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In the eighteenth century, London was the biggest city in the world, a global centre for trade, manufacturing and industry. Bigger and richer than ever before, there was money to spend.

Comedian Luke Heggie live at the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne.

Ruby has started a business baking cakes from home. At the last minute, she has been tasked with creating the centrepiece cake at a friend’s wedding. Now, along with her aloof partner Tom, she must navigate a broken-down car, dismissive parents, unhelpful friends and other obstacles in order to make it to the wedding on time.

Night Creatures will introduce audiences to animated cinema-goers who take the form of fruit bats – beloved creatures of the night, which flock into the skies in parallel with the nocturnal rhythms.

Young Bleue finds herself lost at sea amidst a violent storm that alters her world beyond recognition. In a subterranean, aquatic land, she must confront her fears and find a way by believing in herself.

It's their world, not yours.

Breanna is pursuing a career as a professional artist, which is a challenging path for anyone. She has recently started identifying as a neurodivergent individual. Her parents are her strongest supporters and advocates, wanting to protect her. However, sometimes we need to navigate the world on our own to truly find our way.

Australia loves competitions, but which competition is Australia's best competition? Comedians and triple j hosts Lewis Hobba and Michael Hing travel the country entering as many as they can to find out.

A young trans girl delays an inevitable confrontation with her mother after a mortifying incident.

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.

On July 4th 1975, Juanita Nielsen - style icon, journalist and activist - went to what she thought was a business meeting at The Carousel Club, Kings Cross and vanished, never to be seen again. Juanita was an unforgettable Sydney character with her large beehive hairdo, long false eyelashes and fashionable clothes. Glamorous and well-connected, Juanita built a powerful alliance between construction workers and residents that stopped Sydney's developers in their tracks. With millions of dollars at stake, Juanita's disappearance remained unsolved. Filmmaker and artist Zanny Begg explores this mystery through the eyes of those living in Sydney today. Bringing together a cast of actors, performers, activists, stripers, sex workers and beekeepers, Juanita Nielsen NOW probes what it means to live in a city that killed one of its own.

The Cooks River: Australia's sickest urban river is located in the glamorous and famously pretty city of Sydney. This makes sense, given it’s also Australia's largest, hard-surfaced, drainified, leaky-sewered, city. In my little red kayak I decided to trace all 23km of the Cooks River, inspired to do so after paddling my boyhood river over 4 days in the name of Backyard Adventuring. Finding it not only challenging, but shocking in terms of its ill health, I’ve since shifted from wanting to see the wildest and most pristine places on earth, to the most degraded and sick. This is a journey of ill-health, sadness and hope; putting a test to the local saying, ‘if you fall in, you’ll dissolve’.

One Month Later, The Chase Continues...

"Cheers for checking this out. Gutless Wonder is my debut comedy special. I toured this show around Australia in 2022, which included this night at the Newham Mechanics Institute."

An independent film director casting for his new movie encounters a young actress who is prepared to turn the audition back on him.

To prepare for Race Across America 2022, journalist turned ultra endurance cyclist, Rupert Guinness sets off on his final training camp with friend and crew chief Nathan Roderick Carter.

Combining the locations of Netflix's Bridgerton with contributions from leading historians and drama reconstruction, we discover the sex, drugs and Georgian rock and roll were very much a part of Regency high society.

Jason van Genderen makes home videos about his ageing mother ‘Oma’, and accidentally turns her into an internet sensation.

One Month Later, The Chase Continues...

"The War Rages On..."

The life and times of artist Richard Ellis

After former Afghan refugee and photographer, Muzafar Ali, discovers that Afghans have been an integral part of Australia for over 160 years, he begins to photograph their descendants in a search to define his own Afghan-Australian identity. The Cameleer Descendants are a mix of Aboriginal, Afghan and Colonial Australian and as Muzafar meets and connects with the resilient but traumatised community he learns about his new country’s complicated history. His journey is interrupted when Afghanistan is handed back to the Taliban by the US and International Forces, and he races to help his friends and colleagues left behind.

