more questions than answers - from cultural appropriation and copyright, to land rights, the role of language and art, and what history means to Indigenous communities in the current climate of cultural reclamation and survival.
Influencer Nadia, the epitome of online perfection, is thrown into crisis when her husband seeks to end their marriage threatening her online reputation.
Two besties abroad in a Russian city are hustling to catch the last train. When Cookie suddenly disappears, Bonbon is swept up in a chaotic odyssey to find her friend.