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This second feature film from the McDonagh sisters is an emotional romance of an innocent young woman, Cherry Carson, forbidden to continue the relationship with the man she loves, Peter Lawton, because he is a son of her father’s enemy.
Zoe's regimented life is thrown into upheaval when she unexpectedly falls in love. In doing so, she is faced with making a series of choices whose outcomes not only impact on her independence but on the relationships with those most important to her.
Mr Roberts finds himself awoken inexplicably in a white room. A man sits before him at a desk and in between them stands a black button. If Mr Roberts pushes it, he will receive a briefcase filled with millions of dollars. Or he can take the key to the door and leave penniless. The catch? Pushing the button will result in the death of a human being. What would you do?
Josie leads a life of passive mundane displeasure before his psychic ills deform him and sees him roaming the rainforest hinterlands of Queensland.
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A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
A dark and creepy horror set in rural Victoria, Australia on the eve of Christmas in the small isolated town of Miranda Falls, a beautiful and suspicious quiet country town, but not for long! Joe Melton has just moved into town and soon discovers an evil presence lurking both in the dark forest and in his home. Being chased by demons and suspected of murder, Joe becomes a man on the run. The only other person to witness the devil's work first hand is a local girl by the name of Kylie Fitzgerald. She is unwillingly swept up in Joe's desperate plight and together they must try to survive the ensuing horror.
The story about a baby swap in 1945.
Two of cricket's greatest players, sporting icons from different corners of the world. This documentary compares their early lives, stellar careers and dreams, uncovering striking similarities and never-before-shared details.
Vianne, a feisty – almost 70yo has received a terminal cancer diagnosis. Her oldest child Connie, a detached and somewhat hard-headed individual decides to be her mother’s sole carer. The two younger children, Quinn and Amal, both come to keep vigil as Vianne’s passing looms. Each child has a different way of grieving. For Connie, denial and pragmatism allow her to hold grief at arms length. Quinn, a single gay father to Lachie is more of a quiet observer – who possesses an emotional maturity and innate ability to hold space for his mother. Spirited and passionate Amal, adopted from Sri Lanka as a baby, has feelings of abandonment which suddenly begin to intermingle with the imminent loss, while his devoted partner Maddie, does everything in her power to support him. As Vianne tackles her impending death with humour and humility, the onus falls on each child to face the inevitable and choose presence and peace, or letting this milestone moment pass them by.
Geoff Lawton takes you into the world of Permaculture and explains the basic concepts for beginners.
Melbourne based, Australian-Chinese comedian Annie Louey travels to Hong Kong, Malaysia and Cambodia in her first international tour learning firsthand about the cultural differences and similarities between comedy scenes.
When Melbourne’s cultural hub is left devastated post-pandemic, the creative industry, like many others, is ravaged. Set amongst the ashes of the cities arts scene, BOHEMIA is a hybrid of documentary, music video, and next generation concert film that powerfully recounts the story of this fallen angel of Australian culture and asks the looming question: “what now?”. Shadowy underground musician VANTA and debutant director Madeline Royce team up with a decorated collective of young creatives to contend that art in the pandemic need not be a compromise, but an evolution.
An ode to the moments suspended in the tiny hours before sunrise.
Lonely schoolgirl Desma is determined to win the school science competition and beat her arch-rival, Celestine. When Desma discovers an incredible creature, an insect-boy endowed with a pair of moth-wings, she thinks victory is hers. But can Desma ignore her attacks of conscience and condemn the vulnerable moth-boy to win a competition? Or will she forfeit her dreams of glory and suffer another humiliating loss to Celestine? An enchanting short film about human connection, ruthless ambition and entomology.
Meet Plumpin! A character from the minds of Ivan Dixon and the team at Studio Showoff. This animated short film premiered at Pictoplasma 2025 and went on to screen at multiple festivals worldwide. It won Best Australian Animation at MIAF. It was scored by Felix Colgrave and animated by Studio Showoff
An Americana bar holds a dramatic confrontation when an old drunk’s unstoppable day drinking is questioned by a young bartender. Inspired by the Charles Bukowski poem; a glimpse into what keeps an addict drinking and the quiet suffering of those who seemingly give up everything in search of pleasure.
Short film by Jamie Blanks. Premise unknown.
A drama with some sci-fi elements.
A short documentary about the lives of Etty Hillesum and Franz Jaegerstaetter.
