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2000s

The Proposition 2005

In outback Australia in the 1880s, bushranger Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) and his brother Mike (Richard Wilson) are captured by Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone). An Englishman who has emigrated with his wife, Martha (Emily Watson), ...

RocKwiz – Series 1 Episode 1 2005

Recorded in Melbourne’s legendary rock headquarters, the Espy (the Esplanade Hotel in St Kilda) and hosted by Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis, RocKwiz mixes live music, trivia, celebrity guests and a pub audience. Musical clues ...

Rydin’ Time 2005

A documentary about three Indigenous rodeo riders, Kaleb Comollatti, Dallas McNamara, and John Stacey who ride at the Mt Isa Rodeo in 2005. Rydin’ Time is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central ...

Shifting Shelter 3 2005

Shifting Shelter 3 is the latest instalment in a documentary series shot over a ten year period. Reminiscent of the British 7 Up Series, the Shifting Shelter series records the lives of four Indigenous individuals ...

Us Deadly Mob 2005

Us Deadly Mob is a short documentary about an Indigenous family of surfers – a 'surf family story’.

We Can Be Heroes – Episode 3 2005

Mockumentary series We Can Be Heroes follows five very different nominees for the Australian of the Year award in the lead-up to the event. In this episode, former policeman bravery award recipient and wannabe motivational ...

Wolf Creek 2005

Three young backpackers buy a car in Broome, Western Australia, intending to drive across the top end to Cairns. Ben Mitchell (Nathan Phillips) is Australian; the two women, best friends Liz Hunter (Cassandra Magrath) and ...

900 Neighbours 2006

Northcott is a multi-storey public housing estate in Surry Hills, Sydney. It was built in the 1960s. It houses 900 residents and has attracted negative publicity because of its social problems. In 2006 the residents ...

Agnes Abbott: Hard Worker 2006

Agnes Abbott tells her story from her birth in the beautiful Eastern Arrernte country of Inteye-Arrkwe (Ross River), to her life in the cattle industry, and her later time at the Santa Teresa Mission where ...

The Archive Project 2006

An old suitcase filled with film remnants sparks a search for the history of Melbourne’s Realist Film Unit. Filmmaker John Hughes tracks down surviving members of the group to piece together their story and find ...

Aunty Connie 2006

Aunty Connie is described as a love story. It uses voice-over narration (Deborah Mailman), historical photographs and interviews with Aunty Connie McDonald, an Indigenous woman who was born with weak bones, and whose first steps ...

Australian Story – Absolute Beginner 2006

Just over eight years ago, Marg Ward lost her husband when he died suddenly of a heart attack. Marg was 56. After two terrible years, she began again with a new life. She went to ...

The Balanda and the Bark Canoes 2006

This documentary is about the making of Ten Canoes (2006), a feature film partly inspired by the photographs of Donald Thomson from the 1930s.

The Bet 2006

Will O’Connor (Matthew Newton) accepts a challenge from his rich friend Angus McFarlane (Aden Young). Will is a Sydney stockbroker, Angus is a banker, the son of a tycoon. Whoever can make the most money ...

Bondi Rescue – Series 1, Episode 4 2006

A young man is found lifeless in the water on a surprisingly calm day. With no breath and no pulse, a frantic resuscitation begins.

The Book of Revelation 2006

Daniel (Tom Long) and Bridget (Anna Torv) are the stars of a modern dance company, run by Isabel (Greta Scacchi). During rehearsals for a new show, Daniel goes out to buy cigarettes for Bridget and ...

Canberra Files, The 2006

The Canberra Files takes a chronological look at the way moving images of Australia’s political leaders have influenced the nation over 105 years. It features a special on the Menzies Home Movie Collection and an ...

Candy 2006

Dan (Heath Ledger) and Candy (Abbie Cornish) are young and in love – with each other, and with heroin. He’s an aspiring poet, she’s an aspiring painter. Their days and nights are full of lovemaking ...

Cheeky Dog 2006

A documentary about a young Indigenous boy with muscular dystrophy and his fascination with dogs. Cheeky Dog is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) Productions. Nganampa Anwernekenhe ...

Compass – Gallipoli Pilgrimage 2006

Australians are making their way in increasing numbers to Anzac Cove in Turkey each year to commemorate the ANZAC landing there on April 25th, 1915. This is the story of some of those who were ...

Cool Drink and Culture 2006

A documentary that features young Indigenous women speaking about the effects of unhealthy food upon the children. Cool Drink and Culture is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association ...

Crocodile Dreaming 2006

The removal of a sacred stone turns one small community in Arnhem Land upside down. Burrimmilla (David Gulpilil) returns to his homeland and, along with his estranged brother Charlie (Tom E Lewis), embarks on an ...

Deadly Yarns 2 – Adrift 2006

Thomas (Adam Corunna) is a young lad in trouble with the police. His mother (Della Rae Morrison) sends him to live with his grandfather in the country. Pop (Jim Holland) takes Thomas down to the ...

Deadly Yarns 2 – Frankie’s Story 2006

Frank Rowe (playing himself) recalls the day in primary school when he was excluded from a class excursion to the local fire station. Young Frankie (Antionne Forrest-Yarran) responds to the pain of exclusion by focusing ...

