$9.99 is a stop motion animated feature that offers slightly less than $10 worth about the meaning of life.

Screenplay Adapted
from a selection of Etgar Kret's short stories
Classification TBA Running Time 78'
Capture Medium Digital Stills
Distributor Icon Film Distribution
Released Nationally August 2009

Production Company Sherman Pictures
Producer Emile Sherman and Amir Harel
Director Tatia Rosenthal
Writer Tatia Rosenthal and Etgar Keret
Cinematographer  Richard Bradshaw, Susan Stitt and
James Lewis                 
Sound Chen Harpaz
Production Designer Melinda Doring
Costume Designer Caroline Sherman
Animator Sharon Parker, Norman Yeend, Jan-Erik Mass,
Yonatan Bereskin and Daniel Alderson
Lead Actor Geoffrey Rush - The Angel
Lead Actress Leeanna Walsman - Tanita
Supporting Actor Barry Otto - Albert
Supporting Actress Claudia Karvan - Michelle
Young Actor Jamie Katsamatsas - Zach

• In cinemas nationally from September 17, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney

• NA

Australia is an epic and romantic adventure, set in that country on the explosive brink of World War II.  In it, an English aristocrat travels to the faraway continent where she meets a rough-hewn local and reluctantly agrees to join forces with him to save the land she inherited.  Together, they embark upon a transforming journey across hundreds of miles of the world's most beautiful yet unforgiving terrain, only to face the bombing of the city of Darwin by the Japanese forces that attacked Pearl Harbor.

Screenplay Original Classification M
Running Time 159' Capture Medium 35mm
Distributor Twentieth Century Fox Film Distributors
Released Nationally November 2008

Production Company Bazmark Film II Pty. Ltd
Producer Baz Luhrmann, G.Mac Brown and Catherine Knapman
Director Baz Luhrmann
Writer Baz Luhrmann, Stuart Beattie, Ronald Harwood, Richard Flanagan
Cinematographer Mandy Walker ACS
Editor Dody Dorn ACE, Michael McCusker ACE, Dany Cooper ASE, Matt Villa
Sound Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Wayne Pashley MPSE, Guntis Sics, Simon Leadley
Composer  David Hirschfelder, Felix Meagher, Baz Luhrmann, Angela Little
Production Designer Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, Karen Murphy, Beverley Dunn
Costume Designer Catherine Martin, Eliza Godman
Make Up Kerry Warn, Maurizio Silvi, Lesley Vanderwalt
Visual Effects Chris Godfrey, James E. Price, Andy Brown, Rob Duncan
Lead Actor Hugh Jackman - Drover
Lead Actress Nicole Kidman - Lady Sarah Ashley
Supporting Actor David Wenham - Neil Fletcher, Brandon Walters - Nullah,
David Gulpilil - King George, David Ngoombujarra - Magarri
Supporting Actress Ursula Yovich - Daisy, Essie Davis - Cath Carney,
Lillian Crombie - Bandy Legs
Young Actor Brandon Walters - Nullah

• Release nationally November 26, 2008
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to rent on DVD

•  AFI Members’ Choice Award
•  AFI Award for Best Sound
•  AFI Award for Best Original Music Score
•  AFI Award for Best Production Design
•  AFI Award for Best Costume Design
•  AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor – Brandon Walters
•  AFI Young Actor Award – Brandon Walters
•  AFI Visual Effects Award

Balibo is the true story of the murder of five journalists in East Timor in 1975, and subsequent invasion of East Timor by Indonesia. Four weeks after the journalists are reported missing, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young José Ramos-Horta to investigate the journalists’ fate. The shocking truth of what has happened to the journalists is soon overshadowed by the impending tragedy about to befall this small nation and the immediate danger to Roger East, the last remaining foreign correspondent in East Timor.

