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India travels back to her childhood home to spend time with her brother, boyfriend and a childhood friend. It's a place of comfort and memories, that she hopes will calm her busy and anxious mind. But it is through the tangled branches that bind the four friends, that a new face appears: she calls herself Harry. In the guise of friendship, Harry pulls at invisible strings, unravelling bonds that she will never understand.
After hopping on a bus to Harold Soccer Academy instead of Harold Academy Australian Semester at Sea, science fanatic, Cory Bailey has no choice but to complete a semester at the soccer academy when the boat leaves without her and she's unable to join her parents while they volunteer in remote India. Though unimpressed with being surrounded by "silly" jocks, it's not long until Cory embraces her roommates hospitality. It's also not long until the school's superstar player, Edie begins to make life difficult for Cory. With the school hosting the National Soccer Tournament, Cory is determined to combine her team's various skills to beat Edie's team in the finals.
Chocolate Oyster is a retro-scripted, observational film, following two twenty-somethings, Ellie (Anna Lawrence) and Taylor (Rosie Lourde), as they pursue unobtainable lives promised to them by pop culture. Following Ellie and Taylor around Sydney to various galleries, dinners, and dancing, the girls expose their vulnerabilities and their true natures are revealed. Faced with reality, Ellie and Taylor are forced to choose between standing still or getting their shit together.
Once a week, 16-year-olds STEVIE, ANNA, MADDIE and LAUREN slip into wetsuits, strap on tanks and disappear beneath the crystal waters of Cape Mercy. Skilled divers, Dive Club have returned many valuables resigned to the ocean floor to their thankful owners. After a cyclone hits the cape, they realise Lauren is missing. When IZZIE and her father arrive ten days later, all hope for Lauren’s survival is lost. Izzie quickly forges a friendship with Dive Club, and together they make a discovery that raises questions about Lauren’s disappearance, spurring an investigation of their own. What Dive Club uncover will change their small town, and each other, forever.
A battle-weary Australian war correspondent named Frank meets a darkly fascinating woman on his way home. The two retire to his hotel suite where Frank finds his match in a frightening and erotic game of truth or dare that takes both to the edge, and over.
After winning the lottery, E, a young Maori musician returns home to New Zealand to find his musical and traditional roots. In the quest to find his voice he soon becomes lost as love, culture and cash collide.
There comes a point in everyone’s life when you have to make a decision about the direction you’re going to take. For newly-18 American fashion model Cora (musician and Disney star Debby Ryan, Jessie, 16 Wishes), that time is now. She’s moved to an Australian coastal town to be with her favourite aunt, after a 'fashion faux pas’ back home. At first she feels isolated, but soon romance and new friendships start to bloom, and Cora must decide between returning to the modelling career driven by her ambitious mother, or staying with the community that has welcomed her in. A great Aussie cast excels in this local feature by talented director Rhiannon Bannenberg, with surf scenes shot on the Illawarra coast.
They call them ‘Rovers’ - aimless wanderers and drifters living on the fringes of society in the vast Australian outback, looking to escape their pasts and start anew. Buzz (played by Gareth Rickards) has been to damn near every corner of the continent searching for the legendary Stray’s Gold - a haul that will keep him in parts and petrol for the rest of his days. But, just as he is ready to give up, Buzz is approached by Eric (Jamie Kristian), who has come into possession of a map to Stray’s Gold. Eric is happy to part with the map in exchange for passage - he and his activist friends Tori (Hayley Sullivan), Skye (Katie Garfield) and Tom (Adam Horner) want to stage a protest at the site of a new mine from mega mining company Madsen Minerals, headed by nefarious billionaire Daniel Madsen (Robert Babin). To get to the mine unseen, they must travel through the impenetrable Mamuya Valley. Seeing this as his last chance to fulfil his dream, Buzz convinces his ragtag crew of Rovers, Abe and Scraps (Vincent Andriano and Sam Glissan), to follow him on one last quest for the lost gold. With their modified off-road rigs piled high, the Rovers and Activists embark on the greatest adventure of their lives. But soon tensions rise and ulterior motives are revealed with exciting off-road chases, daring rescues and amazing discoveries to follow.
In the lead up to the 1956 Olympic games, a group of missionaries are tasked with helping the fledgling Australian basketball team compete in their first ever Olympics, and in doing so, unite a nation still coming to grips after the war.
When Claire Carpenter’s dad sends her to Australia to coach an elite boys swim team, Claire finds herself face to face with long-time rival Mikayla Michaels, and the news that the camp will close if the team loses the next meet. To save the camp, Claire must overcome a secret fear, put aside her differences with Mikayla and rediscover her passion.
Laura is a successful lawyer on the cusp of promotion - a far cry from her childhood growing up on a tropical island with friends Chip and Gem. When Chip’s grandfather asks her to travel to the island and deliver a contract to make Chip his heir, she leaves behind her practice and fiancé Owen to convince her childhood best friend to sign a contract that will make him a billionaire. The chemistry between Chip and Laura is immediate. Though she’s a work-obsessed lawyer and he’s an island layabout, it’s just like old times. Chip doesn’t want to be Graham’s heir but offers Laura a deal; for every fun activity she does, he’ll read a page of the contract. As Chip and Laura grow closer, she must decide whether she’s engaged to the right man or if she belongs back on the island with her childhood sweetheart.