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They’re not psycho killers… they’re just small business operators.
The son of a scientist is called to the future to solve the world’s oxygen crisis and save the woman he loves.
An ex footballer embroiled in a scandal returns home to clear his name and reignite an old flame, but revelations regarding the shameful aftermath of his team's grand final once again threaten to turn his life upside down.
An innocent Cambodian boy is enslaved on a fishing trawler and soon realises that his only hope of freedom may be to become as violent as his captors.
A story of childhood, monsters, dreams, death and love, the burning desire for a pet rabbit and the inability to understand when anti-communist bigotry labels best friends as bogeymen.
Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's kin and ken seeming more interested in going along with things than doing anything about it. So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in doing so sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser.
Carl Fitzgerald, the chef in a seedy rock 'n' roll club, struggles to maintain his dignity amidst brutality and squalor. He sees a chance to escape when he meets the voluptuous Sophie but a nasty accident at the club leaves him feeling more threatened than ever.
It is 1907. Dr Plonk, scientist, inventor, calculates that the world will end in 101 years unless immediate action is taken. Realising he needs to furnish evidence for his grave claims, he sets out to invent a time machine in order to visit the outlandishly strange and deadly year of 2007.
Charlie is a young architect with seemingly everything going for him. Russell, the complete opposite, has just been released from prison. Their paths cross when Russell is employed to work on Charlie's latest project: the construction of a giant Murray Cod as a tourist attraction for a small Victorian town.
1897 Western Australia. To escape a harsh existence and return home, a young Afghan cameleer partners with a mysterious bushman on the run with two 400oz Crown-marked gold bars. Together the unlikely pair must outwit a zealous police sergeant and his troopers in a race to reach a secret furnace - the one place where they can safely reset the bars to remove the mark of the Crown. The Furnace is an unlikely hero’s tale, navigating greed and the search for identity in a new land. The film illuminates the forgotten history of Australia’s ‘Ghan' cameleers, predominantly Muslim and Sikh men from India, Afghanistan and Persia, who traversed the Nation's vast desert interior, thereby forming unique bonds with local Aboriginal people.
A troubled teenage girl who’s struggling to cope with the accidental death of her father suspects that the mysterious killer stalking her hometown is not only her neighbour but her mother’s new romantic interest. When she calls in the police after her best friend disappears, it’s a false alarm. But that doesn’t stop her determination to expose the killer. During a second police response an innocent man dies and she suffers a breakdown. Confined to bed and no longer believed – not even by her extremely concerned mother – she is certain the killer is closing in on her. He is, but now no one is listening.
Based on the award winning book, My Life As An Alphabet by Barry Jonsberg, H IS FOR HAPPINESS is a classic Family Feature Film that will make you laugh, cry and cheer with delight; the story of one unflinchingly honest twelve year old girl’s determination to bring her family back from the brink. Candice Phee is an unforgettable heroine whose exploits will inspire and delight anyone who has faced the trials of adolescence and the heartbreak of family tragedy.
In the wake of humanity’s extinction, a teenage girl is raised by a robot designed to repopulate the earth. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.
A mercurial assassin (Simon Pegg) discovers he isn't the only person trying to kill the siren (Alice Braga) of a sun-drenched surfing town. In this darkly comedic thriller, the hitman finds himself unravelling three tales of mayhem, murder, blackmail and revenge.
An unsuspecting couple buy a house in what appears to be a quiet street... a dark comedy about neighbours, ice and baseball bats.
A documentary about Australia’s most beloved canine star KOKO, the star of the hit film RED DOG. From his extraordinary life as a puppy, show dog, film star and back to a loving pet, this documentary tracks the amazing effect KOKO had on a very diverse spectrum of people.
Partly based on Australian Country and Western Star Lee Kernaghan’s 2016 autobiography, BOY FROM THE BUSH is a feature-length music documentary that celebrates Lee’s music and is a musical ode to rural Australia – old, new and all those hypnotic shades in between. Part concert film, part road movie, the film not only tells the story of Lee’s life, career and music, but is also about the people and stories that have inspired him across his thirty-year career. This will be as much a film about Lee’s songs as it will be about those people and communities that define the Australian rural experience
Brent, grieving after the recent loss of his father, politely declines an invitation to the school formal from Lola, the quietest girl in school. Devastated by the rejection, Lola and her overly protective father kidnap Brent and force him to endure a macabre formal of their own creation.
