All My Friends are Leaving Brisbane

Anthea is 25, single, hates her job - and all her friends are leaving Brisbane. Should she follow the herd to Sydney and London? Is there anything worth staying for now that her best friend Michael finally has a girlfriend? This film tells a universal story about finding your place and yourself...Cast and crew list.

Bitter and Twisted

A multi-narrative drama of longing and loss, starting with the death of a young man and flashing forward three years to assess the toll it took on all those around him. Cast and crew list.

Black Water

In tropical northern Australia, Grace, her boyfriend Adam and her younger sister Lee, take a fishing tour on a flooding river with a local guide. Their boat is attacked by a crocodile. The guide is killed and the three holiday-makers are stranded in a tree in a flooded mangrove swamp. To survive they must elude the man-eater and reclaim their overturned boat. Cast and crew list.

Cactus

A man is kidnapped from his city home in the quiet hours of the night. Kidnapper, John Kelly, embarks on a journey into the Australian Outback towards the place where his hostage is due for delivery. As time and distance roll by, the strength and endurance of both men will be tested to the very end. Cast and crew list.

Children of the Silk Road

A sweeping but intimate story set against war-torn China in the 1930's. A young English journalist, an American nurse, and the leader of a Chinese partisan group meet in desperate circumstances. Together they rescue 60 orphaned children, leading them on an extraordinary journey across hundreds of miles of treacherous terrain. Along the way they discover the true meaning of love, responsibility and courage. Cast and crew list.

Death Defying Acts

It has been 13 years since Harry Houdini's beloved mother passed away. Now obsessed by the possibility of contacting the dead, he offers a reward to anyone who can reveal her dying words to him. Enter psychic Mary McGarvie and her young daughter. But what begins as a con soon evolves into something much more complicated and dangerous... Cast and crew list.

This sensual drama explores moments of infidelity across five different worlds in the same city. The sexy young things who think they have nothing to lose. The upwardly mobile thirty-something couple. The gay pair whose open relationship has hidden rules. The frustrated urban duo mistaking familiarity for love. The suburban family full of secrets and lies. Worlds collide as lovers meet in moments of infidelity: some never tell, some find love and some have their lives changed for ever. Cast and crew list.

Gabriel is a compelling film that follows the journey of the arch angel, Gabriel as he seeks truth in the world of Purgatory. For centuries, a secret war has raged over who owns the souls of the inhabitants in Purgatory. The light has sent its guardian angels and the darkness has sent its Fallen to try and take control. Now, the light faces its darkest hour as the battle looks to be lost. The last of the archangel protectors, Gabriel, must go. The fate of not only purgatory, but the realm of light now rest in his hands. Cast and crew list.

In the tradition of Crash comes this explosive new Australian drama. 19 year-old Matt struggles to rebuild his life after a tragic car accident. For a while he finds comfort in the arms of a streetwise call girl. But his past catches up with him, and when an unhinged survivor of the accident kidnaps his sister, Matt is forced to turn to his worst enemy for help and face up to his own crimes. Cast and crew list.

A movie about a 13-year-old Jewish girl approaching her bat mitzvah. Convinced she's been born into the wrong family, Esther Blueburger takes matters into her own hands, changes schools in secret and reinvents herself. At its heart, this is a story about how it's okay to be different. Cast and crew list.

Men’s Group

Paul runs a men's group from his home in the suburbs. Freddy, Cecil, Lucas, Moses and Alex are complete strangers when they begin their journey together; they would never normally have cause to speak, let alone share their innermost fears and desires. They soon discover that they do have something in common: being male. As trust grows between them they gradually begin to share, and to discover that they are not quite so alone in their fears as they had presumed. Cast and crew list.

This is a revenge story that goes horribly wrong. Jonah is a hitman by trade and a man on a mission of revenge. But things go horribly wrong whilst trying to escape the police. Two innocent people, a father and daughter, Ben and Claire Rogen are killed. Jonah is now on the run. Through a series of unfortunate events he is eventually captured by Marie Rogen, wife and mother of the now deceased Ben and Claire. She is a woman devastated by loss, ridden with her own guilt and barely hanging on to her own sanity. Cast and crew list.

