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New China (1997)
Young Chinese fashion designers Guo Pei and Sun Jian talk about the differences between themselves and their parents, how modern Chinese youth really just want to make money, and how they have no interest in politics. [read more]
‘Wake up, Mutti’ (2007)
Raimond (Kodi Smit-McPhee) discovers that his mother Christina (Franka Potente) has taken an overdose. While his father Romulus (Eric Bana) rushes to get help, Raimond must try to keep his mother awake, so he tells her an impromptu story. He ... [read more]
John Konrads speaks (1961)
John Konrads was one of Australia’s greatest swimmers. He and his sister Ilsa were from an immigrant family and rose to the heights of sporting fame. He is about to join other sporting greats of his era like Murray Rose ... [read more]
‘Everyone needs a drama’ (2004)
Jack (Alex O’Loughlin) discusses love with Skippy (Jack Thompson), a Vietnam veteran who lives as a hermit on one of the many remote creeks in the national park. Skippy shows a glimpse of his dark side as they go fishing. ... [read more]
‘You’ve got guts, you’ll be fine’ (1997)
Granger (Dominic Purcell) makes the case that a stuttering DJ for Raw FM’s debut will put off listeners. He therefore argues that he, rather than Sarah (Elena Mandalis), should present the first show. Zelda (Nadine Garner) violently disagrees while Robert ... [read more]
‘I want to be a writer’ (1979)
Harry Beecham (Sam Neill) has waited two years for Sybylla (Judy Davis) to agree to marry. As drought grips the land again, he comes for an answer, but Sybylla explains why she cannot. [read more]
Clara (2004)
You can view the animated short film Clara here in its entirety. In her suburban home, 12-year-old Clara tries to come to terms with a life-changing event. [read more]
‘Are you going to hell?’ (2006)
Kenny (Shane Jacobson) takes his son Jesse (Jesse Jacobson) to see his grandfather (Ronald Jacobson), at a trailer park outside Melbourne. On the way, Kenny explains to his son why he doesn’t believe in God. At the mobile home, Kenny’s ... [read more]
Settlers attacked (1935)
Morrison (Franklyn Bennett) has married Jane Judd (Margot Rhys) because of a promise he made before he met Biddy O’Shea. Biddy has also married, and both women have had a baby. When Aborigines attack and kill her family, the fatally ... [read more]
Zigzag (1978)
Essie Coffey instructs some young people on how to track animals. They are looking for porcupine tracks, and finally find one. A porcupine never walks straight says Essie, but always walks in a zig zag. They follow the porcupine to ... [read more]
‘Unpleasant fact number one’ (1985)
Harry Joy (Barry Otto) wakes up in a psychiatric hospital, after his family has bribed corrupt doctors to certify him. His friend and colleague Alex Duval (Tim Robertson) is already there, masquerading as the real Harry Joy. The hospital’s chief ... [read more]
‘A game of skill, touch and patience’ (2002)
Jack Simpson (Mick Molloy) has been ordered to turn up to play bowls, or lose his membership in the club. Club president Len (Frank Wilson) thinks there’s some mistake, because he’s never seen Simpson before. Team skipper Stan (Bill Hunter) ... [read more]
Houdini visits Edinburgh (2007)
Mary McGarvie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and her daughter Benji (Saoirse Ronan) watch a silent black-and-white newsreel about Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce). They learn that he has offered USD $10,000 to anyone who can contact his dead mother in the afterlife, ... [read more]
Eureka! (2007)
Filmmaker Janet Merewether is sick of researching sperm donors and weighing up the different options for getting pregnant. To get away from it all, she goes out to a concert and ends up with a bloke in bed. Sounds of ... [read more]
Empowerment (1978)
Naked women jump into a swimming pool and play while one of the women in voice-over tells a story about a group of young ‘size 10’ women shivering miserably on a cold beach waiting for their boyfriends to finish surfing. ... [read more]
‘Be elusive but don’t walk far’ (2005)
Eddie visits the site of a proposed major development to take soil contamination samples. He remembers his childhood sweetheart Amanda (Casey Peterson), whose father is the developer behind this new project. As he works, a crop-dusting helicopter gives him a ... [read more]
What is great writing? (2001)
Tensions in the newsroom come to the surface when Bernard Brewster (Jack Thompson) singles out David Meredith (Matt Day) for praise, citing an article that he has written in defiance of instructions from news editor Curtis Condon (Denis Moore). David’s ... [read more]
‘Bloody rent increases’ (1976)
In Norma’s wine bar, Norma (Sheila Kennelly) and Weppo (Roger Ward) discuss the new barman. Edie (Wendy Blacklock) comes in with her nephews, Grant (Michael Howard) and Lee (Stephen McDonald), and has trouble understanding their teenage talk. [read more]
‘Who are you, Steve?’ (2003)
On the videotape, Alexandra (Helen Buday) displays the vibrator Steve (Gary Sweet) gave her on her birthday and accuses him of buying it for his pleasure only. She calls it a machine, and says that in his eyes it makes ... [read more]
Antipodean Chagall (1994)
Australian painter Arthur Boyd painted his 'Half-Caste Bride’ series in the 1950s, drawing international attention to his work. Art curator Barry Pearce explains how Boyd’s exposure to European painters like Goya gave him a new perspective on his own work. [read more]
