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An elite firm of assassins must face their own mortality as they are hunted down one by one by a mysterious assailant. Caught up in the drama is a disgraced journalist who is more connected to the assassins' world than he could ever know.
As contemporary life submerges us further into the digital realm, will we forget how to connect with the natural world? This film imagines a ritual for feeding birds, shaped from misremembered childhood memories.
Reuben and Al, a middle-aged couple running an adult store, confront the state of their relationship in the midst of a flawed business deal. A short film about a gun, a grizzly bear, and a love that is taken for granted.
We leave civilization behind and enter a world of ancient indigenous cultures, rainforests, and roaring rivers. We are navig the Orinoco upstream to discover the wonders of the Amazon forest, to find a magical Tepui, Autana, the sacred tree of all fruits.
For tens of thousands of years the Tarkine which covers 447,000 hectares of wilderness in the North West region of Tasmania, has been revered by Indigenous cultures who`s very way of life depended on an intimate nature/ culture balance. Today we view such places as commodities for Forestry, Mining Resource Extraction Industries, and Tourism.
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.
In these uncertain times, you need a voice you can trust. Someone who films a brand new comedy special and releases it on YouTube. Courage. Integrity. Other stuff. Vote 1 Randy Feltface.
An old boyfriend, Tony (Joe Petruzzi) turns up at the home of Wendy (Kim Deacon), catching her by surprise as she tends to the washing on her Hills Hoist.
Mr. Gordon, an invalid with dementia, struggles to make sense of the woman who routinely intrudes in on his daily life, a live-in caregiver named Jane.
If we want to change the world We need to change the way it works Help us create equality through education
Blood, Sweat and Sequins follows three women as they face daily preconceptions about who they are and what they do, as they battle it out for the title of Miss Pole Dance Australia. This is a chance to change their lives and challenge the stereotypical views even some loved ones hold.
A dance troupe trapped in their theatre by the Zombie Apocalypse discover that the threat doesnt just lie beyond the chained doors, and that there are indeed worse things than being torn apart by critics.
Once described by the press as "one of the most controversial figures on the Australian art scene", avant-garde poet and playwright Christopher Barnett achieved a level of notoriety in the Melbourne underground theatre scene during the ‘70s and ‘80s, before self-exiling to France. He remains there today, running an experimental theatre lab working with the marginalised and underprivileged, applauded by the establishment (including former French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault) and faithful to his belief that art can change the world. These Heathen Dreams is an intimate portrait of Barnett's life and revolutionary philosophy. Combining archival footage dating back to the ‘60s with contemporary observational documentation and text from Barnett's writings, it is a poignant and inspiring study of the power of both art and political activism.
David Low's classic narration says it all: King Cross is a "glittering mile of dreams, delusions, hopes and headaches, where life comes out of an espresso machine and you can have it any way you like it."
Follows the mental breakdown of a young man obsessed with horror movies and special effects.
A masked vigilante sets out to take down the anarchist leader of a secluded town in the pursuit of purpose.
In the late 1800s, two Solomon Islander siblings, Kiko (16) and Rosa (24), were kidnapped from their Pacific island home and forced to work on a sugar cane plantation in Queensland. In a world where exploitation of Pacific Islanders for cheap labour is legislated and conditions for islanders are akin to slavery, Rosa struggles to keep an eye on her spirited young brother as he journeys into adulthood.
Ethan struggles with addiction to love and drugs. He creates an alter ego in the glamorous Sapphire but will his fantasy life be enough to save him from his inner demons?
Lifelong friends Edward, Michael and Ashley are involved in a love triangle but not all of them are aware of it. Embarking on a road trip, they start the process of untangling their feelings for one another.
When an aging actress, becomes ill her son Alex deals with the news in a very unexpected way. In order to cope with mother's sudden mortality, Alex imagines that he is living in TV dramas that his mother once appeared in.
Candid interviews with transgender youths like 10 year old Isabelle Langley take us into the world of young people who feel like their true gender is not their biological one. Like Isabelle, they are coming out to their families and friends and demanding to be accepted for who they are.
A love story between a fisherman and a DVD player.
