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The Battlers
- 1993
- TV drama
- 2 x 120mins
- Status: Completed
THE BATTLERS are the itinerants left living a hand to mouth existence on the back roads of rural Australia after the great pre-war Depression. The love story of Snow and Dancy is a celebration of the human spirit against a backdrop of hardship and survival. Adapted from Kylie Tennant's prize-winning novel.
Blue Fin
- 1978
- Feature
- 91mins
- Status: Completed
An action-packed adventure set amongst the people involved in the hunt for the world's toughest and most capricious fish harvest, the Southern 'Blue Fin' Tuna.
Breaker Morant
- 1980
- Feature
- 104mins
- Status: Completed
At the height of the Boer War three members of the Bushveldt Carbineers are court-martialled on charges of murdering Boer prisoners and a German missionary. The action - designed to make them 'an example' - is politically motivated and the proceedings strongly in favour of the prosecution. A gripping story of injustice. Based on the play by Kenneth Ross.
The Club
- 1980
- Feature
- 96mins
- Status: Completed
A behind-the-scenes look at the struggle between two factions of an Australian Rules football club in Melbourne.
Dawn!
- 1979
- Feature
- 109mins
- Status: Completed
Based on the life of one of the world's greatest, most controversial and most loved sporting personalities, swimmer Dawn Fraser.
Eternity Now
- 2000
- Short film
- 14mins
- Status: Completed
A Melohorrordrama (a psychological horror fantasy delving into the inner relationships of a family with a tangent of science and technology). ETERNITY NOW looks at the fallout of the nuclear family and how the way we see the world can alienate us from those closest to us.
Facing The World
- 1990
- Documentary
- 54mins
- Status: Completed
The Cranio-facial Unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital is the world's leading micro surgery centre - specialising in facial reconstruction. This program traces the reconstruction of a young Vietnamese woman grossly disfigured by napalm explosions during the Vietnam War. The first in a planned series called 'Perceptions'.
Fire In The Stone
- 1983
- TV drama
- 94mins
- Status: Completed
Ernie, a 14-year-old boy, lives with his father in a Coober Pedy dugout. One day Ernie's father strikes it rich, but before he can cash in, the opal is stolen. Ernie and his three teenaged friends try to recover the stolen gemstones. Based on the novel by Colin Thiele.
The Fourth Wish
- 1976
- Feature
- 105mins
- Status: Completed
When 12-year-old Sean becomes seriously ill, his father decides that his every wish will be granted. His wishes seem quite simple - a dog of his own, to see his mother and a visit to the fairground. His father can grant three wishes, but what about the fourth?
Freedom
- 1982
- Feature
- 95mins
- Status: Completed
Ron is a factory worker and loser with a penchant for fast cars and beautiful women. He dreams of living in a more tolerant society but his real troubles begin when he manages to lay his hands on a Porsche.
Genocide
- 1991
- Documentary
- 51mins
- Status: Completed
GENOCIDE is a documentary which focuses on the failure of governments and mainstream Australian society to address the misery and ruin that 200 years of indifference, arrogance and ignorance has wrought on black culture. This objective, yet sensitive and emphatic documentary goes to the heart of the problem and takes in the voices of those who have experienced and continue to suffer the intolerable privations of being a Black Australian.
German Artist Uncovers Australia
- 1995
- Documentary
- 29mins
- Status: Completed
This program focuses on the German born artist Nikolaus Lang whose acclaimed work features the striking natural phenomena of the coloured sands from the Maslins Beach coastline. The breathtaking beauty of the intricate patterns and variety of coloured hues of the sand deposits inspired Nikolaus to create a number of works featuring sand formations. The film highlights the work of this highly gifted artist and also visually celebrate the unique textures and brilliant colours of the South Australian landscape.
Golden Fiddles
- 1991
- TV drama
- 2 x 120mins
- Status: Completed
A heartwarming rags-to-riches story of a family during the Depression. Based on a novel by Mary Grant Bruce.