Fourteen-year-old Bernie must convince her religious mother that her repeated attempts to explore her body are natural, not depraved.
In the first stages of prototype, Storm is an interactive VR installation that places audiences in the path of a phenomenal, awe-inspiring storm. Take a moment to be swept into an exhilarating multi-sensory vortex.
Kate McLelland's life is a normal one of a girl her age in the eastern suburbs, until her discovery that she is adopted. This is the story of her search for her natural mother and the resulting relationship.
Australia's hottest children's band presents another full-length video that's bursting with great music, amusing antics, and a fanciful story. Two mischievous "Wiggly Gremlins" have singled out the Wiggles and their own "Network Wiggles" television studio for some serious mischief in Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins. When the big red car breaks down on the way to the studio, Jeff, Murray, Greg, and Anthony have to get out and push. Meanwhile, Captain Feathersword finds leading the preparations for broadcast at the television studio unduly difficult--and most perplexing. After a truly wacky day, the Gremlins are discovered and the Wiggles' world returns to "normal." Ten catchy songs like "Dressing Up" and "Lights, Camera, Action" punctuate the events of the day, and there are lots of fun antics, colorful sets, crazy costumes, and even a glimpse into some of the magical tricks of television. This presentation offers a nice blend of story and song and is sure to captivate children ages 1 to 7.
At a Jewish school camp in 2006, repressed teenager Tali finds a porn magazine hidden in a classmate’s prayer book and steals it. Between the pages and behind the closed doors of the girls’ cabin, she begins to question her sexuality. When her friends return to the cabin later that night, the conversation turns to hook-ups with boys; and, amid simmering tensions, the magazine is uncovered. Seeking refuge in the bathroom, Tali is chanced upon by her friend Mim, who has just had an unsatisfying encounter with a boy named Josh. After the two girls share an unexpected moment of intimacy, Tali’s thoughts are torn between Mim and Josh, and she decides to take action.
When Azubuike’s 12-year-old son moves in with him, the struggling shoe salesman finds himself balancing fatherhood and the slow collapse of his small shop. As the pair navigate their estrangement, the unspoken becomes a language of its own; one shaped by pride, duty, and the quiet weight of expectation. With the future of both the shop and their relationship hanging in the balance, father and son must find a way to bridge the distance between one another.
In this unsettling psychodrama, Minerva endeavours to connect and care for her grandmother Vina who is experiencing dementia.
After a year studying music abroad, Monika returns home to Australia, eager to reunite with her boyfriend after months apart. When he doesn’t show up, Monika instead happens upon her childhood friend, Yael, who she hasn’t seen for years. Yael is an amateur photographer who walks through the Adelaide Botanic Gardens every day, taking photos of the subtle differences she sees. This chance rendezvous sparks a series of conversations which explore love, breakups, photography and dirty socks.
In a dystopian alternate reality, a team of investigators must find the killer responsible for a string of brutal murders before it's too late.
A group of disaffected twenty-somethings occupy a dystopic, hyper-urban Australia. They spend their time eating udon noodles, listening to Swedish pop music and committing mass executions for the police.
A man isolated from society appears to have nothing to show for his life, yet in his solitude, he has quietly taught himself to see and hear the world with a depth and beauty that most people are too distracted to ever find.
On Nov 16, 2005, Australia didn't just qualify for the FIFA World Cup, it found its voice on the global stage. We hear from the players, coaches and fans who were part of that historic moment.
Derek, the simple-minded film student, wants to make his avant-garde masterpiece but he soon realises that something more nefarious is at foot.
When a nationwide lockdown threatens the progress of James' budding romance with local barista, Leila, he is faced with a hard decision to avoid being alone.
Paddy finds there are two separate laws, the white and the black.
The film explores the story of the Bounty and is based on the 1932 novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall.
Marzieh is a young female actress living in Tehran. The authorities ban her theatre work and, like all young people in Iran, she is forced to lead a secret life in order to express herself artistically. At an underground rave, she meets Iranian born Saman, now an Australian citizen, who offers her a way out of her country and the possibility of living without fear.
When her lifeline - a new technology for mental health - mysteriously vanishes, a reclusive young woman must infiltrate a chaotic underground rave scene to uncover the truth behind its disappearance.
When Sophie's husband Sam runs off with a younger woman, she sets a trap of delicious revenge and nothing is going to stop her from getting what she wants.
