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A film about Michelangelo's dream of the connection of the fingertips.

A man arrives home from work and relaxes. Who is he?

When Andy wakes up in the middle of nowhere, he has to figure out how to get home, and he just may need some help from the one person that stranded him there.

Single mother Evelyn makes a fairy garden for their tomboy daughter to encourage them to reconnect with their childhood however, through the garden Rose meets a non-binary fairy who helps them to find what kind of fairy they truly are

A documentary about Graeme Campbel MP, an Australian federal member of Parliament.

Dilruk Jayasinha hosts the 2023 RAW Comedy final, featuring top 13 contenders vying for the crown. For 28 years, RAW Comedy has showcased emerging Australian talent, boasting beloved comedians among its alumni.

A look into the past of the filmmakers' Czechoslovakia-born mother, who committed suicide.

A stunning, Manhattan-esque metropolis made of paper is the setting for this stop-motion tale of all-too-familiar bureaucratic frustration.

Ant society awakens after the spring thaw to prepare a royal banquet. This video was directed by Zoë, who also did most of the animating as well as all the painting (but I did some stuff too!)

A mentally unstable engineering student falls for a girl in her lecture, the romance takes a turn for the dark when her perception is interrupted by reality.

A feature length episode of the Australian Police series, Homicide.

When you were a kid, adult television was a mystery. What strange, scary, unfathomable shows could be airing past your bedtime? But now you’re an adult, and television isn’t what you thought it would be. But what if it was? The feeling of a pillow nest and a hot drink. The feeling that the night might continue forever if you never went to sleep.

Get ready to hang ten this summer with Australia’s hottest rising star – Greg Larsen! The self-described “bad boy” of comedy is going to push all your buttons, and make you squeal... in a good way! Greg has been kicking goals in comedy for a while now, and this dirty-30-something is gonna give it to you straight (with a few curve-balls thrown in for good measure!). He’s been in The Tourist on Stan, Young Rock on NBC, and with his recent gastroscopy and colonoscopy, you might say the camera loves him inside and out! But where Greg truly shines is when he treads the boards to make live audiences giggle. He’s a big Aussie giggleman and he’s not afraid to admit it! Why don’t you come along and take a journey into the twisted mind of a real comedian? Get on the gravy train 'cause this lol-rocket is about to take off!

A touching, and deeply personal monologue on the subject of disability, by Emily Dash. “In ‘I Am Not A Work Of Art’, I really wanted to explore discrimination, but not in terms of narrating specific instances. It was more like… how does it feel to be made into an object of discrimination? For me, it was about getting people to listen to the full story rather than make assumptions.” Says Emily Dash of her work

Through a case scenario set in Pyrmont, one of Sydney's inner city suburbs, the film explores community responses to the community consultation process surrounding major urban redevelopment plans. Traditionally a working class area, Pyrmont has borne the brunt of urban residential demolition. Pyrmont's future includes a major casino complex, heliport, marinas and more. Where does a social mix community fit within this vision of the future, occurring under the guise of urban consolidation? - https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/concrete-city-1994/7266/

Xavier, a man living with Bipolar disorder, wakes with a goading presence in his room, soon joined by a more supportive character. As these two presences battle, he must rise above the bickering and ready himself for the day.

Dave, a lonely and isolated man, invites a mysterious babushka doll into his home, unaware of her sinister nature.

The harrowing experiences of a friend group reveal the impacts of toxic masculinity.

As the 'slant of light' comes and goes in a Massachusetts studio c. 1850, Emily summons up an English poet from an earlier age. Her playful vision of love and life ends in the unique photograph of Dickinson that survives today.

Things don't look too good for Geoff. But his son has a plan. Dare to Dream is the story of a father and son determined to have one last chance to reclaim their lives.

When a lonely suburban pool reminisces about its life, the Pool brings up memories of a young couple and its journey with them as they fall in love and face life’s trials and tribulations.

David's mourning of the death of a previous partner is interrupted by a girl named Nadia. Much to his surprise, she's here to do the same thing.

In the gentle breezes of spring, death emerges. A sun-wrapped suburban home listens to a conversation between Ringo, a film student, and Daisy, a dying cat who understands Vietnamese.

