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Sarah Prentice has lived in her house for the past two years. Her fear of going outside has crippled her ability to interact with the outside world. She struggles through the everyday processes of life as she has an uncontrollable Obsessive, Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Her life is focused on the simple process of getting ready for work. For the everyday person it is as simple as getting up and getting dressed for Sarah it’s a marathon of emotions.
A man describes his process.
Over 2 billion people on earth eat insects for protein. The Gateway Bug explores how changing daily eating habits can feed humanity in an uncertain age, one meal at a time.
After the birth of her first child, a young woman struggles to find herself in the new role and connect to her new-born baby.
Cane Toads: The Conquest is a comic yet provocative account of Australia’s most notorious environmental blunder from filmmaker Mark Lewis. Shot against the harsh and beautiful landscape of northern Australia, Cane Toads: The Conquest tracks the unstoppable journey of the toad across the continent. Director Mark Lewis (Cane Toads: An Unnatural History, The Natural History of the Chicken) injects his trademark irreverence and humor into the story as he follows a trail of human conflict, bizarre culture and extraordinary close encounters. Filmed with high-resolution 3D technology, Cane Toads is the first Australian digital 3D feature film. Custom designed equipment allows viewers to get up close and personal with these curious creatures like never before. The unique viewing experience is like being immersed in the world of the toad.
The present melds with the past as a quiet factory worker relives the extraordinary journey when she and her sister took to the sea as refugees in a creaky river boat in search of a better life.
Confronted by the stark reality that his father is in an intimate relationship with another woman, seven-year-old Caleb grapples with his sense of belonging and begins to inhabit a realm of frightening magical possibility. The cracks in his parents relationship, coupled with their drug use and inability to communicate, drive Caleb further into his imagination. It is not until he meets Eddie, a blind man with a sense of mischief and a subtle inner knowing, that Caleb begins to open up and explore his own innate potential for magic, which leads ultimately, to a fulfillment of the impossible.
A documentary that delves in the motivations and trauma that drives Sydney's own Real Life Superhero, The Black Rat in his crusade against crime.
A woman is plagued by her overactive imagination.
Four teens document their night on camera as they visit an old, abandoned house that, in recent years, has caused people to go missing as well as played host to other strange occurrences. They soon realise that the secluded house is more than what it seems.
A young man reconciles ancient tradition with the modern, urban world in this debut feature from Stephen Page, artistic director of Australia’s renowned Bangarra Dance Theatre.
A close bond between two identical twins is tested when one sister rebels against their shared sense of oneness.
A group of brave and committed musicians take on an 80 year curse in an attempt to stage one of the longest, largest and most technically difficult symphonies ever composed.
An actress survives a suicide attempt and travels to Ayers Rock in Australia to find closure. Filmed in an interview style, she candidly discusses her failed relationships and how a myriad of life’s ups and downs have shaped her perspective of the world.
In a remote forest , an aspiring actress immerses herself in the mythical world of the 'Yowie' to scare others and herself into living.
On the eve of his brain-damaged daughter's 18th birthday, Daniel Shaw must find a way to reconnect with his family.
Sir David Attenborough is larger than life, his distinctive voice as recognisable as his name. In this program, renowned Australian journalist Ray Martin turns the cameras away from the beloved wildlife Sir David has spent his life documenting and onto the man himself. The show is an edited interview culled from a series of sold-out events held in theatres across Australia in 2012 and 2013.
Fresh out of prison, alex has nothing but a dream of an uncomplicated life. Unfortunately however, within the hour he's entangled in wirh the beautiful out of work actress Blanka, who dressed as a bunny hands out pamphlets on the streets of Warsaw
The concert film for the 1999 New Years Eve concert in Sydney, Australia.
Tobias, a former boxer who now makes his living owning a gym, seeks something greater. The only person standing in his way is Dallas.
In a near-future world, where individuals have their memories downloaded for backup, a man awakes in a body that is not his own.
