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Titles tagged with ‘flowers’

8 titles - sorted alphabetically or by year

Carnival of Flowers, Toowoomba sponsored film – 1953

This short sponsored film about the 1953 Carnival of Flowers in Toowoomba captures the floral street parade and the colours of spring.

Elapsed Time Test Studies: Australian Wildflowers, Tahiti, Travel Scenes home movie – c1955

FE Winton was apparently the only person in Australia in the 1950s doing elapsed time photography using electric flashes.

Snowy Hydro – Gardens of the Snowy Mountains sponsored film – 1967

This Snowy Hydro film encourages visitors to the area to take a wider look around, but also counters any criticism of the vastly expanded settlement of the region.

Man of Flowers feature film – 1983

An elderly aesthete who regularly hires a young woman to strip for him finds his life becoming entwined with hers.

Petals – A Boot Full of Petals television program – 1997

Petals is an animated series for preschool children which revolves around the adventures of five tiny flower ‘petals’ who live at the bottom of an overgrown garden.

Walking on Water feature film – 2002

Friends and family euthanise a young man dying of AIDS and then deal with their grief and guilt.

Clara short film – 2004

A stop-motion animation that explores the grief experienced by a young girl.

Bright Star feature film – 2009

A chronicle of the platonic love affair between poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne in early nineteenth century England.