Lighting a Candle provides a personal insight into the life, work and vision of Dr Catherine Hamlin AC who, with her late husband Reg, founded the internationally renowned Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital and its pioneering work to improve women's health in Ethiopia.

Inspired by the landmark 1922 film ‘Häxan: Witchcraft through the Ages’, this new short is led by a buzzing, pulsating score designed by Häxan and composer Ephraim Lovelace. The film imagines our blue earth in the grips of a catastrophic comet shower, bringing about the end of humanity. What is our connection to Gods and ritual in the vast mystery of atomic reality?

In 1949, Evelyn Orcher was abducted as a 14-year-old girl from her NSW country home. Her family lived with the pain of not knowing her whereabouts for 31 years, until 1979, when Evelyn appeared on television in an attempt to find her family. The day after the program went to air, Evelyn received a visit from a woman she had never met. It was her niece. Evelyn had finally found her family, after 31 long years. An emotional family reunion followed, but after the emotion faded, Evelyn returned to her former life. The torment of the past had opened fresh wounds, and a new struggle had just begun. Part of Message Stick series.

The story of three talented young Aboriginal people, their aspirations and their dreams to reach the top of their chosen field. But how have they fared? From the Message Stick series.

What an Australian native, the blue-banded bees do when people can't see them. That's right, they perform symphonic musical parts.

A glimpse into the extraordinary life of Richard Pace, and what lies under the surface. To Richard, water is not only the source of life, but also the source of physical and mental healing.

Two high school best friends reunite at a party. Manti, the cheery yet awkward manticore, tries to reconnect with her old pal Arch the Angel - but it isn't long before the rift between them begins to reveal itself.

Two boys grow agitated with their videogame.

A year-long, intimate and loving study of a primary school in one of Sydney’s most diverse suburbs. At its heart is an exploration of how a community comes together to ethically educate children for the contemporary world.

The Hooley Dooleys: Ready.. Set… GO!

Sequel to the SPEED - "WE SEE U" movie. Once again directed, filmed and edited by Jack Rudder. Music recorded, mixed and mastered by Elliott Gallart at The Chameleon Studios.

"Saving Our Land", a follow up from “Panguna Mine Dilemma” on the struggle of the Indigenous population of Mekamui/Bougainville against the re-opening of Panguna mine by Rio Tinto's subsidy Bougainville Copper Limited. Panguna mine brought many problems to Mekamui and the war and ten year military blockade which followed its closure in 1989 has cost the lives of 20,000 people, which was a fifth of the population. None of the indigenous people living on the Land and from the Land want the mine re-opened. They have opposed the principles of large-scale- mining already in the 60's before the mine was opened and just want to live in peace and harmony without the intrusion of international companies ripping them of their resources and destroying and polluting their island.

Soanin Kilangit is determined to unite the people and attract international tourism through the revival of culture on Baluan Island in the South Pacific. He organizes the largest cultural festival ever held on the island, but some traditional leaders argue that Baluan never had culture and that culture comes from the white man and is now destroying their old tradition. Others, however, take the festival as a welcome opportunity to revolt against '70 years of cultural oppression' by Christianity. A struggle to define the past, present and future of Baluan culture erupts to the sound of thundering log drum rhythms.

A study of Sydney's traffic.

Louis is a patriarch, gatekeeper, and taxonomist, steeped in a tradition of measurement and naming. The eponymous chevaliere is portrayed collectively by Charlie, Lu, and Andrea, young adults who are under Louis’s watch. They feel themselves limited by his expectations, and are bound to the structure of the Estate. This is a film about leaving home.

A Bryan Hynes documentary following the story of Ultra Runner Lucy Bartholomew as she runs the the 231km Larapinta Trail in the Northern Territory Australia. From Lucys early beginnings into the sport of Ultra running, the film looks behind the curtain into the raw and upfront realities of ultra running and the undertaking of a project on this scale. The film shines a light on going beyond limits, the value of community, and showcasing some of the most beautiful landscapes of central Australia.

