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Joe Leahy and his complicated relationship with the Guniga people in the Papua New Guinea highlands.

A killer that lives in the woods kills for an entity called ‘The Deer God’

After a devastating breakup, Liz spirals into depression and fears a future without her ex. Then she receives a magical hourglass that reveals the future she’ll have with anyone she dates. Armed with this power, she embarks on a dating spree, exploring countless possible lives in search of the perfect one. But can a perfect future truly exist?

Joel Creasy hosts a special with John Cleese, Steve Martin, Trevor Noah, Dame Edna Everage and Adam Hills.

When the strange sounds in her new home prevent Elle from enjoying a relaxing night alone, she begins to suspect an evil presence. As she discovers the true intentions of her tormentor, her night becomes a fight to survive.

Renowned Australian artist William Yang traces the labyrinthine web of his family history in this adaptation of his iconic live performance piece. William was born and raised in North Queensland, his grandparents having migrated from China to the Top End during the 1880s gold rush. Yet it was not until mid-life that he claimed his Chinese heritage, which had hitherto been lost to him by his complete assimilation into the Australian way of life. William's transatlantic exploration of his genealogy unites him with scores of relatives from all walks of life, some rich, but most ordinary folk with menial jobs, and most cannot speak a word of Chinese. A visual feast, Blood Links examines how the Chinese diaspora establish roots in foreign soil, and how over the generations, through intermarriage, blood is mixed; yet the intricate bonds of family remain.

On a quest to challenge the hypocrisy of local politics and disrupt the status quo, a young filmmaker finds himself caught up in the con.

On the night of her 21st birthday, a sexually frustrated virgin tries to convince her celibate boyfriend to have sex with her.

LA. 1977. Two private investigators named Disco and Daggers are hired to uncover the death of notorious mafia figure, Tommy Vercelli. After meeting with several people who share their insight on the crime, the duo realise the case may not be as it seems.

Sunshine Soup captures the meeting and recording of reclusive French saxophonist Ariel Kalma and rising modular synthesist Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe around their collaboration album. Set against the vibrant tones of Australia's outback, directors Misha Hollenbach and Johann Rashid focus an curious lens on the transportive qualities of musical exchange and friendship.

Alexander Voronin rules Sydney’s hidden crime world. When Karma strikes, he loses everything can he rise again?

A woman tired of busy city life craves some respite and sets out for the wilderness.

Legend has it that the islands of the Coral Sea are built on the back of a giant sea turtle. Saltwater runs through the veins of the local people, who are deeply connected to the ocean----also some of the most important sanctuaries for endangered green sea turtles in the world. Join local conservationists as they safeguard the future of green sea turtles, one tiny new hatchling at a time.

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

A boy delves into a mystery surrounding his beloved Cat after he has a paranormal experience while looking into the Cat’s eyes. As the boy desperately attempts to figure out what happened, he begins to lose his grasp of reality, becoming crazed with trying to understand his household pet.

Shortly after his 1977 Daily Mirror reports on dissidents in the Soviet Union, John Pilger entered Czechoslovakia undercover to film A Faraway Country… a people of whom we know nothing, a title taking the words that British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain used to describe Czechoslovakia dismissively in 1938 when it was invaded by the Nazis.

In A Nod and a Wink, John Pilger demonstrates how the charge of conspiracy is being used as a means of political suppression in Britain, comparing this with statutes in police states such as Brazil and the Soviet Union, which use “a vague law” to silence and imprison people for their political or religious views.

Buried Alive exposes some of the ugly truths about the nature of Western Democracy, the world media and third world colonialism. But the story of East Timor also presents the potential for individuals to effect change. The history of East Timor from its time as a Portuguse colony, rise of Fretilin Party, declaration of independence, civil war, desertion by Portugal and the rest of the world and invasion by Indonesia. Shows the struggle of Jose Remos-Horta to draw attention and support at the United Nations for the plight of East Timor.

A person in a fishing boat looks deep into the reflective water around them.

A successful screenwriting prodigy goes to film school and is forced to reflect on his status as an award-winner, by a character of a different clay from most.

Two boys grow agitated with their videogame.

