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A journalist researching her grandfather's involvement in the war, interviews a Holocaust survivor, learning that the survivor had once known her grandfather and failed to help them, leading her to lose everything.
Clare Hanlon is a world class pianist whose career has taken a long backslide. She teaches piano to children via zoom and lingers alone in a large house while her husband is at work. A phone call from an irate parent knocks her off balance and she begins to believe that she might not be alone in her house.
THE PRODIGAL SON is the emotional story of a gay man in his forties who is reunited with his traditional Macedonian family after being estranged from his father for 15 years. The documentary explores how first-generation migrant parents have struggled to come to terms with their son's sexuality. When Ted came out as gay, his mother Ljubica insisted it was a passing phase and his father Alex refused to speak to him. Fifteen years passed with no communication between father and son - until Alex discovered he was suffering from a serious illness.
“A friend had given me some old footage shot in Germany pre-WWII...during the ‘30s. Among all the images of sport, and people dancing, were images of Hitler making his early speeches. So this film is about the terrible tension of that period...jitterbugging on top of the volcano, the frentic activity to have a good life in the face of the brewing horror of Nazism. I used all kinds of techniques...travelling mattes, optical printer, rotoscoping and hand colouring, and scratching the film. The physical mutilation of the film frame, of Hitler's image...scratching out his eyes, brought fantastic relief. But I'm still not finished with Hitler, because no-one is. History never will be.” (Paul Winkler)
The story behind the music video 'Glare' by Sheep, Dog & Wolf.
For over a decade, Stephanie has sacrificed her golden years to care for her husband with dementia.
Max Bourke (played by Max Bourke) tastes tea in his boost juice, and in an effort to find out why, he has to infiltrate British HQ.
a quiet noise
A documentary record of the Gunabibi fertility ceremony among Aboriginal communities in northern Arnhem Land, filmed by anthropologist Roger Sandall using extended synchronous sound observation.
LIMELIGHT is a feature documentary directed by Eddie Beyrouthy (Beyond the Wasteland) that tells the story of The Salvation Army's Limelight Department, founded in Australia 1891.
A short film created during the second-wave feminist movement in Australia. It uses experimental and realist sequences to depict the societal and personal dilemmas faced by a young woman in the early 1970s. The film explores themes of women's labor and consciousness.
Following the death of her boy hunter Adonis, the goddess of love sets to folly humanity and their so-called imitations of romance, at the expense of turning mortal.
The story of a Japanese scholar, Minoru Hokari, who, before his death in 2004 at the age of 32, achieved work which today commands an ever-widening audience. It is a story of cross-cultural understanding, how Gurindji Elders in the Northern Territory tasked Minoru to relay stories from their culture to a wider world.
After a married couple move into their new home, they soon realise not all is what it seems as they unearth chilling truths about its dark past, will they escape the looming terror that grips the property or has the house already claimed its next victims.
The faceless person raises their arms into the sky. The parchments flutter more violently, like a flag in the wind.
After his sister chastises him for being unable to move on from their mother’s death, Dalton, a grieving, mid-20s alcoholic, impulsively decides to take his mother's urn and embark on an aimless journey across the Australian outback. With no clear destination and only the open road ahead, he sets off in search of some kind of solace. Along the way, Dalton crosses paths with Cassie, a high-strung and anxious actress whose car has broken down in the middle of nowhere. Cassie is on her way to an important audition but now finds herself stranded, out of fuel, and panicking about missing her opportunity. With no phone signal, little hope, and only two bottles of water and vodka between them, the two reluctantly agree to walk to the nearest petrol station together. Through moments of humour, irritation, and vulnerability, the two unlikely companions form an unexpected connection in the vast landscape before reaching an explosive and hopeless climax.
A young filmmaker struggles with her mental illness as she makes a documentary with the author Fiona Wright, and challenges her to express her experience with anorexia by preforming of one of her poems.
Phil Breslin embarks on an adventure to unlock the hidden secrets of the Dutch Dakota and its fortune of lost diamonds.
A series of Resnais-like tracking shots are interspersed with candid interviews with “freshers” by Maudson and co-writer Robin Laurie.
Alabama governor George Wallace made his name as a segregationist remembered for standing “in the schoolhouse door” of the University of Alabama in 1963 in an attempt to stop the enrolment of black students. John Pilger subsequently interviewed Wallace on the campaign trail during two general elections.During the second, in 1972, Wallace was shot in an assassination attempt, leaving him paralysed and in a wheelchair. In The Most Powerful Politician in America, made in 1974, Pilger looks at the likelihood that a reinvented Wallace will run for the White House two years later, manipulating contemporary American passions and exploiting his influence in the powerful “Dixie” states controlled by the Democratic Party.
Singer-Songwriter Kavisha Mazzella's musical journey to find the lost songs of a dying generation. Filmed on location in Italy and Western Australia. A moving, humourous and sometimes quirky documentary about some of the larger than life characters who comprise the Italian Women's Chorus, 'The Joys Of The Women'.
A young woman, Diana, is challenged by her close friend, Jenny, to confront her issues and suggests she sees a hypnotist. After a less than satisfying initial session Diana is unsure whether to continue. After falling asleep on the couch she receives some bad news from her mother that will force her to deal with her issues once and for all.
It is rare that an momentous occasion will go without any hiccups, and unfortunately for Michael Hing, he experienced it all while trying to propose to his partner. The comedian made the promise to himself that after nine years with his girlfriend, Humyara Mahbub, he would propose – but it didn't go quite as planned. What is worse? Food poisoning, a catfish situation or a once in a decade flood… well, Michael had it all.
A young girl is trying to relate to her grandmother's death which quickly becomes more than a personal loss.
