Documentary | Amie Batalibasi

Blackbird is a short narrative drama shedding light on a little known part of history – Australia’s sugar slaves. Set in the late 1800s, it follows the story of Solomon Islander siblings, Kiko (16) and Rosa (24), who were kidnapped from their…

Documentary | Douglas Watkin

Ella Havelka became the first Aboriginal dancer to be invited into The Australian Ballet. Ella’s introduction to dance began at the Dubbo Ballet Studio and with the help of scholarships and hand-me-down tutus, she quickly started winning local…

Documentary | Darren Dale, Rachel Perkins

More than six out of ten who call Australia home have had little or no contact with Aboriginal people. The chasm and disconnect between the First Australians and the rest of the nation is vast. First Contact shines a light on this deep divide by…

Documentary | Fran Dobbie

Domestic abuse is a dark shadow that lives in the heart of Australian society, affecting individuals, families and neighbourhoods. In regional, rural and remote Australia, whole communities can be affected. In this powerful short film, this often…

Documentary | Scott Rankin

Namatjira is a recording of a ground-breaking stage show about Aboriginal painter Albert Namatjira, performed live under the stars at Ntaria (Hermannsburg), Northern Territory. Spectacularly, it took place under the ghost gums next to the old…

Documentary | Steven McGregor

During the time of the Stolen Generations, thousands upon thousands of Aboriginal girls were taken from their families and pressed into domestic servitude by the Australian government. They were supposedly employed as servants, but with total…

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 | Allan Collins ACS, Edoardo Crismani

Filmmaker Edoardo Crismani and his mother Barbara embark on a search to unravel the mystery surrounding Barbara’s father, Joe Murray, an Aboriginal boxing champion known as “The Black Panther” who danced and sang in vaudeville shows, and married a…

Documentary | Aaron Petersen

Growing up isn’t easy, especially for Zach who is rapidly making the transition from boyhood to manhood, in both the modern world and his ancient culture. Pressures from his loving, but staunch father, the temptations of city life and the ever…