feature films
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ALI'S WEDDING
2017 | FEATURE | 110MINS
DIRECTOR JEFFREY WALKER
WRITERS OSAMAH SAMI ANDREW KNIGHTAfter a reckless lie sets off a catastrophic chain of events, Ali, the son of a Muslim cleric, finds himself caught between his sense of duty to his family and following his heart. An irreverent and warm-hearted comedy, ALI’S WEDDING is an affectionate and entertaining story of love and duty.
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CUT SNAKE
2015 | FEATURE | 94MINS
DIRECTOR TONY AYRES
WRITER BLAKE AYSHFORDSet in Melbourne in the mid-1970s, CUT SNAKE tells the story of Sparra Farrell (Alex Russell), a very private man in his twenties who is trying to make a life for himself in a new city. He has found honest work and becomes engaged to the beautiful Paula (Jessica De Gouw). But the prospect of his new life is challenged when the charismatic Pommie (Sullivan Stapleton) tracks him down. Sparra finds himself drawn back into a world that he thought he had left behind.
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LOU
2010 | FEATURE | 85MINS
DIRECTOR BELINDA CHAYKO
WRITER BELINDA CHAYKOThe tender story of the relationship between 11-year-old Lou and her grandfather. Not long after Lou’s father walks out of her life, her grandfather crashes in. But when Doyle comes to stay Lou discovers, against all her expectations, the healing power of love.
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THE HOME SONG STORIES
2007 | FEATURE | 105MINS
DIRECTOR TONY AYRES
WRITER TONY AYRESThe story of Rose, a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer, and her struggle to survive in Australia with her two young children. An epic tale of mothers and sons, mothers and daughters, unrequited love, betrayal and hidden secrets that spans continents and decades.
television
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CLICKBAIT
2021 | TV DRAMA | NETFLIX | 8 X 60MINS
When family man Nick Brewer is abducted in a crime with a sinister online twist, those closest to him race to uncover who is behind it and why.
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DEADLINE GALLIPOLI
2014 | TV DRAMA | 4 X 47MINS
Deadline Gallipoli brings together the high-octane drama of the battlefront and the personal journeys of the soldiers who have signed up for a war they believe will be glorious. It is the untold story of the journalists – Charles Bean, Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, Phillip Schuler & Keith Murdoch – who find themselves appalled by how the battle is being managed. They are flawed human beings, workaholics, and womanisers, but each is profoundly affected by the bravery and wholesale slaughter he witnesses.
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NOWHERE BOYS
2013 – 2018 | TV DRAMA
Four boys get lost in the forest, and discover, when they return home, that they have returned to an alternate world identical to theirs except for one startling difference – they were never born.
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THE SLAP
2011 | TV DRAMA | 8 X 55MINS
At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. This event and what follows, ricochets through a group of family and friends to shocking effect. THE SLAP is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The television adaptation of THE SLAP will be a powerful, haunting tale about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and all the passions and conflicting beliefs – that family can arouse.
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SAVED
2009 | TV DRAMA | 100MINS
DIRECTOR TONY AYRES
WRITER BELINDA CHAYKOCentering on Julia Weston, an advocate for a young Iranian refugee held in detention and her increasing attraction towards him.
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BOGAN PRIDE
2008 | TV DRAMA | 6 X 30MINS
DIRECTOR PETER TEMPLEMAN
WRITER REBEL WILSONBogan Pride is a smart and sassy musical comedy that takes a wry look at modern life. It’s written by and stars Rebel Wilson as Jennie Cragg, an overweight Christian teenager from the mythical suburb of Boonelg, somewhere in Australia.
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CALL ME MUM
2005 | TV DRAMA | 76MINS
DIRECTOR MARGOT NASH
WRITER KATHLEEN MARY FALLONWhen Kate decides to reunite her Torres Strait Islander foster son with his birth mother, dangerous family and racial tensions surface.
documentaries
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ANATOMY: ART, SEX AND THE BODY
2009 – 2013 | DOCUMENTARY SERIES | 12X30 MINS
Anatomy explores the ways artists/performers deal with the subject of sex and the human body to give us an insight into how sexuality and the body work as driving forces in the creative process.
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NEXT STOP HOLLYWOOD
2012 | DOCUMENTARY | 6 X 27MINS
This six-part series is a behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood through the eyes of six aspiring Australian actors, as they compete with the world’s best for coveted roles during the highly competitive US TV pilot.
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MURUNDAK: SONGS OF FREEDOM
2011 | DOCUMENTARY | 82MINS
DIRECTORS AND WRITERS
NATASHA GADD RHYS GRAHAMA documentary following the Black Arm Band, a gathering of Australia's finest Aboriginal musicians, as they take to the road with their songs of struggle, resistance and freedom.
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BRENDA HEAN?
2008 | DOCUMENTARY | 90MINS
DIRECTOR SCOTT MILLWOOD
WRITERS SCOTT MILLWOOD MIRA ROBERTSONA remarkable story of Brenda Hean - one of the first leaders of an environmental political party in the world - whose fight to save Tasmania's Lake Pedder led to her mysterious disappearance in 1972. Thirty-five years later, a filmmaker undertakes a quest to discover the truth.
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WILDNESS
2003| DOCUMENTARY | 55MINS
DIRECTOR SCOTT MILLWOOD
WRITER SCOTT MILLWOODOlegas Truchanas and Peter Dombrovskis were perhaps Australia's greatest wilderness photographers. Their work became synonymous with campaigns to protect Tasmania's natural heritage. They shared many things, including a bond that was more like that of father and son. Both came from Baltic Europe and migrated to Tasmania, where their passion for nature became a crusade to save an environment under threat. Both died in the wilderness, doing what they loved, and left a legacy in extraordinary images. Their philosophy was simple and remarkably effective - if people could see the beauty of Australia's wild places then they might be moved to save them.
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MAN MADE: TWO MEN AND A BABY
2003 | DOCUMENTARY | 52MINS
DIRECTOR EMMA CRIMMINGS
WRITERS EMMA CRIMMINGS CATHERINE DIXONTony and Lee, a gay male couple from Melbourne, wanted a family. IVF and adoption were not possible so Tony and Lee merged their sperm and using an egg from a separate donor placed a fertilised embryo in the womb of a US surrogate.
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THOMSON OF ARNHEM LAND
2000 | DOCUMENTARY | 55MIN
DIRECTOR JOHN MOORE
WRITER MICHAEL CUMMINSShunned by the government and ostracised by white society, anthropologist Donald Thomson paid a high price for his progressive views on Aboriginal culture.
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SADNESS
1999 | DOCUMENTARY | 52MINS
DIRECTOR TONY AYRES
WRITER TONY AYRESAward-winning photographer William Yang explores issues of grief, family and identity in this film adaptation of his acclaimed stage performance, Sadness.