Investigative journalist, Nick McKenzie, gets a tip that something bad is going down at a brothel in South Melbourne. It’s a story he knows all too well - Nick reported extensively on sex trafficking of Asian women to Australia a decade ago, blowing open the issue to global audiences. Undercover surveillance suggests that the same notorious players might be back to their old tricks. This raw, gritty observational documentary follows Nick deep into the murky world of brothels, motels, and massage parlours as he attempts to confront the trafficking bosses, hear the stories of survivors, and ultimately compels the government to act on an underreported/ignored crime that is rife on Australia’s shores.
Follow the sweaty, teary and ultimately triumphant journey of the country's best ballkids as they progress through local and national trials.
A lonely shopper tries on a new dress while a group of boys discuss the consequences of a muck-up day prank gone wrong. Contradictory impulses and neuroses concertina: be or be with, love or destroy.
Mrs Gonsha's students are excited about the end of primary school... until they discover that a classmate might not move on with them.
A documentary about the origins of Australia’s Folk & Oral History movement as seen through the prismatic eyes of two remarkable women, oral historian Wendy Lowenstein and dance historian & pioneering Indigenous Rights 1967 Referendum Activist, Shirley Andrews.
When a strange loner comes in to town, a bloody encounter with the local youth will reveal the true nature of what it means to be human.
Just before Easter 2001, a semi-trailer loaded with 40,000 bottles of beer crashed into the Tweed River on the out skirts of the northern New South Wales town of Murwillumbah (known as "Murbah" to the locals). With salvage crews ordered to clear the crash zone for the busy Easter traffic, the locals undertook their own salvage operation, making it their best Easter ever. Murbah Swamp Beer is a documentary about an event that could only happen in Australia. It captures the spirit of a small, country town as its citizens discover that beer definitely tastes better when it's free.
Joe, a hard-boiled, hard-stitched, private detective moonlighting as a hit-man, has to make the ultimate choice to protect those dear to him. But in the dark world of CROCHET NOIR who's really pulling the strings?
A group of people working in film and television are gathered at a dinner party to discuss Australian media coverage of the Gulf War.
Residents of a Melbourne social housing community strive to reclaim their own hope and identity in the face of recent deaths and a larger societal question – can we meaningfully coexist?
A killer that lives in the woods kills for an entity called ‘The Deer God’
In an isolated land, two creatures embark on a journey of adventure through uncontrollable forces of nature to find each other.
A successful businessman's life is turned upside down when he is diagnosed with cancer. On the verge of giving up, he forms an unlikely bond with a gifted young girl who helps him re-discover his faith.
An Italian boy with an aversion to water and unable to speak English is forced into a swimming lesson with the boys at an Australian school
SWEAT IT OUT! charts the rise and fall of the iconic Australian music scene, affectionately dubbed ‘Oz Rock’. It’s the story of ambition, power and passion. Of the bands that succeeded, and those that didn’t. It’s a tale of oversized, colourful characters who risked it all – and the legion of fans who joined them on their journey, sweating it out in the tiny inner urban pubs, massive outer suburban beer barns and jampacked provincial hotels. It’s the story of a country forging its identity through music and an ethos of bands that toured longer, drove further and played harder to be heard. When bands would play live seven nights a week, sometimes playing three gigs in one day – sometimes even playing three gigs, in three different states, in the one day!
Charting the recovery of wildlife in the aftermath of Australia's catastrophic bushfires through stories of hope and resilience.
Iggy and the Stooges, live at The Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on April 2, 2013. It was an old-school punk party complete with stage invasions, crazy crowdsurfing and an arsenal of punk anthems – it’s Iggy and The Stooges‘ scorching Sydney show!
While dragging a bundle of firewood through a wintery forest a peasant man spots a group of deer and a majestic stag, who, in measured stages, leads the man onward. The Winter is part of a series of four shorts called "The Seasons".
The Marvelous Magician gifts the kind widow Hobbs on her birthday with a tiny child - Thumbelina. Percival the Pig, Hobbs' companion, gets very jealous of Thumbelina and arranges for a bullfrog to kidnap her.
About a cannery in Brisbane, this story of the first day of the rest of Daphne's life exposes the working conditions of migrant women.
A naive teenager is lured captive into a stranger's home and must escape the abuse she has stepped into.