Steve Bisley

Thrills and Nuclear Spills: The Making of 'The Chain Reaction'

Mark Hartley

Ian Barry, Steve Bisley

The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular

David Atkins, Ignatius Jones

Georgie Parker, Martin Crewes

Jim Ryan and Kate Conroy love each other, but John Conroy stands in the way of their happiness until Jim Ryan recaptures a prized colt.

Not Quite Hollywood

Mark Hartley

Phillip Adams, Glory Annen

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene's most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.

The Madness of Max

Tim Ridge, Gary McFeat

George Miller, Мэл Гибсон

The Madness of Max is a feature-length documentary on the making of arguably the most influential movie of the past thirty years. With over forty cast-and-crew interviews, hundreds of behind-the-scenes photographs and never-before-seen film footage of the shoot, this is without a doubt the last word on Mad Max (1979).Interviews include: George Miller, Byron Kennedy, Mel Gibson, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Roger Ward, Joanne Samuel, David Eggby, Jon Dowding and many more. From the Producers to the Bike Designers to the Traffic Stoppers, this is the story of how Mad Max was made.

The Boy in the Bush

Rob Stewart

Kenneth Branagh, Sigrid Thornton

In the 1880s, Jack Grant, a young Englishman, has been sent by his parents to make a new life in the pioneering colony of Western Australia.

The Great Gatsby

Baz Luhrmann

Леонардо ДиКаприо, Tobey Maguire

An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

The Clean Machine

Ken Cameron

Steve Bisley, Peter Kowitz

A new Premier is elected promising to clean up corruption. He sets up a taskforce headed by a traffic cop thinking he won’t get far. But Inspector Riordan opens up a can of worms and won’t let it go – all the way to the top.

The View from Greenhaven

Simon MacRae, Kenn MacRae

Chris Haywood, Wendy Hughes

A grumpy old man living in an idyllic coastal town who can't see he has the perfect life.

The Brush-Off

Sam Neill

David Wenham, Mick Molloy

The political adviser to Australia's Minister of the Arts investigates the suspicious death of a disgruntled artist.

The Stranger

Jenny Hicks

Steve Bisley, Harry Greenwood

When a stranger arrives at an isolated farmhouse in the middle of the night, the farmer's wife is convinced he is a murderer. In the light of day, she is forced to confront her prejudices.

The Last of the Knucklemen

Tim Burstall

Gerard Kennedy, Michael Preston

In the tradition of Sunday Too Far Away, this independent film is based on the classic Australian play by John Power. Pic tells the story of a group of miners living in a camp in outback Australia. They swear, brawl, gamble, and drink heavily. Central to the story is the conflict between Tarzan, the authoritarian group leader and cocky loud-mouth wisecracking Pansy. This results in a bare-knuckle punch-up for the movie's denouement.

The Big Steal

Nadia Tass

Ben Mendelsohn, Claudia Karvan

Danny wants two things in life more than anything else, one is a Jaguar and the other is Joanna Johnson. After he is conned into trading his Nissan Cedric for a 1973 Jaguar, he plots to win Joanna and get revenge against the sleazy car dealer Gordon Farkes.

Hell Has Harbour Views

Peter Duncan

Matt Day, Lisa McCune

Hell Has Harbour Views is a 2005 Australian television movie starring Matt Day and Lisa McCune. It was written and directed by Peter Duncan, based on the novel of the same name by Richard Beasley. It was nominated for "best miniseries or telemovie" at both the AFI Awards and the Logie Awards, losing to The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant at both; and for two additional AFI Awards and an additional Logie Award, all of which it lost to Love My Way.

Mad Max

George Miller

Мэл Гибсон, Joanne Samuel

In the ravaged near future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them. But they underestimate one officer: Max Rockatansky. And when the bikers brutalize Max's best friend and family, they send him into a mad frenzy that leaves him with only one thing left in the world to live for – revenge!

Jack Irish: Bad Debts

Jeffrey Walker

Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp

Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover - the complete man really. Jack is an expert in finding those who don't want to be found - dead or alive. He helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him.

The King

Matthew Saville

Stephen Curry, Shaun Micallef

The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.