MAD MORRO
Debbie Morris has waited 13 years for her family to finally be reunited. Her son James has been behind bars for his entire adult life. In prison he has become a hardened survivor of the system, strong of mind and quick with his fists - earning himself the nickname Mad Morro.
James aim is to return to some type of normal life – a career, a good woman, a family of his own, and to find peace. However he knows no other life aside from that behind bars. Mad Morro’s search sees attempted love, a battle with his own personal demons, and both the help and hindrance of his own family.
GULPILIL - One Red Blood
Gulpilil - One Red Blood is a portrait of a unique and fascinating Australian actor. David Gulpilil lives a spartan and demanding life in tribal Arnhem land. The film shows David at home in Ramingining in Australia’s Northern Territory and in his other life as a respected film actor.
STOLEN GENERATIONS
Between 1910 and 1970 in Australia one in 3 children were removed from Aboriginal families and placed in institutions and foster homes. These children, in most cases, were never to see their family again. The removal of children was a deliberate government policy and forms part of the history of dispossession of the country's original inhabitants. Every Aboriginal family in Australia has directly or indirectly been affected and the effects have lasted over generations. Many have called this genocide.. The film tells 3 stories of Aboriginal people who were removed.
MAKING VENUS
Two cousins Jason and Julian decide it's time to change their lives and make a feature film The Venus Factory.
Making Venus documents their journey through pre-production, trouble with the unions, a script being rewritten only days before the shoot, and escalating costs. One disaster follows another. Creditors swarm in wanting their pound of flesh. Will the producers be able to attract a buyer for the film before it's too late?
DR. JAZZ
A Documentary about contemporary jazz in Sydney filtered through the personal perspective of the film’s director David Perry. It featured live performances from Bernie McGann Trio, Mike Nock Quartet and Clarion Fracture Zone - all recorded at the Strawberry Hills Hotel in Surry Hills. The film is also a meditation about jazz, art, and filmmaking.
WHITEYS LIKE US
An observational account of what happens when 15 white Australian strangers undertake a course of 8 weekly meetings to discuss, argue and hopefully learn about Aboriginal reconciliation. What goes on in a bland high school class room represents a fascinating microcosm of how white Australians are dealing (or not dealing) with the country’s indigenous past and present.
EXILE IN SARAJEVO
Bosnian-Australian Tahir Cambis travelled to the city of Sarajevo in 1995 three years into its siege by Bosnian Serb forces. This poignant and moving observational documentary covers the last six months of conflict, and focuses on the impact of the war on the civilian population in Sarajevo, particularly its children. Cambis is both insider and outsider in this story and the film unfolds like a visual diary as he meets the city’s people, learns of the personal impacts of the war and comes to terms with his own cultural history.