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- DirectorPaul CoxStarsSheila FloranceGosia DobrowolskaNorman KayeUplifting and intimate look at the last days of an elderly cancer victim. The film is even more relevant as it was written specifically for the lead actress, Sheila Florance, who was in fact dying of cancer as she created what is essentially a self-portrait.
- DirectorTony AyresStarsJoan ChenYuwu QiJoel LokA man remembers his childhood and his mother, a Chinese night club singer who struggled to survive in Australia with her two children.
- DirectorRobert ConnollyStarsDavid WenhamFrances O'ConnorSarah WynterTHREE DOLLARS is the story of Eddie, an honest, compassionate man who finds himself with a wife, a child, and three dollars. Eddie's world revolves around the three women in his life: his brilliant wife Tanya, a passionate academic, their six year old daughter Abby, who heightens the stakes on every decision Eddie makes, and his childhood sweetheart, the beautiful, privileged Amanda, who re-appears in his life with mathematical certainty every nine and a half years. Surviving with a blend of self-depreciating wit, spirited sensitivity and a big heart, his life is rich with the pleasures and pains of love, family, friendship and marriage. But with only three dollars to his name Eddie will be faced with a choice that will change the direction of his life forever.
- DirectorBen LewinStarsGia CaridesAnthony LaPagliaRebecca GibneyPutting your best foot forward has never been so sexy - or so deliciously funny - as in this entertaining, oddball comedy that proves that it's worth it to go to outrageous lengths for the one you love.
- DirectorT.J. PowerStarsElise JansenWade BriggsSarah Roberts"Your Call" is a short comedy that confirms our fears about what really goes on at call-centres when we're asked, 'Please hold?'
- StarsJohn BachCatherine WilkinGary DayBased in Melbourne, Australia in the 1980s, a true story about a group of men desperate for money who plan one of the greatest heists in Australian history. Bigger then any of their previous jobs this one is a lot harder then ever thought of but evading police and staying low is a much bigger task.
- DirectorGraeme CliffordStarsJack ThompsonNigel HaversGreta ScacchiA story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
- DirectorColin SouthJohn TatoulisStarsHugo RaceSantha PressRebekah ElmaloglouMack, a rock star, has a tape that some politicians want. Various people, including the police, try to get the tape back. Wendy attempts to juggle her relationship with Mack, caring for her younger sister, singing jazz at a bar and tending her clothing shop.
- DirectorCarl SchultzStarsLeo McKernJulia BlakeHenri SzepsAfter their late-life marriage, a middle-aged Australian couple move to the countryside. Their life and tempestuous marriage is detailed.
- DirectorMichael AdanteStarsD.J. FosterLeo TaylorClaudia ButtazzoniA young by-the-book detective gets partnered with a seasoned, renegade undercover cop to solve a brutal gangland murder.
- DirectorJohn HillcoatStarsTchéky KaryoRachel GriffithsSteve JacobsAn Australian widower living in New Guinea starts a relationship with a woman very similar to his much-beloved wife, but their life together turns out to be far from the imagined romantic ideal.
- DirectorKevin James DobsonStarsDavid AtkinsJacki WeaverAlan CassellWormy and diminutive, yet cunning and determined small-time hoodlum Squizzy Taylor rises to prominence and popularity in Melbourne, Australia in the 1920's. Squizzy romances brash moll Dolly and works for bookie Henry Stokes before branching out on his own while being hounded by the police and courted by the press the whole time.
- DirectorNathan HillStarsNathan HillStacey McMahonMichael Fenemore CocksA detective hunts a serial killer who resides within the fashion and modeling industry.
- DirectorDale TrottStarsDamien E. LippSusie KazdaKatrina GowWhile watching B grade movies a brain-injured man is tormented by visions of his friends being murdered by a faceless killer. He becomes increasingly disturbed when he realizes it's only a matter of time before the killer comes for him.
- DirectorShannon YoungStarsPaul ModerRichard CawthorneTeague RookRAZOR EATERS is your front-row ticket to an anarchistic rampage of violence, death and destruction. Based loosely on the exploits of the Hedge-Burners gang who plagued Melbourne and videotaped their crimes, the RAZOR EATERS gang swings its broad sword across suburbia, delivering explosive thrills and bloody eye-candy. Heralding the motto 'Organise, Traumatise, Immortalise', the five young members attract headlines by targeting all those we'd love to see get punished - filthy drug dealers, corrupt politicians, arrogant sports stars...and parking inspectors!