Arj dishes up his latest show filmed live from the Powerhouse in Brisbane. As always, he starts with the finest free-range topics and nurtures them until they're brimming with wholesome hilarity, and ready for the tellin'. Remember, his cruelty-free jokes are ALWAYS tested on animals, and 100% goat-approved by the time you hear them. That's quality you can trust. *may contain traces of nuts
Caleb Loomis is an agoraphobic twenty-something. In his spare time he makes UFO videos with miniature cities and takes an unhealthy amount of LSD. One afternoon he hears Beatrice, the lady next door, being abused. After striking an odd friendship through the wall Caleb is made aware of who lives with Beatrice.. setting in to a motion a pitch-black psychedelic revenge fantasy.
I Am Evangeline explores issues of adoption and belonging through the story of a runaway clone. The main character is Evangeline, a clone manufactured for a rich man’s pleasure but with a limited life span, and who takes on the hostile city as she searches for the cure to make her fully human. In doing so she is forced to confront issues of identity and kin.
The latest work from Australian political satirist, cartoonist and filmmaker Bruce Petty contemplates our efforts to imagine the future using animated and live-action sequences, fiction and reality. An accident takes place during the filming of a documentary on the future and the film’s presenter (Rhys Muldoon) slips into unconsciousness. The actor’s muddled neurons recall fragments of his script, and he begins to consider humankind’s past and present imaginings of Utopia – an ideal and perfect state.
Disillusioned by a revival of public shaming via social media, a young Australian filmmaker confronts the real-world damage caused by a vicious online monster he created.
Three dead teenage boys come alive for one night to take revenge on the bullies who killed them thirty years ago.
Form small beginnings on a Victorian farm to globetrotting punk rock icons, the Cosmic Psychos became one of Australia's most influential bands. Now after thirty years of music making, 'Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust' documents the highs and lows of the group's musical career as told by members from the Melvins, L7, Mud Honey, Pearl Jam, and The Hard-Ons with other international music producers and from the Cosmic Psycho band members themselves.
An elderly resident meets a newly arrived one in a train ride full of surprises
Lewis was a decently selling writer once. But now that he is older, his books no longer sell, and his girlfriend is tired of being with someone who is always broke. When his publisher screws him over, Lewis is forced to take on a creative teaching job at the local community college to make ends meet. He meets a talented young woman who begins to take over his mind and his life. At the crossroad of possibilities, Lewis must decide to continue with writing or give it up forever.
Employee of the Month Doug takes immense pride in his work and today, just like any other day, he intends for his contribution at a call centre to make an impact.
Trapped in the center of a lucrative organ trafficking racket, Claire (Jessica Hegarty) discovers her father runs the grisly global criminal organization. Her sheltered life now shattered and exposed, Claire must work with Interpol to pursue the hidden truth. This journey thrusts Claire into a dark world, forced to fight for her life against a barrage of deadly hitmen assigned to silence her. No match against such organized assassins, Claire's only hope rests on a chance encounter with a protective guardian, Michael (Rody Claude), who is not all as he seems. Her fight for survival reunites Claire with her father, pushing a family's bond to its limits in a tense and desperate showdown.
In the thick of a controversial war of ideas, two enlightening figures, Sam Harris, an atheist and a critic of religion, and Maajid Nawaz, an Islamist-turned-liberal activist, partake in an engaging dialogue on the state of Islam, its potential reform, the militant ideology of Islamism, and where all this lays in a secular world.
Max can see the angels that are meant to protect us, but, only in the bathroom.
A married couple is woken in the dead of night by a mysterious phone call. Unable to sleep, they are drawn into an unsettling examination of their fears and desires.
Suffering from a mysterious affliction, a young boy is taken to a secluded hospital by his fearful parents. Lloyd soon learns that more harm is being done than good.
Pregnant and in labour, a teenager decides the best way to get to the hospital is to buy a new car. Based on Gloria Harrison's true story.
When Mrs Gonsha's class puts on a Halloween play about a boy who leaves behind his friends for a scary new place, it hits too close to home for one student.
Pushing women to the forefront, "Her Sound, Her Story" is an intimate conversation unveiling the personal experiences, histories and the significant social impact women have within the Australian music industry. Featuring conversations with over forty women, this one-of-a-kind all-female narrative is brimming with individuality, strength and creativity.
Some people are sacrificed for an evil overloads wishes.
Breaking open Stanley Milgram's infamous 'Obedience to Authority' experiments, Shock Room questions whether we're really programmed to obey.
