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Browse 107 movies from Australian Film Television and Radio School
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.
Nov 2021
A family drive in the countryside turns into a battle of wills between a young boy and his father and aunt.
Jul 1983
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.
Jun 1997
A teenager tries to track down a man he met at an anonymous sex party, trawling through hook-up apps to find him.
Jun 2019
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.
Jan 1992
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.
Oct 2022
Bullying is taken to unimaginable extremes at an exclusive private boys school.
Oct 2005
A man tries to reconnect with his father who works at a laundrette.
Jan 1997
While on a seaside holiday with his family, a teenage boy becomes infatuated with a young woman accompanying them as a housekeeper. As his older brother begins a relationship with her, the boy’s frustration grows, leading to actions that disrupt both the family dynamic and the fragile relationships around him. The conflict culminates in a breakdown of trust between the brothers.
Jun 1984
In a post divorce suburban Australian family, the hormonal teenage daughter feels undercurrents of sexuality, confusion and loss. When she loses her temper, her stepfather enacts a strange symbolic punishment - he removes her bedroom door...
Jan 1993
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.
Sep 2019
A short observational account of one Saturday night in the mundane life of Stuart. He gets drunk, goes out to clubs,, searches for love and falls asleep unfulfilled on the floor of the club.
Jan 1973
This early short from director Jane Campion concerns a group of teenage girls in the 1960s.
People start dying after the arrival of a mysterious stranger in a small Australian town. Despite this, the local police officer is too preoccupied by his dream Mercedes to pay attention to the deaths surrounding him.
May 2018
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.
Jun 2014
Over two nights, a young Chinese immigrant has sexual encounters with two very different men. Consequently, he has to choose between the one he wants or the who wants him.
Jun 2006
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.
Jun 2002
Trapped in the care of her lonely uncle, a young girl’s nightmares about a bizarre kitchen appliance manifest into reality.
Aug 2022
Reflecting on her culpability, a woman recounts the traumatising assault she witnessed of a young man in a small Australian coastal town.
A young homeless girl watches a wounded real estate agent after one of her fellow squatters accidentally injures him.
Jan 1983