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A short documentary that follows an Australian band through their journey from jamming at a backyard party to a national tour across the country.

An Australian couple strive to prove that chemical companies have polluted the water supply, giving their daughter leukemia.

An end of love story about small moments of hope, travelling, loss, capitalism and love.

A storm-chasing photographer journeys through Tornado Alley in search of chasing monsters on the plains.

A group of existentially lost romantics attempt to find happiness by embracing a birthday.

The convictions and beliefs of a small-town priest are thrown into uncertainty when a penitent confesses to the murder of the town's missing woman, a case that has consumed the community.

Made by the Department of Immigration to entice immigrants from Great Britain, this film shows an idyllic picture of life in the South Australian regional town of Mount Gambier in the mid 1960s.

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.

On her first night dancing at a Los Angeles strip club, Nikki watches the chaos from the shadows. In a VIP room, she reveals her true nature: a vampire hunting an ancient enemy.

Our hero begins her journey through an unsettling and painterly world. She drives down a highway, arrives at an abandoned house, travels through a seemingly endless corridor of broken-hearted lovers, praises love out of a window, and finds furtive romance in a garden. Familiar domestic spaces are rendered uncanny as she muses on love and its power to intoxicate the world around us. This moody vision is torn apart and laid bare. A frenzied film set is deconstructed and our characters play and revel in the cynical absurdity of this mad human endeavour that simultaneously thrills and depresses us.

The uplifting journey of the Western Bulldogs 2015 season, that transcended football and sport.

When Martin, a South Sudanese refugee, happens upon a bull he believes is his spiritual totem, he decides to rescue it from the abattoir he works in. Once home, the bull begins to jeopardize Martin's family's chance at fitting in. Martin is torn between his ancient cultural identity and his family's new life.

Directed by Beaumont Smith.

Actor, director and writer, Dr Daniel Widdowson, explores the highs, lows, benefits and dangers of the entertainment industry's effects on actors and their mental health.

On a TV tabloid show, Iya Zetnick exposes Joe Mueller as the Nazi war criminal who killed her family.

"Antoinette is in crisis. The one and only Satan appears and may hold the key to her salvation or damnation."

Frank Bannister is about to have a very long night. A writer of violent horror stories, Frank is alone, depressed and one step from full blown alcoholism. Late one dark and stormy night his quiet hermit existence is disturbed when two eccentric exotic dancers arrive on his doorstep. Alternatively seductive and sinister the beautiful women promise to make all Frank's dreams come true. They prove to be as good as their word. Only problem is, Frank is a man with very dark dreams indeed.

Mummy is constantly torn away from creating art by her feral children. After confiscating their much-beloved iPad, her monotonous reality quickly fractures into twisted fantasy.

Collaborating with Australian circus company Gravity & Other Myths, 2020 BAFTA Newcomer and Berlinale Talent Campus alumna Alies Sluiter crafts a disquieting, quasi-surrealist tale of bravery and grief.

Coming-of-age story about an Italian-Australian teenager making his way in the world.

In the first century, after the death of Herod the Great, Judea goes through a long period of turbulence due to the actions of the corrupt Roman governors and the internal struggles, both religious and political, between Jewish factions, events that soon lead to the uprising of the population and a cruel war that lasts several years and causes thousands of deaths, a catastrophe described in detail by the Romanized Jewish historian Titus Flavius Josephus.

Arash Salah steals a recording from the PDF archives concerning the whereabouts of his late cousin, Sara Salah, and what may have led up to her disappearance. What stays in the dark, probably has a reason.

For millenniums, Aborigines used tracking to survive. Their ancient skills now help police capture murderers and save people's lives. Will modern technology replace an art based on the intimate bond between man and nature?

This is a rich and powerful story of a man whose design created meaning for a people once invisible to mainland Australia, the people of the Torres Strait.

The 1996 made-for-television documentary focusing on the creation of the original Australian Production of 'Sunset Boulevard' and the re-opening of the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, Australia.

When Jordan misses the bus, a cop starts chasing him.

Phil, once a terrifying villain of the silver-screen, struggles to find work in modern Hollywood due to being an out-of-date special effect. Refusing to succumb to his own irrelevance, Phil takes drastic measures when he learns the film for which he was created is being rebooted without him.

Growing up isn't easy, especially for Zach who is rapidly making the transition from boyhood to manhood, in both the modern world and his ancient culture.

‘Space Cadets’ are the biggest band in Australia. This film follows them as they make the most difficult decision of their career, following the mysterious death of their frontman.

Shawn and Lisa try to pitch their short film script at a party full of young creatives.

A queer short film about psychics, secret rivalries, and following your heart. It follows the story of Delilah, whose mother runs the town’s only psychic and tarot reading business. Until the new girl at Delilah’s school, Emily, starts advertising her own online psychic services. As Emily’s business booms, Delilah and her mother realise there’s only room for one tarot reading business in town, and they’ll do anything to stay afloat. Except falling for the rival was never in the cards

Eager to leave his tumultuous past far behind, controversial author Vincent Tremblay, now lives a simple life, off-grid, in the Australian bush, alongside his close mate, veteran outbacker, Gunther. However, the men's tranquility is suddenly shattered, following a dark discovery in a nearby dam.

