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Walking on Water (2002)
Young gay man Gavin (David Bonney) is dying from an AIDS-related illness in his beachside Sydney house, cared for by his two best friends and housemates, Charlie (Vince Colosimo) and Anna (Maria Theodorakis). As his condition worsens, his mother (Judi ... [read more]
Minter, R: South-East Asia, India and Rome (1958)
This silent colour 16mm home movie, filmed by Robert Minter, is of a world trip in 1958. It includes his travels to Hong Kong, Thailand, Burma, India, Turkey, Greece and Italy. [read more]
Kolynos Dental Cream Advertisement: Kisses (c1945)
A cinema advertisement for Kolynos Dental Cream that claims brushing with Kolynos improves your teeth and gives you a kissable smile. [read more]
Bit of Black Business – Two Big Boys (2007)
Brothers Scott (Michael Tuahine) and Nick (David Page) are at a drive-through restaurant. Through their playful banter we discover that Nick is dubious about Scott’s intentions for ordering up big. It’s not a good day for Nick because Scott’s car ... [read more]
Burning Man (2011)
After a personal tragedy, workaholic Sydney restaurateur-chef and single father Tom (Matthew Goode) turns to promiscuous sex to bury his emotional turmoil and calm his high stress levels until another calamity threatens his life. [read more]
Fashionista – Naomi Goodsir (2003)
Naomi Goodsir is a milliner, but not just any milliner. Her creations are like sculptures. Luckily there’s always a race day somewhere, otherwise she’d be out of a job. [read more]
Shifting Sands – Passing Through (1998)
A drama about a young family who pass through a town that isn’t quite what it seems. [read more]
Australia Post – Intelpost (1987)
This is an Australia Post television advertisement promoting Intelpost. [read more]
Mimi (2002)
A short drama about a young Western art collector who gets more than she’s bargained for when she purchases Indigenous art pieces that include a Mimi statue and a painting of a barramundi. [read more]
Rinso Washing Powder: Fairy Story Comes True (c1935)
This black-and-white advertisement tells a simple story of how a good intentioned young girl helps grant her mother’s wish to have a washing day that does not require long hours of scrubbing. [read more]
Dipping Sheep (1899)
A farmer pushes sheep underwater with a plunger as they pass through an arsenic sheep dip. [read more]
Pianoforte (1984)
A young woman who yearns to become a concert pianist is rescued from a sleazy cabaret by a mysterious cat burglar with whom she falls in love. [read more]
Us Deadly Mob (2005)
Us Deadly Mob is a short documentary about an Indigenous family of surfers – a 'surf family story’. [read more]
Lonely Hearts (1981)
After his mother dies, Peter (Norman Kaye), a piano tuner, meets Patricia (Wendy Hughes), a shy bank clerk, through a dating agency. He’s approaching 50 and wears a wig, she’s in her 30s and afraid of sex. Their friendship blossoms ... [read more]
Catching Crocodiles (1933)
This wildlife documentary made by Australian Educational Films shows methods used by hunters to catch freshwater and saltwater crocodiles in Australia’s far north. [read more]
Holden Car Cinema Advertisement: On a Tour of Australia’s Banana Plantations (c1955)
This is a cinema advertisement for General Motors Holden in which a couple driving a Holden sedan take a tour of Queensland’s banana plantations. [read more]
Australasian Gazette – Sheep Dog Trial (1915)
This newsreel segment from 1915 shows a typical Australian showground and a scene of a sheepdog trainer and a sheepdog herding three sheep into a pen. [read more]
Australasian Gazette – Shopping Week, Sydney (c1926)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel segment from approximately 1926 shows a ‘monster procession’ as part of Shopping Week in Bondi Junction, Sydney. [read more]
National Treasures – Cuc Lam’s Suitcase (2004)
If you were forced to leave your home forever, what would you take with you? Vietnamese refugee Cuc Lam took family photos and jewellery but sacrificed one precious possession to buy a suitcase, now in Melbourne’s Immigration Museum. [read more]
Compass – Paws For Thought (2000)
Traditional Christianity taught that humans are superior to animals. Science is rapidly changing that perception. So is non human life important and if so why? [read more]
