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Bill Frisell, A Portrait
- 2016
- Documentary
- 114mins
- Status: Completed
A character portrait of ‘musicians’ musician’ and anti-archetypal guitar hero, Bill Frisell. This film traces the development of Frisell’s music and provides rare insight into the shaping of one of the significant musicians of recent decades. Full of live music and following various projects from development to fruition, the film features a variety of collaborators, including Paul Motian, Jim Hall, Hal Willner, Joey Baron, Jason Moran, Nels Cline, Mike Gibbs, Jack DeJohnette, John Zorn, John Abercrombie, Paul Simon, Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Jim Woodring, Greg Cohen, Tony Scherr and others.
The Black Road
- 2005
- Documentary
- 52mins
- Status: Completed
Filmed over four years, THE BLACK ROAD is a dark story of love, rebellion and a journalist's painful search for answers on the front lines of the war in Aceh.
Business Behind Bars - Part 1: USA
- 2000
- Documentary
- 52mins
- Status: Completed
BUSINESS BEHIND BARS - PART 1 is about business behind bars in the United States. The film's main focus is on the jailers and the glitzy commercial arena of their prison industry. This is contrasted with the world of their captives living out their confined lives on the inside, or struggling to make their way out into the world upon their release. How do these parallel and opposing universes affect each other? What happens to justice in a market-driven climate where money is made out of the deprivation of liberty?
The Curse of the Gothic Symphony
- 2012
- Documentary
- 52mins
- Status: Completed
This documentary follows the journey of a brave and committed group of Brisbane musicians, who will attempt to break an 80-year curse and stage the longest, largest and most technically difficult symphony ever composed.
Exile in Sarajevo
- 1997
- Documentary
- 90mins
- Status: Completed
A film depicting a personal view of the last six months of the Bosnian war.
Facing the Demons
- 1999
- Documentary
- 59mins
- Status: Completed
In 1994 four young men attempted an armed hold-up at a suburban pizza hut. While trying to warn his colleagues, an 18 year-old university student and part time pizza delivery boy was shot in the back of the head at point blank range. The end of the young man's life was the beginning of a totally different life for all those associated with the murder. This highly-charged, emotional story documents the efforts of an ordinary Australian cop as he tries to bring the four convicted criminals together in one room to face the toughest jury they'll ever have to meet - the family of their victim.
Helen's War - Portrait of a Dissident
- 2004
- Documentary
- 52mins
- Status: Completed
Certain that the Whitehouse's War on Terror is escalating the global nuclear arms race, passionate anti-nuclear campaigner Dr Helen Caldicott embarks on an explosive crusade through post-9/11 USA, tracked by her sceptial niece Anna: a post-punk fatalist who wonders whether dissent has a place in George W. Bush's Land of the Free...
In the Company of Actors
- 2007
- Documentary
- 75mins
- Status: Completed
From a rehearsal room in Sydney through to opening night in New York, a company of actors reveals the magic and struggle of creating theatre.
Losing Layla
- 2000
- Documentary
- 55mins
- Status: Completed
'It began with us arguing about a baby. It ended in a place we never imagined'. LOSING LAYLA is a deeply personal, intimate video diary following the lives of two lovers as they confront pregnancy and birth, their baby's death and their inspiring journey through grief.
The Man who Stole my Mother's Face
- 2003
- Documentary
- 57mins
- Status: Completed
A woman, who was sexually assaulted and brutally bashed in her suburban home by a local teenager 14 years ago, is unable to recover. Her daughter, an Australian documentary filmmaker, returns to Johannesburg, city of her birth, in search of justice for her mother. When the police investigation bogs down, she takes matters into her own hands, seeking out and confronting the man identified by her mother as the attacker. What begins as a quest for justice becomes a revelation about the process of healing.
The Men Who Would Conquer China
- 2004
- Documentary
- 78mins
- Status: Completed
In a candid and personal parable of west-east capitalism, a New York banker and his partner, a Hong Kong entrepreneur, search for the perfect mix of economic and political opportunity in China.
Miss Nikki and The Tiger Girls
- 2012
- Documentary
- 80mins
- Status: Completed
After 50 years of military dictatorship, Myanmar’s first girl band face a tough reality – when you’re finally allowed to speak, what do you say? A fresh and funny feature documentary about a country undergoing massive change, MISS NIKKI AND THE TIGER GIRLS offers a unique perspective of Myanmar as it follows the fortunes of a bunch of talented girls breaking free of tradition in their search for an original voice.
Molly and Mobarak
- 2004
- Documentary
- 87mins
- Status: Completed
Twenty-two-year-old Mobarak works in a small town Abattoir with 90 other Afghan refugees. With his temporary visa fast running out he falls in love with a local teacher Molly. The film follows their burgeoning relationship against the backdrop of a divided community.
Much Ado About Something
- 2002
- Documentary
- 94mins
- Status: Completed
For over 200 years, there have been doubts as to whether Shakespeare actually wrote the work attributed to him. One of the rival Elizabethan playwrights regarded as best qualified to be the true author has never been seriously considered because he died in a knife fight at the age of 29. This is Christopher Marlowe. But what if he did not die? What if he escaped to live in exile in Italy and continued his work as a writer and a spy? It is a possibility too upsetting for many Shakespeare scholars to consider.
My Khmer Heart
- 2001
- Documentary
- 97mins
- Status: Completed
An Australian woman fights to save her orphanage in Cambodia against the country's ever-changing political backdrop.
The President Versus David Hicks
- 2004
- Documentary
- 88mins
- Status: Completed
The story of the Australian Taliban fighter David Hicks. The film explores David Hicks' journey from stockman and rodeo rider to holy warrior, ending up in the legal limbo of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. David Hicks was one of the first detainees at Guantanamo Bay to be singled out to appear before the USA military tribunal.
Show Me the Magic
- 2012
- Documentary
- 74mins
- Status: Completed
SHOW ME THE MAGIC is an enthralling journey into the life and work of legendary Australian cinematographer Don McAlpine. This is an endearing love story weaving together footage from his work, his personal life and archive, appearances by celebrated film-makers including Bruce Beresford, Baz Luhrmann and Hugh Jackman and behind the scenes observations on X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE and MENTAL. This film will engage and entrance anyone who has ever been touched by the magic of movies.
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
- 2007
- Documentary
- 59mins
- Status: Completed
Errol Flynn remains one of the most fascinating characters ever to work in Hollywood. In a life dedicated to pleasure, Flynn became notorious for his love affairs, scandals and rebellious nature. But there was another, much less well known side to his character. He was a fine writer, novelist, war reporter and even family man.
A Wedding in Ramallah
- 2002
- Documentary
- 90mins
- Status: Completed
A WEDDING IN RAMALLAH is a compelling and intimate observational documentary set in the West Bank town of Ramallah. It uses the dramatic events surrounding the wedding of a young Palestinian couple as a way of exploring life under occupation for ordinary Palestinians.

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