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A story of two urban feral kids who steal a mailbag for the money but are forever affected by the letter it contains.
A deadpan comedy of teenage love gone wrong. Sensitive 17-year-old Mick O'Brien reluctantly cross-dresses and joins an all-girl band in a hopeless attempt to reunite his family. He falls in love with lead singer Angela who, jilted by one too many lying men, is flirting with lesbianism. She's hot for Mick, not just because he is cute and talented but, being a woman, Mick is sure to be honest.
East meets West when a widowed English schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens and her 12-year-old son, Louis travel to Siam in the 1860s. Anna must teach the ways of the West to the children of the haughty King Mongkut; so that Siam may begin to enter the modern world.
The story of a former footballer and copper turned private eye.
The third in a series of films, BINGO, BRIDESMAIDS AND BRACES captures with candid honesty, the lives of three working-class women as they grow up from the “not so innocent” age of 14 to “it’s happening too fast” at 18, through to “well, we survived” at the ripe old age of 26. During these 12 fast and furious years they discover exactly what life has in store for them - the good, the bad and the unexpected. BINGO, BRIDESMAIDS AND BRACES accurately highlights the three stages of their lives through their unique relationship with acclaimed director Gillian Armstrong.
When Bobby and Tia meet by accident the last thing they want is a relationship. Bobby is hell-bent on a journey of self destruction and in Tia he finds a willing companion. They begin a brutal and damaging relationship fuelled by sex, alcohol and deceit. Tia's only refuge is in her childhood friend Phaedra, a trusting and optimistic confidant. Tia's tragic denial of her present life begins to infect Phaedra's undying faith in commitment and love. Through desperation, Phaedra dives into an unfamiliar and hostile world but it is her strength and compassion that pushes Bobby and Tia into confronting their worst fear - honesty.
A bankrupt man bungles his suicide and embarks on a career of crime in this action-packed cops and robbers comedy involving mayhem, marriage and money. The solution lies in an electric kettle.
A modern comedy romance about relationships. She wants him to commit and he still wants to play around. She makes a wish - that he were in her shoes. When they wake up, he is. He's in her body. She's in his. Forced to live each other's lives - through work, friends, and sex - they get to know each other as they never have before.
The true story of Australia's worst peace-time disaster. Made with the support and participation of the survivors and rescuers.
Professor David Lurie's life falls apart after he has an impulsive affair with one of his students. Forced to resign from the university he escapes to his daughter's farm. The relationship is tested when they both become victims of a vicious attack. Based on the Booker Prize winning novel by J.M. Coetzee.
Set in a post-apocalyptic environment, DOOM RUNNERS follows a group of four kids as they trek across their ravaged world in search of a better life.
Lawyer Jeff Warren takes over a compensation case after the sudden death of one of his legal partners. His subsequent investigations, and growing obsession with the enigmatic Ellen Fielding, compromise his values and his view of himself as a winner. His attempts to solve the complex intrigues lead him to be accused of the murder of Ellen's husband, Harry, and even his longtime partner and friend, Alison, finds it difficult to believe that he is innocent. His moral dilemma leads him into a final graphic confrontation, with unexpected results.
The life of Henry Fable changes dramatically when he comes into contact with the forces of chance and destiny.
Phillip, a cybercrime investigator, finds a website for Feeders and Gainers, where fat-admiring men (Feeders) seek out obese women (Gainers). But one of the Feeders may be going too far - taking bets online while feeding his charges to death. What Phillip discovers may cost him his life... or his sanity.
A FEW LESS MEN is the hilarious comedy sequel to the worldwide hit A FEW BEST MEN. A destination wedding in Australia’s Blue Mountains goes horribly wrong when Luke gets drunk and falls off a cliff. Our boys, David , Tom and Graham suddenly find themselves transporting their friend’s corpse back to London, where his grieving Aunt is already planning the funeral. When their private jet crash lands in the bush, the boys must carry the body across the treacherous landscape, contend with some fit ravers, a machete wielding mother and a mix up with a giant gold penis, in a race against time to return Luke home. Provided they all survive… intact.
Further stories of the Southeast firefighters.
While visiting Australia, English actor, Henry, and his French girlfriend Sophie, stay with Adelaide couple Ronnie and Jeff. What should be a fun break, quickly descends into paranoia, bitter recriminations and truly appalling behaviour. In the end, ‘real Australia’ has had enough and lets them know it. THE FLIP SIDE pitches a young Australian couple against the visitors from hell, an insufferable European duo operating with the confidence of the anointed.
An imaginative six-year-old boy, Gabriel, has developed a close relationship to his pet ants. When one stops moving he questions his mother about life, death and love for the first time.
A refreshingly fast paced, action-packed comedy about two smart young lawyers who try to steal a rare vintage of Grange Hermitage (the '51) to fast-track their climb up the corporate ladder.
Time and memory: we're all stuck in time, we move through it, leaving a little trail of light that sticks to walls, paper, film and memory.
JFK: THE SMOKING GUN breaks new ground in the case of President John F. Kennedy’s murder 50 years ago. Colin McLaren, a foremost veteran Australian homicide detective, spent four and a half years on a cold case forensic investigation of the assassination. His investigation marks the first and only time a qualified homicide detective has carefully analysed the complete catalogue of evidence and testimony surrounding the JFK assassination. This documentary reveals what really happened that day: that there was a second shooter who fired accidentally and who was really responsible for the kill shot to President Kennedy – and subsequently one of the greatest cover-ups in American history.