Screenplay Adapted from ‘Cover Up’ by Jill Jolliffe Classification M Running Time 111,
Capture Medium 16mm
Distributor Footprint Films
Released Nationally August 2009

Production Company Balibo Film Pty Ltd
Executive Producer Andrew Barlow, Anthony LaPaglia, Andrew Myer, Paul Wiegard
Producer John Maynard, Rebecca Williamson
Director Robert Connolly
Writer David Williamson, Robert Connolly
Cinematographer Tristan Milani ACS
Editor Nick Meyers ASE
Sound Sam Petty, Emma Bortignon, Phil Heywood, Ann Aucote
Composer Lisa Gerrard
Production Designer Robert Cousins
Costume Designer Cappi Ireland
Make Up Angela Conte
Lead Actor Anthony LaPaglia - Roger East
Supporting Actor  Oscar Isaac - José Ramos Horta, Damon Gameau - Greg Shackleton
Supporting Actress Bea Viegas - Juliana
Young Actor Anamaria Barreto - Young Juliana

• In cinemas nationally from August 13, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to purchase on Blu-ray or DVD through Madman

• Samsung Mobile AFI Award for Best Film
•  AFI Members’ Choice Award
•  AFI Award for Best Direction
•  Macquarie AFI Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
•  AFI Award for Best Cinematography
•  AFI Award for Best Editing
•  AFI Award for Best Sound
•  AFI Award for Best Original Music Score
•  AFI Award for Best Production Design
•  AFI Award for Best Costume Design
•  AFI Award for Best Lead Actor – Anthony LaPaglia
•  AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor – Damon Gameau
•  AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor – Oscar Isaac
•  AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress – Bea Viegas

The suburb of Sunshine Hills lives in the grip of fear following the rumoured abductions of three teenage girls. In this hotbed lives Daniel, a shy 14 year old boy, who has two obsessions: photography and Suzy - a sixteen year old Lolita, a dangerous combination of youth and sexuality. With sexual experience dripping off her, Suzy convinces the gullible Danny to investigate the neighborhood and take pictures, especially of the mysterious woman in number 46. Funny, sensuous and horrific Beautiful is an ode to the end of innocence and the power of a childs imagination.

Screenplay Original Classification MA 15+
Running Time 97' Capture Medium HDCamSR
Distributor Kojo Pictures & Jump Street Films
Limited National Release March 2009

Production Company Kojo Pictures
Producer Kent Smith ACS
Director Dean O'Flaherty
Writer Dean O'Flaherty
Cinematographer Kent Smith ACS
Editor Dale Roberts, Marty Pepper
Sound Martyn Zub
Composer Paul Mac
Production Designer Robert Webb
Costume Designer Mariot Kerr
Lead Actor Sebastian Gregory - Danny
Lead Actress Tahyna Tozzi - Suzy
Supporting Actor Socratis Otto - Max, Erik Thomson - Mr Thompson,
Aaron Jeffery - Alan
Supporting Actress Peta Wilson - Sherrie, Deborra-Lee Furness - Mrs Thompson,
Asher Keddie - Jennifer
Young Actor Sebastian Gregory - Danny

• Released March 5, 2009 in Melbourne, Sydney, ACT, QLD, SA and TAS
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to rent on DVD

• AFI Young Actor Award – Sebastian Gregory

Beautiful Kate is the story of a family whose all too human mistakes lead to tragedy, recrimination, guilt and finally salvation.  Told in parallel strands of past and present, the film recounts the sexual awakening of three siblings growing up in isolation, interwoven with the emotional journey of reconciliation between an estranged father and son.

Screenplay Adapted from the novel ‘Beautiful Kate’ by Newton Thornburg Classification MA 15+
Running Time 100' Capture Medium 35mm
Distributor Roadshow Films
Released Nationally August 2009

Production Company New Town Films and New Doll
Producer Leah Churchill-Brown and Bryan Brown
Director Rachel Ward
Writer Rachel Ward
Cinematographer Andrew Commis
Editor Veronika Jenet ASE
Sound Andrew Neil, Andy Wright, Antony Gray, Lucas Bone
and Des Kenneally
Composer Tex Perkins, Murray Paterson
Production Designer Ian Jobson
Costume Designer Ruth de la Lande
Make Up Tracy Phillpot
Lead Actor  Ben Mendelsohn - Ned Kendall
Lead Actress Sophie Lowe - Kate Kendall
Supporting Actor Bryan Brown - Bruce Kendall
Supporting Actress Rachel Griffiths - Sally Kendall, Maeve Dermody - Toni

• In cinemas nationally from August 08, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to rent on DVD, 7 January 2010

