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A 'cine-ramic' roller-coaster ride through the rise, fall and re-birth of projected film.

Looking Black explores the impact of Indigenous storytelling at the ABC, and how it has created deep and honest conversations about the experience of First Nations journalists, storytellers, and presenters.

Olivia Martin McGuire (China Love) parallels a grandfather’s journey to safety during the Cultural Revolution with his granddaughter’s fight for freedom in Hong Kong today. Interweaving unflinching testimony of the elder’s exodus from the Chinese mainland, exquisitely animated recreations of the perilous escape to Hong Kong through land and sea, and vivid, evocative archival footage of both mid-20th-century China and the Hong Kong protests today, Freedom Swimmer emerges as a gripping and timely account of the struggle for survival across generations.

A story of a father and daughter in the father's last days in life.

When Jade’s oldest and dearest friend begins to prioritise the needs of someone new at their weekly social netball game, her deepest fear of losing the friendship begins to consume her. While the teams wait for the harsh winter rain to ease so they can resume their game, Jade aggressively attempts to win back her status during a seemingly friendly, low-stakes card game.

Shakespeare's rival - a female poet hidden in history - hers is an extraordinary story. The Bard borrowed her life, her love, and even her words.

With an impending eviction hanging over their heads, freshly unemployed Maggie, gig-economy worker Will, and feuding couple Isabelle and May embark on a seemingly futile hunt for an affordable share house. Along the way they encounter unsanitary toilets, attic kitchens, and an alleged haunting. As Will forms an unlikely friendship with a war veteran, Isabelle hits it off with her local barista, and endless mishaps, coincidences and hook-ups gone awry abound.

Chasing the Light: Norfolk Island with Ray Martin is a visual feast, rich in land and sea cinematography and photography by some of the best in the business, while at the same time telling the unique, exotic and often surprising story of one of Australia’s great treasures: Norfolk Island. World famous landscape photographer Ken Duncan chases the light in an odyssey to get the perfect shot on the spectacular island gifted by Queen Victoria to the Pitcairn Islanders, mutineers from the Bounty, their Tahitian wives and their families and descendants. Ken, the master, has his sidekick and protégé Ray Martin along with him and they link up with local photographer and underwater specialist Zach Sanders. Capturing their chase is one of Australia’s most awarded cinematographers Andy Taylor. Andy turns his own lens on the lensmen and Norfolk’s unforgettable scenery, characters, culture, and customs.

Steven Sullivan, a lonely office worker in an Australian metropolis longs to escape his feelings of self-loathing. Forcing himself into a life of hedonism, degeneracy and high-risk situations with a complete disregard for self-preservation, Steven begins his descent from a banal but normal life into a place with no return.

A genre breaking psychological fantasy film, following one of 12 archetypes, The Hero, attempting to complete his quest of self discovery. In this world devoid of life apart from these 12 archetypes, Hero finds he is left with only one final person to interview. The proud, excentric and boastful Jester, or as he prefers to be called, "Alakazam". With the clash Hero's need for control and order clashing with Alakzam's careless free nature, the two character's are forced to questions their own personas and nature.

Paperboys, Matt and Dewey race the clock to beat a delivery record, but their joyride comes to a halt when a problem arises that tests their true friendship.

Megan, a young girl on her way home from school, waits for the bus before she encounters Death, who has come to take her into the afterlife. As luck would have it, Death neglected to account for daylight savings, which means he arrived an hour early for Megan’s death. Megan and Death must endure the awkward time between the present and her untimely death.

A girl from Canberra navigates the treacherous waters of first love with a boy from Sydney’s Northern beaches.

Inside the mind of a sleeping old man; memories of a loving childhood resurface. While a young man struggles to make sense of the world around him, and longs to return to the safe spaces that once defined him.

After 200 years, an incompetent demon returns to earth in search of a soul to bring back to the underworld, when he encounters two unimpressed video store clerks who guide him on his mission.

A recently divorced father confides to a friend that he's been seeing demons in the family home.

Through the lens of sport, AFL legend Michael O'Loughlin shines a light on the history and experience of the Indigenous Australian people. Current AFL players, Michael Walters and Tarryn Thomas, join O'Loughlin to unpack racism, discrimination and the unbreakable bond they each share with their indigenous communities.

A weekend retreat with a partner turns sinister for a social media influencer when he is pursued by an online stalker.

