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‘Shall we play?’ (1997)

Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) meets Lucinda (Cate Blanchett) on the boat from England to New South Wales. They form an instant bond over their shared passion for gambling. [read more]

Charlie does a runner (2007)

Charlie (Luke Ford) has noticed that the front door is unlocked. He seizes his chance to go for a run, pursued by his brother Thomas (Rhys Wakefield). Both are wearing only underpants. Charlie runs into a stranger’s house to use ... [read more]

‘I can’t leave, not now’ (2006)

John (Mark Constable) tells wife Emily (Victoria Hill) he needs to help uncle Tom by righting wrongs of the past. Unaware that son Edward (Wiiliam Traegar) is listening, Emily angrily tells John that uncle Tom is dead. [read more]

A law of probability (2004)

Frankie (Claudia Karvan) and Tom (Brendan Cowell) talk on the lawn outside their house. After Tom’s recent trip to hospital to have his stomach pumped, Frankie is worried about him. [read more]

‘Wipeout’ (1982)

Paul Landers (Steve Railsback) and Chris Walters (Olivia Hussey) seize an assault vehicle from their hunters and lead a prison breakout. Government jets are dispatched to Camp 47, with orders to wipe out the facility if order is not restored. ... [read more]

‘Argo is a doofus’ (1998)

Stuffy old Nigel (Richard Moss) is worried about the kids being loud. Alex (Nicki Wendt) tells him that if she wants a boring game then she will hire a boring kid. The kids – Mike (Nikolai Nikolaeff), Pi (Cassandra Magrath), ... [read more]

‘Don’t I know you, Dave?’ (2007)

Chris’s guests have arrived. Owen (Stuart Clark) is still there and has invited himself to join the clan gathering at the dining table. He rhetorically asks Dave (Syd Brisbane), the boyfriend of Chris’s ex, whether they know each other. Dave ... [read more]

Check out your new neighbours! (2004)

Fergus (Sean Ohlendorf) and his father Don McPhail (Brett Swain) arrive in Melbourne on the bus, and it’s an embarrassing experience for Fergus. Their arrival at their new home in front of Sophie (Megan Harrington) and Angela (Heli Simpson), two ... [read more]

Tom loses his way (2004)

After attacking one of his colleagues with a set of rolled-up plans, Tom White (Colin Friels) crosses the water on a ferry. In a pub, he sits down for a drink, but he’s enveloped by silence. He drips water, or ... [read more]

What’s wrong with being Greek? (c1988)

Nikos feeds his birds and Sophia plays with makeup before the family sits down to dinner. On their way to school, Nikos tells Sophia it’s about time she started doing her own maths homework. [read more]

Don’t leave me, cop (1933)

On his new beat, the hard-bitten slum street of Harmony Row, Constable Dreadnought (as he is now known) falls victim to a heartless scam, when a criminal guns down a small boy, Leonard (Willie Kerr). [read more]

Dance with me (1982)

Margaret Coleman (Diana McLean) is having a party to celebrate her investment in the film project of her lover Mangione (Frank Gallacher) but things are not going well. Her husband Dick (Ronald Falk) has discovered just how much money Margaret ... [read more]

‘From little things big things grow’ (1993)

This is the full version of 'From Little Things Big Things Grow’ recorded for Kev Carmody’s album 'Bloodlines’ (1993). [read more]

It’s no longer cradle to grave stuff (2006)

Cobar Shire is as big as Tasmania and until recently was served by Dr Kevin Coleman. He’s spent 11 years in Cobar thriving in the complete care of his patients. But now he’s finding the job less than satisfying with ... [read more]

Young and reckless (1974)

Psychologist Hugh Mackay talks about the fact that society is quite prepared to hand young people a powerful machine that can kill, when they are still in their young adult stage of risk-taking. [read more]

Passionate about shoes (2004)

Not content with designing beautiful shoes, Donna-May Bolinger likes to dedicate each design to some imaginary muse. She shows us her latest, the shoe of a circus performer who she imagines was a highwire artiste during the 1920s and ’30s, ... [read more]

Like a bower bird (2003)

Naomi Goodsir talks about how she developed as a milliner. In the early days, she could only afford to flat pattern and so developed the origami style of designing her creations for which she’ll use any unusual material she finds. [read more]

Stupid dog! (2000)

Horace reluctantly helps Tina find Max’s (Jordan White) dog Sherlock at the animal refuge. [read more]

‘Who’s this Mullet bloke?’ (2001)

Eddie (Ben Mendelsohn) visits Tully (Susie Porter) at the kindergarten where she works. She punches him in the mouth, as a warm welcome home. He is dismayed to find out she’s married to his brother Pete. In the police station, ... [read more]

Cornfield surfing in Nebraska (2008)

Jonno and Stefan surf a Nebraska cornfield. In South Dakota they meet Chad and surf the roof of his barn. [read more]

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