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In the final weeks of his High School journey, musician Andrew struggles to navigate his way through university applications and a tenuous relationship with his girlfriend, Ellie.

A short documentary produced by the National Film and Sound Archive to promote 'Operation Newsreel', a project to collect and preserve Australian newsreel films, done in the style of a vintage newsreel.

Moffatt's Artist is a collection of clips from movies and television programs that depict artists at work, at play and in the act of creation. By showing the particular bias of television and cinema to what the role of an artist apparently means to modern society, the film reflects the sometimes uninformed, sometimes humorous view of society towards artists today.

Rare documentary chronicling Keith Haring's visit to Australia in 1984, including working and painting at the National Gallery of Victoria and the New South Wales Art Gallery.

Since the late 1970's a thriving underground scene of extreme music has continued to evolve in Australia. Metal Down Under takes a look at the bands, people and events that have shaped this unique slice of Australian history. More than just the music, we meet the characters that make metal in Australia what it is today. From promoters, radio hosts and magazine editors, to band members and extreme fans, Metal Down Under introduces you to a world you either didn't want to know existed, or have been a part of all your life. Featuring over 40 exclusive interviews as well as rare archive footage and photographs from Metal for the Brain, Metal for Melbourne, The Big Day Out, SBS, music videos, live concerts and much more.

Footage of this film was found in his belongings of director Mark Zenner after his death. A classic slice of Australian punk, both literally and figuratively, as razor sharp editing and collage techniques enliven the documentary on several punk bands.

A blank screen is filled with random lines and shapes.

Pilot for proposed Ned Kelly film. An avant-garde re-creation of the murder of the three police officers at Stringybark Creek.

At the Thirteenth Hour, a stranger demands to be let inside.

A young mute hitman lured to violence by his alter ego, ‘The Man in Red’, falls for a girl, but his tendency to violence puts everything at risk.

A girl fears that one of the characters from her animal tales book is watching her.

A man who wakes up unaware of where he's situated is interrogated and ultimately realizes that each answer has a consequence.

A wanderer seeks revenge.

Experimental video by Peter Newman.

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.

After losing her father, Shirin gains a different perspective on loss.

A young woman in her thirties feels very happy and excited – she has a partner, everything in her life is under control, so now is perfect time to have a baby. Unfortunately, that's not as easy as it sounds...

Colebrook Blackwood Reconciliation Park is where the Colebrook Training Home once stood. It is now a permanent memorial for the Aboriginal children of the “Stolen Generation” and their families.

Ben Hunter's stand-up special from 2024, recorded at Good Chat Comedy Club in Brisbane.

Andy takes on the advice of his friends and family when he decides he wants to break up with his girlfriend.

Alec Baker, Peter Mungkuri and Mr Kunmanara Pompey are three senior artists and respected leaders from Indulkana community on the APY Lands, SA. As young men, they were renowned stockmen and in 2017 they coordinated a men's camp at the local cattle station. Influenced by their ongoing love for cowboy and western films and country music, they created their own spaghetti western: Never Stop Riding.

Julia, a wayward youth, walks into a music store. This could be the day that changes their life.

When an incomplete artwork opens up a gateway into an alternate reality, an artist is forced to confront her own artistic process and life choices.

Recorded at Sydney's Enmore Theatre, Joe Avati's 20th Anniversary Special showcases an electrifyingly funny and globally renowned comedian, delivering his worldly routines only a few kilometres from where he debuted as an amateur comedian.

A werewolf hunts down a dentist for his vampire boyfriend.

A Teen is suffering with suicidal Thoughts, he tries to battle them but might not be strong enough.

A woman living an isolated lifestyle on her fathers farm, encounters a gender non-conforming stranger on the run from the law.

A film about waiting for love.

Join Josie Alec, proud Kuruma Marthudunera woman and the Australian Conservation Foundation's First Nation's Lead, on a journey across Australia to explore First Nations connection to Country, and the fossil fuel and nuclear projects that threaten that connection and damage nature and climate.

Matty, a man in an abusive same sex relationship with a younger lover, battles to retain his sanity while trying to piece together his memory of a tragedy that would alter the course of his life forever.

Two ambitious university students attempt to win the New College presidential elections.

A Tahiti is a rugged, forest-clad South Pacific island, surrounded by coral reefs. Its traditional Polynesian way of life has been swamped over the years by foreign influences, particularly that of France. However, the long-awaited re-emergence of traditional culture is the focus of this documentary. We look at some of the people responsible for the cultural revival and their arts including the building of a double hulled canoe, the art of full body tattooing and the fierce dance competitions at the high point of celebration of Polynesian culture, the Tiurai Festival.

Produced during a year-long residency in New York, Neo Geo is a vivid portrayal of the contemporary American cultural landscape.

The official collection of a four-part series exploring the unorthodox relationships of Selwyn, Canon and Petria.