Grim Pickings
- 1989
- TV drama
- 2 x 120mins
- Status: Completed
GRIM PICKINGS follows two lines: the strained relationships which surface in a large extended family during its annual gathering to pick their great-aunt's apple crop, and the mystery surrounding a seemingly accidental death, which is found to have been a murder. Naturally, the murder and family relationships are connected.
Hammers Over The Anvil
- 1994
- Feature
- 95mins
- Status: Completed
The year is 1910: Alan is a 13-year-old country boy whose only ambition is to become a famous horseman. But infantile paralysis (polio) has left him crippled. HAMMERS OVER THE ANVIL is the heartbreaking, inspirational story of his struggle to come to terms with life as it really is. Based on the story by Alan Marshall.
Harvest Of Hate
- 1978
- TV drama
- 75mins
- Status: Completed
A telemovie about Arab guerillas training on an outback property in Australia for a raid into Israel. The innocent owner sends a woman solicitor and a surveyor to look over the place. They stumble on the guerillas and are captured. Follows their experiences with the guerillas and their attempts to escape.
The Irishman
- 1978
- Feature
- 108mins
- Status: Completed
The story of Black Paddy Doolan, one of the most notorious teamsters in the Gulf country of Northern Queensland around 1921, and his relationship with his family. Linked to the family story is an account of the decline of the old gold mining towns and the passing of the horse teams into the motor age.
Junk Yard Band
- 2002
- Documentary
- 5mins
- Status: Completed
This is a 'making of' story about a group of young children from over 30 different cultural groups working together to produce and perform a musical play, Junk Yard Band. JUNK YARD BAND goes behind the scenes to capture the tension, fun and creativity of producing a musical play - the adrenaline rush before the curtain goes up and the post-show excitement once the curtain has fallen. This is a visual journey as we count down the number of days, hours then minutes before the curtain goes up. The children attend Gilles Street Primary in Adelaide’s inner city. Many of the children are new arrivals attending a program which prepares them for entry to their neighbourhood school.
Mirror, Mirror
- 1987
- Documentary
- 31mins
- Status: Completed
Girls and women educators discuss their fears and triumphs in relation to sport and self esteem. MIRROR, MIRROR offers suggestions from students, teachers, advisors and administrators on how female students can more fully participate in physical activities.
The Money Movers
- 1979
- Feature
- 94mins
- Status: Completed
Dick Martin is an ex-policeman dismissed for taking a bribe. He joins Darcy's Security Services who believe they are going to be robbed. They suspect an inoffensive-seeming recruit though the robbery is actually being planned by an old employee. The elaborate robbery is planned to take place when most of the staff are at a union meeting. It only starts to go wrong when Martin notices a flaw in the replica armoured car which is the key to the attempted theft.
Pacific Banana
- 1981
- Feature
- 84mins
- Status: Completed
About two attractive airline pilots flying the Pacific route. Although attractive to women, one of them has a problem sustaining his erections, unlike his friend who is more successful with the beautiful women that cross their paths.
Parents
- 1990
- Documentary
- 30mins
- Status: Completed
Most parents find it difficult to understand the emotional change inherent in adolescence and not only wonder 'what is wrong and why?' but also tend to blame themselves and feel as if they've failed. This program looks at some of the more common problems and suggests that although the situation may need more than love - discussion and patience will surely help.
Past Midnight
- 2008
- Short film
- 25mins
- Status: Completed
A woman fleeing a flawed relationship shelters in a quiet fishing village. She finds solace there and learns that as night follows day, Mother Nature has a reason for everything.
The Perils of Flossy
- 2008
- Short film
- Animation
- 5mins
- Status: Completed
THE PERILS OF FLOSSY is the story of a young woman whose powerful negative thinking brings unpleasant situations into her life. She literally becomes 'stuck in the mud' with all the 'bad things' that she sees and experiences. She cannot move on with her life without letting go of her negativity and leaving it behind her. She has to make a decision!