In this animated tale of awakening, a woman explores the anxious landscape of sexuality and desire. With the help of her mischievous alter ego, she searches for the animal within. Over three years in the making, its mutable clay characters negotiate an eerie Australasian landscape (created with multi-plane paint-on-glass sets), inhabited only by strange birds and roving creatures of the night. Feline investigates the possibilities for changing oneself in a world where physicality and identity are fluid. It is a tale of denial, sexual awakening, and self acceptance.

Calling all superheroes! The Wiggles - Anthony, Simon, Lachy and Tsehay are joined by the ‘Fruit Salad TV’ Wiggles - Evie, John, Caterina and Kelly in this all-new musical special that celebrates the everyday heroes in our community. Featuring over 20 brand new songs, Super Wiggles showcases the newest members of Wiggle Town in catchy new tunes including "Hey Tsehay!", "I'm Evie, I Wear Ballet Shoes!" and "I'm John, I'm Strong!". Plus, we meet new friends such as the wonderful Super Granny, Super Ballet Man, Chengwu (who demonstrates his amazing dance skills) and the multi-talented Paloma the Mermaid. Super Wiggles remind us all that not all heroes wear capes and that superheroes are everywhere, from teachers, to the lollipop person, to even the garbage truck driver. Who knows, you may even be one too!

A pizza boy on his rounds becomes embroiled in a crazed customer’s monster hunt.

A collection of early Australian films about bushrangers, compiled by Australia's National Film and Sound Archive. Films are: [unknown] (1906), The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906), The Story of the Kelly Gang (1910), Thunderbolt (1910), Trooper Campbell (1914), The Kelly Gang (1920), Robbery Under Arms (1920), When The Kellys Were Out (1923), and Trooper O'Brien (1928).

When the war came to Ukraine in 2014, 18-year-old Yana Zinkevych watched as her countrymen returned to little or no care, so she set about creating a local chapter of an ancient order of medics. Three years into the conflict, her organisation had grown from a handful of dedicated followers to a battalion of veterans, but early one frosty winter morning, Yana’s life and work came to a crashing halt as she found herself lying in a ditch, with a car bearing down on top of her...

Geenie Reenie and Dozen order some food. If only life were that simple – or understandable.

The subject of Death of Place is 16mm film's direct on film techniques, migrated into the digital realm. Its story catches half articulated childhood memories of reading and writing, the visceral material traces and gestures of a lost practice and life.

Good Grief is a short stop motion animated documentary that explores the lessons we learn from dealing with grief and loss. Five real people share their true stories of losing something precious and what it has taught them about living.

Following the Sunnyboys’ enigmatic frontman Jeremy Oxley from the band’s origins, breakthrough success and his subsequent 30-year battle with schizophrenia, The Sunnyboy is one man's inspired story of survival and hope. A meditation on a condition often stigmatised and misunderstood, Kaye Harrison’s documentary buries below the surface of Oxley’s public “identity” to explore his own reality and battle to maintain “self”. Secure in a loving relationship with his partner Mary, Oxley slowly emerges from his solitary torment to join the world we all share. The film follows him as he tentatively unpicks his confused thoughts and feelings about the past with his brother Peter. From his struggle with the physical effects of years spent self-medicating to his hopeful contemplation of a married future and a daring return to the stage, The Sunnyboy is the definitive documentary of Jeremy Oxley's journey from the Sunnyboys and back.

Using sounds from the past, over pictures of the present, the film glimpses a man’s life in pioneering days. Set in the historic town of Richmond, Tasmania, the film shows some of the classic colonial Georgian houses and churches.

A documentary following sham radio host Mia as she spirals in the lead-up to her interview with musician Eli Wan at his house party in Sydney, and the disastrous interview itself

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.

The golden fairy Harmony and her fairy friend, Rainbow Rhapsody, join their friends Barnaby the Bizzy Buzzy Bee, the Fairy Tots, Elf Tots and children to have lots of magical fun. It's full of original fairy songs that kids, fairies and elves of all ages can dance and sing along with!

The Cooks River: Australia's sickest urban river is located in the glamorous and famously pretty city of Sydney. This makes sense, given it’s also Australia's largest, hard-surfaced, drainified, leaky-sewered, city. In my little red kayak I decided to trace all 23km of the Cooks River, inspired to do so after paddling my boyhood river over 4 days in the name of Backyard Adventuring. Finding it not only challenging, but shocking in terms of its ill health, I’ve since shifted from wanting to see the wildest and most pristine places on earth, to the most degraded and sick. This is a journey of ill-health, sadness and hope; putting a test to the local saying, ‘if you fall in, you’ll dissolve’.