A devastating plague has wiped out most of the world's population, plunging society into chaos and leaving survivors driven by vengeance. In this brutal new reality, one grieving father sets out on a relentless quest to track down the man responsible for his daughter's murder. How far will he go to seek justice in a world where revenge is the only law that remains?
On Christmas day, Nico (Max Bourke) discovers he's in a sandwich-initiated time loop - to what extremes will he take this new opportunity?
A wealthy chartered accountant's quiet existence is shattered by the untimely arrival of a beguiling latin stranger, leading to a confrontation that will shake him to the core. Search YouTube for: The Revenge of Ebaad and watch free today!
Produced for the Adults Learning series, this short film presents a training session in which adults are introduced to punch card systems, exploring their apprehension and adjustment to emerging computer technology.
Zara hates weddings—especially when her demanding cousin insists she bring a date to hers. Dreading the event, she enlists her best friend Jamie to help her find the perfect plus one. But each disastrous and awkward date only deepens her frustration and forces her to question what she’s really looking for. As the big day approaches, Zara begins to realize that the perfect partner might not be a stranger at all, but someone who’s been by her side all along.
Could film gelatin, a 16mm film camera, 3 lenses and film developing chemistry experimentation act as messengers between the spirit and the physical world? a one day trip to the remote town of Panguipulli (Chile) seeks to explore possibilities and to also expand on the power of audio frequencies as a healing instrument. A manifestation of the hummingbird movement? A connection between mind, landscape, sound, latent image? A replication of Rukapillan volcano’s intermittent flows of magma through fissures on the earth’s surface? -Colibri- erupts 16mm single frame experiments & bursts smoke and sonic healing vibrations
Wings perform live in this 1975 concert taped at the iconic Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, Australia.
"The beautiful pulsating winter sun discovered by a single frame camera." - Filmmakers Co-operatives Catalogue of Independent Film.
An incarcerated Jewish teen encounters a mysterious tattooist with unclear intentions when he decides to get a tattoo, against the conventions of his religion.
Follow the self-managed Australian heavy metal band Parkway Drive on their 15 year underdog journey.
Sacris Pulso departs from the dismemberment of another film, "Brasiliários". This film is an interpretation of Clarice Lispector's chronic "Brasília", her vision of the modernist capital, as it is the film which marks the encounter of my mother, playing Lispector, and my father, composer of the film's sound score. Through the juxtaposition of "Brasiliários" with a series of reassembled found footage, the film takes the form of a voyage of remembrance and imagination, of a past and future time dreamt between personal and collected materials, between memory and fiction.
A man in a mask interrupts a couple's alone time.
I'll be Home for Christmas cuts through social taboos to explore the subculture of people commonly dismissed as ‘derelicts'. In its portrayal of five homeless men, the film challenges conventional views of alcoholism and homelessness by depicting these men as members of a social network with a highly developed sense of mutual concern and camaraderie.
On January 13th 1985, Midnight Oil performed the Oils on the Water concert on Goat Island, Sydney, to celebrate radio Triple-J's tenth birthday, before a select crowd of 400 (half competition winners and half staff, media and friends, though other fans swam across). The concert was simulcast live on ABC TV and Triple J radio, released on video, then later remastered as part of the 2004 Best of Both Worlds DVD set. Oils on the Water was a classic Midnight Oil performance and setting with the band in fine high-energy form, caught in the light of the setting sun, against the backdrop of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
This film documents the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race including footage of the crowd watching the race.
On 12 July 1979 the Gilbert Islands in the central Pacific became independent from British rule. The country then became known as Kiribati. This film shows the lifestyle of the people of these 33 islands, their history and culture, the natural resources and the effects of colonialism, World War Two, nuclear testing and foreign industry. It also records the celebrations that took place at this important moment in the country's history and looks to the nation's future.
A man with a predatory nature goes on a tinder date, a sinister plan begins to unravel.
After an experience of workplace sexual harassment, a woman wanders through empty streets like a ghost.
An exploration of the complexity of mental wellbeing through the eyes of men today.
Pop. Bang. Crash. It’s an epic historical yarn. Gabriel Bath’s Ships That Bear takes the audience on a journey that starts in the Cuban plains and ends in The Big Apple, all whilst his camera never leaves good ol’ Adelaide.
