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This short documentary goes behind the scenes at Lifeline, an organisation dedicated to saving lives in Australia, profiling the people who work and volunteer for the service.

They're girls... they're vampires... they're killers... and they're in bikinis... and now they have returned!

A young woman returns to a special place from her childhood.

Nate and Steve make a new website!!

Juan Garrido Salgado immigrated to Australia from Chile in 1990, fleeing the regime that burned his poetry, imprisoned him, and tortured him for his political activism. “My verse is born by the nights of the curfew… when I was clandestine.”

This ground-breaking true crime documentary details the chilling story of Australia's most infamous contract killing.

Shots inside and outside a house.

Chris Miller (Street Name: Dr. Block) is a devious black-market dealer who works in the streets of Melbourne. Two detectives in the Melbourne Drug Strategy Unit (MDSU) attempt to track Dr. Block down in order to cease the distribution of methamphetamines through the city.

Escaping from her abusive past and living her dream life in Paris with the love of her life, Harold. They spend their days loving each other deeply and tenderly. Falling asleep later that night, the girl enters a very real dream like state and finds herself back in her old abusive relationship and tries to escape from him.

A traumatised and grief stricken Gab is recruited by ASIO to assist in the termination of an increasingly volatile old foe, stretching his fragile composure to breaking point in an apocalyptic final showdown.

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.

As refugees and migrants face the dark underbelly of Johannesburg, this documentary illuminates their hardships and persistent hopes for a better future.

We ride the Highest Roads in the World across the Himalayas We clock up some serious Ks riding to Adelaide and Back to race the SA 24 Hour Reliability Trials

Have You Seen My Camera? follows the story of three friends (Rejjie, Fabian and Ari) who were on set to film a music video. It quickly turned into this documentary because Rejjie lost his camera and all the footage.

"Cheers for checking this out. Gutless Wonder is my debut comedy special. I toured this show around Australia in 2022, which included this night at the Newham Mechanics Institute."

In a dystopian alternate reality, a team of investigators must find the killer responsible for a string of brutal murders before it's too late.

Has your mind escaped you?

"Chartbusting 80s Vol 5 - By Request" features the 35 most requested 80s clips as voted for by fans of the top rating Channel 31 show, hosted by Queen Josie Parrelli. Included on this DVD are classic clips from New Order, Divinyls, Mondo Rock, David Bowie and Mick Jagger, twisted Sister, Rick Springfield, Men at Work. Communards, Underworld and many more! Also included is a bonus DVD of highlights and performances from Chartbusting 80s 2007 season. The clips featured on this DVD are the original versions and have not been digitally remastered - therefore the sound and vision quality may vary.

GRAVEL ROAD is the story of Jay Minning, singer-songwriter of the most remote rock band in the world, The Desert Stars. His four-piece band are traditional land owners of Spinifex Country, in the Great Victoria Desert, Western Australia — home of the last nomads.

After two years abroad, 17-year-old Rosie returns to her hometown, Winton for one night to attend her grandmother’s funeral. With less than 12 hours till she leaves again, Rosie reconnects with her middle school sweetheart, Jamie.

Two boys are waiting in the Tower of London for their big day of celebration. The older boy is just 12 years old in the summer of 1483 and is to be crowned King of England. But suddenly doubts arise among the nobles about the succession to the throne and his uncle receives the crown. After the coronation, the two young heirs to the throne disappear from the face of the earth. Have they been kidnapped or murdered? The new King Richard III remains silent on the matter. But the doubts about his accession to the throne remain. In the 17th century, bones are found during building work, confirming the old suspicion against Richard III as a child murderer. What happened to the two boys in the Tower? A cold case from the age of the knights in England, in which numerous new clues have been found in recent years.

James is trying to reconcile the relationship between him and his sister after their parents pass away but is reluctant on going to The Church of Life where she is now spending most of her time. After going back and forth about whether to go or not with his friend Michael, James eventually decides to go, leading him to have strange encounters with a few people.

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

Sarah, a first-time mother, is struggling to connect with her newborn baby and is pushed to her limits when she discovers a surprise birthday party has been organised for her 30th by her insta famous bestie.

A fictional comedy about Australian and Japanese culture clash.

A comedic look into the life and struggles of an artist during the COVID pandemic. This film was made possible by a generous grant from Regional Arts Victoria.

An intense and sometimes disturbing series of encounters between the filmmaker and his mother as they relive the traumatic years of his childhood and adolescence. Following the migration of the family to Australia from Holland in the difficult postwar years they had to grapple with problems of housing, social injustice and adjustment made more difficult by the father's mental illness. For the filmmaker 'the sentiment had to be uncompromisingly true' although he became aware that 'all film is fiction'. National Film and Video Lending Service Catalogue, ACMI.

A portrait of the only remaining priestess who lives permanently on Hatoma. She also runs the only remaining shop, thus providing for the islanders in both a spiritual and material sense. Through a series of quiet conversations, the film reflects the priestess's gentle personality and her own view of the role of ritual in the daily life of the island. -Ronin Films

A thick fog throws a trio of fishermen off course deep within the northern Atlantic Ocean. Lost and adrift, their vessel awakens unspeakable horrors.

