Esben Storm
1950 - 2011The Bridge at Midnight Trembles
Esben Storm, Richard Moir
Richard Moir
On March 15, 2004, Richard Moir underwent an operation for Parkinson's Disease. Called Deep Brain Stimulation, electrodes are placed in the brain that are powered by batteries placed in the chest. The current 'zaps' bad signals in the brain. This film gives you an insight into the daily life of a patient with Parkinson's Disease, which is a view you don't get as a doctor in a clinical practice.
The Bridge at Midnight Trembles
I Live With Me Dad
Paul Moloney
Rebecca Gibney, Val Lehman
Peter Hehir plays full-time loser Sid McCall, professional vagrant and alcoholic on the skids. Haydon Samuels is his young son Christopher who lives with him. At the insistence of those who seek to help, child welfare workers are called-in to retrieve the lad from what authorities classify as "inappropriate living conditions." Someone seems to have overlooked the fact that Christopher does not consider his plight as distressing however and with each visit to the home, all the social workers can get in the way of co-operation, is Christopher's stock-standard reply to their questions..."I live with me dad!"
I Live With Me Dad
The Riddle of the Stinson
Chris Noonan
Jack Thompson, Norman Kaye
In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a flight between Brisbane and Sydney. A local bushman begins a search, and finds the wreckage and two survivors ten days after the crash.
The Riddle of the Stinson
Going Down
Haydn Keenan
Tracy Mann, Vera Plevnik
Karli's over the Sydney scene and its small-pond bohemian excesses. That's why she's moving to New York City in the morning. But over the course of one unforgettable night, Karli's best friends will show her that a little Sydney goes a long way .
Going Down
Stanley: Every Home Should Have One
Esben Storm
Peter Bensley, Graham Kennedy
Stanley Dunstan is a young eccentric. The son and heir to a family fortune has eluded all attempts by his father to make him "normal", and escapes from attempts to incarcerate him in the family sanatorium. Stanley retreats to prove he can become "normal" on his own, and does so by tracking down Australia's most "normal" family with whom he moves in and on whom he models his behaviour. Stars Graham Kennedy, Nell Campbell, Peter Bensley and Michael Craig.
Stanley: Every Home Should Have One
Wrong World
Ian Pringle
Richard Moir, Joey Kennedy
David Trueman is a young doctor who dreams of going to South America to practice medicine among the disenfranchised. Arriving in Bolivia, he encounters enough corruption and oppression to drive him away from his dreams and into the drug scene. Disillusioned and escaping to the U.S., he meets Mary, a young heroin addict who shares his angst. As the two commiserate, their bleak outlook lightens, promising a glimmer of hope for the both of them.
Wrong World
27A
Esben Storm
Robert McDarra, Bill Hunter
A middle-aged alcoholic is sentenced to six weeks in jail for a minor offense. While there he undergoes psychiatric treatment for his alcoholism and is committed to a hospital for the criminally insane for the duration of his sentence. However, under Section 27A of the Queensland Mental Health Act, he can be detained indefinitely until the hospital authorities declare him eligible for release.
27A
Monkey Grip
Ken Cameron
Noni Hazlehurst, Colin Friels
Nora is a single mother who wants to live the life of an artist, as do her friends -- a group of Melbourne writers, actors and musicians. But when she's drawn into a passionate affair with a heroin addict, Nora struggles to maintain control of her life.
Monkey Grip
The Coca-Cola Kid
Dušan Makavejev
Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi
An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. After "the Kid's" persistence is tested he's given a tour of the man's plant, and they begin talking of a joint venture. Things get more complicated when the Coca-Cola man begins falling in love with his temporary secretary, who seems to have connections to the valley.
The Coca-Cola Kid
Pandemonium
Haydn Keenan
David Argue, Amanda Dole
Azaria Chamberlain was not killed by a dingo but saved and raised by said dingos. She is raised in an incestuous dingo environment and travels back to Sydney transformed as the second coming... a new messiah for a new age.
Pandemonium