• Samsung Mobile AFI Award for Best Film
•  AFI Members’ Choice Award
•  AFI Award for Best Direction
•  Macquarie AFI Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
•  AFI Award for Best Cinematography
•  AFI Award for Best Lead Actor – Ben Mendelsohn
•  AFI Award for Best Lead Actress – Sophie Lowe
•  AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor – Bryan Brown
•  AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress – Maeve Dermody
•  AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress – Rachel Griffiths

During the course of one day and night, seven children wander the streets in an urban odyssey.  But not all of them will find their way home.  Dawn breaks and it’s the same day, but now we experience the journey from their mothers’ point of view.

Screenplay Play Adaptation Classification MA 15+
Running Time 115' Capture Medium 35mm
Distributor Icon Film Distribution
Released Nationally September 2009

Production Company Wildheart Zizani Pty Ltd
Executive Producer Marian Macgowan, Ana Kokkinos, Andrena Finlay, Phil Hunt,
Compton Ross
Producer Al Clark
Director Ana Kokkinos
Writer Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves, Patricia Cornelius, Christos Tsiolkas
Cinematographer Geoff Burton ACS
Editor Jill Bilcock ACE, ASE
Sound Glenn Newnham, Rob Mackenzie, John Wilkinson, Andrew Neil,
Mario Vaccaro
Composer Cezary Skubiszewski
Production Designer Simon McCutcheon
Costume Designer Louise McCarthy
Make Up Christine Miller
Lead Actress Frances O’Connor - Rhonda, Miranda Otto - Bianca
Deborra-Lee Furness - Tanya, Victoria Haralabidou - Gina
Supporting Actor Wayne Blair - James, William McInnes - Peter,
Eamon Farren - Roo
Supporting Actress Monica Maughan - Laurel, Sophie Lowe - Katrina,
Tasma Walton - Gayle, Anastasia Baboussouras - Trisha
Young Actor Eva Lazzaro - Stacey, Harrison Gilbertson - Daniel,
Reef Ireland - Orton

• In cinemas nationally from Septpember 10, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney

• Samsung Mobile AFI Award for Best Film
•  Macquarie AFI Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
•  AFI Award for Best Editing
•  AFI Award for Best Lead Actress – Frances O’Connor

Tarek, a young Lebanese-Australian panel-beater, struggling to realise his dreams, is offered a chance to set himself up for life. All he has to do is follow a plan to outsmart the cops and a gang of serious criminals. He wants the prize… but is he ready to pay the price?

Screenplay Original Classification MA 15+
Running Time 106'
Capture Medium Oakley Red Digital 4K
Distributor Mushroom Pictures
Released Nationally July 2009

Production Company Templar Entertainment
Producer Jeff Purser, Ranko Markovic and Matthew Dabner
Director Serhat Caradee
Writer Serhat Caradee
Cinematographer Peter A. Holland
Editor Suresh Ayyar ASE
Sound Nick Byrnes
Composer Khaled Sabsabi
Production Designer Claire Granville
Costume Designer Lisa Walpole
Make Up Belinda Balding
Lead Actor Les Chantery - Tarek
Supporting Actor Waddah Sari - Sam, Buddy Dannoun - Nabil, Martin Henderson - Mathew, Bren Foster - Jamal
Supporting Actress Rachael Taylor - Amie

• In cinemas nationally from July 30, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to rent on DVD, 9 December 2009

• Macquarie AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay

Charlie & Boots is a funny and heartfelt movie with wonderful Australian characters. Paul Hogan plays Charlie McFarland and Shane Jacobson plays his estranged son, Boots. After a family tragedy Charlie and Boots try and put their differences aside and head off on the road trip of a lifetime - from regional Victoria to the Cape York Peninsula - they overcome many challenges to reach their dream - to fish off the northern most tip of Australia.