Jennifer, a young Jazz enthusiast, is struggling to embrace her love for music while trying to win her mothers approval when she meets the rebellious hippie Stephanie, and the Rock'n'Roll musician Dani, who flip her world inside out and take her on a disco groovin', rockin' rollin' and jazz swinging adventure across the 70s to save the family diner.
Hosted by Kate Ceberano, Stories From The Red Couch brings you the very best moments from our decades of Rage guest programmers.
When a weekend at Selmsey's farm turns deadly, they must fight to survive against a wild creature - far away from its home.
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.
After five years in the making, Carlo Ferraro presents this documentary on neotropical birds, with insights on flying, reproduction, and much more.
What if Jimmy Stewart peered out of his Rear Window and saw two men making out? The sight unwinds our hero’s tightly-wound 1950s world.
Celebrated Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love, Rabbit-Proof Fence) talks about his adventurous life and career in this frank and insightful documentary.
The Laugh on Dad is a 1918 comedy Australian silent film. It follows John Forrest, a.k.a. Dad, who is an ostrich farmer. His daughter Jean wants to marry Ralph Bond but Dad is opposed, so he devises a scene where a farmhand will dress as Jean and pretend to marry Ralph. Jean outwits him and the marriage goes ahead. It is considered a lost film.
Ex lovers meet for tea that spans their entire relationship
A girl who always found comfort in tomorrow.
This is the story of a bushman's confusion when together with his old dog he visits the big city. He tells the story of the cattle country which he knows and loves best. With him we see where some of the finest beef cattle in Australia are raised - on stations like Edinglassie at Muswellbrook, New South Wales. The film moves to the cattle land around the Gulf of Carpentaria where stock men and drovers handle mobs of cattle with skilled ease. This is the real life of the bushman from the cattle country.
Shows how tourists get to the Centre (Central Australia). Includes: Aboriginal rock paintings, the Devil's Marbles, Tennant Creek, gold crushing plant, Elsey Station (home of Aeneas Gunn - shows graves on the property), Manton Dam, Darwin being rebuilt after the war.
This observational documentary follows an episode in the routine life on Collum Collum cattle-station in northern New South Wales. But, as the filmmaker notes, it's a story that could have occurred anywhere.
The film outlines the history of the redevelopment of the Sydney suburb of Waterloo. Residents are interviewed and archival footage is used to outline the history of change in the area. The documentary emphasises the need for consultation and shows the results of more recent residents’ action groups.
"A stranger from a strange land lands on planet Earth. Questions are asked and answers must be delivered."
An evolutionary tale of Don Herbison-Evans, a man who collects butterflies and then experiences a personal metamorphosis on the dance floor.
When the Kellys Were Out is an Australian feature-length film directed by Harry Southwell about Ned Kelly. Only part of the film survives today.
Explosions; a silent film set to a piece of classical music, observes an ethereal happening, as the inhabitants of a semi-industrial suburb inexplicably float into the night sky. After failing to save her boyfriend from this loss of gravity, a girl struggles to escape the phenomena.
Four adventurers with disability test their limits as they set out on an expedition through some of Australia's harshest terrain.
A mother in the middle of a divorce - Beth and her teenage children, Natalie and James, attempt to have a break from the family drama in a Sydney Airbnb. As things begin to break in this charming but old house, the family sees the Host, Ricky, more and more. The children become suspicious of him and the house, filming him in secret with a camcorder, searching for a decrepit, evil plan.
15-minute epic about a bunch of trash bag derelicts on a rampage! All they want to do is drink goon bags (cheap cask wine), sniff petrol and kill!!
In 1982 a man walked into a Sydney hospital with fever, fatigue and sweats - the first person diagnosed with AIDS in Australia. Experts then predicted deaths on an extraordinary scale.
The Films centers around a family who is plagued by a mysterious poltergeist. Based on true events.
Join the Rocfish gang as they present the exciting tale of Jonah through action packed songs and dance. See Roxi and the team explore the exciting world under the sea at Queensland's Underwater World and join in all the fun with Rocfish and their friends at the beach. And watch out for your face on video as Rocfish take it to the parks and playgrounds around the country to see what Aussie kids think about all kinds of stuff!
Eight strangers gather for an unknown experiment at the University for a quick payday. However, things rapidly get out of control as reality itself begins to turn on them.
A narrative exploring memory and friendship, as best friends catch up over two cups of chai to play a round of Tabbeh.
A hand drawn animation about the struggle to move forward.
Third of 6 animated shorts made for Nickelodeon.
A tape is found after the disappearance of a teenager in a small Australian town. On the tape is his descent into a shifting inescapable labyrinth disguised as a children's tv show....
Broke and desperate, two post-teens Splint and Spraggo plan a robbery but accidentally kill a man. As they scramble through a botched plan, they spiral through the stages of grief armed with nothing but crowbars and a bag of bread. Roasties Toasties is a dark comedy about failure, friendship, and the absurd weight of consequences.
Some people are sacrificed for an evil overloads wishes.
After getting hired for a tech support company, Brian, who is frankly way too intellectual for this place, must learn to work with his delinquent coworkers as he does his best to help customers with their everyday technology problems, all the while he faces his most formidable foe... himself.
A ghost haunts an abandoned gay sauna and recalls a story he heard about the building. He becomes intrigued by a group of nihilists who enter the long-empty sauna and contemplate forming a band that resembles a terrorist cell more than a musical group.
9 year old Lenora, and her imaginary friend, Ralph the lion, try their best to protect their friendship from the impending breakdown of Lenora’s family.
Ngarritj - Yolngu speaking bird from Elcho Island in Northern Territory, Australia