A vivid and comic portrayal of a migrant mother and daughter surviving life in a dusty Australian town in the 1960s.
Rex is a loner, and when he’s told he doesn’t have long to live, he embarks on an epic drive from Broken Hill to Darwin to die on his own terms; but his journey reveals to him that before you can end your life you have to live it, and to live it, you’ve got to share it.
Len is struggling with the practicalities of day-to-day life, months after his mother's death. He clings to short messages she wrote for him. Her last cryptic message, taken literally by Len, sets him off on a strange and ultimately cathartic course towards new love.
Inside one of the many operating theatres of an old, abandoned hospital, a man awakes strapped to a table, disorientated and terrified. On the side of the room a single monitor, shows him a live feed of his girlfriend trapped downstairs in what looks to be the morgue. A man appears, decked out in surgeons scrubs, and explains the situation to him - he will be tortured unspeakably and after five days, killed, at which point, his girlfriend will be set free. However, if he cannot endure the unspeakable pain, his beloved will be killed in his place. Now the trapped man must decide: his love or his life?
TJ is a man on the run from himself. His quest to find the son he’s never known takes him on a journey across the remote and stunning Kimberley landscape, where he questions his life of violence. In the frontier town of ‘Five Rivers’ TJ meets his match in former ‘Mad Bastard’ turned local cop Texas; but he also finds Bullet his long lost son here, and his personal transformation begins.
The film follows the case of a couple who sue a doctor for malpractice when complications at the birth of their son result in the child's brain damage.
The story of country Australia told from a woman's point of view. For them it's an extraordinary life.
Staff in an emergency department of a large Australian hospital have become addicted to the adrenalin rush they experience while dealing with life and death emergencies.
A young couple with dreams of owning their own home find themselves plunged into a nightmare world of deceit, incompetence and rising interest rates. A cautionary tale that shows a young couple's financial and emotional plight.
Yahoo's seriously dangerous romantic comedy about free range eggs, accidents, refrigeration and whether mankind is alone in the Universe.
A selection of stories that allow us to rethink our relationship with the chicken. A 'natural history' like no other.
An exploration of the hopes and expectations of three working class women from Adelaide, and the differences and similarities they share with their daughters.
POLICE RESCUE depicts the exploits and daily life and death teamwork of the quiet heroes of the police force - the members of the Police Rescue Squad.
The third 13-episode series based on the work of the elite team of the Police Rescue Squad. Each episode will take viewers to different rescue situations and to join the squad members after hours, when they let off steam and deal with the personal trauma of their work.
A decades-long feud between two sheep farming brothers comes to a head when disaster strikes their flocks.
With the GFC decimating its traditional Western markets, Bordeaux may have found its savior and biggest customer ever - China, but as Bordeaux struggles to accommodate China's voracious appetite for its rare and expensive wines, will the China market be the bubble that never bursts or the biggest threat yet to Bordeaux's almost mythical status in the world of fine wine?
An Indian bed represents the resting place of lovers over the centuries and sometimes attempts to influence the lives of its owners through dreams.
Invited away on a hens weekend, SISSY is stuck in a remote cabin with her highschool bully...and a taste for revenge. #triggered.
Individual teleplays: Three women meet for lunch at Piccolo Mondo. On the menu: marriage, infidelity, friendship and betrayal... Who is the 20-year-old who has moved into Drew's family on the day of his father's funeral?... A drama about Oedipus gone wrong...The patient with the appointment before her at the analyst becomes the object of Mimi's obsession... From childhood Chaim has been attending funeral services, moving closer each time to the front of the chapel... It's 1952. Michael's proxy bride arrives from Greece and things will never be the same...
Gary Young has his share of problems with women. His ex-wife is threatening his financial well-being in a bitter divorce settlement and his relationship with his girlfriend is suffering irrevocable damage. Then Gary meets Anna. She's attractive, exotic and outrageous. The chance encounter erupts into a brief affair. When Gary's ex-wife is found murdered he becomes ensnared in a terrifying web of deceit...
Orville is a 10-year-old aircraft buff whose ambitions can't get off the ground because his inner-Sydney peers won't admit him to their model-plane circle. Then he meets old Harry and soon his wildest dreams come true.
A young woman escapes from an impossible family situation with her child. She finds lodging at a run down block of flats where she begins a relationship. The love affair fails in dramatic circumstances, but through it she finds the strength to brave her father and ultimately free herself from her past.
Karl is a cheerful and endearing 8-year-old, in spite of being terminally ill with a rare neuromuscular disease. Although Karl's speech and walking are affected his single mother Judy tries to give him a normal life. Karl befriends an elderly man called Jack who, once he has broken through Judy's mistrust, becomes an important part of their lives. Jack too is ill, and through Karl's example he learns how to face death.
The young wife of an ambitious bureaucrat, April is accidentally kidnapped by an inept street gang during a bungled robbery. Confinement turns to liberation as she comes to realize her young captors offer her a first taste of personal freedom and sexual awakening.
WAYNE tells the exhilarating story of 1987 World Motorcycle Grand Prix Champion Wayne Gardner’s triumphant, improbable journey from a 5-dollar dirt bike to the international summit of his sport.
A clash of wills over a direction of lifestyles.
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