Screenplay Original Classification TBA
Running Time 101' Capture Medium 35mm
Distributor Transmission Films
Released Nationally September 2009

Production Company Instinct Entertainment
Producer David Redman, Dean Murphy and Shana Levine
Director Dean Murphy
Writer Dean Murphy, Stewart Faichney
Cinematographer  Roger Lanser
Editor Peter Carrodus ASE
Sound  Gary Wilkins, Michael Slater, Scott Findlay
Composer Dale Cornelius
Production Designer Ralph Moser
Costume Designer Jeanie Cameron
Lead Actor Paul Hogan - Charlie, Shane Jacobson - Boots
Supporting Actress Morgan Griffin - Jess
Young Actor Morgan Griffin - Jess

• In cinemas nationally from September 3, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney

• NA

Closed for Winter is the emotional and poetic story of Elise, a beautiful young woman haunted by a tragic event in her youth.

As Elise attempts to piece together the mystery of her sister’s disappearance at the beach, twenty years before when both were children, she must face dark family secrets that have remained unspoken.  As the past is revealed, Elise at last finds the courage to begin to live.

Based on Georgia Blain’s critically acclaimed novel of the same title, Closed for Winter, features a stunning performance by international star Natalie Imbruglia in her first leading role.

Screenplay Adapted from 'Closed for Winter' the novel by Georgia Blain Classification M
Running Time 86' Capture Medium HDcamSR
Distributor Goalpost Distribution Australia
Limited National Release April 2009

Production Company Goalpost Pictures Australia
Executive Producer Rosemary Blight
Producer Ben Grant
Director James Bogle
Writer James Bogle
Cinematographer Kim Batterham ACS
Editor Denise Haratzis ASE
Sound James Currie, Pete Smith, Adrian Medhurst, Martyn Zub
Composer Daniel Denholm
Production Designer Rita Zanchetta
Costume Designer Anita Seiler
Lead Actor Tony Martin - John Mills
Lead Actress Natalie Imbruglia - Elise Silverton
Supporting Actor Daniel Frederiksen - Martin
Supporting Actress Danielle Catanzariti - Frances Silverton, Tiahn Green - Young Elise Silverton, Deborah Kennedy - Dorothy Silverton, Sophie Ross - Jocelyn
Young Actor Tiahn Green - Young Elise Silverton

• Released April 23, 2009 in Melbourne, Sydney, QLD, ACT, SA and WA
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to rent on DVD October 1, 2009

• NA

John Morkos arrives out of prison, vowing never to return. At home his mother, grandmother and brother welcome his return, but his brother is entering the criminal world through his mate, Zues.

He meets a young anglo girl, Sydney and they fall in love but they will need a brutal honesty and an acceptance of their differences to succeed.

His brother bites off more than he can chew and leaves John in the position of trying to save him. Though he tries, Charlie is fated and John is left to do what has to be done. To honour his family, he may have to sacrifice himself once more.

Screenplay Original Classification MA15+
Running Time 96' Capture Medium Red HD
Distributor Australian Film Syndicate
Released Nationally February 2009

Production Company See Thru Film
Producer John Pirrie
Director David Field
Writer George Basha
Cinematographer Toby Oliver ACS
Editor Ken Sallows ASE
Sound Chris Cutlipp
Composer Labib Jammal
Production Designer Xanthe Highfield
Costume Designer Catherine Wallace
Lead Actor George Basha John
Lead Actress Clare Bowen - Sydney
Supporting Actor Firass Dirani - Charlie, Michael Denka - Ibo
Supporting Actress Doris Younane - Mary
Young Actor Rahel Abdulrahman - Mo

• Released nationally February 26, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to rent on DVD

• NA

Disgrace takes place in modern day, post-apartheid South Africa. David Lurie, a twice-divorced professor at a Cape Town technical university is fired from his job for a passionate but brief affair with a student who is ambivalent about his embraces.

This disgrace causes him to retreat to his daughter Lucy’s isolated farm in the east. Although they rarely see eye to eye, the tentative emotional truce between errant father and daughter soon gives way to a more peaceful rural life until it is ripped apart by a traumatic and violent attack which forces them both to re-evaluate their beliefs.

