FILMS (all states) LISTING
CHICAGO 10
The opening night film at Sundance, Brett Morgen's (The Kid Stays in the Picture), Chicago 10 is an adrenalin rush of creative documentary. Mixing bold animation and compelling archival footage, it captures the escalating tensions and full-scale pandemonium that overtook the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention. …more
BLING: A PLANET ROCK
Some of the world’s biggest rappers and R&B artists take a life-changing journey into the heart of Africa to learn first-hand about the blood diamond trade and the true cost of bling. …more
SHORT:
CHILDREN THAT NEVER EXISTED
Somewhere in an African war zone, two orphan brothers struggle for survival in a barren land where childhood and innocence have long since disappeared. Visually stunning. A chilling thriller. …more
THE UNWINKING GAZE
The Unwinking Gaze is an intimate and captivating portrait of the Dalai Lama's lifelong work for Tibet. Filmed over three years with extraordinary access to the Tibetan leader, Dugdale reveals the Dalai Lama's daily struggle as he tries to lead his people to a peaceful resolution with China. …more
BEHIND FORGOTTEN EYES
During World War II, the Japanese Imperial Army forced more than 200,000 Korean women into sexual slavery. Now they demand to be heard. Narrated by Lost's Yunjin Kim, this beautifully crafted film investigates the enduring legacy of one of the 20th century's most horrific and ignored chapters. …more
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I DON'T FEEL LIKE DANCING
Set somewhere in a warzone, three soldiers drink and dance at a nightclub. They harass a woman who does not want to dance with them, only to discover the reason why. …more
ANGELS IN THE DUST
A story about the transformative power of compassion and the difference one woman can make. In the rubble of a nation plagued by HIV/AIDS and apartheid's legacy of violence and distrust, Marion Cloete courageously walked away from a life of privilege in Johannesburg to set up an orphanage for the most downtrodden and tragic of South Africa. …more
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THE BELOVED ONES
The Beloved Ones weaves the stories of two African women living with the repercussions of HIV/AIDS. …more
THE NOTHING MEN
Set in the current climate of economic insecurity and workplace upheaval, this acclaimed Australian drama charts the story of six hardened factory workers, struggling to stay sane as they attend work everyday with nothing to do but wait for their redundancy payouts. …more
LAKSHMI & ME
There are 40 million domestic 'servants' in India paid practically nothing to slave for those who comparatively have everything. Nishtha – a wealthy, educated Indian filmmaker – begins making a film with her maid, Lakshmi, who lives a precarious life balancing everything from forbidden love to an alcoholic father and debilitating illness. …more
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SILENT MONSOON
Set in a remote village in Nepal, Durga fights to save her twelve-year-old daughter Laxmi from the family profession of prostitution. …more
SCREEN DREAMING:
YOLNGU GUYA DJAMAMIRR
Since uploading the 'Chooky Dancers' performance of Zorba the Greek– Yolngu style, to YouTube, it has become an overnight sensation. This is the story behind the dance. …more
SCREEN DREAMING:
BACKSEAT
Inspired by Pauline Whyman's own experience, Back Seat tells the story of a young Aboriginal girl Janine who goes with her foster parents to meet her biological family for the first time. …more
SCREEN DREAMING:
DAYS LIKE THESE
Finding a new job can be difficult at the best of times. Add to the mix a dollop of financial pressure and a bunch of potential employees that can't see past the colour of your skin, and it gets near impossible. …more
BI'LIN MY LOVE
Bi'Lin My Love is a dynamic point-of-view documentary about the struggle of the Palestinian village of Bilin, in the West Bank, over its land. The Israeli government divided the village as part of the construction of the separation barrier, and appended half of the land to a neighboring Jewish settlement, Mod'in.. …more
SCREEN DREAMING:
MIXED BAG
Travelling from the city, a woman finds herself having to stop in a remote country town only to be confronted by her own racial prejudices. …more
SCREEN DREAMING:
NANA
Nana's granddaughter thinks Nana's pretty special. She loves her Nana because she helps the old people, she's a good painter and other people love her too. Nana's got everyone under control. …more
SCREEN DREAMING:
INTERVENTION
Following the 2007 release of the Little Children Are Sacred report - which exposed a worrying prevalence of child abuse in indigenous communities - the Howard government responded by bringing in emergency legislation known as 'The Intervention'. This new policy generated public outcry and upturned the lives of the Northern Territory's indigenous population. …more
PAR AVION:
RED TERROR
During the 'Red Terror' in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian army forced every first-born male to join the battle against the rebellious liberation front. …more
PAR AVION:
THE JOB
The immigration debate just got a little funnier. …more
PAR AVION
MAKE A WISH
A young Palestinian girl will do whatever it takes to buy a birthday cake. …more
PAR AVION:
WINDS OF SAND
