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Obsessed with searching for the origins of a scene from an old film, an Australian man and his friend visit Iceland. Punk music, politics and elves provide the backdrop to his search.

Ngayuku Papa: Bluey & Big Boy (My Dog: Bluey & Big Boy) is a tale about Maureen Butler-Baker’s two dogs, Bluey and Big Boy. While dogs are great companions in community, they also help in the hunt for traditional foods such as perentie, and introduced species such as rabbits.

This project has captured and celebrated the personal journeys and experiences of 16 people with a connection to the Gay and Lesbian Singers of WA. In doing so it has shown how enriching, supportive and often indispensable the choir has been for those who are a part of it. The project culminated in the exhibition of photography and written stories of the individuals involved, together with the first air of our short documentary, Singing For Our True Heart, produced, co-written and co-directed by Know Your Nation. The film has gone on to appear in independent film festivals.

A short film about a seventeen-year-old Eli begins to experience disturbing hallucinations—voices, shifting shadows, and a reality that won’t stay still. As his mind unravels, he struggles to tell what’s real and what isn’t, while a mysterious voice pulls him deeper into the chaos.

Two of the Bali Nine have been speaking publicly for the first time… just days ahead of final hearings on whether their death sentences for drug trafficking will be carried out. Dateline reporter Mark Davis gained exclusive access to Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan in the ‘death tower’ at Indonesia’s Kerobokan Prison. They talk openly about their lives then and now, what they think of their crimes, and the prospect of facing death by firing squad. Mark also hears first-hand of the heartache for their families back in Australia, as they wait to hear if their pleas for clemency will be granted.

November 23rd 2024, Ricky Neil Jr. performs their last headline show of the year, live at a The Bird in Perth WA.

Two students set out to avenge the death of their Master in a world full of bad guys and thugs.

Abducted by a cult deep in the woods, a girl fights to survive—until she learns there’s more to fear than her captors.

Soo is a short documentary that traces the life of 100-year-old grandfather Colin Soo as he revisits the places in Sydney that shaped his identity. This intimate portrait is a reflection on heritage, generational bonds, and the Cantonese Australian diaspora.

A lonely shopper tries on a new dress while a group of boys discuss the consequences of a muck-up day prank gone wrong. Contradictory impulses and neuroses concertina: be or be with, love or destroy.

A reflection on experiences as a woman and cultural commentary on stereotypical portrayals of women in film. Inspired by film noir, Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests and Joseph Cornell’s The Midnight Party. The film explores female representations using unique imagery and symbolism.

Impressions of the city of Volos, Greece.

Radical Wollongong is an action-packed account of a unique city, told by activist participants who battled 'Pig Iron Bob', defended the Communist Party against banning, were jailed for draft resistance during the Vietnam war, organised the unemployed and forced Australia's biggest company to employ women. The film also covers today's ongoing radicalism.

An essay film about the failure of post-modernism.

A surrealist meditation on mortality and isolation experienced through the eyes of an undead bunny and his zany acquaintances.

An archival record film of life at the small Madarrpa clan settlement of Bäniyala on Blue Mud Bay, some 200 kilometres south of Yirrkala.

In 1955, filmmaker Chauvel debuted Jedda. His star was a young Arrernte woman from Alice Springs named Ngarla Kunoth, or Rosalie. Her story, the story of what happened before and after Chauvel's film, is told in Rosalie's Journey.

Want to be a big game hunter but hate the big game price tag that comes with it? Don’t go to Africa to kill animals – have a fun day out with your family at The Drive Zoo! Witness fantastic creatures in their natural habitat, then shoot them all from the comfort of your car. Experience the thrill of hunting with less death, less guilt, less blood and more glory!

TWO WOMEN records our passage through the tribal lands of the Central Australian region – a personal charting of this mythical landscape. The film is shaped by an unedited recording made of a Pitjantjatjara women’s song cycle: "Two Women", which describes the travels of ancestral women through this region. The film is not a literal interpretation of the song story, and there is no translation of the song. We are outsiders to this culture, and must therefore learn what we can from the ‚surface’ of the song cycle – from the voices singing, talking, whispering, coughing, laughing, reprimanding children.

