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Flowergirl (1999)

Japanese surfers Daisuke (Toshiyuki Chiba), Hana (Mikiko Ooka) and Tetsu (Jun Iwasaki) share a Bondi flat together. After a year in Australia, Daisuke must return to Japan. Although he is a vegetarian, out of obligation he will go and work ... [read more]

Art (1974)

A personal point-of-view documentary about the meaning of art by cartoonist and animator, Bruce Petty. Petty uses his own drawings and other works of art to illustrate connections between art movements and historical and social change. [read more]

Making a canoe and hunting a turtle (1948)

Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory. On the beach it’s time to play out one of the dramas of daily life – the return of the hunters. [read more]

Shame (1987)

Perth lawyer Asta Cadell (Deborra-Lee Furness) crashes her motorcycle near a small town in Western Australia. While waiting for repairs Asta stays at the house of garage owner Tim Curtis (Tony Barry). After being subjected to sexual harassment and physical ... [read more]

Kangaroo embryo (1965)

This clip shows a kangaroo external embryo suckling in its mother’s pouch in the early stages of its development. The pouch opening is held open to allow the camera to film in close-up as the voice-over explains how the four-month-old ... [read more]

Pull over (1981)

Police pull Les (Les Graham) over, and demand that he unload the truck. The other musicians, who are following the truck in their car, stop to investigate the hold-up. There is an altercation between the police and the band members. [read more]

‘Boys club’ (1996)

Detectives Frank Holloway (Colin Friels) and Rachel 'Goldie’ Goldstein (Catherine McClements) interrogate the 'negligee bandit’ at the station. When some of the other officers try to get a glimpse of the suspect, Goldie is not amused. [read more]

‘This is getting very risky, pal’ (1986)

Hagan (Rod Mullinar) offers corrupt detective Calhoun (Tony Barry) a large sum of money to eliminate Sam Barlow. [read more]

Arriving in town (2007)

Jason (Gregory Cross) arrives in town. His Pop (Kelton Pell) is there to greet him and show him around, reminiscing, but Jason is not easily impressed. [read more]

Australia Post – Letter Writing Venice (1986)

This is an Australia Post television advertisement promoting international postage. [read more]

Pussy Pumps Up (1979)

This 2D animated film opens to musical accompaniment as a tiny cat-girl heroine descends from a rope, exhibiting sensuality, grace and coquettishness before metamorphosing into a muscular, powerful figure. [read more]

My Country (1958)

Dorothea Mackellar reads her most famous poem ‘My Country’ in 1958. [read more]

Dreamtime, Machinetime (1987)

An episodic documentary featuring distinguished Indigenous artists specialising in literary and visual art forms. [read more]

Bali Hi (c1971)

This is an amateur travelogue made by Alan Bresnahan and his wife during a trip to Bali in 1971. [read more]

‘I stumbled onto something’ (1986)

Sam (Gary Day) and his best friend Jack (Gerard MacGuire) follow a lead on a murder case involving Slaney, a fellow Vietnam veteran. Watched by crooked cop Calhoun (Tony Barry), Jack and Sam leave Jack’s party to investigate. [read more]

I don’t want your lousy money (1969)

Tony (Rod Mullinar) tears up a cheque given to him by his lover, Paul (Sean McEuan). Tony says he already has everything Paul aspires to. [read more]

Mutt (2008)

Mac, a hardened outback farmer, his mellow cow Matilda and his playful dog Mutt are in conflict, yet are dependent on each other for their survival. [read more]

Shifting Sands – My Colour, Your Kind (1998)

A young albino Aboriginal girl (Melissa Middleton) escapes from a convent to return to her mother, her story unfolding in flashback during this journey. [read more]

Mister Prime Minister – Joseph Aloysius Lyons (c1966)

Joseph Aloysius Lyons served as Prime Minister of Australia from 1932 to 1939. Academics, Lyons’s widow Dame Enid Lyons and political figures, including former prime minister Sir Robert Menzies, discuss Lyons’s life and times. [read more]

One Shoe Short (2007)

In a town camp in Alice Springs, it’s school time and Rodney (Rodney Malbunka) can’t find shoes to wear. His school won’t allow him in class barefoot so his mate Jesse (Jesse McCormack) tries to help him out by reorganising ... [read more]

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