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Dimpel, Konrad: Canberra and Snowy Mountains (c1954)

This mute, colour home movie made by Canberra resident Konrad Dimpel shows various scenes in and around Canberra and includes a woodchopping competition at a local country show. [read more]

A new image (2007)

At a board meeting after Newtown has failed to make the finals, club president Murray 'Colgate’ Perry (John Jarratt) outlines his plans for a new image for the club, by recruiting a new style of player. Club stalwart Ned (Bob ... [read more]

A Ticket in Tatts (1934)

George (George Wallace) gets fired from his job at a country grocer’s shop. He is hired by the local stud farm, where he has a favourite horse. Hotspur is fancied to win the Melbourne Cup, but big city crooks want ... [read more]

A pack of rabid dogs (2007)

On the eve of the semifinals, the Newtown Jets go up against St George. Newtown coach Jack Cooper (Matthew Johns) gives some last minute instructions before handing over to his captain, 'Grub’ Henderson (Matt Nable), whose message is blunt – ... [read more]

John Safran vs God – Episode 2 (2004)

In this episode of his comedy-documentary series about religion, John Safran road tests Zen Buddhism, questions left-wing sincerity about Aboriginal land rights and gets to know the Freemasons. [read more]

Underbelly – Series 1 (2008)

A 13-part drama series based on real events in Melbourne from 1994–2004. In 1994, power and influence in Melbourne’s underworld is held by the Moran family and old-school gangsters the Carlton Crew. Carl Williams (Gyton Grantley) is a little-known employee ... [read more]

Tiga (1987)

Animated images of the Tasmanian tiger are depicted in different environments: a zoo, suburbia and bushland, as local people recall their sightings of this now extinct animal. [read more]

Father (2008)

An autobiographical animated short film about a boy struggling to understand his ‘strange, silent’ father, who arrived in Australia as a refugee from Lithuania. [read more]

Happy Feet (2006)

Mumble is the only Emperor penguin chick in Antarctica who can’t sing. His friend Gloria (voiced by Brittany Murphy) has a glorious voice, but Mumble can never hope to attract a mate without a ‘heart song’, the personal tune that ... [read more]

‘A very deep sleep’ (2009)

Joe (Clive Owen) carries his ailing wife Katy (Laura Fraser) into the bedroom. He runs to fetch her oxygen and comforts her at her bedside – all of which is quietly watched by their young son, Artie (Nicholas McAnulty). Soon ... [read more]

The workman’s nightmare (1951)

In this silent short film, seen here in full, a young man (John Straford) falls asleep at work. During a nightmare, his ladder attacks. [read more]

Maverick Mother (2007)

When filmmaker Janet Merewether decides to have a baby on her own, she keeps a personal video diary and films conversations with her parents, brothers, sisters-in-law and friends. She plans to become a solo mother by choice, but ends up ... [read more]

’Dearest, I love you’ (1929)

The love of Paula Marsh (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’) for Lee Travers (Josef Bambach) is undermined by Paula’s feelings of remorse over her activities as a thief. [read more]

Difficult Pleasure: A Portrait of Brett Whiteley (1989)

A biographical documentary that follows Australian artist Brett Whiteley as he travels from his studio in Sydney to London. Whiteley started painting in the 1960s in London and Paris before returning to Sydney. He has painted landscapes, portraits, tributes to ... [read more]

Sunstruck (1972)

Welsh schoolteacher and choirmaster Stanley Evans (Harry Secombe) migrates to Australia. His dream of a new life in sunny Sydney is upended by a posting to Kookaburra Springs, a tiny town in western New South Wales. Boarding at the pub ... [read more]

Effie: Just Quietly – Make-Ups and Makeovers (2001)

Effie (Mary Coustas) interviews a range of people on the subject of beauty. They include make-up artist Napoleon Perdis, fashion designer Alannah Hill, cosmetic surgeon Dr Darryl Hodgkinson, 80-year-old cosmetic surgery enthusiast Dalma Edwards, actor Rowena Wallace, health sociologist Dr ... [read more]

Snowtown (2010)

Snowtown is an account of the infamous Snowtown, or Bodies in the Barrels, murders, named after the discovery of eight bodies in an empty bank vault in the South Australian town of Snowtown in May 1999. Two more bodies were ... [read more]

Albion, Douglas: Wally’s Fifth Birthday Party (c1921)

A tinted home movie with intertitles with scenes of a boy’s fifth birthday party in a family garden. Scenes include Wally Albion playing with a toy train; girls dancing; a large table spread with cakes and sweets; and other party ... [read more]

Stone Bros. (2009)

Eddie (Luke Carroll) works as a cleaner in a museum. His cousin Charlie (Leon Burchill) loves smoking cannabis, partying and having fun. While visiting Eddie at his workplace, Charlie knocks over a large photographic display causing both men to flee ... [read more]

Father (1989)

Melbourne, 1989. Elderly widower Joseph Mueller (Max von Sydow) lives with his daughter, Anne (Carol Drinkwater), her husband Bobby (Steve Jacobs) and their daughters Rebecca (Simone Robertson) and Amy (Kahli Sneddon). Running a busy inner city hotel, the Winton family ... [read more]

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