Malcolm's remarkable talent for inventing mechanical contraptions is put to use by his not-too-honest boarders as they plan an ingenious and original bank robbery.
The claymation tale of the lifelong pen-friendship between Mary Dinkle, a chubby lonely eight year old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horovitz, a 44-year-old, severely obese, Jewish man with Aspergers Syndrome living in the chaos of New York. Spanning 20 years and two continents, Mary and Max's friendship survives much, much more than the average diet of life's ups and downs.
An interpretation of William Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure', set in Melbourne's notorious commission flats, that provide the setting for an exploration of love, loyalty and justice.
After an unlikely encounter at a train station, a young terminally ill girl befriends a wanted fugitive and they embark on a road trip to visit a moon rock that the girl believes will heal her.
It has been a long time since Caine, Bronson, Angus and Wendell, AKA, ‘The Chain Breakers,’ escaped the torturous Vietnamese POW camp. They now find themselves sharing a new prison, The Hogan Hills Retirement Home for Returned Veterans. Each of the boys has an unrealised dream they want to achieve. So they band together to devise a plan to escape this new hell. But the rules of engagement have changed, in fact, they can’t even remember what they were and that’s half the problem. NEVER TOO LATE is a cross between Grumpy Old Men and The Great Escape, about four mates reconciling after years apart to teach each other that it’s never too late to chase your dreams.
NIAGARA'S GOLD tells the story of the men who in 1941 were hired by the Bank of England to recover eight tons of gold from a sunken ship in the middle of a German minefield and how they achieved it.
The community reels after a mass murder on a suburban train. A young cop, beset with doubt and afflicted with tinnitus, is pitched into the chaos that follows this tragic event. He struggles to clear the screaming in his head while all around him try to deal with the afterburn of the terrible crime.
It’s the summer of 1999 in blue-collar Melbourne and school is out forever. 17-year-old Serbian immigrant Kol is preparing for the Australian Dance finals when he receives a distress call from his dance partner Ebony who has woken up on a beach, in an unfamiliar town after a big night out. With the help of Ebony’s older brother Adam, they attempt to make it to the finals on time but when Kol and Adam get stuck in summer traffic on the way to collect Ebony, they discover they have more in common than expected, and over the course of the next 24 hours an unexpected and intense romance blossoms. A decade later the pair meet for a bittersweet reunion.
SCARLETT tells a story of Eric and Kat—newlyweds and soon to be parents—who become custodians of an old house. It soon becomes apparent that the house carries some dark history, as strange happenings begin to terrify Kat. Terrifying, human-like beings begin to harass pregnant Kat, but Eric is reluctant to believe his wife, and tries to find logical explanations for these paranormal occurrences. As time goes by, the encounters become more violent and more difficult to explain. Eric and Kat’s relationship soon becomes strained as Eric suspects Kat of being mentally ill. Eric urges Kat to seek psychiatric help, however she refuses, which puts more strain on their relationship. Kat seeks the help of a Catholic Priest, to perform a exorcism, however she is refused her request being told it is against Church protocol. In the final act of total desperation they enlist Linda—a street-smart, renegade demonologist—to help them investigate the supernatural encounters. With Linda’s help, the couple discover a terrible secret associated with the history of the house and its strange inhabitants, which would put the one thing they care about the most, their child - at grave risk. Will they uncover the truth about the ‘Shadow People’ in time to save their family from the terrifying nightmare that has been unleashed?
Almost a year after her identical twin's disappearance, 25 year old medical student Maude Ashton is still haunted by visions of her violent abduction. Convinced she is still alive, Maude follows the clues to a derelict caravan where she discovers her fate is intrinsically linked to that of her sister, while the entire experiment is controlled by a 'secret society' that likes to watch.
Placid Lake is a kid who follows his instincts; follows them so far they lead him to convalescing in a full body cast and pondering whether following your heart is good for your health. Deciding it isn't, he must take the road more travelled. Be normal, fit in. Even if it kills you.
The early events leading up to Red Dog’s discovery on the road to Dampier and his ultimate rise from ordinary dog to Australian legend.