This is the story of a company placed on Earth by the Christian god with the sole purpose of killing members of other religions than Christianity.

May and Beau head off on a slow, tooled-up, distracted lap of the block - which happens to be a perfect mile.

Made during the COVID-19 pandemic, this film is a play on ‘winner winner, chicken dinner’, a phrase often used by Australians to celebrate personal victory. It reflects on the selfishness that was prevalent in Melbourne as we headed into each lockdown. With panic-buying stripping supermarket aisles bare, even those who wanted to take the moral high ground began to think - if you can’t beat them, do you join them?

The muffling of external noise that stems from isolation provides us with enough silence to start listening to our inner voice. Hello me, it's nice to meet you.

An experimental work about the Australian forests by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill.

Welcome to 'Col Elliot's Roadworks' - It's a hilarious mix of Col's stories, observations, gags, unplayable songs, characters and travel. Nothing and nobody's sacred - if you're into being politically correct this is definitely not for you - put it back on the shelf.

A delirious adolescent wakes in the middle of the day to find his mother dead and little to no recollection of the past.

“To understand life is to know that much of it is lived in the dark - there is very little daylight in our understanding or comprehension. To find truth, we need to reach out for it, but most often when we pull our hands back to examine what we have found, our hands are empty…” Surrounded by jungle, a woman stands alone in a garden, as a wandering spirit enters her home.

A mad scientist's life turns pear-shaped after accidentally installing a vampire brain in his monster creation.

Follows the journey of a spirited Nepali village girl on her pursuit to being a world-recognized mountain runner. Growing up in a remote mountain village in Nepal, Mira always dreamed of being successful in sport despite all the challenges that she & other Nepali girls face. After running away from home, Mira joined the Maoist army until as a young adult, she traveled the long distance to Kathmandu to try her luck. Out of money, she was about to return home to her village, when by chance on a morning run, she meets another runner who tells her about a long running race in the local hills. She wins it and soon begins to realize her tough mountain village upbringing has prepared her perfectly for this sport.

Set in Australia, Love with the Poet is an experimental visual feature based on five poems that reflect youth loneliness.

Two lifelong friends in their twilight years seek retribution against the schoolyard bully who tortured them as children.

Dasha, a 15 year old Ukrainian girl with an unwanted reputation is forced to stand up to her past.

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.

Originally completed in 2018, the film was largely self-funded, Mr Yen Ooi worked on the script, refining the vision of the film for over a decade, with multiple iterations of the story under names such as 'Beetle Ramen', in which the completed draft of this screenplay was finalised in 2005, this would become the basis of inspiration and 13 years later the final production "Spaghetti Ramen" would be completed. It was then distributed to different indie and international film festivals. Unfortunately due to the passing of the director in the same year, the final processes were incomplete and the film did not get screened anywhere due to not getting the rights clearance. In 2023 however, the film was cleared to screen at WORM, Camera Japan in Rotterdam. This allowed for the first and only screening of the film in the world.

When a scientist finds a cocoon a woman emerges from it. She is being chased by two faceless monsters who are collecting specimens for a museum.

A plasticene animated film about a lonely lighthouse, a craggy old lighthouse keeper and a mysterious dark figure that moves in the fog. A delightful song ends this tale of unrequited love.

An eccentric cross-section of inner-city Sydney types - a widow, a reality TV star, a teenager, a criminal and a cult leader - collide in wildly original melodrama.

Dwarfed by the dusty wheat fields of a remote farm, two mischievous boys barrel down the dirt driveway with a sticky accelerator, leaving a trail of destruction as they head towards the farmhouse where an unsuspecting Dad bakes a birthday cake. Furiously giving chase in a giant tractor is Mum.

The world's fastest time attack machines and drivers converged on Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney, Australia for the 2010 Yokohama Advan World Time Attack Challenge. Four teams from Japan and one from the US took on the top Pro Class time attack cars in Australia over 2 days. Over 100 highly modified cars also fought it out in the Open cna Clubsprint Classes, along with Australia's best drifters and two D1 drivers from Japan, also battled it out in the Tectaloy Drift Challenge. This DVD covers all the action from the two day event, with behind the scenes interviews, a closer look at all the Pro Class cars, pit reports, on-board camera's galore, including in every Pro Class car, and the best action from multiple cameras around the track!

Somewhere in England brave souls line up to take on this year's fiery chilli crop.

A man wakes up with a bomb beside him and an AI in his ear telling him how to survive. As the countdown ticks, he begins to doubt whether the voice guiding him actually wants him to live.

In 17th century Scotland, an accused witch is desperate for a higher power to free her from her bonds.

By loving and accepting herself for who she truly is, a teenage girl wipes her insecurities away leaving only her true beauty behind.

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.

Four best friends join together one Friday night wanting insanity — they're expecting a thrilling, drug-fuelled, deranged night without any restraints. Everything goes well, but what initially seems like a night that could last forever soon leaves them fatigued and contemplative — especially since someone is now on their minds.

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.

Two women explore queer romance during the Covid-19 lockdown restriction of 5 kilometres and an 8 pm curfew in Melbourne.

D'Arcy loves Lloyd, but Lloyd has his sights set on Rand, the handsome straight policeman.