Australian Film Television and Radio School

A teenager tries to track down a man he met at an anonymous sex party, trawling through hook-up apps to find him.

Penny is in her mid-twenties. For years she has suffered from the sexual assaults of her father, who is now beginning to take an interest in her younger sister. She tries to convince her mother and sister of her situation as an incest victim, but they just ignore her. The father tries to keep his secret by isolating Penny, but eventually she is old enough and confident enough to break free, though not without the emotional scars of years of abuse.

A family drive in the countryside turns into a battle of wills between a young boy and his father and aunt.

This early short from director Jane Campion concerns a group of teenage girls in the 1960s.

A series of the awkward trials of everyday living.

Fifteen year old Alex and his older brother, Michael, both like the same girl, who has worked in their family pub for years. When she accompanies the family on a holiday at the beach, Alex hopes he can attract her attention, but as usual it is Michael who gets the girl. But there are compensations for Alex.

Over two nights, a young Chinese immigrant has sexual encounters with two very different men. Consequently, he has to choose between the one he wants or the who wants him.

Australian Short Film directed by Ian Stocks

A Man prepares to eat.

A man tries to reconnect with his father who works at a laundrette.

Bullying is taken to unimaginable extremes at an exclusive private boys school.

Reflecting on her culpability, a woman recounts the traumatising assault she witnessed of a young man in a small Australian coastal town.

A young girl is forced to continue working at her machine all day in a 1930s shoe factory after a visit to a backyard abortionist. Based on the short story 'How beautiful are thy feet' by Alan Marshall.

When a volatile young bartender shows up to work with a fresh black eye, he's challenged by his boss to drop his macho persona.

Through one woman's experience as an adopted person and also as a mother who relinquished her child in 1971, this documentary highlights the many complex issues associated with adoption.

Mahtab, an Iranian immigrant, clings to the illusion of reclaiming her lost life as she sells her belongings to bring over an online lover she’s never met. As he manipulates her for money, her daughter tries to warn her—but will she see the truth before it’s too late?

An adolescent girl's journey of self-discovery set in the garish twilight world of Sydney's late night shopping malls and rooftops.

Trapped in the care of her lonely uncle, a young girl’s nightmares about a bizarre kitchen appliance manifest into reality.

Loosely based on the filmmaker's personal experience, "Terra Nullius" is an impressionistic account of an eight year old Koori girl, Alice, growing up in a white adoptive family which denies her Aboriginality. The film examines how unacknowledged shame and fear passes from one generation to the next, from one culture to another. The last scene depicts a silent meeting between the young Alice and the adult Alice. In order to reclaim her life, Alice decides she must confront the pain and confusion of her childhood.

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.