A film by Marie Ferris. A Buddhist nun, a fashion designer, a student and a playwright – their paths have never crossed yet they have common experiences in their struggle for identity, maintaining a connection to their cultural roots and reconciling two worlds – Vietnam and Australia. Just…
SELLING SICKNESS looks at the growing global controversy around SSRI antidepressants and follows British psychiatrist, Dr David Healy, patients and their families as they rock the scientific establishment with accusations that aggressive drug marketing is blurring the boundaries between medical conditions…
Directed by Tom Zubrycki. Produced by David Max Brown and Sally Browning. "The calmness shown by those who lived and worked in such an explosive situation is riveting." - Virginia Addison, Daily Telegraph. "What the drivers and passengers of these overland trips say about their…
ROUGH RIDERS presents a view of country life that city folk are barely aware of and are unlikely ever to experience. The film provides an insight into an extraordinary world that lies beyond the highway. Every weekend, in hundreds of Australian country towns, young men risk their lives to ride for…
A film by Pat Fiske. NOW DIGITALLY REMASTERED by the National Film and Sound Archive as part of the NFSA Restores program. An outstanding historical account of the Green Bans first introduced by the New South Wales Builders Labourers Federation in the 1970s in response to community demand to preserve…
A film by Diane Perelsztejn. One of the most audacious espionage missions ever mounted: to steal the secret of tea from Imperial China. The man entrusted with the mission was a Scottish botanist and adventurer. By the mid-1800s, England and Europe had become totally enchanted with a heady new brew:…
Directed by Darlene Johnson, produced by Pat Fiske. From early childhood Frances Daingangan, a 45-year-old Yolngu woman, dreamed of being a movie star - a dream that came true when Rolf de Heer cast her in the film TEN CANOES. RIVER OF NO RETURN documents her extraordinary story. Frances is a Yolngu…
A film by Judy Rymer. Fiona Stanley puts forward a powerful argument for the need to protect the future of our kids. A spark ignited in Fiona Stanley, when as a young medical intern, she was unable to improve the health of a young Aboriginal boy because of the environment he lived in. His death set…
Original version in Spanish, with English subtitles In Chile, where abortion remains illegal and punishable by imprisonment, the film follows a group of young activists who put their lives at risk to run an underground abortion hotline: la linea del aborto. Their goal: to provide information to…
'The High' is a feature length documentary film about the making of the longest high altitude foot race in the world. The film follows the path of a group of extreme runners who individually decide to take part of a dangerous running experiment gone wrong. Indian race director Rajat Chauhan…
'Ultra High' is a feature length documentary film about the race to complete the 137-mile high altitude ultra marathon, crossing the two highest motorable passes in the world. Battled out by six ultra runners from around the globe, the race starts 50-miles outside of the city of Leh in the…
Impressions of a little girl who is blind and also has learning disabilities. The life of a little girl who is blind and also has learning disabilities. She goes to a special school where she is making progress. The title is a song she sings about herself. Classic; a most moving diploma film by Alan…
