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Two of Max’s life goals come true (2009)

In his New York high-rise, Max (voiced by Philip Seymour Hoffman) is cutting and saving his toenails, aiming for order and stability. On the footpath below, a mime artist in the guise of Marcel Marceau goes through his silent paces. ... [read more]

What is it like to die? (2003)

Children splash around in a desert waterhole. Penny (Kirsty McDonald), face down in the water, is holding her breath. Suddenly, she is pulled up. Her cousin Steven (Rhimi Johnson Page) demands to know what she was doing. She tells him, ... [read more]

Belonging to Australia (2004)

Eric Bana insists that he doesn’t feel obliged to return to make films in Australia, he simply follows good projects, like the Australian gem The Nugget which he returned for after filming The Hulk in Hollywood in 2003. [read more]

There’s no place like home (c1936)

The workmen, who live in shanty-style houses, also have dreams for a better home. As a child sits and draws a picture of a house, her picture is transformed (by a dissolve) into an architect’s sketch and then a realised ... [read more]

View from ferry (1932)

A ferry ride in 1932 is captured by Leslie Francis Farey’s 16mm home movie camera. The Sydney Harbour Bridge can be seen from the bow of a ferry leaving Circular Quay and from directly underneath. [read more]

‘I saw a movie once’ (2007)

Niaz (Niaz Khan Shinwari) looks on as locals discuss seeing a movie set in nearby Afghanistan in which the heroes were the mujahideen. It turns out to have been Rambo III (1988). [read more]

Balinese paranormal (2003)

Natalie’s Balinese husband, John, was killed in the Bali bombing. Natalie consulted a paranormal to make contact with her dead husband and help come to terms with her loss. [read more]

Hula girl (c1955)

A Polynesian woman dressed in a red bikini top and long grass skirt gracefully demonstrates a hula dance for the camera which records it in slow-motion. [read more]

‘Don’t be like your old man’ (2011)

As Daniel (Daniel Connors) walks back home from Linden’s place he sees his father (Michael Connors) sitting in the gutter at the edge of the footpath. His father questions Daniel about school and threatens him if he mucks up or ... [read more]

Arrival at Camp 47 (1982)

Camp Master Charles Thatcher (Michael Craig) welcomes new arrivals Chris Walters (Olivia Hussey), Rita Daniels (Lynda Stoner) and Paul Landers (Steve Railsback) to Re-education Camp 47. [read more]

‘Your parents are legends …’ (2006)

The talent show is in full swing as Taylor (Marny Kennedy) waits anxiously for Hector (Nicolas Dunn) to arrive with the DNA results. Unfortunately it doesn’t work out quite the way she imagined and her parent’s burlesque show ‘Undies ... [read more]

A big boy for his age (1973)

Sixteen-year-old Alvin Purple (Graeme Blundell) is chased through the streets by excited schoolgirls on bicycles. He finds refuge in the arms of Mrs Horwood (Jill Forster), wife of his teacher. [read more]

‘Dead doesn’t mean dead’ (2006)

The news of what the men did has hit the media and the victim’s Aboriginal relatives charge that it was racism that kept them from reporting it immediately. Billy (Simon Stone) and his girlfriend Elissa (Alice Garner) are woken in ... [read more]

Showing some character (2002)

Jack (Mick Molloy) has been expelled from the club for using the carpark as his personal racket (he sold spaces to friends, using his three memberships). His flatmate Dave (Samuel Johnson) has become an enthusiastic and conscientious club member, so ... [read more]

‘I sit next to Toby!’ (2003)

Mr Tesslar (Robert van Mackelenberg) introduces his science class to his newest piece of equipment, the MFE machine. Garth (Brook Sykes), the school bully, is totally bored by the whole thing until new girl Dina (Saskia Burmeister) upsets Elizabeth ... [read more]

Village life in Fiji (1959)

As cousins Jale and Adriu break open coconuts in their village, they talk about what life in Suva might be like. While Jale is interested in the girls, Adriu says he’ll be too busy to worry about that – he’s ... [read more]

‘Just give me sunshine’ (1972)

An old farmhouse, with cows. A door opens to reveal a man shaping his own surfboard, as the music ('Simple Ben’ by John J. Frances) builds momentum. [read more]

Molly and Mobarak (2003)

Molly and Mobarak attend a rally in Canberra in support of the refugees being allowed permanent protection in Australia, Members of the Young community also attend. Jane Keogh from the Refugee Action Committee addresses the crowd. The director Tom Zubrycki ... [read more]

‘It’s none of our business’ (1982)

One of the white stockmen (John Jarratt) tells the senior men in the Aboriginal camp that they will get no tobacco, flour or sugar if the women neglect their work as domestics for Mrs Gunn. When one elder threatens his ... [read more]

Warren Blair (1994)

Warren Blair, son of Aboriginal tenor Harold Blair, recalls being taunted about his Aboriginality at school. Harold advised Warren to fight the taunter, which he did, resulting in the school calling in his parents. Harold sings to his son and ... [read more]

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