Discoveries from Australia World Cinema

Two teens, Alice and Anthony, bonding over grapes and pondering parental complexities, begin to fall in love.

A film-maker struggles to live. She makes films. She makes love.

A wealthy couple hire an escort to fulfill their darkest, wildest fantasies. When the escort reaches her threshold and tries to leave, things take a sinister turn.

Documentary on Sikhism and the growing Sikh population in Australia.

Humanity approaches in an ineluctable wave of uncertainty, hope and inevitability. A ferry crossing in Mumbai stands here for all such places and times of human expansion and human vulnerability.

A LITTLE LIFE explores the life and death of Ricci Vicenti, a 19-year-old Aboriginal youth who was shot while trying to escape from Canning Vale Remand Centre in Perth. He had been arrested for attempting to steal $75 worth of groceries to feed his wife and baby. Ricci Vicenti lived a remarkable life. This film creates a moving portrait of one individual life behind the stark statistical of Aboriginal deaths in custody.

Danny is a young graffiti artist who draws on the walls in Sydney along with his girlfriend, Jenny. He avoids trouble and sleeps in the subway. When the leader of the neighborhood gang disfigures one of his works, as he had done many times before, Danny decides to make his presence felt with the help of his sister.

A documentary on Australian Jazz and improvised art music focussing on its development from the 1950s post war American influences through to the Australian sound in the 1980s-90s. The documentary has interviews with many important figures of the Australian Jazz movement. It is invaluable that live footage of these performers of the time has been documented and their influence on the development of improvised music in Australia discussed in a candid way during the interviews.

A surrealist painter’s nocturnal trials.

During the anticipation of an upcoming state election, a brooding Aussie senator tries to win the hearts of conservative voters.

With ulterior motives in hand, a man travelling on a plane has a dastardly plan. Will he succeed?

A story about our horizons and what draws us inexplicably towards them. By looking back from these new vantage points, we gain a new perspective on where we have travelled from and the myths we overlay onto the landmarks of home.

'A Dying Shame' examines the plight of Aboriginal health in Australia. Through the personal stories of families and individuals within the Aboriginal community in Borroloola in the Northern Territory, this film reveals the human tragedy behind the bald statistics of Aboriginal health. Shot over nine months the film documents the struggles of individuals and their families in the face of poor health and an ineffectual health system, said to be one of the most inequitable health services in the Western world.

Freedom Street Documentary explores the harrowing plights of Joniad, Ashfaq and Azizah, three refugees who are affected by the consequences of Australia's policies who are trapped in Indonesia. This feature-length documentary tells their moving stories whilst deconstructing Australia’s cruel border protection policy in a series of conversations with various experts, illuminating the issue in its entire (dark) historical and contemporary context.

Three men present their very different experiences as men who sleep with other men.

The film chronicles one evening in a woman's life as she goes to work while caring for her ailing lover - culminating in a moment that's both poignant and devastating.

A daring, exciting and poignant film about desire and sexuality. Daniel Monks strips for the camera.

Experience the days, minutes, and seconds leading up to the 2019 White Island Eruption that killed 21 people through the eyes of survivors, rescue workers and the scientists who have been studying the volcano for years.

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.

A diverse crew of cold-blooded criminals camp out in the woods and attempt a night of rest leading up to a long-awaited bank heist. However, the ever-present croaking of an elusive amphibian raises the heat as paranoia, betrayal and long-overdue bloodshed takes hold.

A Big Life is told through the tales of Bobbie Nugent it is a story of butches and femmes, gangsters, sex workers, travelling side shows and early Australian transgender history.

As Garang struggles on his first day at high school in Australia, memories of being lost in South Sudan are triggered. When past and present collide, Garang must find a way to bridge the gap between where he is and where he’s come from.

A new video essay by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on the evolution of the Ringu series.

A bed-wetting boy desperate to go to scout camp learns a valuable life lesson from his irascible grandfather.

Three generations of women come to terms with a radical approach to dying.

Life can be a little different through the eyes of an animated character.

Set sometime in the future, humans and robots are embroiled in war. To keep spirits high in the underground bunker, one robot performs in human drag for the robot army.

A groundbreaking short documentary that shines the torch on Melbourne, a city regularly alive with activity and fervour, that has since been felled by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Isaac Butterfield's brand new comedy special "Anti Hero" sees Butterfield return to the stage with unfiltered and raw social observations of the society we live in today. Anti Hero explores the PC culture of our ever so changing world - from the good, the bad and the ugly; Butterfield doesn't hold back!

We bet you've never been in a toyshop like this one before with so many magical surprises! Our adventures are always more fun when we're with our friends so why don't you come along?

A 1910 Australian silent film about the bushranger John Vane, who was a member of Ben Hall's gang. The film starts with John Vane accepting a wager that he wouldn't bail up a Chinese man. Then Vane wins his bet by robbing a Chinese man, leading to headlines which say "Robbery Under Arms by John Vane" and Vane fleeing to the bush with his sweetheart. Later adventures include his capture and release of his sweetheart; the sticking up of the Keightley Homestead; the shooting of Michael Burke, which leads to Vane joining the Ben Hall gang; Vane's change of heart and surrender to Father McCarthy. He serves fifteen years in prison and after release retires comfortably.