Transforming Australia’s biggest climate polluter is a story about hope. It's a story about collaboration. And it's about how Greenpeace, together with a diverse group of people and organisations, took on Australia's biggest climate polluter - and won. Come behind the scenes in a documentary by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, to witness the strategic multi-pronged tactics unleashed against AGL and its leadership team; challenging the company’s false clean and green image, turning away its customers, threatening its funding sources, and convincing its shareholders to take action.

A street performer who never says a word begins to change lives with his very special act in this tale exploring what it means to be human.

Known for his lanky frame, dirty jokes and pre-pubescent moustache, Frenchy only promises one thing from his show - laughs. This aint a TED talk, this is an odd looking humanoid telling a bunch of dark jokes you shouldn't laugh at, but do. A brilliant, off-the-cuff improviser, his 'crowd work' is some of the best in the world and always keeps the show feeling spontaneous. Edgy, Dirty and Absurd, this epic live show will have you wondering if he is some sort of bogan genius, or simply an overgrown stick-insect who's sniffed too much paint.

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.

Calling all superheroes! The Wiggles - Anthony, Simon, Lachy and Tsehay are joined by the ‘Fruit Salad TV’ Wiggles - Evie, John, Caterina and Kelly in this all-new musical special that celebrates the everyday heroes in our community. Featuring over 20 brand new songs, Super Wiggles showcases the newest members of Wiggle Town in catchy new tunes including "Hey Tsehay!", "I'm Evie, I Wear Ballet Shoes!" and "I'm John, I'm Strong!". Plus, we meet new friends such as the wonderful Super Granny, Super Ballet Man, Chengwu (who demonstrates his amazing dance skills) and the multi-talented Paloma the Mermaid. Super Wiggles remind us all that not all heroes wear capes and that superheroes are everywhere, from teachers, to the lollipop person, to even the garbage truck driver. Who knows, you may even be one too!

An original documentary filmed over the course of seven years through the Northern Territory, Western Queensland, and South Australia. Australia is the driest inhabited content on earth. In this documentary, the team explores Australia’s deserts and arid landscapes to discover some of the plants and wildlife that inhabit Australia’s Outback.

A Hench Lock Studios Production.

In 1964 Carol Raye became the first female television executive in Australia when she created The Mavis Bramston Show which boldly tackled subjects such as sexuality, politics, religion, women's rights and racism.

A man jogs around an oval, a drinking bird swings back and forth. Two boys wrestle in a suburban living room. Peeling stickers, wood vinyl, beige carpet. An injured wrist is bandaged while a toy train loops in circles. A girl's name, Anna, is carved into a tree. The knife is flicked open and closed, catching a glint of light. A runner can’t arrive when he runs in a circle.

WADJEMUP or ROTTNEST ISLAND is sacred to Aboriginal people. Thousands of Aboriginal men were imprisoned on this island from 1838 - 1931. Now hear from the descendants……

‘Virtual Reality’ is a short VR 360 degree film that aims to expose the deceitful nature of social media.

An experimental exploration into the mundane and domestic moments of aloneness that made up human experience of the 2021 Australian pandemic lockdowns.

Is there a secret formula to happiness? We all struggle sometimes, but what does it mean when we struggle? We all experience strong emotions, but what should we do about them? We all want to be happy - but what is happiness and why is it so elusive? Positive psycho-therapist Marie McLeod takes on a group of volunteers with mental health issues and offers them interventions grounded in positive psychology, neuroscience and wellbeing science.

Nina is a caring, loving, but exhausted mum & wife who has tried to be everything that everyone needs. Responding to the coming out of her transgender teenager, Nina battles with the choices that she and her family have to make and how these choices will affect her child! …. but timing is everything!

In the wake of 5 other High Schoolers disappearing from their hometown, Harris, Will and Norman must work together to find their friend and bring him back home.

