Discoveries from Australia World Cinema

In under 3 hours for the annual Joel Haver’s “Make a Movie During the Oscars”, Clenny Kwok documents the crowd of Chatswood on one normal day.

The ultimate fishing film. Malcolm searches the rivers and estuaries of the Kimberley and finally hooks his goal, a huge barramundi.

Molly and Michael, with nothing but the clothes on their back and a 2006 Suzuki Swift, head up north to Mount Surprise in rural Queensland for Happy John's bi-annual spitroast. Upon arrival they discover a human corpse in the water tank, and realise Happy John had much more planned than a family get-together.

Five men hide from the government after a new law is passed that forced everyone above the age of 15 to have a brain-chip implanted in them. Afraid that the government will control them, Dylan, Harry, Gabe, Hayden and Zack hide away.

Join James and Albany, along with their faithful companions 'Onyx' and 'Rocco', on an awe-inspiring kayaking journey along Australia's longest river - the Murray.

In a country of over 1 billion cricket fans, India has become the ultimate bucket list destination for fans of the sport to visit. Made in India takes you on a journey of India's passion for cricket through its vibrant culture and diverse landscapes during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 and tells the stories of these cities through their hospitality, history, culture and the cricket.

A street artist unveils the life of a corporate banker who feels he is trapped.

Spy on moments in the lives of some very special Sydney queers

A story of lust, jealousy and hair removal.

Two German cruisers escape to the Pacific and begin to raid the Australian coast. They sink one merchant marine ship, leaving a sole survivor, Jack Rawson.

A cricket match takes place in the country between the towns of Piper's Flat and Molongo. They placed a bet for the other team to pay for the lunch after the game. When Pipers Flat needs one more player, they ask Old McDougal if he could help them out.

A feud exists between two outback families, the Blakes and the Ridgeways, caused by Sam Ridgeway having married a woman Jim Blake was in love with. The feud goes on for over thirty years.

When infamous conservative media outlet The Daily Larrikin becomes the target of a federal investigation into discriminatory hiring practices, producers Jack and Tom scramble to come up with a way out of the inevitable company-sinking legal trouble. Their solution: bring on a token diversity hire as a do-nothing assistant to their volatile star commentator Roy Ruebens, functionally killing two birds with one stone. The best they can manage is another white guy who happens to be gay; but the new twink on the job quickly ignites a powder keg of internal politics, on-air blunders and viral PR disaster, turning a legal problem into a full blown crisis for the entire company.

The one year anniversary of the death of former school heartthrob, Lenny Renner, brought up much more than buried secrets in his two supposed closest friends. Unbeknownst to the pair, they are anonymously sent on a path to the truth- whether or not they like it.

The movie "754" narrates the life story of a family of Iranian Kurdish immigrants who lived in Iraq and were expelled from Iraq during the war between Iran and Iraq and returned to Iran. This family couldn't get their Iranian birth certificate over the years, and that's why they try to migrate again in the hope of finding a new identity, but this way is more difficult than they imagined and it makes them face this question. Was this migration worth it? ...

Malcolm Le Grice's Berlin Horse (1970) is reimagined for a time of AI-enabled editing software and digital-analogue hybridity. Looping and phasing in Le Grice’s film are replaced with a concern for masking and speed.

It begins with a young man in the house trying to find something to do. He then decides to play his guitar and trying to figure out what song to play.

A short film about high-functioning depression. The film follows Kara through her day as she hangs out with her friends and studies. Kara takes pride in her appearance and hides behind her mask of popularity and her persona of perfection. Throughout her day, her mask slips and cracks until a private breakdown sends her over the edge.

At the same time every morning, on the same small stretch of beach, the Cremorne Ocean Dippers submerge themselves in the icy waters off the south-east coast of Lutruwita (Tasmania). With my mother being one of these cold water swimmers, I have witnessed, and partaken, in the quiet wonder of this daily ritual. ‘I go down to the shore’ is a love letter to this daily practice and the people who enact it.

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.

It was made quickly, in a student-style way, to be shown at a student drama festival. In the main sequence, we continue to explore the nature of perception in relation to cinema: six- or nine-frame shots of the 270 festival participants appearing like flashes on the screen as they announce their names. (Arthur Cantrill & Corinne Cantrill)

The 360 degree camera movements in opposing directions on each screen are filmed from the centre of the crater. A stereo track of wind, crows and bowed cymbal was added in 2009. (Arthur Cantrill & Corinne Cantrill)

Upcoming film from Alexander Adamovic.

Beauty shoot directed by karla h-b

Amidst a tumultuous economy a young man battles his friend’s addiction and the struggle of feeding his new born – leading him to turn to petty crime.

Orlando Gets a Call from the President, who says he's going to end the world due to humanity failing as a species. After the Call, he then talks to a stranger

Take a bird’s eye view of 1980s Tasmania, filmed from the window of a helicopter.