Two children discover the mysteries of the universe through the unique combination of the world’s most advanced radio telescope and the oldest living culture on earth.

Music student Tom takes a stand against the abuse of power by his teacher.

In a bid to extend his adolescence, Gordon convinces his reluctant fiancée to allow his best-friend Jez and himself to live in the house they have just bought in a bachelor pad situation for the year before they get married.

A short film about one man who dared to be different.

While Mia and Max get ready for bed, Max is forced to face the implications of an adolescent crime that may threaten his current relationship.

Footballs biggest names put together their own personal list of players who have had the greatest impact on the game and their careers.

In his campaign video, Jack showcases his passion, dedication, and vision for a better school community. With fresh ideas, a commitment to inclusivity, and a genuine desire to make every student’s voice heard, Jack is ready to lead with integrity and enthusiasm. Vote Jack Davidson!

An exploration of Sansara, chasing the phantoms of our own wild desire and the fickle, and at times mundane, repetitive existence and plight of our particular sentient species.

A fisherman and a wildife photographer both want the same fish.

In this captivating, perplexing portrait of her mother, Dora Bialestock, filmmaker Rivka Hartman explores the wildly contradictory nature of this well-known Melbourne figure.

When speed demon and record holder Josh “Wheely” Wilson learns that there might be someone in town faster than him, he sets about finding an elusive legend by the name of Burnout Barry - to challenge him to a race.

Untitled is a collage film that combines the image and sound of Takashi Makino, the music of Lawrence English and the automatic writing text of Esperanza Collado, produced between March and June 2020, when the first attack of the coronavirus shook the world.

A documentary following the oldest continuous culture on the planet, the indigenous people of Australia. In this film we learn how they continue to live sustainably and care for their country, harnessing the deadliest bushfires on the planet. With climate change rapidly warming and drying the planet and destructive bush fires ever increasing around the globe we look to the ancient wisdom Indigenous Australians have held for centuries to help save wildlife, homes and lives.

In a sunlit studio, a young woman is getting ready to have her portrait painted by a young man. The woman is curious to see how she is perceived. She spends her life carefully projecting an image of herself, but what testimony will a man's painting give?

A mysterious beast that lives in the storm drains beneath the city begins to hunt and feed on a drug cartel.

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

The Brooklyn Arts Hotel was in downtown Fitzroy, Melbourne, and while rather a well-kept secret, it hosted over 25,000 guests during its 15 years of operation.This heart-warming and inspiring documentary is an intimate portrait of Maggie Fooke, the creator of the hotel, as she navigates the final days of this dearly-loved institution, before its closure due to financial constraints. TO THANK THE ROOM is about living life to the fullest and facing major life-transition. Maggie leads a merry dance as she both embraces and resists the process of letting go, with a fierce determination to relish and share her beloved ‘Brooklyn’ to the very last drop.A film by Belinda Lloyd (her directorial debut) in collaboration with Maggie Fooke and Larry Lawson, and recently awarded Best Melbourne Documentary 2024 at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.

An alien in human form has foreseen the coming apocalypse. One of his followers agrees to sacrifice herself to avert disaster. But Lachlan sees through it – and sets out to save her.

Outback Australia has the highest suicide rates in the country, particularly for men, so when mental health motorcycle gang ‘Psychs on Bikes’ rolls into town, it can kick start a ‘life-changing’ conversation. Join ‘Psychs on Bikes’ on an epic road trip and ‘mental health mission’ around Australia.

"Lost forever in the vortex of Eastern European anxiety, our puppet hero Hector languishes in scene after scene of contrived torment. Antiquity is thus his total realm, his self... This is the flipside of Perestroika; the solid weight of monuments and walls crashing down on waiting faceless figures." - David Cox, Cantrills Filmnotes, Issue 63/64, December 1990.

An online biology class devolves into chaos and shenanigans as the students adjust to online school.

The curiosity of a schoolgirl leads her to skip a day at school to observe a classmate as she wanders through the city.

A Japanese martial artist Tomioka sends out the challenge letter to the world class martial artists all over the world to challenge them to become the strongest martial artist in the world.