Snapshot
Mad Max
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
The Night, the Prowler
Felicity Bannister is a young woman living in the shadow of her overpowering mother. Her oppression is her worst enemy until the day she is attacked by an intruder who…
Third Person Plural
Four young people get to know each other by spending weekends on a yacht stationed in Sydney’s Pittwater area.
Inside Looking Out
The marriage of Robert and Elizabeth is collapsing, both concentrating on their jobs (journalist, mother) rather than each other. The film looks at a week in their lives. Robert sleeps…
Storm Boy
The Trespassers
In 1970, political journalist Richard lives with Penny but is having an affair with actress Dee. The two woman meet and become friends.
Sunday Too Far Away
The Love Epidemic
This Australian educational documentary concerns venereal disease in the pre-AIDS era and reveals that it is a problem that should be taken seriously by everyone โ whether young or old,…
Avengers of the Reef
This Australian children’s film is about scientist Bill Stewart goes to Fiji with his son Tim to investigate the appearance of the Crown of Thorns starfish in the reefs off…
The Prince and the Pauper
1972 animated adaptation of the classic Mark Twain tale
The American Poet’s Visit
Based on a story by Frank Moorhouse, this is a satire on left intellectual manners in Sydney at the time. Moorhouse’s story was in turn based on an actual event,…
Journey Out Of Darkness
Set in 1901, the film follows the progress of Constable Peterson (Matthaei) on his quest to bring an Aboriginal man (Kamahl) to justice under the White Man’s law. Having heard…
Desert People
Two Aboriginal families live like their ancestors have for centuries in this anthropological documentary. The gathering of food is the main focus as women harvest grass seeds to make a…
The Back of Beyond
This 1954 classic follows an outback mailman as he travels along the Birdsville Track.
The Phantom Stockman
Story of a City
The film illustrates the fact that Australia’s Newcastle, like its British counterpart, has developed into a large city but still retains its essential mining atmosphere. The great steel industry which…
The Story of the Kelly Gang
Just as Fritz Langโs Metropolis (1927) is testimony to German silent film art, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) symbolises both the birth of the Australian film industry and…