From the Australian underground comes a dynamic gothic original. Z and X are vampires bound by love and driven by their lust for blood. Together they stalk their unsuspecting prey in the dark streets and back alleys of Melbourne, but tonight they aren't the only killers lurking in the shadows. A moody and atmospheric thriller, A NOCTURNE: NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE is a sophisticated reworking of the vampire genre with film noir stylistics.
Sep 2007
A hybrid film, part-documentary, part-fiction, on the history of Greek radical music.
May 2017
A 13-year-old boy comes home from school and goes out. He meets up with a friend and they go to various places together, interacting with various people. An unassuming and meditative, observational film exploring that dead time between "schools out" and evening. A film of small moments but big meanings.
Jan 1988
A portrait of Melbourne in Spring '04 (September/October), a mosaic of different stories: an angel desires to be human; a young couple cope with long-distance relating; a novelist unexpectedly falls pregnant; a woman from London discovers Melbourne; and a disenfranchised man, with a gambling debt, becomes involved with an underworld gang.
Feb 2005
A newspaper journalist in Bosnia returns home to find that things are and are not as they seem.
Oct 1993
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 are "blue": a married man struggles by with depression; his son spends his days drifting; a young woman reacts to being abused by her partner; a heroin addict attempts to start a career in music; and a lonely man, bereft of family, looks for a way to connect with others.
Jul 2006
Three characters submit to the night.
A portrait of a serial killer.
Jul 1994
The story of Rick, a washing-machine serviceman, and his relationships with two very different women.
Jan 1989
A couple, Steve and Louise, quit their respective office jobs, deciding to follow their inner desires and their aspirations to be artistic.
Jul 2003
The faith of a heart and the faith of a look. A period in the life of a young Australian couple.
Aug 1987
A day in the life of an unemployed youth.
Oct 1985
Several interconnecting stories of love, loss, desire and despair, among both gay and straight characters. The main story concerns Anna, a successful but lonely novelist, who falls for Finola, a vivacious young writing student, who is involved with the troubled Cindy. Paul, keen on Anna, is pursued by Martin; and Evan and Skye, a young couple, experience problems.
Jan 1999
Three “songs of revolution” from Crisis-hit Greece, illustrated in both documentary and narrative ways. These songs, from 1947, 1968 and 1997 show their relevance to 2015.
Oct 2015
A diary film, chronicling six days in the life of a woman in her early 30's. A portrait of isolation, striving, rejection and hope.
Jul 1997
A woman goes out, boards a tram, and looks at things.
Nov 1989
The Searchers' classic hit "Needles and Pins" accompanies images of couples gazing lovingly into each others' eyes. Love, naturally, is transcendent.
Oct 2002
A film-maker struggles to live. She makes films. She makes love.
A high school student, heartbroken, considers suicide.
Oct 1983
Ali Alizadeh reads English translations of Rumi and Hafiz, as well as his own contemporary Sufi poems. Accompanying the poems, the film follows six characters on their individual journeys of disenchantment, awakening and bliss: a poet and dancer who are struggling with their art, and four lovesick individuals, engulfed in solitude and yearning.
Jun 2004