Wilogical is a new, hour-long show which promises a serving of Wil Anderson doing what he does best - trying to make sense of the world and his place in it, live on stage with joke after joke.

An enigmatic soldier is given a dangerous task when he encounters a sinister witch.

Reflecting on her culpability, a woman recounts the traumatising assault she witnessed of a young man in a small Australian coastal town.

A heart-warming story about a former dressmaker who reinvents herself after befriending a young Chinese fashion designer, who inspires her to follow her dream. A joyful and moving journey that beautifully celebrates age, culture, and the diversity of Australian life. When Liebe’s partner Duncan loses his job singing at the local pub, the former dressmaker becomes motivated to help him realise his dream to record an album. Inspired by Hamish, a young Chinese fashion designer who she meets at the local markets, she decides to make clothes again to compensate for the loss of income.

A girl moves back to her hometown and tries to pick things up with the special someone she left there.

Melbourne. 1999. Christmas time! In this darkly comic thriller, a career-crazed journalist dredges up the sordid secrets of an infamous socialite after her mysterious disappearance.

Based on the works of famous Action films and television shows, Forest Fire tells the story of the hunt of an underground terrorist group by a single Special Forces Soldier.

A man squares off against a demonic entity in regional Western Australia.

Mab is a creative young composer who is deathly afraid of going outside after the death of her sister, Holly. She is the owner of Mab's Music - a service that produces personalized melodies for the deceased and has withdrawn indoors to complete her life mission of honoring her sister and other souls through her music. Business has been great... until one day Mab's routine is thrown out of control when, Oliver, a new funeral assistant knocks on her door. Will this encounter allow Mab to open her heart and door?

Masculinity, race and boyhood simmer in this stylish slow-cinema debut about a Filipino-Australian father and his six-year-old son, who are navigating a family divorce. Exploring the complexities of family, society and culture that shape young Filipinos, this feature debut from rising filmmaker Caleb Ribates depicts the tender relationship between an immigrant father and his young son as they deal with being abandoned by the boy’s mother. With its evocative black-and-white cinematography, long takes and naturalistic dialogue, Anak follows in the footsteps of slow-cinema masters like Lav Diaz and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, while finding an intimacy and tonal register that is all Ribates’ own.

Vince attempts to clean up a dead body for the mob, but when he enlists the help of his dim-witted brother-in-law Ted, things don't go to plan.

A satirical short film that aims to break the veneer of marketability in TV. Everyday people are forced to act out humiliating and sitcom-equse storylines for the entertainment of a benevolent leader, Susan

A ghost horror about single mother and nurse Natalie who falls mysteriously ill and struggles to stop her family from being destroyed.

An ambitious young African woman living in Australia must choose between following her dreams of filmmaking and supporting her family back home.

Filmmaker Peter Hegedus embarks on the challenging journey to make Sorella's Story, an immersive 360° film set on the beaches of Latvia in December 1941, when thousands of Jewish Women and children perished at the hands of Nazi collaborators. Along the way Peter teams up with Jewish-Australian 90-year-old Ethel Davies whose family was also killed in the same massacre.

A baby is kidnapped from hospital by a desperate grandmother. Her flight sets off a chain of events that bring together complete strangers over the course of one day.

A war crimes investigator goes to Belgrade to hunt a man whom everybody thought was dead.

A lonely Lumberjack in rural Queensland goes to a gay bar for the first time to find love.

Carlos has a crush on Sophie and to win her affection begins to take French lessons from Mickey, who also has a crush on Sophie. As they team up to learn more about her, feelings develop that neither anticipated.

After coming out as non-binary to their parents, Grace materializes at their future selves’ birthday party and realizes everything they want to be is inside of them.

Guided by four musicians from the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Anatomy of String Quartet takes audiences on an intimate journey through the rehearsal and performance of an iconic piece of string music.

At 17:00 every day, Andrew, a middle-aged man, drives home from work through Melbourne’s outer suburbs in peak-hour traffic. Occasionally, he offers a lift home to a younger colleague, David. Over a year, their tentative small talk gives way to a warm friendship and open conversation within the confines of the vehicle, incrementally revealing their lives.

Three housemates bamboozle their way through a kaleidoscope of psychedelic romantic encounters in Sydney.