From a cast and crew of Israelis and Palestinians - many working together for the very first time – comes the story of two fierce enemy combatants, Shmil Ben Ari (Nina's Tragedies & Go, See and Become) and Kais Nashif (Paradise Now) who are embroiled in a nameless war and stranded together in a nameless desert. …more
PAR AVION:
GIRAFFE IN THE RAIN
In Djambali, water is scarce, and what little there is, is reserved for the luxurious swimming pool of Sir Lion. When one brave giraffe attempts to tap into the lion's supply, she is caught and deported from her own country and forced to seek asylum up north. …more
PAR AVION:
CHEEESE…
It is March 2003 somewhere in Iraq. Kamal and his Kurdish family are trapped in the bunker beneath their house and are desperate for help from American forces. All the while Amanc, Kamal's son, snaps pictures of his family and their appalling living conditions with his new digital camera. …more
PAR AVION:
EXECUTION OF SOLOMON HARRIS
An electric chair execution fails; delivering a non-lethal jolt of electricity that leaves the prisoner screaming in pain. Protocol and routine fail to provide a resolution, and the Warden has to cope with the human dilemma that falls into his hands. …more
PAR AVION:
NEW BOY
Based on a Roddy Doyle short story, Joseph, a young African immigrant, struggles to make a place for himself during his first day at an Irish school. …more
SHORT:
THE KOLABORATOR
During the conflict in the former Yugoslavia many soldiers were ordered to kill fellow citizens, including friends and relatives, in the name of patriotism. …more
AT THE DEATH HOUSE DOOR
For 15 years, Rev. Carroll Pickett served as the death house chaplain to the Walls prison unit in Huntsville, Texas. He presided over 95 executions, including the first lethal injection to be administered anywhere in the world. After each execution, Pickett made an audiotape documenting his involvement with the victim and the distress he felt over his own role in the death chamber. …more
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CLEAN UP
A janitor enters a room, draws open the curtains and commences methodically cleaning and disinfecting. In the room is a bed. As he goes about his work, we hear, via audio and subtitles, what has recently occurred in the room. Chilling. …more
TRIAGE: DR JAMES ORBINSKI'S HUMANITARIAN DILEMMA
The act of triage is the ultimate humanitarian nightmare, where relief workers are forced to make split-second decisions about who lives and who must be left to die. …more
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FLOWERS OF RWANDA
Flowers of Rwanda is a probing documentary with many questions. …more
JERUSALEM IS PROUD TO PRESENT
In the summer of 2006, for the first time in history Jerusalem was to host the World Pride events culminating with a gay pride parade. …more
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UNDRESSING VANESSA
Undressing Vanessa documents the unlikely journey of a suburban Aussie boy - Tobin Saunders - who after being inspired by his mother's 1970's patio parties in Sydney's northern beaches, gave birth to Australia's most political drag personality, 'Vanessa Wagner'. …more
THE RECRUITER
With bloody conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan still raging and the death toll of US soldiers mounting, The Recruiter captures a phenomenon now occurring throughout the United States - the intense push to recruit new soldiers into the US Army. …more
SHORT:
WAR TORN
The horrors of the Iraq war emerge through a series of stills. Stories of separation and loss as narrated by the people most affected. …more
REEL CHANGE:
KEEP YOUR EARS ON
A young man floats aimlessly on a single mattress in the middle of an expansive ocean, struggling to stay afloat, as we catch snippets of the final radio broadcast on planet Earth. …more
REEL CHANGE:
SISTERS ON THE PLANET
Ursula is a traditional owner of one of the Carteret Islands, off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Against a ticking clock, Ursula is working to relocate thousands of Islanders forced to uproot their lives due to rising sea levels which will leave their island home submerged and uninhabitable in just a matter of years. …more
REEL CHANGE:
PARKING
A parking attendant, in a pristinely concreted world, battles a persistent plant that is invading his territory. …more
REEL CHANGE:
EARLY BIRD
A celebration of the magic of metamorphosis and the joy of riding a bike. Early Bird is a whimsical animation about commuting in our modern world. …more
REEL CHANGE:
MY SHOUT
A farmer faced with the financial collapse of his farm and the breakdown of his marriage takes matters into his own hands… …more
REEL CHANGE:
AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
An Uncertain Future tells the story of the 2000-strong community living in the Cartaret Islands who will soon become the world's first climate change refugees. …more
REEL CHANGE:
A CASTLE IN THE SAND
Graham has built the most spectacular sandcastle on the beach, complete with air conditioning and all mod-cons. But when the tide rises he can't give it up and vows to fight the ocean rather than move to higher ground. …more
REEL CHANGE:
SILENT SNOW
A silent assassin is destroying the Inuit community in Greenland. Through currents in the ocean, pesticides like DDT are carried northbound into Inuit land, poisoning humans and animals. …more
