All feature films
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2000s (continued)
Clubland 2007
Clubland explores that time when a young man discovers sex and has to sever the relationship he has with his mother.
Death Defying Acts 2007
Filmmakers often tell imagined stories to explore a famous figure or incident and this love story involving Harry Houdini in 1926 is a good example.
Dr Plonk 2007
One of a tiny number of silent movies made since ‘the talkies’ arrived in the late 1920s, Rolf de Heer’s Dr Plonk is a high-spirited throwback to the days of pure visual slapstick.
The Final Winter 2007
Matt Nable drew on his rugby league career to write the script but it was his natural skill as an actor that scored him a Hollywood gig.
Gone 2007
The not uncommon notion of this film is that the isolation felt in the outback can be fatal, especially for the young and seemingly innocent.
Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger 2007
Esther hates conformity but also needs to be part of a group, and it is this contradiction that gives the character complexity.
The Home Song Stories 2007
The film succeeds on the basis of uniformly superb performances. Joan Chen’s Rose is a tour de force, perhaps the best role of an already distinguished international career.
The Jammed 2007
The Jammed (2007) is a rare kind of Australian film – a passionately committed thriller about a great wrong. It was shot on a low budget and struggled to find a cinema release until it was championed by critics.
Lucky Miles 2007
Few Australian films have dealt with illegal immigration and refugees. Lucky Miles does so through comedy, but without losing its sense of compassion.
Rogue 2007
A US travel writer and a group of tourists on a boat trip in the Northern Territory are menaced by a giant crocodile.
Romulus, My Father 2007
This film is one of a small number of high quality films dealing with the lives of migrants, but it doesn’t labour this point.
September 2007
September is an engrossing film about the economic co-dependency between blacks and whites, made intensely dramatic and personal through the story of a friendship.
Son of a Lion 2007
The story behind this brave independent film, shot secretly in Pakistan and depicting everyday life there, is as fascinating as the film itself.
Unfinished Sky 2007
The same Dutch actor plays the lead role in this Australian remake of a Dutch film, and the original.
West 2007
Pete and Jerry are like the ‘dole-bludgers’ and ‘welfare cheats’ found in current affairs programs; West makes them human.
Australia 2008
Three outsiders – an aristocrat, a stockman and a vulnerable child – are set against the malevolent forces of greedy neighbours, a world war and assimilationist policy.
Broken Sun 2008
Imagination and resourcefulness helped this small filmmaking team, lead by Brad Haynes, overcome the constraints of having only $50,000.
Cedar Boys 2008
Three young Lebanese Australians get into deep water by stealing drugs from a dealer.
Men’s Group 2008
A group of men meet regularly to discuss their feelings and their lives, but it takes a tragedy to help them reach a new understanding.
The Square 2008
A married man gets into deep water when he joins his girlfriend in pinching a bag of stolen cash.
Balibo 2009
In 1975 an Australian journalist travels to East Timor in search of five Australian journalists rumoured to have been murdered by invading Indonesian forces.
The Boys are Back 2009
A successful journalist learns the true meaning of fatherhood and domestic responsibility after losing his wife to cancer.
Bran Nue Dae 2009
An uplifting musical about an Indigenous boy’s journey back home, Bran Nue Dae encourages the audience to relax, get on board and enjoy the ride.
Bright Star 2009
A chronicle of the platonic love affair between poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne in early nineteenth century England.
The Combination 2009
After serving a jail term a young Lebanese Australian man struggles to stop his wild younger brother from making the mistakes that he made.
Last Ride 2009
On the run in rural South Australia, a former convict and his 10-year-old son get to know each other for the first and last time.
Mao’s Last Dancer 2009
A Chinese peasant boy grows up to become a bright star of the United States ballet world.
Mary and Max 2009
Across two continents and 20 years, the tragic comedy of life is described through the friendship of penpals, Mary and Max.
Samson and Delilah 2009
A heartbreaking and thought-provoking film about two Indigenous teenagers growing up in central Australia.
Stone Bros. 2009
A fun-loving road movie about two cousins who travel home to Kalgoorlie from Perth to fulfil an obligation they’d made to their uncle.
The Waiting City 2009
The marriage of an Australian couple hits a crisis point as they wait to finalise the adoption of a child in Kolkata, India.
2010s
Animal Kingdom 2010
A nervous 17-year-old boy struggles to survive his scary new criminal family after the death of his mother.
Beneath Hill 60 2010
During the First World War, a Queensland miner learns the true cost of war when he leads Australians in a project to tunnel beneath enemy lines to plant explosives.
Snowtown 2010
A vulnerable South Australian teenage boy is drawn into a horrific world of murder and torture.
The Eye of the Storm 2011
The expatriate, grown children of an ill Sydney matriarch return to her bedside with more than love on their minds.
Here I Am 2011
A young woman attempts to reconnect with her mother and daughter after her release from prison.
Mad Bastards 2011
TJ returns to the Kimberley region of Western Australia to try and reconnect with his teenage son.
Sleeping Beauty 2011
A young female university student takes on an unusual, erotic freelance job to support her studies.
Toomelah 2011
A hard-hitting film about the impact of poverty, drugs and alcohol on the life of a young boy living in an Aboriginal community.