In 2013, Film makers Anna and Tom Davies set off on a round-the-world journey, meeting and connecting with different people from different backgrounds and collating their stories. Each person interviewed shared who they are, what they'd experienced, their ideas on love and freedom and lessons they've learnt. The documentary is a compilation of these stories and insights. An opportunity to learn, appreciate, connect and care about people living in our global community.

A sea beast makes a quick trip to the cornerstore

A homeless and child-like con-man enters an adult world filled with corrupt morals and jaded individuals when he stumbles into a karaoke while looking for a way to feed his hunger.

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.

When Sally, a lost soul stuck in the past, meets up with her part time lover Winnie at college, she must decide what's more important, her past with Kristian or present with Winnie.

A genetically-engineered world. All Layla wanted was to fit in and be happy. But her nemesis wouldn't let her.

Women's unwritten history is passed down through memories. Shows women talking about their experiences of the Great Depression in Australia. Covers such areas as: aboriginal women; paid and unpaid work; mothering; marriage; women's participation in the political struggles of the 1920's and 30's.

Zaky's Adventures -The Earth Has a Fever’ takes children on an exciting journey of discovery that not only entertains but also educates us about Climate Change and what we can do for the environment. Through the creepy forests of Shadow Valley to riding down the raging rapids, Zaky & his friends embark on a great adventure, learning the importance of friendship, teamwork and making new friends along the way.

A film poem with multiple superimpositions.

A war photographer in the Vietnam War is confronted when she finds the last shot may not be her own.

A macro look at the minute creatures that live among us. A world that is terrifyingly brutal yet amazingly beautiful. Struggles to the death, ingenuity beyond belief, the grotesque transformed into the wonderful. This award winning title features stunning cinematography from Emmy winning cinematographer Jim Frazier.

What is the true call of the wild? Here we travel down a very special river and are introduced to a wide variety of the animal kingdom who all contribute their name for the sake of music

The film meticulously unravels the case of Norma Khouri, whose best-selling memoir about an honor killing captivated the world before her entire story began to collapse under the weight of its own fabrications. More than just a look at a spectacular con, this is a timely and unsettling exploration of media manipulation, cultural differences, and the dangerous power of a compelling narrative. Broinowski’s film is a riveting study of a pathological liar, but it also holds a mirror up to a world eager to embrace a good story, fact or fiction.

Four young women retreat to a secluded forest clearing to perform a seasonal ritual, but as the night unfolds their practices begin revealing deeper truths about identity, friendship, and the lives they’re afraid to begin.

Australian scientist and conservationist Tim Flannery is on a search for leadership on climate change. Interviewing everyone from CEOs to politicians and activists, he poses the question: Do we have what it takes to get out of this mess?

A romantic comedy which centres on a bunch of gangsters who take over a TV cooking show.

A personal story of one man's tour of duty in Vietnam and his obsessive search to locate forty-two former enemy soldiers killed in action so that their bodies can be returned to their families and their spirits put to rest.

Semi-documentary about the adventures of Ernest Idiens.

Narrated by a Bunuba Traditional Owner, Lifeblood showcases the Kimberley’s pristine Fitzroy River, its wildlife, and the cultural heritage of its critically endangered species.

A "mysterious" figure comes in to help a group of friends auguring

On a dive to the wreck of the Titanic, the crew of the Orion submersible become trapped on the ocean floor. Marcus Graves, his son David, social media influencer Jackson, and Titanic enthusiast Alejo embark on the perilous journey. Director

An experimental psychological silent horror film that follows an unnamed protagonist who goes through his day to day life on a strict schedule. Eventually, his world crumbles around him.

A School's Governing Body, the SRC, gets taken over by a shady businessman. 5 years after the acquisition, Eddie Brock must use all of his assets and contacts to help him bring this businessman down for good.

Kookaburras, Ospreys, Woodswallows, Miners, Lorikeets, Cockatoos, Moorhens, Corellas, Ibises, a collection of successful breeding stories thru different strategies and adaptations

Seven years after deployment, Corporal Kath Davison must face the ghosts of Afghanistan when an exhausted, young, asylum-seeker turns up on her parent’s doorstep.

After Tinashé, a sweet, but lost teenager gets kicked out of home, he moves into his chaotic best friend’s bed whilst attempting to navigate adulthood and love for the first time.

The story of Mark Orval, former Collingwood Australian rules football player, now internet star - known by his online alias ‘Angry Dad’.

This black-and-white newsreel segment shows a team of scientists making their way to Heard Island in 1949 to relieve the previous year's team. The segment, entitled Scientists Go to Antarctica to Study Weather, opens with HMAS Labuan leaving Melbourne, followed by scenes of the voyage. As they near shore, Big Ben volcano comes into view. Stores for the team's 12-month stay are then brought on shore. After a sequence showing local fauna, humorously described by the commentator, the segment ends with the outgoing team briefing their replacements.

Story of high schooler, Zoe, struggling to come out as a trans man. After knowing who they truly are for a while, Zoe finds themselves fatigued by their fear of whether others will accept them or not.