Search results for "Australia"

The Douglas Mawson Antarctic Expedition of 1912 is considered one of the most amazing feats of endurance of all time. Although his two companions perished, Douglas Mawson survived, but how?…

A man is kidnapped from his city home in the quiet hours of the night and, the kidnapper, John Kelly, embarks on a journey into the Australian Outback towards the…

A family drifts down a spiral of self-destruction and depression in the years following the death of their eldest son. Can they come to terms with what’s happened before everything…

An extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger. A long-forgotten legend, “The Pieman” aka Alexander Pearce, who was hanged for cannibalism in 1824. Both had a desperate need to survive; both could…

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.

After a brutal divorce, a mother and her son relocate to the Blue Mountains to run a Bed and Breakfast.

Thomas is turning 16. His dad’s in the army and they’ve just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who’s autistic,…

Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry’s old neighbourhood who knows that Terry…

Treasure hunter Ben “Finn” Finnegan has sunk his marriage to Tess and his trusty boat in his obsessive quest to find the legendary Queen’s Dowry. When he finds a vital…

Discover the beauty, brilliance and behaviour of Australia’s most conspicuous birds – parrots and cockatoos in Australia: Land of Parrots. Multi-award winning, natural history filmmakers David Parer and Elizabeth Parer-Cook…

Billy Connolly’s sensational show “Was It Something I Said?” was filmed in Adelaide on the Australian leg of his sell out 2006 World Tour. This recording captures comedy legend Billy…

Gabriel tells the story of an archangel who fights to bring light back to purgatory – a place where darkness rules – and save the souls of the city’s inhabitants.

When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps them on a tiny mud island with the tide quickly…

A couple becomes lost in a massive storm and seek refuge at a nearby farmhouse, only to be captured by deranged killers.

For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger comrades find new parents, and realize that they may never be adopted. The Reverend Mother…

On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.

The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band’s first American tour in 1980.

For generations children have delighted in nursery rhymes, and now for the first time The Wiggles perform some of their favorite nursery rhymes to delight a new generation in Pop…

Pete and Jerry are cousins living in Sydney’s Western Suburbs, where life consists of drinking, getting stoned, getting in fights and hanging out. But things change forever when Pete and…

Newly engaged, Ben and Sadie can’t wait to start their life together and live happily ever after. However Sadie’s family church’s Reverend Frank won’t bless their union until they pass…

Set both in Latin America and the United States, the film explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger says that…

A beautiful young man has been summoned to an eerie meditation retreat by a dying theatre director. The young man has been given a tape of instructions; over a weekend…

Based on true events, Grace, her boyfriend Adam, and her younger sister, Lee, are on holiday in Northern Australia when they decide to take a tour down a river. As…

The story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love…

While on Night Patrol, Nana (Mitjili Napanangka Gibson) and another old Aunty (Noreen Robertson Nampijinpa) stop some grog runners from entering the community and decide to teach them a lesson.

The community reels after an incident on a suburban train. A young cop, beset with doubt and afflicted with tinnitus, is pitched into the chaos that follows this tragic event….

Razzle Dazzle follows the eager members of “Mr. Jonathon’s Dance Academy” who, with their unique dance routines, compete for Grand Final success at Australia’s most prestigious competition. Amidst parental politics,…

Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!

Can you really get away with murder? Welcome to the world of Katrina, a 19-year-old single mum who’s planning to do just that. Katrina lives in a world of petty…

A contemporary psychological thriller in which a young British couple travelling through the Australian outback become involved with a mysterious and charismatic American whose motive for imposing his friendship upon…

They were the hottest thing in the eighties, the pin-up boys on every teenage girl’s wall. And with hits like “Tough Titties” and “BoyTown”, they cemented their reputation as the…

A group of diamond thieves on the run kidnap the wife of a recently discharged marine who goes on a chase through the South Carolinian wilderness to retrieve her.

From the biggest festival to the smallest church social, Kenny Smyth delivers porta-loos to them all. Kenny tackles every septic challenge that comes his way, culminating in a visit to…

When welfare authorities threaten to take away his little sister, an unemployed Australian reunites his old high school rugby league team to win a competition that could change all their…

An erotic mystery about power and sex, the entanglement of victim and perpetrator, and a man’s struggle to regain his lost self.

Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with friends when they discover the body of a murdered girl.

A story within a story within a story. In Australia’s Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tells a story about his ancestors on a goose hunt. A youngster on the hunt…

Kate is on a plane taking Warren, her 18 year old Torres Strait Islander foster son, to meet Flo, his birth mother, who is gravely ill in hospital in Brisbane….

A story through a child’s eyes about living through a drought.

A contemporary, ensemble drama that tells the complex tale of six high school students whose lives are interwoven with situations that so many of today’s youth are faced with. The…