December Boys 2006

Father Scully (Frank Gallacher) drives Maps (Daniel Radcliffe), Misty (Lee Cormie), Sparks (Christian Byers) and Spit (James Fraser) hundreds of miles from the middle of Australia to the beach for a holiday after a benefactor ...

Elephant Tales 2006

Life on the wild plains of Africa is wonderful for Zef (voiced by Jono Wood) and his younger elephant brother Tutu (voiced by Emily Hunt) until they find themselves orphaned by hunters (named ‘The Badness’). ...

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 ...

Footy The La Perouse Way 2006

A documentary that uses historical photographs to talk about the history of rugby league in the Sydney suburb of La Perouse, and how football has helped build a community that prides itself on being open ...

Four Corners – Far From Care 2006

This episode of Four Corners looks at the quality of health care on offer for Australians living in remote and rural areas – the world class health care for people in major cities is not ...

The Good, The Bad and The Ugg Boot 2006

This is an account of a David and Goliath conflict between two small businesses – one in Australia, the other in the US – and an American giant. In 2003 the Deckers Outdoor Corporation acquired ...

Island Fettlers 2006

A documentary that uses historical footage, with current interview and observational footage, about the journey of Torres Strait Islander men who moved to the Pilbara to work on the railways and after the job finished ...

Jindabyne 2006

In the Snowy Mountains, an electrician (Chris Haywood) murders a young woman and dumps her body in a river. Four men on a fishing trip find the body, secure it in the water, then carry ...

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 ...

Lockie Leonard – The Human Torpedo 2006

For ‘surf rat’ Lockie Leonard (Sean Keenan), ‘life is proving to be one long whack in the goolies’. Discovering that his new home is a dump on the edge of a swamp, starting high school ...

Modern Love 2006

City businessman John (Mark Constable) inherits a remote farm from his uncle Tom (Don Barker), a recluse said to have committed suicide. With wife Emily (Victoria Hill) and young son Edward (William Traegar), John travels ...

Revolving Door 2006

An experimental, animated documentary examining street prostitution in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda. Revolving Door cuts between different perspectives to create a snapshot of St Kilda’s illegal sex industry. Residents protest against the sex ...

The Safe House 2006

In the summer of 1954, Lee Whitmore (voiced as a child by Alycia Debnam-Carey and as an adult by Noni Hazlehurst) and her friends pass the time playing in a make-shift children’s swimming pool in ...

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 ...

Sunset to Sunrise (ingwartentyele – arrerlkeme) 2006

A documentary that carries the words of Rupert Max Stuart, Arrernte Mat-utjarra Elder, his philosophies and message about passing culture on and keeping it alive. Sunset to Sunrise is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series ...

Ten Canoes 2006

A narrator (David Gulpilil) instructs us to pay attention, because he is going to tell us a good story. The story takes place in two periods in the past. In the first story, shot in ...

The Upside Down Show – Art Museum 2006

Shane (Shane Dundas) and David (David Collins) introduce the viewers to an imaginary remote control to control the on-screen action. Shane creates an artistic ‘masterpiece’ by drawing his face on a perspex screen. Not being ...

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, NSW ...

Wirrangul Women: Always Have, Always Will 2006

A documentary about elders Doreen and Gladys Miller, the last remaining speakers of the Wirangu language in an area where the dominant remaining Indigenous languages are Kokatha and Pitjantjatjara.

Bit of Black Business – Custard 2007

When her grandfather dies, a young woman (Amy Miller-Porter) travels by ferry to support her Grandma (Freda Glynn) at the funeral. The journey to her family’s island home leads to a reaffirming of self and ...

Bit of Black Business – Days Like These 2007

Days Like These is a day in the life of Dan (Jordan Gee-Hoy), a young Aboriginal man who is trying to get ahead, but it seems the odds are stacked against him. Living with his ...

Bit of Black Business – Done Dirt Cheap 2007

Not far from the bustling Kalgoorlie mines, local Aboriginal couple Amos (Trevor Jamieson) and Gracie (Wendy Martin) are fossicking for gold with a pick and shovel. It seems they have hit paydirt so Amos heads ...

Bit of Black Business – Kwatye 2007

Gary (Donnovan Mears) comes home after a big night drinking beer and collapses on the couch. He is awoken early by his daughter, Aspen (Aspen Beattie). Hung over, he wants to be treated like a ...

Bit of Black Business – Nana 2007

A Little Girl (Kiara Gibson) loves her Nana (Mitjili Napanangka Gibson) and follows her as she hunts, sells art and patrols her Alice Springs community for drug runners. Nana has everything and everyone under control.

Bit of Black Business – Sharpeye 2007

When 11-year-old Whalen (Ikaika Fa’aoso) sees a Special Forces dinghy approaching, he rushes to alert his Uncle Robert (Robert Poi Poi) of a potential invasion of their island in the Torres Strait. The men in ...

Bit of Black Business – The Turtle 2007

Jason (Gregory Cross) is no longer a small boy. His mother has sent him to his grandfather (Kelton Pell) to experience a different way of life.

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