REEL CHANGE:
THE LITTLE THINGS
A beautifully animated guide to the difference each person can make. Change starts with the little things. …more
REEL CHANGE:
I DON'T BELIEVE IN GLOBAL WARMING
A satirical and hilarious animated tribute to global warming scepticism and its allure. …more
THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO
Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance Film Festival, The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo is an extraordinary film that demands to be seen. …more
THE DAY AFTER PEACE
Following the infectiously idealistic Jeremy Gilley - a British actor-turned-activist and founder of the Peace One Day organization - The Day After Peace charts Gilley's attempts to create a day of simultaneous global ceasefire and non-violence in the conflict hot-spots of the globe …more
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A DIFFERENT KIND OF GUN
A Different Kind of Gun offers a heartbreaking insight into the plight of Sudan's children, whose lives have been ravaged by war, violence and displacement. …more
NORTH KOREA: A DAY IN THE LIFE
Notoriously inaccessible to the world’s media, daily life in North Korea is unveiled in all its baffling and frightening form in this haunting, observational film which seems to straddle documentary and fiction.…more
PLEASE VOTE FOR ME
Please Vote For Me chronicles China's first experiment with democratic process – in a third grade class election! …more
PLAYING IN THE SHADOWS
Woolloomooloo, just moments from Sydney's CBD, is home to one of the city's most infamous housing estates. Playing In The Shadows spans a year in the life of a handful of the estate's kids as they fight to make the cut for an after-dark basketball team, a way out of a life roaming the streets and spiralling downhill. …more
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WANJA
Once a close-knit indigenous community with good housing and harmonious streets; now a renowned site of escalating tension with police and deteriorating houses on the brink of demolition, 'The Block' in Sydney is revealed through the eyes of Auntie Barb and the life of her blue heeler dog, Wanja. …more
USA VS Al-Arian
In February 2003, pro-Palestinian civil rights activist, Dr Sami Al-Arian, was charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization. Prior to his arrest, Al-Arian was a highly regarded American citizen who attended White House briefings, advised several members of Congress, and met Presidents Clinton and Bush. However, in the two-and-a-half year lead-up to his trial, Al-Arian was held in solitary confinement, denied basic civil privileges and was deprived of full access to his lawyers. …more
SHORT:
THE T-SHIRT
A Slovakian storeowner and a customer enter into some friendly banter about their mutual love of American baseball that rapidly degenerates due to the misunderstanding of a t-shirt. …more
IN OUR BACKYARD:
WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE WHITE
An ode to the trials and tribulations of being a second generation Chinese-Australian, lost in a strange identity predicament of being a 'banana' – yellow on the outside, white on the inside. …more
IN OUR BACKYARD:
CHANGE COMING
Drought has ravaged the family farm that Dave has worked on his whole life. Mounting bills, poverty, and the stress of physical and mental isolation push Dave's wife, Jess, to her limit. …more
IN OUR BACKYARD:
STORM IN WORDS
She's just "Little G" the half-Greek, half-indigenous, shorter- than-most female MC. …more
IN OUR BACKYARD:
IN THE SAME BOAT
In today's climate of global fear, two unlikely friends do what governments cannot: overcome fear and prejudice with understanding. …more
IN OUR BACKYARD:
WAR HEAD
Starring Simon Lyndon (Underbelly, Chopper) and Olivia Connolly (Red Stitch Actors Theatre), Warhead reveals the post-war horror that returns home with many Australians soldiers from Iraq, sending family life off on a tragic new trajectory.…more
IN OUR BACKYARD:
BREAD
Working at her family's bread shop after school, a little girl longs to be outside playing soccer. …more
IN OUR BACKYARD:
MADE IN AUSTRALIA
Following the stories of five extraordinary Vietnamese women living in Melbourne, Made in Australia unveils the true cost of fashion, right here in our own backyards. …more
IN OUR BACKYARD:
BIN APPETIT
Bin Appetit is about the art of dumpster diving. It follows a group of individuals, young and middle-aged, who choose to eat from the rubbish bins of Sydney. …more
IN OUR BACKYARD:
THE OTHER SIDE
A parable for the plight of asylum seekers in Australia, two feathered friends, fleeing the danger of bird flu, make the treacherous journey to a new life in Australia only to find that the real danger lies in wait for them here… …more
KICKING IT
In the summer of 2006, while the football world's attention was focused on Germany, thousands of players around the globe were training hard and competing to be part of another world cup… The Homeless World Cup. …more
SHORT:
THE DAYS AND THE HOURS
A San Francisco church provides refuge for the city's homeless from the cold night and dangerous streets. As row after row of tired and troubled men and women go to sleep in the pews, their voices provide insight into the events that led them here. …more