Australian Film Commission Movies

A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.

Parody of historical epics that focuses on real-life Australian explorers William John Wills and Robert O'Hara Burkes, who tragically tried to cross t...

Paddy finds there are two separate laws, the white and the black.

A young woman investigates the death of her mother, who drowned when her daughter was still a baby. The question is: was it murder, suicide or merely...

A portrait of an albino Aboriginal teenager, her feelings of alienation while at a convent boarding school, and her dreams of escape.

Tells the story of an impoverished young man who dreams/​fantasizes/​hallucinates about his adventures in a post-holocaust Sydney of the future, where...

Anthea is 25, single, hates her job – and all her friends are leaving Brisbane. Should she follow the herd to Sydney or London? Is there anything wort...

A young girl with a background of urban poverty and juvenile crime, attempts to become a fashion model. The hypocrisy and double standards of society...

An Australian girl gets lost in the Outback, but she's befriended by a kangaroo who gives her a ride in her pouch as they search for the girl's home....

A man tries to rehabilitate his alcoholic friend by entering them both into the Australian national rowing championships.

Documentary using archival footage, newsreels and contemporary interviews with women of the WW2 Australian Women's Land Army.

A multi-layered narrative drama about ordinary people and their struggles and joys with life. Blue Notes is composed of five tales about people who ar...

A charming animated fable with live action. This is a story about a teenage girl (Pia Miranda) who suffers from depression and dreams and sketches way...

Australian independent political documentary about the US installations in Australia at Pine Gap near Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

In old New South Wales a new bunch of convicts arrives including the little convict, young Toby Nelson. Consigned to a Government farm they are subjec...

Teenager Jamie moves with his mother, sister and grandfather to an island off the South Australian coast where mum has a job running a marine research...

The 1981 murder trial of Alwyn Peter made Australian legal history when his defence lawyer successfully argued that charges of murder and manslaughter...

A young man in trouble is forced to drag his family into the problem.

Film maker Dennis O'Rourke documents the day to day life of Aoi, a Thai prostitute through interviews with her and her family as well as taking us thr...

White people don't understand that there are two laws - white people have different laws from Aboriginal people. TWO LAWS is a film about history, la...