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They’re a Weird Mob (1966)
Nino Culotta (Walter Chiari), an Italian sports journalist, arrives in Australia to find his cousin’s new magazine for migrant Italians has folded. He gets a job as a builder’s labourer, learns to talk and drink like an Australian, and falls ... [read more]
Praise (1998)
Gordon (Peter Fenton) works in a Brisbane bottle shop, but quits when they ask him to work fours days in a row. He begins a relationship with Cynthia (Sacha Horler), who has quit the same hotel. They both like drinking ... [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]
Travelling North (1987)
After retiring, Frank (Leo McKern) and his new companion Frances (Julia Blake) leave Melbourne to begin a new life in Port Douglas, in far north Queensland. He’s an irascible ex-communist civil engineer; she’s a sweet-tempered woman who believes in God ... [read more]
Yolngu Boy (2000)
Botj, Lorrpu and Milika are three Yolngu teenagers from northeast Arnhem Land, who are about to become men. Botj (Sean Mununggurr) is estranged from his parents and prone to glue sniffing. He’s upset when his friends Lorrpu (John Sebastian Pilakui) ... [read more]
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Mid-19th century England. Oscar Hopkins (Ralph Fiennes) is a trainee Anglican priest studying at Oxford University. Taken to the horse races by fellow student Wardley-Fish (Barnaby Kay), Oscar develops an uncontrollable passion for gambling. Despite giving his winnings to charity, ... [read more]
Kenny (2006)
Kenny Smyth (Shane Jacobson) provides an essential service, but few people want to shake his hand. As a senior plumber at Splashdown Corporate Bathroom Rentals, he provides portable toilets for any outdoor event – from rock festivals to neighbourhood fairs. ... [read more]
Barred Wives (1993)
Through the examples of four couples, the documentary examines why women marry prisoners, and the complexities and difficulties they experience. [read more]
Suburban Mayhem (2006)
When John Skinner is beaten to death in his suburban home, suspicion falls on his daughter Katrina (Emily Barclay), whose grief is short-lived. In fact, she seems to love the media attention that follows her new notoriety. Months after the ... [read more]
Flowergirl (1999)
Japanese surfers Daisuke (Toshiyuki Chiba), Hana (Mikiko Ooka) and Tetsu (Jun Iwasaki) share a Bondi flat together. After a year in Australia, Daisuke must return to Japan. Although he is a vegetarian, out of obligation he will go and work ... [read more]
Cinderella on Strings (c1947)
This documentary made by the Australian National Film Board details the history of marionettes and puppeteers. It shows intricately hand-carved marionettes in the puppet workshops. The main part of the film features a filmed marionette theatre production of Cinderella. [read more]
Australasian Gazette – 10,000 Miles around Australia (c1926)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1926 shows the arrival of Mr and Mrs F Dean in Melbourne after their trip around Australia by touring car. The trip was sponsored by the Shell company who supplied their petrol. Buffalo horns ... [read more]
Emerald City (1988)
Successful screenwriter Colin Rogers (John Hargreaves) moves from Melbourne to Sydney with his publisher wife Kate (Robyn Nevin) and their children, Sam (Haydon Samuels) and Penny (Ella Scott). When his latest screenplay is rejected by producer Elaine Ross (Ruth Cracknell), ... [read more]
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001)
Aspiring writer Daniel ‘Danny’ Kirkhope (Noah Taylor) has lived in 46 share households. At house number 47 in Brisbane, he moves in with Flip (Brett Stewart), a nerd; Sam (Emily Hamilton), an icy English intellectual; couch potato Jabber (Haskel Daniel); ... [read more]
Snapshot (1978)
The remains of a body are removed from a fire at a photographer’s studio. In flashback, successful model Madeleine (Chantal Contouri) introduces her friend Angela (Sigrid Thornton) to leading advertising photographer Linsey (Hugh Keays-Byrne). Recently fired from her job at ... [read more]
Daddy Cool (1973)
Daddy Cool, a successful Australian rock band of the 1970s, perform their music including the famous Eagle Rock. Interviews with band members are interspersed with the songs. [read more]
Schools for Farmers (c1950)
Produced by the NSW Department of Agriculture, this short informational film promotes the Hawkesbury College farmer school to NSW farmers. Schools for Farmers outlines the practical courses on offer, including vehicle maintenance and animal husbandry, as well as ... [read more]
Advertising Missionaries (1996)
Wokabout Marketing is a troupe of performers who visit remote villages in Papua New Guinea and perform vignettes to promote the sale of Western products like soft drink and washing powder. Multinational companies have been paying for the actors for ... [read more]
Bitter Herbs and Honey (1981)
The anti-Jewish sentiment in Europe in the 1930s triggered a big migration. This film explores the story of those Jews who settled in Carlton, an inner suburb of Melbourne. The film shows that the Melbourne Jewish community was divided by ... [read more]
Eternity (1994)
Recreating Sydney in the 1930s, the documentary is the story of Sydneysider, Arthur Stace. Arthur had a hard life that deteriorated into alcoholism and despair. In 1930 he heard the call of God at the Baptist Ministry. Although illiterate, he ... [read more]