Playing Beatie Bow
- 1986
- Feature
- 93mins
- Status: Completed
Teenage Abigail finds herself transported through time to the Sydney of 100 years ago where she must fulfil the Bow family prophecy before she can return home.
The Plumber
- 1978
- TV drama
- 75mins
- Status: Completed
Jill and husband Brian are academics living on campus. Jill works on her thesis at home, when one morning she opens the door to the plumber. She is puzzled. There is nothing wrong with their plumbing. The plumber thinks differently and begins to take their bathroom apart searching for an elusive fault. What follows is five days of hell and mental torment for Jill that will change her life, and the plumber's. She opened her door to a nightmare.
Robbery Under Arms
- 1985
- Feature
- 150mins
- Status: Completed
Captain Starlight has a taste for fine wine, romance and other people's cattle. He and his partner, Ben, roam the Australian countryside with reckless abandon. When Ben's two law-abiding sons, Dick and Jim, join their father and Starlight, soon they too are wanted men.
Run, Chrissie Run
- 1984
- Feature
- 95mins
- Status: Completed
A 15-year-old schoolgirl and her mother take to the road, pursued by a hired assassin.
Sara Dane
- 1982
- TV drama
- 4 x 60mins
- Status: Completed
A two part story, highlighting a beautiful woman's life, from her privations aboard a hellish prison ship, to her triumph as the richest and most powerful woman in Sydney.
Shadows of the Heart
- 1990
- TV drama
- 2 x 120mins
- Status: Completed
Summer 1927: Doctor Kate Munro arrives at the remote Gannet Island to take up a practice. The locals resist Kate's modern medicine as vigorously as they oppose her stormy romances with the two Hanlon Brothers. She must call on all her courage before she wins acceptance and finds happiness.
The Shiralee
- 1989
- TV drama
- 2 x 120mins
- Status: Completed
A love story of a hard, embittered man learning to love is set against some of the most breathtaking and exciting landscapes in Australia. An adaptation of the Australian classic by D'Arcy Niland, it is an exploration of a man who cannot give himself emotionally to the ones he loves. It is the story of Macauley and how he breaks through the walls he has built around him and learns to express his love for his daughter.
The Sound Of Love
- 1977
- TV drama
- 77mins
- Status: Completed
The moving story of two young deaf people who meet at a centre of the deaf and eventually fall in love. Their strong mutual attraction changes their previously cynical outlook on life.
Storm Boy
- 1976
- Feature
- 88mins
- Status: Completed
A young boy befriends an Aboriginal man and a pelican. One day he is forced to choose between his beloved companions and the often cruel outside world. Based on a novel by Colin Thiele.
Sunday Too Far Away
- 1975
- Feature
- 90mins
- Status: Completed
The harsh, competitive world of Australian sheep-shearers provides the setting for this powerful film. Foley and 'Black Arthur' do battle for the position of 'top shearer' amid the boozy world of men isolated from civilisation. After weeks of work they are confronted with non-union labour undercutting them - a situation which leads to a violent conclusion.
Under Capricorn
- 1984
- TV drama
- 4 x 60mins
- Status: Completed
A powerful story of enduring but frustrated love and terrible secrets. Set in New South Wales in the colonial era, the story follows a young Irishman who helps a beautiful aristocratic lady recover from alcoholism.
Walking With Us
- 2015
- Documentary
- 7mins
- Status: Completed
A collection of connection stories about the importance of cultural protocol as told by Aboriginal Elders from a range of groups in South Australia.
Weekend of Shadows
- 1978
- Feature
- 94mins
- Status: Completed
Revolves around a bush hunt for a murder suspect in the 1930s. One of the hunters is commonly mocked by the townspeople because he is an inarticulate loner and he begins to realise that both he and the suspect are victims of the town's incapacity to cope with people who are different.

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