Best friends Tim and Joel pick right up where they left off when Tim returns home to prove he's all grown up and will no longer be Joel's sidekick. Tonight they decide once and for all who is Batman and who is Robin in their dynamic duo.

Kumi travels to Japan to deliver news to a family she hopes still exists, about a father she never really knew. Her identity is challenged as she tries to understand why she feels so at home in this intoxicating country.

A videographic film exploiting the phosphor textures on the cathode screen. Video images are filmed, filter-coloured and supered in the camera.

“The film was made spontaneously one afternoon in 1966. When a few friends got together... We were all in love with the film medium...” (Garry Shead)

20th Anniversary Pop collection (15 videos) featuring Gary Numan's new wave classic "Cars" to Lionel Richie's smooth moves in "All Night Long" and Aqua's outrageous "Barbie Girl," Lisa Stansfield's "All Around the World," Smash Mouth's "Walkin' on the Sun," Tears for Fears' "Shout," Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping," Big Country's "In a Big Country," A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran" and more.

A young girl loses her job, prompting a day of mundane and surprisingly deep conversations.

When a contraceptive implant sends twenty-one year old Andrea violently insane, she must find a way to remove it before she does something that she’ll regret for the rest of her life.

A young student returns home exhausted and stressed. All she wants is just a little sleep, but she gets rather distracted by the constant ticking of a bedside clock.

Surf documentary

This experimental documentary about two young Paddington dress-makers was banned for nudity, but was screened widely in Australia without complaint.

Arrowhead is a movie about redemption and loneliness, set against the backdrop of a sun-baked desert planet. After an intense prison break, Kye's heroism gains him the attention of a ragtag group of rebels, led by an ex-military general. With the promise of guaranteed freedom, the general lures Kye into a dangerous hostage mission which leads him stranded alone on a planet for several years. While alone, our hero has to decide whether he wants to continue on his violent path, or undo the damage he has done. But inner peace is hindered when Kye becomes infected with a symbiotic alien creature, which periodically causes hideous transformations. It's Jekyll and Hyde meets Robinson Crusoe. The Incredible Hulk in the distant stars. A bullets-and-sand adventure that will introduce pulp science fiction to the cerebral, character-based intimacy of independent cinema.

Shot around the 1968 Arts Vietnam protest—where artists gathered to oppose Australia’s role in the war—this experimental collage film splices festival footage with news imagery, photographs, commercials, and televised material to expose how Vietnam was “experienced” through media and to implicate the viewer in that mediation.

A down-spiralling stand-up comedian is forced to confront his inner demons when a routine rehearsal for his comeback show collapses into a brutal psychological reckoning on stage.

Mamadrama combines film clips, cultural commentary, interviews with Hollywood and Israeli filmmakers and footage from Schwarz's earlier films in an exploration of the image of the Jewish mother in film beginning with early silent and Yiddish films up through contemporary movies.

A Lynchian depiction of self-transformation in the social media age. Steeped in saturated colour, unnerving cinematography and bold sound design, this chamber piece depicts a young woman’s confrontation with impostor syndrome and racialised beauty standards.

An emergency services operator takes a call from a young boy whose mother has collapsed and is confronted by numerous parallels between the boy's home life and her own.

“Tourists, postcards, different views of the same icon. The Bridge is a piece of geometry so I figured the film had to be geometric, too. The matte box allowed me to create postcards within postcards within postcards. It was all done in-camera…very demanding, it took all winter! The matting had to be carefully calculated and each image rewound by hand, then rephotographed, in the right position and at the right exposure. I surrounded the Bridge with a mass of water…vertically and horizontally. The water is by turns soft and then metallic as it reflects in the low winter sun. The movement, the steel and the water create an interplay as harbour sounds, wind chimes, boats…tinkle.” (Paul Winkler)

‘The Bridge’ follows a young woman who hears a mysterious phone ringing in the forest and follows it into a surreal world, where inspiration resides but cannot manifest. It is a meditation on the creative act as a passage between fantasy and reality; a concept I was very much in touch with throughout the process of manifesting this film.

A bored office worker challenges a homeless man for a bottle worth 10 cents.

A weekend they will never forget. The Animals can drink white claws, wear fedoras, do backflips and get Katy Perry lyrics tattooed... all in the space of 48 hours.

