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Proof (1991)
Martin (Hugo Weaving) is a 32-year-old blind photographer. He lives alone and trusts no-one, especially not his housekeeper Celia (Geneviève Picot), who loves him in secret. Their antagonistic relationship is disturbed when Martin meets Andy (Russell Crowe), a kitchen hand ... [read more]
Australasian Gazette – A Seaplane Circles a Continent (1924)
This newsreel shows segments of the 1924 documentary A Seaplane Circles a Continent about Wing Commander SJ Goble and Officer IE McIntyre arriving at St Kilda, Melbourne, in their RAAF Fairey 111D seaplane after a flight circumnavigating Australia. [read more]
Sleeping Beauty (2011)
University student Lucy (Emily Browning) works a number of jobs – medical researcher’s guinea pig, waitress, part-time escort. Unable to pay her rent, and threatened with eviction by her flatmates, she answers an advertisement in a student newspaper to become ... [read more]
Fran (1985)
In suburban Perth, young mother Fran (Noni Hazlehurst) has been seeking the social and sexual comfort of men while her husband, Ray (Danny Adcock), works up north. Ray returns unexpectedly one day, saying he’s heard of her infidelity. He viciously ... [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]
McKenzie, Roger and Kent, Bernie: Around Sydney with a Camera (1962)
This silent home movie with intertitles was probably filmed by Roger McKenzie and takes in Sydney’s harbour suburbs from Watsons Bay to Kings Cross including the suburbs of Vaucluse, Rose Bay, Double Bay, Rushcutters Bay, Elizabeth Bay and Kings Cross. [read more]
Art (1974)
A personal point-of-view documentary about the meaning of art by cartoonist and animator, Bruce Petty. Petty uses his own drawings and other works of art to illustrate connections between art movements and historical and social change. [read more]
Shame (1987)
Perth lawyer Asta Cadell (Deborra-Lee Furness) crashes her motorcycle near a small town in Western Australia. While waiting for repairs Asta stays at the house of garage owner Tim Curtis (Tony Barry). After being subjected to sexual harassment and physical ... [read more]
Australia Post – Letter Writing Venice (1986)
This is an Australia Post television advertisement promoting international postage. [read more]
Dreamtime, Machinetime (1987)
An episodic documentary featuring distinguished Indigenous artists specialising in literary and visual art forms. [read more]
Mutt (2008)
Mac, a hardened outback farmer, his mellow cow Matilda and his playful dog Mutt are in conflict, yet are dependent on each other for their survival. [read more]
Mister Prime Minister – Joseph Aloysius Lyons (c1966)
Joseph Aloysius Lyons served as Prime Minister of Australia from 1932 to 1939. Academics, Lyons’s widow Dame Enid Lyons and political figures, including former prime minister Sir Robert Menzies, discuss Lyons’s life and times. [read more]
One Shoe Short (2007)
In a town camp in Alice Springs, it’s school time and Rodney (Rodney Malbunka) can’t find shoes to wear. His school won’t allow him in class barefoot so his mate Jesse (Jesse McCormack) tries to help him out by reorganising ... [read more]
Rush (1999)
An observational documentary about three young Melbourne men and their obsession with fast cars and lifestyles. [read more]
Kingswood Country – There’s No Place Like Rome (1980)
When Thelma Bullpitt (Judi Farr) wins a trip for two to Rome, husband Ted (Ross Higgins) refuses to leave Australia. Thelma takes son-in-law Bruno Bertolucci’s (Lex Marinos) mother along instead. While their wives are away, Bruno’s father Enzo Bertolucci (Joseph ... [read more]
Patineur Grotesque (1896)
This short piece of actuality footage shows a man in costume on rollerskates performing a comic act for a gathering crowd. [read more]
Argentine Ants Advertisement (1968)
A black-and-white television advertisement in which Trapper Tom (Barry Crocker) encourages children to hunt Argentine ants in their local neighbourhood for a ten dollar reward. [read more]
King Billy’s First Car (1939)
In this animated advertisement for Super Shell, King Billy invents an animal-made and animal-powered car. [read more]
Living Room (1988)
An experimental documentary set in Sydney suburbia. A series of people pose for time-based portraits in their home environments. [read more]