Marty and Moog are back in Japan to pick up another car that they've bought off the internet. This time, they'll be road tripping to Hokkaido to meet up with someone very special. With all new original soundtrack and stunning cinematography, this 90 minute feature film explores Japan in all its glory, and showcases what Mighty Car Mods does best!

An egocentric professional mourner reaps the consequences of his ambition.

Janet Sharrock has two children and Brent “Buddha” Barnes has three; the pair has a meet-cute at the local RSL, marry and unite their families, Brady Bunch style. Now grown up, Becky (famous for being one of only 80 people in the world with Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory), Jessica (a comedian living with depression), Brendan (who aspires to take over Buddha’s repair shop), and young Kylie and Dylan laugh, cry, contemplate existence and dream big with their parents, finding joy and stability in one another as they face immense change.

Guy Montgomery By Name, Guy Montgomery By Nature is a comedy show by Guy Montgomery about being Guy Montgomery in a world full of people who are not Guy Montgomery.

Ira, a film photographer dejected with life in the city, decides to move to an old house in the countryside for a fresh start. Unbeknownst to him, Ira may not be able to escape his past as he once thought.

A young woman, seemingly jinxed by her choices, has her world thrown into turmoil after a tragic loss. Stubborn, cynical yet refreshingly candid, Lindy Lou Trentino is in constant conflict with her family, the community at large and ultimately the corrupt patriarchy in rural Queensland.

Young newlyweds Sunni and Flynn, along with their friend Tyler, travel across the state with plans to start a new life. Along the way, they stay at a guest house on Moorehouse Road, on a property owned and occupied by an eccentric woman and her mute son. Strange incidents begin to occur during their stay, and the visit becomes increasingly terrifying when they learn the bizarre owners are hiding a dark family secret.

Leading Australian documentarian Eddie Martin puts viewers on the frontlines of the deadly 2019–2020 bushfires, capturing the catastrophe with a perspective and scale never before seen. 24 million hectares were burnt, 3000 homes were destroyed, 33 people died, and nearly three billion animals perished or were displaced. Fire Front is a powerful account of that calamitous antipodean summer, told from the ground where climate change took on the face of hell.

Two remarkable female performers train for Australia’s biggest street dance competition in this tale of love, obsession and the transformative power of performance. On Sydney’s urban fringe, two young women battle for a better life in the underground world of competitive street dance. Patricia, Romanian-born and hanging out for a visa, is a breakdancer. Gabi, of Chilean-Samoan heritage, pops with power. Both dream of escaping the rough hand they’ve been dealt. Will a win at Australia’s biggest dance competition Destructive Steps – in which 60 contestants compete in the preliminary rounds - be their golden ticket? Or will the external pressures of financial hardship and volatile relationships stop them from even reaching the dancefloor?

Extending a lifetime’s worth of zero-waste activism, visionary designer Bakker devises the Future Food System, a self-sufficient residence that provides shelter, food and energy while reusing any by-products as fuel or fertiliser. Joined by esteemed chefs Matt Stone and Jo Barrett, he works with a team of builders, engineers, and experts in agriculture, aquaponics and biochemistry to realise the project at Melbourne’s Fed Square – culminating in the launch of a unique farm-to-table restaurant.

When a policewoman fails to act at a shooting, an ambitious journalist will stop at nothing to exploit her story, exposing her family to the terrifying rage of a woman with nothing left to lose.

Kat gets an unexpected call from her ex, saying he’s coming to her band's gig that night. With this on her mind, she sets out for the evening ahead.

A summoning, cleansing and releasing ritual for the many ghosts of lutruwita.

It follows 15-year old Quinn Perkins, who will be spending the summer working as an intern with her best friend Daniela. Mysterious events start to occur, and they assume that they are being haunted by local legend Everly Fallow.

An elderly novelist re-visits the crossroads of his first and 2nd love through memory, imagination and a typewriter.

Three disconnected siblings find themselves living once again under the same roof when the father who abandoned them returns to their lives.

When a nationwide lockdown threatens the progress of James' budding romance with local barista, Leila, he is faced with a hard decision to avoid being alone.

A boy struggles to reconcile his burgeoning queer identity with his filial duties and expectations from his Chinese immigrant mother.

Crazy Maltese Joe is forced to road trip across California with his estranged brother Charlie, a gassy dog, and a precious family heirloom to bust their dying sister out of the hospital on time for her planned escape.