Actor Darren McWarren starred in soap, mini-series and film before destroying his career with a series of indiscretions. Now McWarren is out of the industry and living in a small town in Western Victoria he can do whatever he wants. When a journalist decides to write a "Where are they now" profile on McWarren, he finds the former star has become a modern day Errol Flynn. The local girls want to fornicate with him and their fellas want to fight him. He mightn’t have found love – but it’s the next best thing. Cast and crew list.

Irina has left her native Russia to support her mother and daughter. She has found herself involved in a life of prostitution. Gloria and Barry are married. She is a tele-evangelist with a thriving church franchise. Barry, a biblical scholar, is looking for the light. After years of supporting Gloria, he needs out. By confiding in Irina, Barry finds the strength to share a better life. Yet again love finds a way. The Lord giveth and taketh. Amen. Cast and crew list.

September

Set in the outback wheat-belt in 1968, September is a coming-of-age story about two 15-year-old boys – one black, one white – whose pure and unaffected friendship falls apart under the pressures of the turbulent social changes happening around them. Cast and crew list.

A decade ago, following his mother's tragic death, Elliot Christie left home. In the ten years gone, his father (Ross) has re-married his late wife's sister (Diane) and his younger brother (Brett) has fallen silent. This weekend, 29-year-old Elliot is to be godfather to his new half-brother. Over the course of the weekend, emotions run high as the family secrets are exposed. Cast and crew list.

When Thomas and his family move to a new home and he has to start at a new school, all he wants is to fit in. But life changing events put him in charge of his autistic older brother Charlie. Thomas with the help of his new girlfriend Jackie faces his biggest challenge yet. Charlie's unusual antics takes Thomas on an emotional journey that cause his pent-up frustrations about his brother to pour out, in a story that's confronting yet ultimately heart-warming. Cast and crew list.

Follow the story of Marty Browning, Independent, an innocent who finds himself the center of attention in a balance of power by-election. Run, Marty, Run! Welcome to a world of mental illness, tricky business and underground car parks because at election time it's personal, not political. A political satire with a documentary style so realistic you'll be wondering what's real and what isn't. Cast and crew list.

When a Thai mother arrives in Melbourne to find her missing daughter, she enlists the help of Ashley Hudson. Hooked on caffeine and bored with her job and loveless life, Ashley reluctantly agrees to help search, and is drawn into the dark underworld of this cultured city as she tries to rescue three girls from a trafficking syndicate. Inspired by court transcripts and actual events, The Jammed is a social thriller about trafficking and the sex slave trade in Melbourne. Cast and crew list.

A dialogue driven comedy about a group of cinema ushers and the crazy customers they encounter. When AJ Stone (Matt Doran) thinks he is a shoe in for the new managers job, all hell breaks loose as Angus Vasnar (Johnny Boxer) gives the job to his nephew Vincent (John Schwarz). AJ's best friend Zeke Edwards (Jason Crewes) helps AJ plan his revenge sending the Plex into chaos and madness. Cast and crew list.

Escaping the monotony of a loveless marriage, Raymond Yale has become entangled in an affair with the beautiful and troubled Carla. Ray's moral limits are tested when Carla presents him with the proceeds of her controlling husband's latest crime. This is their chance: Take the money and run... If only it were that simple. Cast and crew list.

The Tender Hook

Set in a stylised version of 1920's, this is the story of Iris, a beautiful young woman caught at the apex of a dangerous love triangle. Her English lover McHeath, a rogue boxing promoter suspects her involvement with his new young protege Art. In a flawed moral landscape each struggles to retain their personal sovereignty as McHeath is provoked to acts of jealousy and violence. Ultimately Iris' desires lead them all to an unexpected and destructive final destiny. Cast and crew list.

Shortly after the death of his father, Hamlet must witness the remarriage of his mother to his uncle. Convinced that his uncle is in fact his father's killer, Hamlet tragically struggles between moral integrity and the need to avenge his father's murder. Cast and crew list.

Three Blind Mice

Three young Navy officers hit Sydney for one last night on land before being shipped over to the Gulf. Dean has a fiancé and the in-laws to meet, Sam's going AWOL and Harry just loves to play cards. The boys lose each other, find themselves, and along the way, discover love, courage and redemption. Cast and crew list.

Unfinished Sky

When a badly beaten woman strumbles onto John Woldring's farm, he has no choice but to pick her up and nurse her back to health. He doesn't call the authorities; he will handle this his own way. Yet the last thing he expects is to fall in love. Cast and crew list.