- DirectorRichard LowensteinLynn-Maree MilburnStarsRowland S. HowardGenevieve McGuckinNick CaveFrom myth to legend Rowland Howard appeared on the early Melbourne punk scene like a phantom out of Kafkaesque Prague or Bram Stoker's Dracula. A beautifully gaunt and gothic aristocrat, the unique distinctive fury of his guitar style shot him directly into the imagination of a generation. He was impeccable, the austerity of his artistry embodied in his finely wrought form, his obscure tastes and his intelligently wry wit. He radiated a searing personal integrity that never seemed to tarnish. Despite the trials and tribulations of his career, in an age of makeover and reinvention, Rowland Howard never 'sold out'. With recent and moving interviews, archival interviews and other fascinating and original footage, AUTOLUMINESCENT traces the life of Rowland S Howard. Capturing moments with the man himself and intimate missives from those who knew him behind closed doors; words and images etch light into what has always been the mysterious dark.
- DirectorTim BurstallStarsGerard KennedyMichael PrestonPeter HehirIn the tradition of Sunday Too Far Away (1975), this independent film is based on the classic Australian play by John Power. Pic tells the story of a group of miners living in a camp in outback Australia. They swear, brawl, gamble, and drink heavily. Central to the story is the conflict between Tarzan, the authoritarian group leader and cocky loud-mouth wisecracking Pansy. This results in a bare-knuckle punch-up for the movie's denouement. Exteriors filmed in Andamooka, South Australia.
- DirectorNathan HillStarsNathan HillAnne GauthierJane BadlerA reluctant private investigator is hired to track the tail of a suspected suicidal girl.
- StarsDarren K. HawkinsIvan TopicKelly HetheringtonThe true story about the war on the Australian waterfront, when on the 7th April 1998, Chris Corrigan and the Liberal Government at the time, conspired and illegally dismissed the unionised workforce. The series tells the story from both sides, and how the Maritime Union of Australia fought diligently to get the some 2000 sacked workers their jobs back.
- DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsIvar KantsDeborra-Lee FurnessTamsin WestA woman moves away from her boyfriend because she suspects his feelings towards her pre-teen daughter. He tries to find them in the sordid side of Melbourne.
- DirectorRobert HelpmannRudolf NureyevStarsRobert HelpmannRay PowellRudolf NureyevA film adaptation of the Ludwig Minkus ballet, completely re-orchestrated and with additional music by John Lanchbery.
- DirectorKieran GalvinStarsNadia TownsendBernard CurryTerence DonovanAttempting suicide, sultry but down-on-her-luck swindler Liz is rescued by lonely tow truck driver Aiden. But instead of rushing her to the hospital, Liz's savior abducts her to his remote farmhouse, convinced that she is the wife who abandoned him years earlier. Cut off from civilization, kept prisoner and guarded day and night by vicious attack dogs, Liz realizes she must rely on her skills as a con artist to talk her way out of this hostage situation. In the satiric tradition of Buffalo '66, Misery, Black Snake Moan, and Secretary, comes this captivating black comedy about the ties that bind.
- DirectorKate GormanStarsKirk WestwoodSally McDonaldJohn SheedyA true to life drama showing moments of infidelity across five different worlds in the same city; The carefree sexy young things, who think they have nothing to lose; The upwardly mobile thirty-something couple with perfect careers and family life; The gay pair with an open relationship; The frustrated urban duo hanging onto familiarity; and The suburban family full of secrets and lies about to lose it all.
- DirectorIren KosterStarsWilliam SnowVictoria HillMatthew DyktynskiDeja-vu, as an ex-detective turned best selling true crime author is confronted by the copycat unsolved serial killings he investigated as a cop ten years ago. And now, all fingers are pointed in his direction. This, compounded by Todd's severe, mysterious headaches and his untimely discovery that he's been adopted, turn his life into his own worst nightmare.
- DirectorPene PatrickStarsIan BlissJacquie BrennanShane ConnorExplores the delicate relationship between a young mother and her teenage son after the recent death of his father.
- DirectorEddie MartinStarsJustin HughesA year in the life of troubled Australian graffiti artist Justin Hughes.
