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Decades of over-fishing by the global tuna industry have now pushed the final frontiers to the waters of Papua New Guinea. In the 1950s, the world was fishing out 400,000 tons of tuna each year. Today, this number is close to 4 million. And it comes at a high cost: a human one, now affecting the last places on earth to receive the full impact of globalisation. Set in "the land of the unexpected", in the north-eastern part of Papua New Guinea, this film follows the struggle of Indigenous tribes to protect their way of life, guarded by traditions dating back thousands of years. Many have lost hope, others are fighting for survival from their own corrupt government. They see their ancestral land taken away to make way for multinational corporations, in their quest to create the new tuna capital of the world. The question remains: is this type of development in the Pacific Bringing prosperity or poverty?

Two sisters must decide what is more important, their vows or their happiness.

Brett’s Grammar School is filled with identical students and teachers... called Brett. The Bretts are obsessed with one sport - tunnel ball. A new student, Bret, arrives and steals the show on his first day with his impressive tunnel ball ability.

An op shop worker encounters a strange paranormal phenomena latched on a pair of recently donated shoes as they mysteriously move around without any form of contact.

The Australian edition of Remedies casted Mildura natives to contribute eucalyptus tree related unwritten narratives and oral histories for an individual and collective portraiture. Earth bound clay object-action cements the liminal stories and realities around the complex legacy of postcolonial wake into a collective stem. The project was conceived by the Finnish-Swiss artist duo Sasha Huber and Petri Saarikko and consisted of a series of filmed sessions around Mildura. During each session, participants were invited to share eucalyptus tree related remedies, these were choreographed and edited into an installation piece.

This inspiring film celebrates the courage and resilience of those who, for over a century, have fought for the right of Aboriginal children to public education

This is the story of Five Penguins.

This lo-fi sci-fi experimental dance film tells a story of unfurling and intimate connection in a digital world. The all-male cast laboriously constructs forms of human bodies, presented in live, digital and hybrid layers.

When the moon and stars align, two souls meet at a hut in the snowy wastes

A man's journey with his giant paper-mache carrot forces him to confront his traumatic past

A recovering drug addict's botched testimony shatters his self-worth, but Andrew's decision to quit the faith based rehab devastates the loyal teenager he's supposed to be mentoring.

Two detectives investigate Harry Styles’ cryptic posters but soon they realise the case becomes deeper than it seems.

On a spooky midnight train, two gunmen go to work

Beth is a storerunner, just doing her best. Sometimes things go awry.

In a deserted highway servo, a little girl and a space-bear do lunch.

Superstitions are passed down as tried and true lessons so that those that come after may learn the mistakes from before. A girl forgets.

A bereaved boy seeks consolation from a Spirit in his dream.

Trying to gain the respect of his half-sister, 24-year-old Jae-Yoon wraps a bandana around his head and goes to work at a popular Japanese restaurant. He quietly longs for something more.

In this immersive VR film, the audience steps into a time-warping dream bubble as four young Aboriginal Australians guide the viewers into their futures. Be ready for an intergalactic adventure. Future Dreaming, inspired by the ancient Australian Aboriginal practice of Dreamtime, began with a question: "What does your future look like… one week from now?… five years from now?… 20?” Ali Lockyer, Maverick Eaton, Nelson, and Maxie Coppin collaborated with VR artist Sutu to design Future Dreaming. They employed motion capture technology to animate their avatars, telling their story and bringing visitors through their creation.

In regional Victoria in 1965, grasping onto the only meaningful relationship in her life – an affair with a woman – housewife Eleanor chains herself to the bar of a pub to protest discriminatory drinking laws. Her liberation risks security and the possibility of being outcaste in the town.

Your postcode shouldn't dictate what you can wear or who you can love. This documentary highlights the unique challenges the LGBTQI community face growing up and living in regional towns.

Young Australian Aiden Blyton revisits his experience of growing up as a gay, transgender boy at an all girls' high school. He reveals the impact of the pressures to stay silent about his pain, even around his closest friends.

In Australian motor sport, there was only one “Fox.” Harry Firth was perhaps best known as the first manager of the legendary Holden Dealer Team and mentor to the great Peter Brock. However Harry Firth’s story is much more than just that. Not only did he win the Armstrong 500 and Bathurst multiple times as a driver and team manager, he also won five manufacturer’s championships, four Australian rally championships, Round Australia Rallies and the Southern Cross Rally. Add to that his influence on several great drivers, his involvement in the development of the Cortina GT 500, the Falcon GT and GTHO, the Torana XU1, L34 and A9X – all without any formal qualifications – and you have a true legend of Australian motor sport. His is a unique story of determination, rare cunning and motor sport intuition.

An evocative documentary focusing on Callan, a transgender rock and roll musician whose uninhibited performances and spirited personality make her someone to be reckoned with.

A short bathroom sink documentary about hair and why trans and gender diverse people must ask themselves the question, to shave or not to shave?

