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Hellfire Jack: The John Curtin Story (1985)
Produced on the centenary of John Curtin’s birth, Hellfire Jack: The John Curtin Story is an absorbing portrait of the life of the prime minister who led Australia for the vast majority of the Second World War. Hellfire Jack ... [read more]
The Singer and the Dancer (1977)
Two women, both misfits of a sort, become friends in a small rural community. Mrs Bilson (Ruth Cracknell) pretends to be an invalid, and carries the deep scars of a failed marriage. Charlie (Elisabeth Crosby) has relocated from the city ... [read more]
The Long Yard (2000)
An elderly man hits a bullock whilst driving at night on a country road in the Northern Territory. His four-wheel drive vehicle runs off the road and he is knocked unconscious. He crawls up the embankment and attempts to wave ... [read more]
Jewel of the Pacific (1932)
Lord Howe Island is the subject of this short travelogue made by Frank Hurley during a camera tour of the island in 1932. It shows the island’s geographical features, its local population, a group of men gathering kentia palm seeds ... [read more]
Behind the Big Top (1949)
A documentary about the travelling Wirth’s Circus and Zoo that toured to Melbourne in 1949. The circus train arrives in town and workers (and elephants) help set up the big top for the main show. Inside the sawdust arena ... [read more]
Lucinda Brayford (1980)
Lucinda Brayford (Wendy Hughes) is a lively and elegant but naive 18-year-old woman. Of her two suitors, Toorak socialite Tony Duff (Sam Neill) and British aristocrat Captain Hugo Brayford (Barry Quin), she chooses to marry the dashing, amoral Hugo who ... [read more]
Beating About the Bush (1993)
The rock band Djaambi goes on tour in the Northern Territory visiting remote communities on the way and finishing in Darwin. The Melbourne band is made up of five white and four Indigenous Australians. The wet conditions make progress ... [read more]
The Sum of Us (1994)
Jeff Mitchell (Russell Crowe) lives at home with his dad Harry (Jack Thompson), in an old weatherboard cottage in a working-class street of Balmain. Harry skippers harbour ferries; Jeff is a plumber. He’s also gay – or as Harry prefers ... [read more]
In the Winter Dark (1998)
In an isolated Australian valley, something or someone is killing native animals and livestock in the night. Maurice Stubbs (Ray Barrett), an aging farmer, finds a dead kangaroo with its throat torn out. He believes it’s been killed by a ... [read more]
Friday on My Mind (1966)
‘Friday on My Mind’ is considered one of the greatest ever Australian pop songs and made the Easybeats an enduring name in the pop and rock world. [read more]
Wings to Victory (1984)
A film celebrating the win by 12-metre yacht, Australia II, at Rhode Island USA. The Australian yacht beat the American entry, Victory. It was the first time that America had lost the America’s Cup in 132 years. The documentary ... [read more]
The Book of Revelation (2006)
Daniel (Tom Long) and Bridget (Anna Torv) are the stars of a modern dance company, run by Isabel (Greta Scacchi). During rehearsals for a new show, Daniel goes out to buy cigarettes for Bridget and disappears. He returns 12 days ... [read more]
The Eyes Have It (1958)
Produced by Movietone for the Australian Road Safety Council, this black-and-white cinema advertisement features cricketer Keith Miller. It illustrates the importance of observation and concentration in both the game of cricket and for road safety. The advertisement uses cricket analogies ... [read more]
The Luminary (2005)
A grieving insect collector’s discovery of a missing specimen in his collection sparks a search for something more than just a moth. [read more]
Mad Max (1979)
In the near future, in a collapsing society, Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) patrols the highway in a super-charged patrol car, the Interceptor, like a modern-day samurai. When a bikie gang declares war on him and his family, Max takes justice ... [read more]
Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia (1919)
In 1919, Australian aviator Ross Smith and his crew became the first Australians to fly between England and Australia in under 30 days. Their journey took them over the Middle East, through Asia and the subcontinent, and on to Darwin. ... [read more]
Maintaining the Links: Maintenance of Historic Timber Bridges in NSW (2001)
This documentary by the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority documents the history of timber bridge design and construction in New South Wales. It features maintenance work on four historic bridges built by the old Public Works Department and the ... [read more]
The Birth of White Australia (1928)
After introductory scenes at the opening of Parliament House in Canberra in 1927, the history of Australia is shown as a series of flashbacks – from Captain Cook’s landing at Botany Bay to the first settlement at Sydney Cove, deadly ... [read more]
Anthem: An Act of Sedition (2004)
A documentary by filmmakers Tahir Cambis and Helen Newman addressing the contemporary events that have changed the political and cultural landscape. It travels from Australia to Iraq, Afghanistan and the United States between 2000 and 2004. It addresses the disempowerment ... [read more]
The Square (2008)
Married construction site manager Ray (David Roberts) is having an affair with Carla (Claire van der Boom), a neighbour who lives across the river in a leafy southern Sydney suburb. Carla persuades him to help her steal a bag of ... [read more]