A clerk at a lost property office is faced with unexpected change, and plans an unconventional response.
In 1967 a group of Victorian AFL (VFL) stars jetted off to challenge the All-Ireland champions, County Meath, at their own game. The players were, and are, household names – Barassi, Skilton, Jesaulenko, Davis, Hart, Nicholls, Mann, Dugdale, Fraser. Most didn’t own passports. Most had barely been out of Victoria. Ex-umpire and media juggernaut Harry Beitzel was the man who made it happen. He mortgaged his house. He organised the opponent. He flew his team of champions on a milk run to Darwin, Hong Kong, Paris, Dublin, London, New York and beyond to plant the seed of international competition. The Galahs is a rare feature film that reconnects fans with all time greats of both VFL and GAA football.
Rage celebrates turning 30 with this special look at its history and influence on Australian music and culture.
An internet personality takes a journey through the small, obscure, and downright bizarre conventions happening every weekend around the country as he tries to fit in and find the common link that unites these communities.
Recorded on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House on February 8th, 2014 with the assistance of Sydney Opera House Trust
Girl meets boy meets autonomous drone. A love story for the digital age that asks if technology brings us together or pushes us apart.
Tucked away in a forgotten and isolated motel, a 'lad' meets a returning soldier coping with post-traumatic stress disorder. The brief encounter is a soft collision of two characters both lost and trying to find themselves within each other.
The softest souls have the wildest hearts.
Filmed live from the beautiful Capitol Theatre in Sydney, let Arj Get in Your Head - What are you waiting for? Hop on in and lets ride. There's plenty of room in here. Join me and together well contemplate everything from the social evolution of humanity, to the intriguing and elusive nature of non-sexually derived boners. Ill even mention fondue at some point, and that's a promise. So take a load off your mind and get into mine already!
Taking place in the fifth reality to be discovered by humanity, Into The Alternate follows an inhabitant and foreign visitor as they struggle to survive within a collapsing ecosystem.
Will is back in Australia just in time for Christmas for an exclusive week of completely improvised shows at the Comedy Store in Sydney, see Wil free-forming and creating an hour long show off the top of his head.
A young boy builds a raft to reach his mother in the land of the dead, which he believes is at the end of the river that runs alongside their property.
When Andrew comes home from a weekend away and finds a single rose petal in his bed, he becomes convinced that his girlfriend has cheated on him.
Some rogue agents in Australia’s Border Protection Sqaud start to care more about the ratings of their reality show than what’s actually being smuggled into the country. So when viewing figures begin to plummett they hatch a plan to win viewers back by placing a BPS officer undercover with drug traffickers. It goes bad when he switches sides and becomes a drug traffiker. Now they need to bring him in before they are exposed or even worse, their show is cancelled.
Lolly has always searched for her father who abandoned her and her sister DeDe, believing that finding him will right all wrongs. Her quest leads her into an adult world, which it seems, is no place for a child. The answers Lolly seeks are secreted in the unspoken past. As the doors close on her efforts, Lolly is faced with the harshest of realities. Nobody’s Child is a coming of age story about a young girl searching for her identity.
British climber – now resident of Tasmania – Paul Pritchard, was one of the leading climbers and mountaineers of the 1980s and 1990s, renowned for his hard and extremely bold first ascents. In 1998 Paul was abseiling in to climb the Totem Pole in Tasmania when he dislodged a rock with his rope that hit him on the head, leaving him with a severe head injury that he was lucky to survive. The aftermath of the accident left him with hemiplegia, which means he has little feeling or movement in the right side of this body. Despite this disability, Paul’s continued to live a life filled with adventure. Eighteen years later Paul returns to the Totem Pole to find out if he has recovered enough to finish the climb.
The crumbling of a couple's relationship manifests itself in mold growing in their bathroom.
Like a cross between Harmony Korine’s work and Tim Hunter’s cult classic River’s Edge, Bugs follows a group of teenagers as they plan their weekend and jostle for position in the complex hierarchy of teenage social networks. Meanwhile, in nearby bushland, lies the corpse of Amanda. But, oddly, no one seems to care.
A student short film following a young girl's exposure to the modeling industry, heavily inspired by 'Neon Demon' and 'Black Swan'.