An environmental activist protesting a controversial mine comes up with a plan to be heard- but isn’t prepared for the consequences that follow. Hoax explores environmentalism versus capitalism and the right and wrong of activism and protest.

In 2010, BP was responsible for the world’s largest oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico. Over several months, the rig spewed nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the ocean, killing millions of animals and destroying the surrounding environment. Less than a year later, the Australian Government signed papers allowing BP to come to Australia and drill in deeper and rougher seas. In 2016, The Great Australian Bight Alliance announced the launch of ‘Operation Jeedara’ – a campaign that would see the ‘Steve Irwin’ sail into the heart of the Great Australian Bight to document the beauty of the region in order to showcase what we would all stand to lose if we let BP drill there. This film is the story of the campaign.

Reflections on the battle to master the sounds of a disappearing dialect and transform them into words with meaning.

If plants can influence each other….. what if they could dream, would they have their own sense of time and simultaneity?

A sudden storm forces a hasty retreat for this hopeful fisherman.

Some schools are tougher than others, but this has to be the weirdest!

A reluctant janitorbot begins the task of cleaning up the volatile atmosphere of the post-apocalyptic world in which he finds himself.

An animator sets out into the world. Armed with her trusty pencil and satchel of plenty she meets with a formidable foe.

There’s a time to squeeze and there’s a time to just wait and see what will pop out.

Breakfast as the ultimate hellishly hilarious freakshow spectacle!

Papua New Guinea "Land of the Unexpected", a country of rugged mountain ranges, impassable terrain and isolated villages. With over 850 indigenous languages and cultural groups, people align themselves with their tribe before their nation. P.N.G. Style follows adventurer and one-man film crew David Fedele's 3 month solo journey through Papua New Guinea, armed only with a backpack, camcorder and traveling guitar.

Drawing on a life's work defined by controversial and ground-breaking ideas, the world's greatest architect has inaugurated his first Australian building - and debate still rages over whether it is eyesore or icon. Our film follows the drama as Gehry'Äôs vision for this commission is realized.

In a Dystopian future, a sick, dying man has a mysterious bee planted into his forehead, while he is sleeping, by a group of people in hazmat suits. When he wakes up, he hears mysterious voices, and nothing behaves as it should. As his body transforms it becomes clear that he is an unwilling participant in a bizarre ritual.

When a boy is bullied at school he gets sprayed by acid which messes up his face and he goes out to get his revenge

The Good The Bad The Stupid And The Fugly In The West

This is a stop-motion film about illusions. A Man yearns to know his place in the world and how he fits in, when sometimes it's better not to know.

Donald wonders off at night unknowing of what he is doing gets awaken by horrifying nightmares, he makes a friend who may or may not be imaginary, that tries to help him overcome his troubles.

Set a few months into the post-apocalyptic world, from the narrated perspective of an infected girl by the name of 'Emily,' Lone Walker is a film of flashbacks and recollections to a time when she was alive.

One man’s journey to help alleviate homelessness in Cairns. A hair raising documentary uncovering what lies beneath this Paradise island.

A young girl discovers the secrets of her new home.

Meet Raymond Borzelli - he dances to a different tune, living out his dreams as the superstar he was meant to be.

In his fourth book, and third documentary, Monte Dwyer explores the Grey Nomads - retirees travelling across the great Australian wilderness. Across his voyage, Monte cooks road kill, finds out who's pinching the toilet paper, and encounters sex, death, and even murder on the road. No story was shirked, and no topic was taboo in the timely expose on the grey nomads.

In 2009, Monte Dwyer set off on a lap of the country in his new bus Claude, to shoot half a dozen travelogues for Tourism Australia and a swag of character stories for the Australia Network. From Lake Eyre to the Kimberley, the Top End to the very tip of Cape York, Monte meets a circus of characters from bona fide UFO hunters to miners who use chooks to collect gold, as he travelled through northern Australia in a bus determined to break him. This is the video of the trip, and the companion piece to the book, Through a Crooked Lens. It's the Leyland Brothers meets Norman Gunston on a quest to discover a fast-disappearing Australia.

After being fired from his long-time job, being dumped by his girlfriend of six years and facing the death of his life-long best friend, a man tries to piece his life back together before he takes his own life.

Dear DOCS is a claymation short about Carol Gallagher, an over-zealous Betty White meets Victoria Beckham housewife whose excessive behaviour and strange community involvement incites her 'physiologically' affected ten year old son to make a video for DOCS, under the impression that he will be rewarded with chocolate brownies.

Motorbikin crew go from Adelaide To Melbourne

Motorbikin crew go from Perth to Adelaide

The world has been hit hard by a catastrophic bird flu outbreak, and on an old deserted farm a Sydney couple are fighting to stay alive - however one already has symptoms.

A boy believes he is being stalked whilst on a walk at the park.

A melancholy boy attends his estranged Father’s wedding to a large Latina woman aboard a small and cramped boat on a shark infested sea.