Marjorie grew up in Winchelsea in country Victoria, Australia, dreaming of becoming an opera star like Dame Nellie Melba. In 1928 she went to Paris to study opera without knowing a word of French and having never heard of Richard Wagner. In 1941, at the height her success, she was tragically cut down by polio and became completely paralysed. With the help of Australian nurse, Sister Kenny, Marjorie regained movement in her upper body and resumed her career in a wheelchair. In 1955, MGM made a movie of her life, "Interrupted Melody", starring Eleanor Parker and Glenn Ford, which won an Academy Award.
A man with a brain condition that prevents him from ever knowing more than thirty-seven things must fight to retain his most precious memory in our information-dense world.
Ming, a grieving Chinese mother, arrives in Australia to embark on a road trip with a young Caucasian man, Eric to remember her late son. But she soon discovers that Eric was in a romantic relationship with her son, which clashes with her conservative values.
Growing up, Walter accepted that having dyslexia meant he would never be a writer. Now, in his final year of screenwriting, Walter works to finish his feature film script. Walter is one of thousands of aspiring Australian screenwriters uncertain of his chances of getting his work made. I’M A WRITER is a 5 minute documentary that depicts a young artist to whom writing is unequivocally the most important thing.
His friends are early, the bathroom isn’t clean and Karl has something under his skin…
Born out of the ashes of Big Star, arguably the greatest cult band of all time, Memphis local Van Duren joined forces with ex-members Chris Bell & Jody Stephens to form a band and become regulars on the 70s Memphis bar circuit. In little time they got the attention of Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, who then started managing Van Duren. Van was tipped to be the next Paul McCartney but instead faded into obscurity. Forty years later, two friends from Australia (a band manager and musician) chance upon the mysterious musician’s lost album. They fall hopelessly in love with the music and set out to discover why Van Duren isn’t a household name.
Billie visits her ageing father in jail, revealing that her childhood in his care was not as safe and happy as he might have believed. Will she get her revenge?
In 1978 the revolutionary Sandinista movement came to government after 43 years of organised resistance and the death of 50,000 Nicaraguans. This film follows charismatic guerilla leader Tomas Borge opposing CIA attempts to overthrow the Sandinistas.
A young musician struggles to reconnect with his father after the passing of his mother.
1892, New South Wales, Australia. Lucinda, a young lady from an honourable family, is about to run away to escape the arranged marriage that her parents want her to enter into. She tracks down her best friend Marion in a field, an hour before her train leaves, to try and convince her to come along.
Two friends have a heated rivalry over a game of billiards, though their rivalry goes a lot deeper than billiards.
Dolly loves her hoard. She loves her tiny flat. She's very fond of the charming delivery guy who keeps the dream alive. What she's not very fond of is the terrifying giant of a neighbour who threatens to lure her out into the world she has so carefully avoided.
Two strangers meet whilst both working a shift at a dodgy restaurant in Melbourne's CBD.
A not-so-heartwarming tale about capsule toys, the nightmare of obsession, jealous rage, and a slimy, stop-frame animated tiny monster.
Two reprobates go on a spree killing killer bats. This short film can be found exclusively on the Blu-ray release of Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla.
This is the story of one of the most well known but perhaps least understood moments of conflict and controversy in the history of sport: the infamous Bodyline test cricket series of 1932 and 1933. Self-confessed cricket tragic and comedian Adam Zwar will try to discover what happened at the crease and chart the wider social and cultural implications of the controversy by enlisting historians, sports scientists, and cricket stars to simulate the actual events. Is there more to the legend of Bodyline than we think? Adam is going back in time to live out a childhood fantasy or two. He is going to use machines, fancy cameras, and the latest in computer graphics. Modern day players will help him prepare. Adam will witness the real damage a high speed cricket ball can do. In the end, Adam will be on his own - with no helmet, no modern padding, and just a bat for protection. How will he handle this ultimate test?
The name Shaw is synonymous with Collingwood. The name Tony Shaw belongs now in the history books of Australia's greatest game. Captain of Collingwood's drought-breaking 1990 Premiership team, Tony Shaw stepped into history by leading Collingwood to that emotion-charged victory.
George enlists in the police force and is assigned to Harmony Row, a haunt of criminals such as Slogger Lee.