On a day like any other during the early Cretaceous, a travelling Microraptor lands on the wrong branch and upsets a nesting enantiornithine.

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.

Sophie, a young woman torn between independence and duty, attends a Chinese New Year family gathering. When a red packet is exchanged, it uncovers hidden conflicts between generations. As tensions rise, Sophie and her relatives must confront the balance between their personal freedom and cultural traditions. The Red Packet explores themes of love, duty, and unspoken emotions, blending warmth with conflict to reflect on the ties that bind families together.

Many Australians know of Gallipoli. Few know of Lemnos and of this humble Greek island's critical contribution to the Dardanelles campaign. For the first time, with rare photo archives and compelling personal accounts, this unique documentary explores a little-known setting during Australia's first war that was crucial in the shaping of the country's modern identity, with fascinating new themes.

NRL stars Addo-Carr, Bateman, Olam and Kamikamica rose from humble beginnings worldwide to rugby league fame. Now they're using their success to give back to communities and create positive change globally.

Nate and Steve make a new website!!

The Buyback follows James Stanton-Cooke, co-founder of not-for-profit organisation Halfcut. Their mission is to purchase undeveloped land in the Lowland Daintree Rainforest and protect one of the world's last surviving ancient ecosystems. With more than half the world's forests lost to deforestation, time is running out. This fact is physically etched into James himself as he proudly wears half a beard in constant protest. We uncover the effect human habitation is having on this ecosystem and follow amazing individuals who are fighting against development pressures. There are tangible solutions to these issues, and through organisations like Halfcut everyone can help to protect and restore what's left of the world's oldest rainforest.

A man with a predatory nature goes on a tinder date, a sinister plan begins to unravel.

Rachel is a single mother and a very resilient young woman who has faced many problems in her past. Now she wants brain surgery to rid her of the epilepsy that is ruling her life. This intimate observational documentary follows her through the assessment process for brain surgery and the subsequent surgery, with many dramatic turns along the way.

During the anticipation of an upcoming state election, a brooding Aussie senator tries to win the hearts of conservative voters.

Three foster siblings come together for a weekend to confront their alcoholic mother and face some hard truths as they attempt to mend the family - hanging by a thread.

It's their world, not yours.

The Republic of Kiribati is one of the most isolated places in the Pacific and because of this it has been possible for its people to retain much of their traditional way of life. In this film, made on Tabiteuea Island four years after independence, we witness a special three-day ritual dating from pre-colonial times, in which Manerrua – a schoolgirl of 14 – celebrates her first menstruation

Documentary filmmaker researching film on motherhood faces personal decision on whether or not to have a child of her own This film blurs the boundaries between documentary and fiction and develops into a critique of documentary methods.

Somewhere between Sri Lanka and the island of New Guinea, in the upper reaches of the Amazonia jungle, there is rumoured to be a lost tribe of cannibals. Assembled out of Italo cannibal mondo movies, Hollow Jungle documents their rituals, sourcing their power in narrative repetitions and analogies, before structurally locating them in the prurient pathologies of certain pseudo-ethnographies.

Lifelong friends Edward, Michael and Ashley are involved in a love triangle but not all of them are aware of it. Embarking on a road trip, they start the process of untangling their feelings for one another.

For the last 23 years, Peter Roberts has had the most unusual job in Australia. He helps people to die.

Aboriginal singer Zaachariaha Fielding is taking the Australian music industry by storm; touring the nation and the world with his groundbreaking electro-soul band Electric Fields. From winning New Talent of the Year at the National Indigenous Music Awards, Zaachariaha returns to the tiny central desert community of Mimili to reveal the inspiration behind his unique music. Through revealing interviews with Zaachariaha and his family, we learn of the challenges he was forced to overcome as a child, and his journey to music stardom as a proud member of the LGBTQ community.

Each year, Melbourne’s ‘Same Sex Formal’ is attended by young people from across the state who have missed out on the one rite-of-passage most teenagers take for granted - either because their school explicitly refused to let them bring a same-sex partner, or because they just didn’t feel safe to do so. With breathtaking insight, honesty and humour, 12 LGBT teens reveal the highs and lows of their experiences with falling in love, coming out at high school and coming of age.