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    Content from Australian Film Commission

    Poster for The Last Wave
    Movie
    1977•
    6.7

    The Last Wave

    A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.

    Poster for The Secret of Moonacre
    Movie
    2009•
    6.6

    The Secret of Moonacre

    When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre Manor.

    Poster for Project Alien
    Movie
    1990•
    3.1

    Project Alien

    In Norway a military plane crashes under mysterious circumstances: in his last message the pilot reported many lights falling from the sky. NATO wants to play down the incident, but the famous TV moderator George Abbot and the no less persistent journalist Milker sense a sensational story about UFOs and start snooping around in the area with help of pilot "Bird" McNamara. Inspired by the suspiciously rigorous isolation of the whole area around the crash point and cases of an unknown disease they have a closer look at the military's activities...

    Poster for The Last Days of Chez Nous
    Movie
    1992•
    5.5

    The Last Days of Chez Nous

    The story of sisters Vicki and Beth, when Vicki begins an affair with Beth's intriguing French husband.

    Poster for River Queen
    Movie
    2005•
    5.6

    River Queen

    An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British and Maori during the British colonization of New Zealand.

    Poster for The Siege of Barton's Bathroom
    Movie
    1986

    The Siege of Barton's Bathroom

    A young girl locks herself in her family bathroom in order to protest her father and neighbor's plan to cut down a beloved tree in the family's backyard. Later adapted into the pilot for a TV series called "The Bartons," with a different cast.

    Poster for The Getting of Wisdom
    Movie
    1977•
    5.2

    The Getting of Wisdom

    Based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson, thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. A young girl, Laura Tweedle-Rambotham who grew up in the outback, and at around the age of 14, is sent off by her poor mother who has scrimped and saved for her to go to a prestigious women’s private college in Melbourne, the Presbyterian Ladies College.

    Poster for The Devil's Playground
    Movie
    1977•
    6.5

    The Devil's Playground

    A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the names of good intentions.

    Poster for The Ballad of Betty & Joe
    Movie
    2008

    The Ballad of Betty & Joe

    Every morning Betty tramps alone through the big city to join her fellow buskers in the pedestrian tunnel below, trying to earn a living. But her earnings are meager, and to make things worse, the new security guard, Joe, is trying to confiscate her fiddle. While Betty dreams of fame and fortune, Joe dreams of earplugs – something’s got to give!

    Poster for The Coca-Cola Kid
    Movie
    1985•
    5.4

    The Coca-Cola Kid

    An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. After "the Kid's" persistence is tested he's given a tour of the man's plant, and they begin talking of a joint venture. Things get more complicated when the Coca-Cola man begins falling in love with his temporary secretary, who seems to have connections to the valley.

    Poster for Police State
    Movie
    1989

    Police State

    An account of events in Queensland from 1959 to 1988 as disclosed by the Fitzgerald inquiry. Queensland had become as close to a police state as anything since the convict era. Based on real events.

    Poster for The Children of Huang Shi
    Movie
    2008•
    6.7

    The Children of Huang Shi

    About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.

    Poster for Shadows of the Peacock
    Movie
    1988•
    2.7

    Shadows of the Peacock

    The love story between an Australian woman and a Balinese dancer.

    Poster for The Plumber
    Movie
    1979•
    6.2

    The Plumber

    A young couple, living in a campus apartment complex, are repeatedly harassed by an eccentric plumber, who subjects them to a series of bizarre mind games while making unnecessary repairs to their bathroom.

    Poster for Incident at Raven's Gate
    Movie
    1989•
    5.8

    Incident at Raven's Gate

    Ex-con Eddie Cleary gets a job working on his older brother's isolated farm. It's not long before bizarre things start happening--dead birds falling out of the sky, family pets attacking their owners, strange apparitions beginning to appear, and people who had been "normal" suddenly going insane.

    Poster for All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane
    Movie
    2008•
    7.3

    All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane

    Anthea is 25, single, hates her job – and all her friends are leaving Brisbane. Should she follow the herd to Sydney or London? Is there anything worth staying for now that her best friend Michael finally has a girlfriend? This film tells a universal story about finding your place and yourself...

    Poster for The Trouble with Merle
    Movie
    2002

    The Trouble with Merle

    The director explores the birth origins of actress Merle Oberon, traveling to Tasmania and India in search of the truth, but her quest ultimately results in probably more questions than it answers.

    Poster for The Occult Experience
    Movie
    1985•
    6.0

    The Occult Experience

    An examination of occultism as practiced in different parts of the world.

    Poster for The Little Convict
    Movie
    1979•
    6.7

    The Little Convict

    In old New South Wales a new bunch of convicts arrives including the little convict, young Toby Nelson. Consigned to a Government farm they are subjected to the cruelty of Sergeant Billy Langdon and Corporal Weazel Wesley. Toby escapes and flees into the Australian bush where he is saved from death by the aboriginal boy, Wahroonga. Together, with another escapee, the highwayman, Jack Doolan, and Wahroonga’s animal friends, they launch a spectacular mission to rescue the blacksmith, Big George, and Toby’s sister, Polly.

    Poster for Angel Baby
    Movie
    1995•
    6.4

    Angel Baby

    Two schizophrenics meet during therapy and fall in love. Unfortunately they are on a road to nowhere...

    Poster for A Town Like Alice
    TV
    1981•
    7.6

    A Town Like Alice

    Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three continents and two decades.

    Poster for Brides of Christ
    TV
    1991•
    7.0

    Brides of Christ

    Diane, a young woman growing up in Australia in the mid 1960s, walks away from her fiancé to join a convent after being sure she has a calling to the faith. The Catholic Church and its followers are struggling with huge changes. The Pope has died, there is war in Vietnam and mandatory conscription, there is the Vatican controversy on abortion and contraception, and the changing face of the Church as a whole. Told in six parts, Diane faces her own demons and has to finally decide if she can teach what the Church preaches, or if it's simply impossible for her to reconcile all the contradictions of the faith and uphold her vow of obedience.

    Poster for Marking Time
    TV
    2003•
    5.5

    Marking Time

    Marking Time was an Australian television mini-series, consisting of four one-hour episodes. It first aired on 9 and 10 November 2003 on ABC-TV. Directed by Cherie Nowlan and written by John Doyle, it was the first mainstream television/film project to address the issue of the Australian government's refugee policy, a topic it approaches by chronicling the emotional journey of one young man during his year off after graduation, in his fictional rural home-town of Brackley, Australia. The storyline of Marking Time was inspired by the real-life experiences of Afghan refugees and their hosts in the rural town of Young, New South Wales; however much of the outdoor scenes of the series were actually shot at Singleton, New South Wales, in the Hunter Region.

    Poster for Eureka Stockade
    TV
    1984•
    3.0

    Eureka Stockade

    Eureka Stockade is a 1984 Australian miniseries based on the battle of Eureka Stockade. It reunited the producer, writer, director and star of A Town Like Alice.

    Poster for On the Beach
    TV
    2000

    On the Beach

    The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain by the Australians. The calculations of Australia's most renowned scientist says the country is doomed. However, one of his rivals says that he is wrong. He believes that a 1000 people can be relocated to the northern hemisphere, where his assumptions indicate the radiation levels may be lower. The American Captain is asked to take a mission to the north to determine which scientist is right.

    Poster for A Thousand Skies
    TV
    1985•
    5.0

    A Thousand Skies

    Charles Kingsford Smith, an adventurer, a crusader, a fighter, a lover. Against impossible odds, he went out to explore the sky, and soared higher than most.