Movies

  • 1988
    All That Is Solid

    All That Is Solid

    All That Is Solid

    01988HD

    Partly funded as a Bicentennial commission through the University of Queensland Art Museum and the ABC, Hughes’ speculative, essayistic...

    All That Is Solid
  • 1996
    What I Have Written

    What I Have Written

    What I Have Written

    41996HD

    This intellectual, witty Australian drama offers an intriguingly sophisticated look into adultery. Too say too much about this plot would give away...

    What I Have Written
  • 2022
    Senses of Cinema

    Senses of Cinema

    Senses of Cinema

    02022HD

    As notions of civil rights transformed across the world, so was the screen landscape reformed by the ascension of grassroots film movements seeking...

    Senses of Cinema
  • 2022
    Ablaze

    Ablaze

    Ablaze

    102022HD

    A feature documentary about opera singer Tiriki Onus who finds a 70-year-old silent film believed to be made by his grandfather, Aboriginal leader...

    Ablaze
  • 2009
    Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia

    Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia

    Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia

    02009HD

    Revisits the making of Joris Ivens' 1946 film Indonesia Calling! In 1945-46 Indonesian, Indian, Chinese and Australian Trade Unions blockaded Dutch...

    Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia
  • 2006
    The Archive Project

    The Archive Project

    The Archive Project

    02006HD

    In the context of Australia's cold war a 'hidden history' of Melbourne's Realist film movement (1945-1959) is explored through the first person...

    The Archive Project
  • 1986
    Traps

    Traps

    Traps

    01986HD

    A film that is built around a simple narrative about the concerns of a reporter in public radio whose work takes her from the tele-room in March '83...

    Traps
  • 1992
    One Way Street: Fragments for Walter Benjamin

    One Way Street: Fragments for Walter Benjamin

    One Way Street: Fragments for Walter Benjamin

    01992HD

    Walter Benjamin is one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, yet his work is relatively unknown to many. One Way Street is both an...

    One Way Street: Fragments for Walter Benjamin
  • 1998
    After Mabo

    After Mabo

    After Mabo

    01998HD

    Filmed over a ten-month period throughout Australia, this probing documentary examines the political controversy surrounding Native Title and the...

    After Mabo
  • 1970
    Film-Work

    Film-Work

    Film-Work

    01970HD

    During the height of the Cold War, the Waterside Workers' Federation Film Unit produced eleven (11) films for several trade unions on political and...

    Film-Work
  • 2024
    Twilight Time

    Twilight Time

    Twilight Time

    02024HD

    Hailed by former US president Jimmy Carter as “the man who saved the world”, Ball was an ‘insurgent intellectual’ who emerged...

    Twilight Time