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Indigenous Australian’s holistic and interconnected ways of experiencing wellbeing is brutally disrupted by British colonisation, leading to intergenerational trauma and systemic disadvantage.

When a lunar eclipse stops her late-night letter exchanges, twelve year old astronomer Gugu must find a way to reconnect with her beloved Gogo (grandmother) who lives far away in Zimbabwe.

A curious Pyroraptor spots a cycad seed on the forest floor, and is absolutely tickled pink by it for some reason.

Leah is dedicated to her future. The only thing that stands between herself and that future is her girlfriend. And the ends truly do justify the means.

A bank robber holds a young woman hostage in her own car during the heist. Hijinks ensue.

Genesis Owusu soars to new heights as two arts worlds collide at Red Bull Symphonic, reimagining his acclaimed catalogue of poetic punk and electronic hybridity that has earned a worldwide following. Recorded in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on Thursday 23 March 2023.

Celestial Bodies which tie together the sea and the cosmos as vast bodies that sit above and below an ascending yet sinking ship. It is a poetic attempt to embrace glittering spectral bodies; at once our own and all else born of dead stars. Created as haunting silvery vessels of sound, 16mm expanded cinema, strobe, fog, a death shroud, and digital projection.

Alone in the bush, a young man is hunted by something familiar... something without eyes.

Papunya animated story of the Echidna and the Kangaroo

A blinding beam of light. The piercing sound of ships. Everything—the land, plants, the sky—shouts for attention. Perceptions assail us with their demands to be noticed.

An undercover cop must eliminate a high profile target, to save her family

The incel community is a world that’s usually closed off to the outside - especially to women. Incels, short for 'involuntary celibates', are mostly lonely young men who can’t find a sexual or romantic partner – and resent women for it. In this two-part investigation, two female producers meet with current and former incels from around Australia to learn what it means to be an incel.

WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) - is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is an examination of how archives and the legacies of collection affect First Nations people and wider Australia, told through the lens of acclaimed Wiradjuri artist, Jazz Money.

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.

The inner lives of sad, meek, bored and despondent diners unravel in a suburban Chinese restaurant. Narrated by Lee Lin Chin, Eating Late is a black comedy combining live-action performances with miniature sets. Captured in a single locked-off shot, the film utilises digital zooms to offer unique perspectives of a singular event.

Ponds house thousands of species that depend on them for their survival, a natural network for life, dozens of species are shown in this video, in outstanding photography and close-ups, with environmental sounds, bird calls, chirps and music.

After weeks of sleepless nights, 19 year-old insomniac Dorothy Allen begins to see hidden messages in the night sky.

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.

Follows a solitary protagonist as she wanders Western Sydney, commenting on the audio levels of everyday occurrences.

While on a hike, Ethan and Caleb hear something strange from within the forest and now determined to hunt it, the two test their friendship like never before.

I don't think we were made for this.

Josh Turner is in a rut. He hasn’t left his house in days, takeaway boxes are piling up around him and he’s pretty sure that his cat hates him. He’s fine though! Totally fine! Thriving, really! One day, Josh’s life get thrown into chaos when his TV gets overtaken by a quiz show where every question is about him.

When Arabella, a hard-of-hearing school student, begins spending time discussing schoolwork with Mr Chapman, she starts to find herself isolated. As her teacher’s grooming unfolds, she must hold onto the good energy that surrounds her.

In 1971, Jagera elder Neville becomes the first Aboriginal Australian to enter Australian parliament. He sits for over 12 years in both state and federal parliament.

A look inside the deadly conflict between bikies, the Hamzy and Alameddine crime families, and the depths of Sydney's underworld

A young couple out playing Mini-golf begin to be tormented by the evil spirit of the golf course after one of them cheats on the scorecard.

Three witches look to make quick money to spend at an upcoming sabbath, so they prey upon three greedy villagers.

Divided by 4000 kilometres, a son and his dying father connect in this profoundly intimate documentary debut.

A young woman discovers an entrancing escape from her dank, dingy, apartment beneath the surface of her evening bath. She discovers, to her detriment, that the ‘person’ waiting below may not be all she seems…

In 1993, Aboriginal Australian footballer Nicky Winmar experienced the ugly face of racism from the crowd at Victoria Park; a memory that still haunts him today, three decades later.

Billy’s therapist recommends he dip his toe into the world of arts and crafts; naturally, it sends him to hell.

Two down-on-their-luck employees of an unsuccessful pest control service, arrive late to a job at their only paying customer's house, to find themselves replaced by a rival pest controller. Unemployed and angry, the two plot the ultimate revenge.

Made from reimagined/recycled images and sounds from the filmmaker’s archive and other found materials, Undercurrents is a poetic essay documentary about the undercurrents of history playing out in the present. It is also (at its heart) about the power of resistance.