Experience a visually exhilarating documentary that follows the journey of Demon Derriere, a passionate fat activist and fellow members of the fat community as they join forces with Dr. Naomi Koh Belic, a groundbreaking scientist. Together, they embark on a mission to challenge societal norms surrounding body image by dismantling stereotypes and debunking conventional notions of a "healthy" body. This euphoric exploration transcends visual boundaries, offering a powerful narrative that celebrates diversity, champions self-love, and works towards destigmatizing bodies deemed "fat" by fostering understanding and acceptance.

Desperation drives a recovering addict to seek out his estranged brother at their secluded family home.

His mother was a mum and his father was a goat. Get ready to sing along with these delightful characters.

After a rough breakup, a young man tries his hand at camping as an approach strategy to handle the consequential stress. Unbeknownst to him, something lurks in the shadows nearby. Mustering all his confidence and skills, he attempts to escape the impending imminente danger, and overcome the various demons both mental and physical that plague him.

A short film on ADHD that was made as part of a Visual Arts high school class assessment.

Tony has struck gold at the club tonight. He's hit it off with a girl out of his league, and she's invited him over to hers. Things look too good to be true, but Tony's always up for a wonderful adventure.

What happens after the fact? After the camera shutters, the phone gets put down. Is the photo a fair representation of the moment? ‘A Moment After’ invites the audience to become a voyeur into the intimacy, disconnect, awkwardness and joy of human beings, without the obstruction of the lens, in a montage of moments following the taking of an image.

Calvin, a ne'er-do-well, lost in life and in search of purpose, and his group of dole-bludging friends suddenly come into some money when they win the lottery. Having money for the first time ever seems like the answer to their prayers, but soon enough their investments go astray and they end up stuck in a web of drugs, debts, gangs and cops. Can Calvin escape the trap he's been clamped in his whole life, or is he really just good for nothing?

a camera documents the death of a ruler

In an isolated land, two creatures embark on a journey of adventure through uncontrollable forces of nature to find each other.

South Auckland’s unmissable showcase of Aotearoa’s blazing hot comedic talent. Curated and MC’d by Pax Assadi (Raised by Refugees and host of the 2020 Best Foods Christmas Comedy Gala), one of NZ's strongest comedic voices, and headlined by the self-proclaimed “humble king of comedy”, Tofiga Fepulea’i, The Comedy Mixtape features a lineup of some of comedy’s biggest stars and hottest emerging talent. This sensational stand-up showcase brings a huge night of laughs to South Auckland, with the freshest comedians on the block hitting the stage with some of comedy’s household names.

Mt Isa neighbours, Rex and Frankie, hit the road to Sydney's Mardi Gras to piece together the missing pieces of their lives before they lose all the colour in their lives and fade away forever. Both are searching for the impossible: Rex for his dead boyfriend and Frankie for her future self. As the landscape changes from vast outback to eucalypt woodland to shiny urban sprawl, their banged-up Corolla gets a flat tyre, the engine melts, and all seems lost when they swerve to avoid a feral pig. Only with the unexpected help of a Bikie and a Grey Nomad, do Rex and Frankie transform, find what they've lost, and celebrate with pride.

Brothers John and Steven must navigate the hardships of life. Both what is in and out of their control.

A man named woody moving to his old town after finishing a movie.

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?

One minute of nature slowly being corrupted by human construction

Claire slept with the two brothers! But she didn't know which one of them got her pregnant. Discover all the secrets that Claire reveals on this explosive episode of The Tracey Sharpe Show

Eden is a few years graduated from high school and decides to write a series of letters addressed to her younger self as a form of catharsis, reflecting on her experiences of being a publicly out queer teenager, as well as what she wishes she knew when she was growing up... and what she wishes she didn’t. From the trials, tribulations, and trauma of being ‘different’ to her peers, to the unconditional allyship shown by those close to her, this is an emotional story about self-discovery, acceptance, courage, and first love.

Shane Warne was the King of spin who changed the game of cricket forever. His untimely death in 2022 at the age of 52 stunned the world. This special documentary features great 'Warnie' stories.

An experimental film by Athena Kaseko under the alias Amser y Blaidd.