- StarsAmarkhanIlana CollinsMalcolm KennardA Sci-Fi murder mystery thriller (with a touching love story) about kidnapping and ransom to get a Virtual Reality Game which can save the killer. Detective lead role played by Amar Khan (Melbourne, Australia).
- DirectorBob EllisStarsWendy HughesColin FrielsNorman KayeA convent teacher spreads a little happiness and makes enough money to support her crippled brother's habit by selling her favors regularly on a cross-country night sleeper. She makes sure she is in control of each encounter until one client reaches her more than she expects. As her orderly business plan turns to chaos, she is forced to commit political assassination to keep her life and her freedom, but is there another way out?
- DirectorKen HannamStarsBronwyn Mackay-PayneRon HaddrickBunney BrookeBiopic of Australian 3 Time Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Dawn Fraser.
- DirectorRobyn NevinStarsJudy MorrisBarry OttoVictoria LongleyA couple hires a young girl to take care of their son.
- DirectorMichael PattinsonStarsVince ColosimoSigrid ThorntonSandy GoreVinnie is a teenage boy who is an outcast at school, alienating teachers and students alike and he is a courier for the local Mafia boss.
- DirectorBarry PeakStarsDavid BradshawLian LunsonSimon ChilversA reporter looking into the death of a research scientist finds more deaths connected to the man, including some dubious "suicides". He discovers that the scientist may have been killed to cover up a secret government plot concerning mind-control drugs that have been tested on unknowing civilians, and he becomes involved with the scientist's daughter, who is trying to clear her father's name.
- DirectorMat de KoningStarsMat de KoningMatt DoustDave KavanaghA band of best friends, a roadie who wanted to be a rockstar, a documentary ten years in the making.
- DirectorJohn DixonStarsJon BlakeMark HembrowNikki CoghillPete and Dave accidentally pick up a container belonging to a gang of criminals at the dock. Returning the merchandise is easier said than done.
- DirectorYoav LesterChristopher H.F. MitchellStarsAri NevilleYoav LesterTom McCathieSet in Melbourne, Start Options Exit (SOE) follows the exploits of twenty-somethings Neville Carlisle and Yolis Jenkem; who have come to a freeing conclusion; If you forget the stupid little things like reputation, the law, friendship, the suffering of others.. Life can be kinda fun. You can do whatever you want, getting women is easier, stupid people respect you, sometimes you can even make a little money.
- DirectorDonald CrombieStarsLiddy ClarkJohn StantonVal LehmanNotorious Australian flop set in the Roaring 20s Sydney follows Kitty O'Rourke who, after her thug husband ends up in jail, becomes a tough gangster on her own, befriends a crooked cop called The Bagman and takes on the competition.
- DirectorShane McNeilGirt By Sea is a cinematic love letter to the coastline of Australia - a poetic celebration of our deep connection to the sea as documented over the past 100 years. Drawing exclusively from archival footage set to an enigmatic score by The Panics, director Shane McNeil weaves a lyrical and contemplative interpretation of Australia's coastal history.
- StarsLily BallBlue NelsonMichael ArbuthnotFollows a group of experts as they fan out across the nation to investigate the unexplained objects that normal Americans find in their backyards. Someone just might have that artifact that turns the history of our country on its head.
- DirectorStephen ColesDavid KnispelMichael KnispelStarsTim Day-LewisMike DanielScott AlertDance music has spread across the world transcending religious & racial barriers connecting to the hearts and souls of millions. People have always felt the rhythm of music and have as a result evolved countless dance styles throughout the ages. Beginning in the late 80's in Melbourne's underground dance music party scene, a revolutionary freestyle dance began to grow and has now developed into the most unique and robust underground dance style since the birth of Breakdancing. The Melbourne Shuffle has no set steps but encourages individuality and imagination, incorporating dance moves from numerous styles such as miming, popping & locking, liquid and breaking. But the basis of the Melbourne Shuffle has traditionally been the footwork either performed sliding left to right, on the spot or in a triangular movement, but is evolving everyday. Known as "Rocking" to the Melbourne locals, the name Melbourne Shuffle has been derived from overseas visitors and the media trying to describe this phenomenon.
- DirectorJonathan BurtonStarsIsaac BrownJoshua AielloMitchell HopeA heart-wrenching phone call from Andrew to his mother.
- DirectorJarret GahanStarsLloyd BarrettPauline BellGlenn CochraneA retrospective documentary on the Australian made cult faux sixties exploitation film 'Lesbo-A-Go-Go'.