Peel

Peel 1982

5.80

A family drive in the countryside turns into a battle of wills between a young boy and his father and aunt.

1982

Sequin in a Blue Room

Sequin in a Blue Room 2019

6.00

A teenager tries to track down a man he met at an anonymous sex party, trawling through hook-up apps to find him.

2019

Boys Grammar

Boys Grammar 2005

5.90

Bullying is taken to unimaginable extremes at an exclusive private boys school.

2005

A Girl's Own Story

A Girl's Own Story 1984

5.40

This early short from director Jane Campion concerns a group of teenage girls in the 1960s.

1984

Birthday Boy

Birthday Boy 2004

6.60

Korean War, 1951 Little Manuk is playing on the streets of his village and dreaming of life at the front where his father is a soldier. He returns home to find a parcel on the doorstep and, thinking it is a birthday present, he opens it. But its contents will change his life.

2004

One Hundred a Day

One Hundred a Day 1973

1

A young girl is forced to continue working at her machine all day in a 1930s shoe factory after a visit to a backyard abortionist. Based on the short story 'How beautiful are thy feet' by Alan Marshall.

1973

All Good Things

All Good Things 2019

6.00

Road trips usually signify a beginning but for Isaac and his partner Levi, this is their last chance to spend time together before they part ways. As they drive closer to their destination, Isaac finds that maybe he isn't as prepared for his first breakup as he had thought.

2019

Ex

Ex 2004

1.00

Rachel's girlfriend, Kath, has finally moved in and Rachel has arranged the perfect weekend. Her plans start to unravel, however, when Kath's ex calls...

2004

Batteries

Batteries 1970

1

A Man prepares to eat.

1970

Like Breathing

Like Breathing 2014

1.00

Max lives in the country and works for her father as a mechanic in his workshop. At home she helps her mother take care of her disabled sister Therese. Max feels like she will never be able to find the courage to voice what she really wants but then she meets a beautiful woman named Bel.

2014

Into the Night

Into the Night 2002

4.20

A lost and fragile rent boy meets a wealthy man playing out a lonely game. Over one night, their lives intersect in unexpected ways, blurring the lines between betrayer and betrayed.

2002

Enemy Alien

Enemy Alien 2022

1

A poetic retelling of the experiences of Joseph Murakami, a fourteen-year-old boy from Darwin, who is summarily rounded up and interned by his government on the basis of his ethnicity, leaving wounds unhealed to this day.

2022

The Drover's Wife

The Drover's Wife 1984

1

The Australian myth of the ‘drover's wife' retold from a different perspective.

1984

The End, The Beginning

The End, The Beginning 2020

1

In the picture-book town of Collector, a young girl and her gang of rogue environmentalists are trying to save the planet as the world goes into lockdown. The main target of their rebellion… the girl’s very own father.

2020

Strange Residues

Strange Residues 1981

3.00

Dreams. What are they? Is it possible they can be used by strange beings from another planet to manipulate man? This man is dreaming. Could it be that at this very moment his dreams are being structured by a beam from outer space?

1981

Terra Nullius

Terra Nullius 1992

1

Loosely based on the filmmaker's personal experience, "Terra Nullius" is an impressionistic account of an eight year old Koori girl, Alice, growing up in a white adoptive family which denies her Aboriginality. The film examines how unacknowledged shame and fear passes from one generation to the next, from one culture to another. The last scene depicts a silent meeting between the young Alice and the adult Alice. In order to reclaim her life, Alice decides she must confront the pain and confusion of her childhood.

1992

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine 1997

5.00

Henry Howard discovers a way to stay young forever, but life doesn't seem worth living without his childhood sweetheart Alice. Risking old age, Henry returns to convince her to join him.

1997

Gary's Story

Gary's Story 1983

1

A story of transition: from lust to compassion, compassion to escape and escape to Sydney. Truth plays a very small part.

1983

The Stranger

The Stranger 2021

1

When a stranger arrives at an isolated farmhouse in the middle of the night, the farmer's wife is convinced he is a murderer. In the light of day, she is forced to confront her prejudices.

2021