This work, originally shot on Super-8 was made as part of a Women and Art course at Sydney College of the Arts. Students who worked on the little experiment were: Sue Callanan, Ingrid Cullen, Ruby Davies, Sue Doust, Anne Ferran, Beth Gibbins, Pam Ledden, Kate Millington, Jenny O’Brien, Jane Parkes, Jenny Pitty, John Simpson, with extras, Eliza Campbell and Judith Lodwick.

Bill Lawson (Eddie O'Reilly), a wharf labourer, loses his job and decides to go out bush to find work to support his wife Elsa (Stella Southern) and daughter Betty. He befriends a well-born Englishman, Kenneth Hillyard (Rawdon Blandford) after rescuing him from two thugs and the two decide to go prospecting together.

A teenage drug dealer must skip town with his friend after discovering a gang and the police are both out for him. But even after leaving, not everything goes to plan.

An abstract animation set to music by Graeme Bell and his Orchestra recorded in Melbourne in 1950.

This hand-painted short animation depicts a story of two little people living in a wheat field. They grow together until the day the man left. The relationship between two little people keeps growing in the woman’s heart.

An immersive look into up-coming Melbourne band 'The Spaghetti Stains', including their upbringing in the regional Victoria area of Gippsland, their experiences as an all-female band, and their outlook on life and the future of the Melbourne music scene.

Zac has just moved away from home and during a party he loses his housewarming gift from his mother, a bonsai tree. With his mother coming for a visit, Zac must enlist the help of his friends to find the tree and prove himself to her.

Overgrown, farmed, pushed out, sold off and only half there, Beau sets off with shovel in hand, dressed like a 50's train driver, to re-trace an old train-line. To run the line end to end would be the first human passing in over 60 years. Police, fences, blackberries, runner musings and leftover pasta, map Beau against a warm autumn day as he makes his way across a landscape he's lived in his whole life.

A music commerical celebrating the bicentennial year of Captain Arthur Phillip's arrival with the 11 ships of the First Fleet in Sydney Harbour in 1788, and the founding of the city of Sydney and the convict colony of New South Wales.

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

“A woman stands ironing near a window. You never actually see the ironing, but you experience the repetition and the boredom. You see her from a multiplicity of viewpoints. Finally she opens the bloody window for a breath of fresh air.” (Paul Winkler) [Made for Oberhausen Film Festival, which invited a number of filmmakers to make a three-minute film on the theme of a window.]

In this poetic short, a former navy officer reunites with his cousins to grieve after learning of his much-loved grandfathers’ death, soon after the break-up of a relationship. Feeling alone he questions his significance, the call of the ocean is strong.

After reading over 300 self help books, Jordan Shanks (Friendlyjordies) has condensed the best from hundreds of authors who have already condensed the wisdom of thousands of years of thought and research on personal development. He’s crammed it all into a one hour show, with sides of paying out hipsters and Coffs Harbour…So not nearly enough time to cover everything, but LOOK! You’ll get something valuable out of it, alright? What do you care?

An Australian film

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).

Lotte Weiss is a Slovak Jew, who spent several years of her life at Auschwitz and Birkenau. Now she is 95 years old and lives in Australia. The director and artist Thea Weiss is married to Lotte’s son. Lotte’s stories and experiences inspired Thea to create a documentary. During the war, thousands of Slovak Jews were deported to the death camps. Only 500 survived, and Lotte was one of them. The amount of vital energy she has helped her not only to survive the torture and devastation but also, having carried the trauma in her memory through decades, to remain whole. Her capacity for kindness, forgiveness, and love gave her the strength and the will for survival.

Work is becoming more service oriented and more and more services rely upon us doing harm to each other. In most people's lives, work operates as a degrading and debilitating force. It disables people's critical and perception capacities. Unless workers assume responsibility for evaluating the meaning and implications of the work they do, there will never be the capacity to redirect the modern work institutions from their courses of violence and exploitation. Built in seven parts which correspond to each day of the week, this film studies the relationship between work being done and the nature of the people that are doing it.

An experimental sequence of colourful kaleidoscope-type images combined with a vibrant musical accompaniment.

Thoughts on the Purpose of Friendship follows two friends and their effortless friendship. The subtle interplay and hidden expressions between them remind us, in our increasingly transaction-based society, of the true and simple foundations required to build a friendship.

A man locks himself in his home by himself.