Maggie Dence

Act of Betrayal

Lawrence Gordon Clark

Lisa Harrow, Elliott Gould

An IRA informer and his family are given new identities and new lives in Australia but the IRA are still determined to track them down.

Wake in Fright

Ted Kotcheff

Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence

After a bad gamble, a schoolteacher is stuck in an outback town whose eccentric inhabitants are only too eager to turn him into one of their own.

The Witching Hour

Carl Firth

Hannah Bath, Nic Bittar

When the clock strikes midnight, all manner of ghouls and monsters are unleashed onto the world.

Cherith

Shirley Barrett

Di Adams, George Shevtsov

Cherith is the daughter of a evangelist and is seen as an outcast because of her inability to speak in tongues, which the rest of her father's sect can do quite easily. She also has problems with relationships.

Small Claims: The Reunion

Tony Tilse

Claudia Karvan, Rebecca Gibney

Chrissy and Jo attend Chrissy's university reunion. Surrounded by success, Chrissy begins to question her decision to stay at home with the kids. When an old friend's husband is found dead in the harbour from an apparent heart attack, Chrissy and Jo are drawn to solve the mystery after learning the dead man's blood contained Ketamine, an animal tranquilliser used as a party drug.

Look Both Ways

Sarah Watt

William McInnes, Justine Clarke

During one unusually hot weekend, four friends struggle after hearing some life-changing news.

Danny Deckchair

Jeff Balsmeyer

Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto

Based on a true story, the tale of a cement truck driver named Danny, whose long awaited vacation is cancelled thanks to his scheming girlfriend, Trudy. Danny escapes his grim life in suburban Australia and blasts into the skies in a chair tied with helium balloons. A mighty thunderstorm blows him clean off the map, and spits him out far away over the lush green town of Clarence. In this new town, he rockets into the world of Glenda, the town's only parking cop. While the media back home becomes obsessed with the story of his disappearance, Danny gets to reinvent himself in this new town, and in his great adventure, he discovers a true soul mate in Glenda. Fate catches up with him eventually, as Danny's true identity is revealed and Trudy--now a tabloid celebrity--comes to the idyllic town to claim Danny and drag him back to Sydney. Danny, however, is a changed man; he's discovered what it means to be happy and has found a new self-worth.

The Messenger

William McKenna, Maggie Dence

The Messenger tells the story of Ed Kennedy who becomes an accidental hero when he begins receiving mysterious messages that sets him on a life changing journey.

Strangers

Jamieson Pearce

Angie Milliken, Melissa Jaffer

When aged-care facility workers find two residents in bed together, familial tensions rise.

Granny

David Burrowes

Maggie Dence, Shaun Martindale

A young man flees for his life when the beloved grandmother he attempted to put in a home goes on a murderous rampage.

The Perfectionist

Chris Thomson

Jacki Weaver, John Waters

Barbara and Steward are happily married and have three kids. But one day Barbara decides that her children are old enough now and she can quit as housewife and start to study. Against the will of her husband she employs babysitter Eric while she attends university. Steward reacts increasingly nervous about the presence of another man in his family and brings their marriage into a crisis.

Setaceous

Tel Benjamin

Sasha Dyer, Branden Mclelland

An incessant car alarm attracts the curiosity of a cul-de-sac's residents with chilling consequences. A measured slice of suburban horror that implies and terrifies.

Inside Water

D'Arby Deck

Jake Speer, Myles Pollard

Follows a young man working a failing farm amidst the most severe drought on record and a devastating global economic collapse. After his father committed suicide, Matthew has had to take on the responsibilities of managing the faltering sheep station, as well as caring for his younger brother and grandmother. Set against the backdrop of the harsh and unforgiving Australian bush, Matthew must protect his family and his most precious resource, water, from a rising and relentless threat.

The Widow

Katie Found

Maggie Dence, Tony Llewellyn-Jones

As the sole carer for her mentally-ill husband, Elaine finds herself in an uncomfortable position: suspended between love and duty, between the need to stay and the desire to flee, she is neither fully a wife nor a nurse. As she moves through the shuttered halls of their home, past a life packed into boxes, she is forced to acknowledge, at last, that things may never improve. The Widow is an exploration of guilt, of obligation, and of the toll of caring for another.