A man living in solitary seeks emotional refuge in the organising and documenting of family moments using low-grade impersonators. When his fake sister becomes inspired to follow his method, their relationship struggles between the forged and genuine.

A cosmonaut looking back on his life.

A spoof of the early James Bond films and Ian Fleming universe from Australia. Bumbling overweight Aussie secret service agent Jim Bond alias Agent Minus 007 blunders his way against arch rival villains Ernest Stavro Blowfly and Dr. Yes down under in Sydney, Australia.

New Zealand-born Margot Nash scrutinises the memories and mementoes of her childhood to understand the unhappiness of her parents, and the corrosive instability of the household from which she fled as a young woman in the early 70s.

Encounters on a deserted tropical island over the course of a day - visions of dreams, birth, death, and other galaxies and dimensions.

A short film documenting a day out with artists practicing their craft through plein air style paintings.

On a dive to the wreck of the Titanic, the crew of the Orion submersible become trapped on the ocean floor. Marcus Graves, his son David, social media influencer Jackson, and Titanic enthusiast Alejo embark on the perilous journey. Director

A network of images drawn from the archive of Torajan videographer, Victor, collide to paint a journal-like portrait of both his community and personal life, its grief and its joy.

Larissa Behrendt uncovers the extraordinary story of the three landmark Yirrkala Bark petitions that sparked the flame toward recognition of Aboriginal rights. In August 1963, two bark petitions—traditional documents prepared and signed by Yolngu people—were sent to the Australian Parliament and became the first documented recognition of Indigenous people in Australian law. When a fourth bark petition is found in Derby, Western Australia, in 2022, the community begins the ceremony of guiding its journey back to Yolngu Country. The repatriation provides the opportunity to track the long political campaign—through petition, song, dance, and campaigning—to keep culture strong and to have a voice for country.

Three friends investigate a mysterious hole in their yard, one with seemingly no end in sight.

The meticulous daily routine of a young man is shattered by the shocking discovery of an unexpected presence in his home.

A food delivery driver stumbles upon an intense and messy situation while making a drop, that calls her to question both the present and future.

For many people, the mention of Papua New Guinea will evoke images such as remote highlands cultures and tribal warriors; or perhaps tropical islands and palm fringed beaches, or it may bring to mind darker images of poverty, corruption and raskol violence. But in PNG's capital, Port Moresby, things are starting to look a little different. PNG is slowly joining the globalised world, and if you look closely at this society in transition you can see signs of a modest middle class on the rise, and a new generation coming of age. In Moresby you can find a small band of business people, professionals, managers, and creatives, all working hard to build a better life for themselves and their families. Moresby Modern, is the stories of 7 such people, as they work in the challenging environment of a developing country, learning to balance the traditional expectations of their culture with the demands of modern society.

Valencia Diary is the chronicle of a Southern Philippine village at a time when daily life was charged with tension at the impending collapse of the Marcos regime.

A French couple travelling by campervan around Australia discover their relationship is at a crossroads.

Köken Ergun spent two years among the droves of tourists, both Turkish and Australian, that gather in Gallipoli to commemorate the soldiers who died there during one of the First World War's biggest battles. 'Heroes' to some, 'martyrs' to others.

Zibeon Fielding, Aboriginal TSI man and long distance runner is preparing to run a crazy 62 kilometres. Driven by passion to help those he loves, Zibeon will run further than he ever has before in the heart of Australian desert.

When Lena's estranged mother dies she is forced to take care of Pippa, the daughter she has never known. As they travel to Blackwood together in the sweltering Australian summer Lena attempts to leave Pippa once again, but is confronted with motherly instincts she never knew existed.

Papunya animated story of the Snake and the Tape Recorder

Skate video from Wollongong, NSW

A tentative teenager, entering her formative years is confronted with her own sense of mortality when faced with an otherworldly time warp.

Alabama governor George Wallace made his name as a segregationist remembered for standing “in the schoolhouse door” of the University of Alabama in 1963 in an attempt to stop the enrolment of black students. John Pilger subsequently interviewed Wallace on the campaign trail during two general elections.During the second, in 1972, Wallace was shot in an assassination attempt, leaving him paralysed and in a wheelchair. In The Most Powerful Politician in America, made in 1974, Pilger looks at the likelihood that a reinvented Wallace will run for the White House two years later, manipulating contemporary American passions and exploiting his influence in the powerful “Dixie” states controlled by the Democratic Party.

An eccentric screenwriter, oblivious to the misogynistic nature of his script is given an ultimatum by a feminist film producer.

A comical slice-of-life look into the daily lives of a variety of wild animals.

Sofia a 18 year-old girl finds herself in a situation that leaves her dazed and confused. She has taken something, and ended up in what seems like planet Earth, but apparently is not. On her journey she is met with a majestical being, an angel that is set to help them through the memories of her past. Although, she soon finds out the truth of this world, and where she is heading to. Sofia is on her own to find her way out, and remember the painful memories of her impulsive choices.