The inspirational true story of jockey Michelle Payne, who beat catastrophic injury and odds of a 100-1, to become the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.
Bored by their easy existence in Melbourne, Rikky and her brother Pete set off for Mount Isa and a questionable foray into the hardened world of mining.
After losing her own son to cancer, a grieving single mother kidnaps another child, which she then befriends to replace her son.
Popular TV prank show, Scare Campaign, has been entertaining audiences for years with its mix of old school scares and hidden camera fun. But a new, hard-edged web series has forced them to up the ante. Will the team go too far this time and are they about to prank the wrong guy?
Amy is a doctor struggling to deal with her son’s accident. She still cannot manage to leave his comatose side. Becoming obsessed with finding a cure, she begins to lose control and her mental health begins to suffer. Despite the pleas of those who care about her most, she falls deeper into her own world of denial and darkness. Finally, Amy plunges into the terrifying world of THE SCHOOL. Captured by a hoard of feral kids, Amy sets out to find her son whilst protecting a group of underworld kids from their cultish teen leader Zac.
A visceral, tautly paced heist thriller, centred on a complex relationship between Australia’s public enemy number one and his young protégé.
A wild bush cowboy lets loose at a rip-roaring Ute Muster and B & S Ball. When his best mate, a firecracker jillaroo, announces she’s leaving for the city, he wakes up to the fact she’s the love of his life. Amidst a paddock full of utes, bucket-loads of rum, and a rollicking party, he must get his act together fast or lose her forever.
Hitchhiking home to a family she's never known, Heidi meets Michael. In the stunning orange groves of country Australia, they embark on an adventure, discovering their secrets and lives may be better shared.
THE SURVIVAL OF KINDNESS is a film inimitably of its time – an allegorical tale of race and inequality, it is an exquisite, thought-provoking and immersive journey from the distinctive lens of Rolf de Heer.
Tony Stilano and Trev Spackneys own, live and work in nearby takeaway fish shops in Melbourne. Although they have fallen into a habitual rivalry based on a cause long forgotten, the pair unite when the multinational fast food outlet 'Burgies' unveils a new store next door to the fish and chip shops.
In the wild and isolated wilderness of Australia's Tasmanian highlands, Ruby Rose is overcome by her phobic fear of darkness. She cries out to the elemental spirits that surround her, and is driven to take a harrowing journey out of the mountains to seek help from her lost grandmother.
It is the distant past, tribal times. Dayindi (played by Jamie Gulpilil, son of the great David Gulpilil) covets one of the wives of his older brother. To teach him the proper way, he is told a story from the mythical past, a story of wrong love, kidnapping, sorcery, bungling mayhem and revenge gone wrong. In English storytelling (by David Gulpilil) and subtitled Ganalbingu language, this is a film unlike any you have ever seen.
A set of mountain ranges in the outback, 1922... horseback country, and the Fanatic leads the two other white men, the Follower and the Philosopher, and the Tracker, in the pursuit of the Fugitive. Through massacre and murder the hunt continues, until the clear-cut notions of truth and justice are subverted and the questions become not will the Fugitive be caught, but what is black and what is white and who is leading whom?
Follows the misadventures of Jimmy, an aspiring young ex-streetkid who loses gangster dollars and has to pull his first 'job' to avoid the bullet. Unfortunately for Jimmy, he is distracted by the girl of his dreams who offers him the prospect of a better life, the job goes wrong, and a couple of street kids who acted as the catalyst for his downfall become entangled in the events that lead to Jimmy's transformation.
A disillusioned expatriate returns to Australia and is committed to a psychiatric hospital. There he meets and inadvertently assists a fellow inmate, Mary, to escape. Their relationship develops and they find a way to survive the uncertain future.
Mates for life, Jeffrey and Phillip are happily unemployed, until everything starts to go wrong. They are put on a 'work for the dole' scheme, a freeway is about to be built through the middle of the caravan park where they live, and their favourite show is going to be axed at the end of the year...
In an isolated mountain village in 19th-century Macedonia, a young witch is left to go feral in the woods. Curious about life as a human, she accidentally kills a peasant in the village, then takes her shape to see what life is like in her skin. This ignites her deep-seated curiosity to experience life inside the bodies of others.
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