A poetic documentary about teenage mental illness.

A short film by Jordan James Kaye

A world overtaken by VR headsets

Impressions of the domestic prison and the suburban landscape through object animation, exploration of sound-image relationships and a variety of other techniques used to non-naturalistic, often humorous, effect. – National Film & Sound Archive

"ADS-7 Good Friday Easter Appeal Marathon" was a hosted horror and fantasy movie marathon with Hedley Cullen as "Deadly Earnest" screened on ADS Channel 7, Adelaide, South Australia on 3 April 1977.

An evil property developer buys cursed land to develop an expensive high-rise building.

A women's prison gang battle for their lives against demon-possessed, private school girls.

An ailing farmer buys an android to assist him with tasks, but when the farmer dies the android finds themselves in crisis.

Joel Creasy hosts a special with John Cleese, Steve Martin, Trevor Noah, Dame Edna Everage and Adam Hills.

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

Undone is a one-channel video work, made up of found footage of bombings: Ukraine by Russia, Palestine and Syria by Israel, Afghanistan and Iraq by the United States. By zooming into and rewinding the footage, Afshar aborts the attacks and deflates the violent consequences of armed conflicts, while the layered soundscape—from an anxious heartbeat to a dying pulse—places humanity in an atmosphere of chaos. Undone imagines the possibility of “undoing” the acts of violence that continue to mark our present moment.

A woman living an isolated lifestyle on her fathers farm, encounters a gender non-conforming stranger on the run from the law.

Trent Dansie, A Muay Thai fighter and coach reflects on his time with the sport while preparing for his next fight

Jarman was blue. Mousoulis is green.

A look back at the film-maker's career, via the use of out-takes, unused scenes, scenes from uncompleted films, home movie footage, etc.

A document of various '45's, various 'singles'. Bill, Eléni, and George. Diary film? Documentary film? Fiction film? All this and more, in the film-maker's 45th film.

Various tableaux of home life.

On an interns first day they are issued with a seemingly easy task, however not everything goes to plan.

An aging woman and her dog struggle as their dilapidated home slowly sinks into a swamp.

Rachel is a single mother and a very resilient young woman who has faced many problems in her past. Now she wants brain surgery to rid her of the epilepsy that is ruling her life. This intimate observational documentary follows her through the assessment process for brain surgery and the subsequent surgery, with many dramatic turns along the way.

Set in small-town Australia, this is a story of murder, revenge, power and denial that charts an individual's struggle for justice and respite from mental torment that has plagued him since he was a little boy.

A group of flour-based sweets and loaves come together to make a new friend for their clique - a mischievous, weird and cute film in the kitchen.

As an isolated dancer practises alone, they come to the realisation that they can see and interact with their past performance.

Experimental film using fireworks, often superimposed and in soft focus, printed in negative form with a black image on a white background. Plucked piano strings reversed xylophone and cymbal with an electronic vibrato effect form the background sound effects.

An inspiring true Australian story of a genius that discovered a profound gift of healing through following his observations, intuition, and heart. Tom Bowen generously spent his life relieving the suffering of thousands and has left behind a legacy that could change the world. It was for the love of his wife that Mr Bowen developed this unique modality known now as Bowen Therapy.

In the red-light area of Varanasi, India, an NGO-run education centre provides vulnerable local children with art therapy.

Shot as a series of stunning vignettes across three countries, Polish-Australian artist Kuba Dorabialski’s extraordinary film conjures the mystique and mysticism of the former Soviet Union. A champion ski jumper collides with ball lightning. Witches conduct wartime sabotage. Ecstatic dance resurrects a revolutionary leader. While party apparatchiks promoted socialism as a technologically advanced, ‘scientific’ project, Dorabialski uncovers a world in thrall to everyday magic and miracles. Narrated in a fictional pan-Slavic language with absurdist flair, Connections of the Sticks transports us to the Eastern Bloc as it lives on in retro-futurist fantasies, diasporic nostalgia and half-remembered family legends.

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.

The Motorbikin Team are back with five dirty Adventures from all over Oz. High Country Drug Runners Phil Bill and Gav get to know their new DRs in the Victorian High Country with a little guidance from Robin Box Tenere Terrorists Phil and Hartley rack up a massive bar tab when they infiltrate a gathering of the Tenere Tragics in the Flinders Ranges Sundown The Motorbikin Team lead 40 filthy followers into the rocks of Sundown National Park on the QLD/NSW border. Hardcore High Country Posties The Hardcore Posties head for Hi Jinx in the Victorian High Country Break Up Party If Big Ardie falls in the forest does anybody hear? Find out as the Motorbikin team winds up the year with a Christmas break up ride. Safari Tanks We visit Safari Tanks and get tanked.