Documentary | David Batty

In 1907, Mother Antonio O'Brien and nine young Sisters of St John of God set sail from Perth on a journey to Broome on the remote Kimberley coast, in the far north west of Australia. This epic story of Irish and Australian nuns is set against the…

Documentary | Various directors

Songlines on Screen is a special collaboration between Screen Australia and NITV that presents 10 short films from the remote regions of Western, Northern and Central Australia. These films represent Aboriginal people's ongoing connection to land…

Documentary | Curtis Levy

Sons of Namatjira examines the relationship between a community of Aboriginal artists and the outside world. Keith Namatjira is the son of the celebrated artist Albert Namatjira, and emulates his father’s distinctive style. He lives with his family…

Musical | Stephen Page

Called a " hybrid feature film", Spear tells a contemporary Aboriginal story through movement and dance. It follows a young Aboriginal man, Djali, as he journeys through his community to understand what it means to be a man with ancient traditions…

Documentary | Kim McKenzie

Archaeologist Rhys Jones investigates unusual stone spear-points found in ancient sites in the Kakadu National Park, and which seem to have been traded south from Arnhem Land. Jones hears of two Elders in eastern Arnhem Land who remember how to make…

Documentary | Allan Collins ACS

Spirit Stones is both a contemporary and historically stylised, one-hour documentary of Nyoongar elders giving their account of mysterious stones that fell on Aboriginal (Noongar) camps in rural Western Australia. In the 1940s and 1950s, stone…

Documentary | Christopher McLeod

Indigenous communities around the world and in the U.S. resist threats to their sacred places—the original protected lands—in a growing movement to defend human rights and restore the environment. In this 4-part documentary series, native people…

Documentary | Eleanor Gilbert

When the ancient wisdoms of the universe held by the oldest culture on earth meet modern astrophysics a new concept is born – cultural astronomy. Increasingly Aboriginal people in Australia are being recognised as the first astronomers. In the…

Documentary | Molly Reynolds

A poetic celebration of country and culture, Still Our Country documents the swiftly changing lives of the Yolngu people of Ramingining in the Northern Territory. Originally conceived as an online installation, this evocative carnival of images and…

Documentary | Katrina Channells

When Michael Eather left Tasmania at twenty-one years of age and followed his sister to a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory, he had no idea that his life would change very dramatically and forever. As a young artist on the…

Documentary | Darlene Johnson

Stolen Generations is told by the survivors of the Stolen Generations, a policy of Australia which began in the 20th century and lasted until the 1970s. You will hear from people, who, as children, were brutally removed from their families, rounded…

Comedy | Richard Frankland

When Charlie trades Eddie's favourite jacket, he unwittingly loses a sacred stone, entrusted to Eddie by his uncle, which he promised to one day return to its home in Kalgoorlie. As far as Eddie is concerned, this is the final straw and he sets off…

Documentary | Mark Anderson

Set in the township of Ngukurr, a remote Aboriginal town in south-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Stone Country follows the stories of several residents – from the local DJ to respected community elders. Through these stories, we come face to…

Drama | Henri Safran

Storm Boy tells the story of a 10-year-old boy, called Mick by his father Tom, and Storm Boy by the Aboriginal loner Fingerbone he befriends. This boy is growing up in an isolated corrugated iron shed next to a wildlife sanctuary. He lives with his…