Showcases

This collection of remarkable films is a place to start for those who want to educate themselves about the discrimination faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.

If you are not able to find some of these titles readily available on a video on demand service, some other places to look include EnhanceTV, Ronin Films, Vimeo, DVD retailers, and the National Film and Sound Archive.

Catch-up on the best Aussie content from 2020! Click a title to see where you can stream, rent or buy the production.

Here are some of the upcoming Screen Australia titles.

Here are the Australian films that will be in cinemas in January

Here are some of the upcoming Screen Australia titles.

Here are the first release Australian TV dramas and documentaries that are on in January

Here are Australian productions that have recently been released online

Here are the titles that have been funded by the Indigenous Department from 1993-2017 with the exception of Dinghy Girls, Layoordoo, Skin Deep, The Mary G Show series 1, The Mary G Show series 2 and Yatha Pathayk: Coming of Age.

David Stratton reveals his top six Australian films ahead of the cinema release of feature documentary David Stratton: A Cinematic Life.

Here are Hugo Weaving's top Australian films – and where to stream them.

From in depth portraits of extraordinary Australians to real life thrillers and close up insight into natural disasters, here are some documentaries that have stormed the box office with their ability to inspire, surprise and educate.

Catch-up on Aussie documentary content. Click a title to see where you can stream, rent or buy the production.

Catch-up on Aussie scripted content. Click a title to see where you can stream, rent or buy the production.

From snapping crocodiles to the humble fly, here are just a selection of Australian documentaries that celebrate creatures.

Screen Australia's landmark study Seeing ourselves: reflections on diversity in Australian TV drama highlighted that disability is under-represented on screen compared to the Australian population. Here we look back at some popular and critically-acclaimed films and TV dramas that put disability on screen.

Screen Australia's landmark study Seeing ourselves: reflections on diversity in Australian TV drama highlighted that cultural bakgrounds represented on screen don't match up with the Australian population. Here we look back at some popular and critically-acclaimed films and TV dramas that put different cultural backgrounds on screen.

If you're looking for true blue family friendly movie, start with one of these...

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Director Scott Hicks laboured for years to have Shine made and starring then relatively unknown, outside theatre circles, Geoffrey Rush. Here's a snapshot of the director's other Australian work

The ‘father of Australian independent cinema’, Paul Cox was a pioneering force in Australian filmmaking

Catch-up on the best Aussie content from 2019! Click a title to see where you can stream, rent or buy the production.

Catch-up on the Australian, film, TV and online productions that were released during the course of 2018 now available to stream.

These quintessentially Australian local movies and television were “noice, different and unusual”, as they got us guffawing with classic quotable lines that sent them “straight to the pool room” of cinema.

Whether it’s criminals on the run, stranded travellers or drag queens on a bus named Priscilla, the stars of these films all venture from home to tell their story.

We pay tribute to Australian directors who carved their name into cinema history with distinctive and bold debut feature films.

Many acclaimed contemporary novels that lit up our imaginations have found new life on the silver screen.

Whether it’s an adaptation of a classic novel, a biography, or a contemporary tale, these stories are set in another time and were published in print before making their way to celluloid. 

The Australian Outback provides an evocative backdrop for stories ranging from deep drama to family adventure to real life stories on the land.