An art gallery attendant follows a young woman she suspects is the child she gave up for adoption many years earlier.

A young painter, Léon, spends his days painting and creating art in order to keep up with the uproar of artists in Paris during the 70's. This passion of his slowly begins to sabotage his relationship with his girlfriend Maree. After their separation, he slowly begins to reflect on their relationship and realises that she may have been his most inspiring muse all along.

A librarian with the ability to explode people into confetti must decide whether to follow her own rules or what she thinks is right.

Explosive documentary Ben Roberts-Smith Truth On Trial follows Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters’s quest to uncover the truth behind rumours that Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, committed war crimes in Afghanistan.

THE NARROW BRIDGE is a searching journey into the souls of four people who, after searing pain, develop strengths they never had before. We watch with wonder as Bushra, Rami, Meytal and Bassam, women and men who lost a child or parent in violent conflict, transform their grief into a bridge for reconciliation.

LIVE AT THE NMI was filmed at the Newham Mechanics Institute, Victoria, Australia.

Formidable grandmother Isla Roberts is adamant. She insists that although she’s not a lesbian, her girlfriend Susan is. In this tender, richly humorous portrait of an 87-year-old horse carriage driving champion, we learn what makes an ordinary life extraordinary. Straight-shooting Isla’s lived experience of rural Australia, raising a family in severe economic hardship, and finally coming out later in life, all make for a poignant documentary of a woman who’s well ahead of her time and refuses to be put in a box. Director Marion Pilowsky tracks Isla for an eventful, cathartic year with empathy and incisiveness.

Inexplicably abandoned by his parents on an empty, windswept beach, a young man embarks on a surreal journey through time and contemplation of his very own mortality.

An intergalactic alien race invades Earth, challenging the planet to a game of Basketball Slam Dunk. With the game receiving little web traffic in its 2 years of operation, the race begins to find the players to save Earth.

Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall and Andy Matthews's 2022 Melbourne Comedy Festival Show

An alien in human form has foreseen the coming apocalypse. One of his followers agrees to sacrifice herself to avert disaster. But Lachlan sees through it – and sets out to save her.

When a non-binary filmmaker joins a new local women's footy club in Regional Victoria a simple desire to play becomes a complex journey of inclusion and belonging. An unexpected turn means the team has to fight to play. Their campaign challenges age old sporting traditions and joins the wider movement for gender equity. Following a wildly diverse group of people across the spectrum of age, body shape, gender identity, sexuality and skill level, they come together to courageously challenge notions of what it is to play football, how it’s played and who has the right to play it.

Outback Australia has the highest suicide rates in the country, particularly for men, so when mental health motorcycle gang ‘Psychs on Bikes’ rolls into town, it can kick start a ‘life-changing’ conversation. Join ‘Psychs on Bikes’ on an epic road trip and ‘mental health mission’ around Australia.

Host Destination follows a parallel narrative between Sloane, a soul awaiting their life on earth, and Katerina, a young artist who has to choose between her career and motherhood.

A network of images drawn from the archive of Torajan videographer, Victor, collide to paint a journal-like portrait of both his community and personal life, its grief and its joy.

An exploration of what it's like to be young, sexual and disabled in Australia, with three young Australians with disabilities opening up about their intimate lives.

A fisherman and a wildife photographer both want the same fish.

Following the story of transmasculine Brother Boy Kai Clancy, as he navigates the traditional roles and his identity within his culture. Brotherboy is a term used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to describe gender diverse people that are born a male spirit. Kai share's his life now, 9-years after his top surgery and transition on YouTube when he was 17 years old.

After surviving a horrific assault by her husband, Helen uses the time of his incarceration to plan her revenge. She painstakingly rebuilds herself into the entity that will have the most power over him: a beautiful woman.

On a full moon's night Charlie asks her best friend Max to protect her from a beastly transformation as she thinks she's a werewolf. What they'll both learn is their reality is far stranger and the truth comes out in the full moon's light.

On a quest to challenge the hypocrisy of local politics and disrupt the status quo, a young filmmaker finds himself caught up in the con.

As Papa Guessopy (Will Jessop) struggles to keep a hold of his power and authority as a mafia boss in 60s New York City, news of a hit being put on him leads to him distrusting those around him, including the members of his gang, Guido Mariato (Charlie Longmore), Giovanni Campoli (Riley Nolan), & Joey De Rocchi (Luke Heptonstall), and the intimidating Don Cassini (Ryan Poursoltan).

The power of the Close-up Shot is fully displayed, dozens of species filmed in the Australian Bush, usually only available to the few keen observers in Nature, are presented to the general public, to dive into the magnificent Natural World.

Phoenix interrupts a football game to come out to his friends. His plan hits an obstacle when he realizes one of the boys isn't there to hear it.

Lewis, a troubled musician, plans to kidnap and torture his arch-nemesis, Roy.