Examining the meaning and significance of the insights that WikiLeaks shared with the world, the resulting behaviour of the governments involved, the extraordinary personal risk taken by Assange, and the wider fundamental issues around press freedom that affect all of us and our right to know.

Two lovers sit in a bathroom discussing their feelings for each other, as they await a devious plan.

I guess you are waking up now...

Celia Pacquola is an award-winning actor and comedian. She also suffers from anxiety. She wants to help millions of Australians through their battle with anxiety by telling her story, challenging stigma and showing a way through it. She will meet those suffering from the condition, those on the road to recovery and those who are helping with the journey.

A local news crew become horribly involved with a doomsday cult.

MARLA might be the strangest love story you’ve seen. It’s intimate, intense and surprising; romantic but dark. Marla and Sam meet in the restroom of a bar. They talk and fl irt, but this isn’t just a story of boy meets girl. Marla is a woman living with a strange medical condition — something she brazenly describes to Sam during their first conversation. This is a kind of challenge — she dares Sam to be shocked, repelled or intrigued. Sam is all of these things. What happens between Sam and Marla affects them both profoundly — more than love

As two teenage brothers get up to mischief on summer holidays in a coastal fishing town, the cycles of toxic masculinity above the water reflect the hierarchies of predation below.

Aboard a steamship sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in 1874, widower John Andrews delights the restless minds of his two children with a tale of courage, hope, war, and true love that begins with the end of the world.

A man walks the streets of Melbourne, which looks very New Yorkish.

This film documents the journey of Salt House Theatre Company Artistic Director's attempt to adapt Shakespeare's Henry V into a One Act play with 9 actors and minimal props. The two year journey begins with a pitch to the Sydney College of Divinity to back the production, followed by script assessment and editing with the assistance of well known Australian Shakespearean directors. Then come the cast auditioning 5 months out from the production, and only 2 1/2 weeks of rehearsal. Can the necessary direction take place and cast members bond in such a short period of time. It all comes down to the performance on August 16th, followed by a review from the Sydney College of Divinity. If successful Salt House Theatre Company will have successfully developed a unique form of theatre.

Uncovers the crime, corruption, and sinister elements at the heart of Australia’s largest construction union, the CFMEU, exposing how bikies, underworld figures, and organised crime syndicates infiltrated the building industry.

In the 1920s, the unlikely bond between Chinese erotic dancer Lee Ping and an Aboriginal farmhand enables her to escape the clutches of her white employer.

An embittered journalist returns home to Hobart after losing his Melbourne magazine job. With nothing to do except think about his next move, he lands on the idea of writing a book about Tasmanian upper-order batsmen, and in particular the great man himself: David Boon. But soon he’s discovering there’s a lot more to his homeland than he once thought, and that everything he’s been searching for could be closer than he imagined.

After All is said and done. A man clears out his childhood home, remembering past conversations.

Evening performances of traditional Balinese dance-drama in Ubud, shot single frame with open shutter exposures.

Romance blooms between a dim sum shop assistant and a street performer in Chinatown, who carries them in the safety of his balloon on a rainy night.

Carlton youngster Jack Silvagni embarks on a journey of exploration to learn more about his great-grandfather, Giacomo.

A young boy struggles to finish his math test before time runs out, while a sinister force seems to loom over him.

A mother is haunted by her past... which her daughter won't let her forget.

A futuristic sci-fi adventure begins after the destruction of their Universe. With a militaristic race of modified humans in hot pursuit Colonel Mara Shryyke finds herself stranded on an inhospitable planet and discovers a weapon of mass destruction set to destroy her home planet in less then 42 hours!

a reoccurring dream

It’s the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluorescent colors, peroxide hair and radical male egos. "Girls Can't Surf" follows the journey of a band of renegade surfers who took on the male-dominated professional surfing world to achieve equality and change the sport forever. Featuring surfing greats Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, Layne Beachley and more, "Girls Can't Surf" is a wild ride of clashing personalities, sexism, adventure and heartbreak, with each woman fighting against the odds to make their dreams of competing a reality.

Returning to Australia for Vivid LIVE in 2023, master singer-songwriter José González celebrated the 20th anniversary of the album that launched him, 2003’s indie folk classic, Veneer. A sublime take on the singer-songwriter sound, Veneer is more than just a classic of introspective folk pop – it’s become part of the fabric of modern life. To celebrate the anniversary of his breakthrough record, the virtuoso guitarist returned to the Sydney Opera House for three Australian exclusive solo shows, performing the songs from Veneer – and more than a few other classics.

Screaming Silence is a fast paced, psychological thriller which follows twelve teens through a tumultuous journey of desperation, entitlement, abuse of power and manipulation, in turn crafting a confronting social commentary on the sinister realm of the human experience.

She blames technology. He blames the plumber. And therapy has never been so revealing...

Twelve men from seven countries embark on a seemingly impossible mission - to cross the world's largest ocean on three handmade wooden rafts. Fifty years later, the survivors finally tell the story of the world's longest raft journey.

Male Bowerbirds build elaborate bowers, where they perform an intricate dance to attract females. Satin, Regent, Great, together with the Green Catbird are shown in their complicated lives to pass their genes to the next generation.

After the occurrences of 'Echo 8,' Anna finds herself pursued by lethal Zodiac operatives tasked with her termination. Living off-grid, she shields her mother from a distance. However, her identity is exposed when she crosses paths with a group of misfits.