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Mary and Max (2009)
A tale of friendship between two unlikely penpals: plump, myopic little Mary Daisy Dinkle (voiced by Bethany Whitmore and then Toni Collette) growing up in suburban Melbourne and Max Jerry Horovitz (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an obese, friendless New York man ... [read more]
Visit of Deputy PM Forde to UN Conference (1945)
This film consists of three reels of unedited footage, colour and black-and-white, shot during the 1945 trip of Australian Deputy Prime Minister Francis Forde and Dr HV Evatt to the United Nations Conference on International Organisation (UNCIO) in San ... [read more]
The Fringe Dwellers (1986)
A young Aboriginal girl dreams of life beyond the blacks’ camp that sits on the fringe of white society. [read more]
My Country (1994)
The documentary examines the working relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous occupants of a cattle station in the Northern Territory. Most of the filming takes place during a cattle muster as helicopters are used to round up thousands of head of ... [read more]
Metal Skin (1994)
Melbourne, 1994. Joe (Aden Young) lives with his mentally-ill father (Petru Gheorghiu) in working-class Altona. A shy misfit whose great love is hotted-up cars, Joe gets a job at a supermarket where he is befriended by fellow revhead Dazey (Ben ... [read more]
Blood Brothers – Broken English (1993)
A documentary that alternates between interview and dramatised re-creation. It is the story of Rupert Maxwell Stuart (Max Stuart), an Arrernte man accused of murder and condemned to death in 1959. There are blocks of dramatic re-creation in black-and-white, intercut ... [read more]
Phoenix – Top Quality Crims (1991)
Phoenix is a procedural drama telling the story of the investigation into the 1986 bombing of the Victorian Police Headquarters, commonly known as the 'Russell Street bombing’. Told from the perspective of the Major Crime Squad who investigated the crime, ... [read more]
Willaberta Jack (2007)
Two elders tell the story of Willaberta Jack, set within the context of the ‘wild west’ frontier country of the Northern Territory in the 1920s. A young Aboriginal man, Philomac, deserts his job at Harry Henty’s cattle station after Henty ... [read more]
Reunion (1998)
Producer, writer, director Lisa Wang tells the story of her family through home movies, interviews with her mother, siblings and relatives, and historical footage of Melbourne. It is the story of a Chinese family’s success in multicultural Australia. [read more]
La Poule aux Oeufs d’Or (1905)
A farmer and his wife discover that the hen they bought at a market is magical, laying eggs of gold. They amass a wonderful fortune and live a rich life, with their golden eggs hoarded in a secret basement. After ... [read more]
Thanks Girls and Goodbye (1988)
Thanks Girls and Goodbye is the story of the Australian Women’s Land Army which was set up during the Second World War to keep Australian farms producing food for the war effort. The film uncovers the amazing story of the ... [read more]
Ken Howard Calls the Melbourne Cup (1941)
In this recording from 1941, sports broadcaster Ken Howard calls the Melbourne Cup. [read more]
Couldn’t Be Fairer (1984)
A documentary that intercuts historical footage with live interview material, Couldn’t Be Fairer borrows its title from a statement made by Joh Bjelke Peterson, and explores the injustice endured by Aboriginal peoples. [read more]
Global Haywire (2007)
In a dazzling mix of animation, interviews and historical footage, a committee of experts from across the globe is appointed to ascertain why civilisation is in a continual state of malfunction, as illustrated by the tension between the Christian and ... [read more]
Australasian Gazette – Pauline Frederick, World Famous Star of Stage and Screen (c1924)
This newsreel from 1924 shows Pauline Frederick, a world famous actress from the stage and screen, posing for the camera. She takes of her hat to reveal her new sophisticated bob haircut and wears a cloche hat with a fox ... [read more]
Beyond Reasonable Doubt – Alexander McLeod Lindsey (1977)
In 1964 Alexander McLeod Lindsey was sentenced to 18 years in jail for the brutal bashing of his wife Pamela, who recovered but was severely brain damaged as a result. A judicial enquiry five years later upheld the original jury ... [read more]
Carcrash (1995)
Twenty-six people speak to camera about their emotional relationship with their car and their experience of a car accident. The interviews are intercut with stylised close ups of road signs, test dummy crashes and atmospheric photography. The music track gives ... [read more]
Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler? (2006)
Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler retraces the investigation into the deaths of brilliant CSIRO scientist Dr Bogle and his lover, Mrs Margaret Chandler, whose bodies were found beside the Lane Cove River, ... [read more]
Compass – Tomorrow’s Islam (2003)
From New York to London and Paris, this program examines how Western Muslims are taking the lead in finding new ways to deal with some of the most pressing issues for 21st century Islam. [read more]
Footy Legends (2006)
Ten years after leaving school in Yagoona, in Sydney’s western suburbs, Luc Vu (Anh Do) is unemployed and struggling to raise his little sister Anne (Lisa Saggers). Their mother has died and their grandfather (Dao Minh Sinh) is in a ... [read more]
