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Musical paralysis (1995)
Australian composer Ross Edwards went to London to study composition. He worked obsessively in a damp flat and began to feel claustrophobic, which affected his work. He moved to the countryside of Yorkshire in Northern England and slowly began to ... [read more]
Trapped (1978)
Angela (Sigrid Thornton) is being followed and asks Elmer (Robert Bruning) for help. She arrives at his company headquarters and enters a photo studio. Her photograph covers the walls and floor. The door is locked by an unseen figure. [read more]
‘I need you’ (2007)
Alex (Shaun Evans) meets Taylor (Scott Mechlowicz) outside a hostel in Kings Cross, Sydney. They spend a night carousing with two girls that Taylor knows. Alex wakes up beside one of them the next morning as Taylor takes a Polaroid. ... [read more]
Memories (2004)
Filmmaker Clara Law has given Trish and Ali some homework – she has asked them to respond to a series of word-prompts including the words ‘ancestors’ and ‘sea’. Against a montage of quiet landscapes and a sparse score, Trish narrates ... [read more]
Discrimination (2003)
Bernie compares the nature of a male jockey’s career to her own. Former champion Roy Higgins reveals his concerns about female riders going head-to-head with male ‘kamikaze’ jockeys. A race writer wonders whether women are aggressive enough, while trainer Betty ... [read more]
Panning for gold (1971)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Alan Bresnahan in 1971 shows a group of people panning for gold in a creek bed to the song, Goldfever. [read more]
Santa at Anthony Hordern Pavilion (1929)
This clip from a silent black-and-white cinema advertisement for Anthony Hordern & Sons shows a crowd of 20,000 people welcoming Santa as he arrives by horse-drawn carriage at the Anthony Hordern Pavilion, Sydney. [read more]
‘I think he’s having an affair’ (2001)
Valerie (Barbara Hershey) and husband John (Geoffrey Rush) argue before breakfast, on what will be the last day of her life. Later, Sonja Zat (Kerry Armstrong) tells Valerie about her fears for her marriage. [read more]
Slipknot (2002)
After a group of nine young men get turned away by bouncers at a selective Melbourne nightclub, ‘onesixone’, John Safran helps them pose as American nu-metal band Slipknot to gain entry into the club. [read more]
‘I want to be an actor’ (2008)
Frances explains that she would like to be an actor like her famous uncle, David Gulpilil, and how she secured a role in the Rolf de Heer film Ten Canoes (2006). [read more]
Munch kids ask, what is rubbish? (1992)
In this animated segment of Lift Off, children’s voices are heard discussing a question – when is rubbish, rubbish? As they ponder the question, exploring it from many different perspectives their ideas are animated in a variety of ways. [read more]
They know about you (1992)
Governments collect and process data for a range of reasons, including law enforcement, ascertaining voting trends and surveillance of citizens. Databanks exchange information to refine that information. The narration suggests that this may be a danger to our democratic society. [read more]
‘Money matters’ (1992)
Gina Hard-Faced Bitch (Marg Downey) presents economics talk show Money Matters. Here she poses the question of whether Australia should trade with countries who are known to breach human rights. Gina is joined by guests Nigel Lillywhite (Geoff Brooks) and ... [read more]
‘This is our home now’ (2007)
Rose (Joan Chen) and her husband 'Uncle Bill’ (Steven Vidler) kiss after she moves back in, seven years after she left him. Rose’s son Tom (Joel Lok) gets a nosebleed as he watches them. Rose resents the presence of Bill’s ... [read more]
‘I’d really like for you to be there’ (1998)
Headmaster Carson (John Gregg) invites student Marco (Danny Raco) to be his partner at an inter-school lawn bowls competition. Meanwhile Zac (Luke Jacobz) and Tess (Katherine Hicks) continue to explore Tess’s belief in the paranormal. When Zac confides in Tess ... [read more]
A blonde, a burger and a Buick (1978)
Tony (Richard Moir) recognises two youths (Shuvus and Lou Brown) in a country café, as the ones who stopped to pick him up earlier before speeding away, laughing. When they become aggressive outside the café, Tony takes a tyre lever ... [read more]
‘How many razorbacks would you kill in a season?’ (1984)
Beth Winters (Judy Morris) and cameraman Danny (John Howard) arrive in Gamulla. After booking rooms at the pub run by Turner (John Ewart), Beth interviews shooter Jake Cullen (Bill Kerr). Jake says he enjoys killing razorbacks. [read more]
Jinaali gets a dressing-down (2007)
In her nervousness, Jinaali (Elaine Crombie) makes a faux pas over the loudspeaker. Her boss Mr Chuck (Roy Billing) has something to say about that, and more! [read more]
Children as ruthless killers (2002)
Three children are asked to talk about their experiences of killing and maiming people. Olara Otunna, Special Representative Children and Armed Conflict, United Nations, comments on the recruitment of children to armed action and how easily they are trained to ... [read more]
A unique audience (1920)
This segment from an Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1920 shows injured soldiers from Caulfield Military Hospital attending a special matinee screening of a film, arranged by the management at Elsternwick Theatre. Injured soldiers travel in wheelchairs or are pushed ... [read more]