Screenplay Adapted from the novel 'Disgrace' by J.M Coetzee
Classification M Running Time119'
Capture Medium 35mm
Distributor Icon Film Distribution
Released Nationally June 2009

Executive Producer Julio DePietro, Michael J Werner, Wouter Barendrecht
Producer Anna-Maria Monticelli, Emile Sherman, Steve Jacobs
Director Steve Jacobs
Writer Anna-Maria Monticelli
Cinematographer Steve Arnold ACS
Editor Alexandre de Franceschi ASE
Sound Sam Petty, Pete Smith
Composer Antony Partos, Graeme Koehne
Production Designer Mike Berg, Annie Beauchamp
Costume Designer Diana Cilliers
Lead Actor John Malkovich - David Lurie
Lead Actress Jessica Haines - Lucy Lurie
Supporting Actor Eriq Ebouaney - Petrus
Supporting Actress Fiona Press - Bev

• Released nationally June 18, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to rent on DVD, Released 21 October 2009

• NA

Dying Breed is inspired by the bizarre Australian legend of Alexander Pearce - a convict of the 19th century, who was nicknamed 'the Pieman' after dining on his fellow escapees in the Tasmanian wilderness before being captured by police.

The film is set in the modern day, when a group of four set out on a quest to prove that the Thylacine still lives in the Tasmanian forests. They become prey when they wander into the domain of the living descendents of the Pieman - who retain thier ancestor's taste for human flesh.

Screenplay Original Classification MA15+
Running Time 88' Capture Medium HDCamSR
Distributor Hoyts Distribution
Released Nationally November 2009

Production Company Ambience Entertainment
Executive Producer Christopher Mapp
Producer Michael Boughen and Rod Morris
Director Jody Dwyer
Cinematographer Geoffrey Hall
Sound Emma Bortingnon
Composer Nerida Tyson-Chew
Lead Actor Leigh Whannell - Matt, Nathan Phillips - Jack
Lead Actress Mirrah Foulkes - Nina
Supporting Actor Bille Brown - Harvey and Rowan
Young Actor Sheridan Harvey - Katie

• Released in 2008 in Melbourne and Brisbane
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to rent on DVD

• NA

Sixteen year old Alice Palmer drowns while swimming in the local dam. When her body is recovered and a verdict of accidental death returned her grieving family buries her.  The family then experiences a series of strange and inexplicable  events centered in and around her home.

Profoundly unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of a psychic and parapsychologist. He discovers that Alice led a double life.  A series of clues lead the family to Lake Mungo where Alice's secret past emerges.  Lake Mungo is a mystery, a thriller and a ghost story that illustrates how the dead forever haunt the living.

Screenplay Original Classification M
Running Time 87' Capture Medium 16mm
Distributor Independent
Limited National Release July 2009

Production Company Mungo Productions Pty Ltd
Producer David Rapsey, Georgie Nevile
Director Joel Anderson
Writer Joel Anderson
Cinematographer John Brawley
Editor William Murphy ASE
Sound Craig Carter
Lead Actor David Pledger - Russell Palmer
Lead Actress Rosie Traynor - June Palmer
Supporting Actor Steve Jodrell - Ray Kemeny
Supporting Actress Talia Zucker - Alice Palmer

• Released July 30, 2009 in Melbourne, Sydney, SA, QLD and WA
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to purchase on Blu-ray or DVD through Madman

• NA

A desperate father takes his ten year old son Chook, on the run after committing a violent crime.  As the two journey into the desert and an unknown future, their troubled relationship and the need to survive sees them battling the elements and each other.

Chook eventually takes control and the choice he is forced to make has a devastating effect on both their lives. Poetically spare and emotionally tense, Last Ride is an unforgettable love story between a parent and child.

Screenplay Adapted from the novel ‘The Last Ride’ by Denise Young Classification M
Running Time 100' Capture Medium 35mm
Distributor Madman Entertainment
Released Nationally July 2009

Production Company Last Ride Pty Ltd
Executive Producer Ricci Swart
Producer Antonia Barnard and Nicholas Cole
Director Glendyn Ivin
Writer Mac Gudgeon
Cinematographer Greig Fraser
Editor Jack Hutchings
Sound David Lee, Gethin Creagh and Craig Conway
Composer Paul Charlier
Production Designer Josephine Ford
Costume Designer Jodie Fried
Make Up Fiona Rees-Jones
Lead Actor Hugo Weaving - Kev
Supporting Actor Tom Russell - Chook
Supporting Actress Anita Hegh - Maryanne
Young Actor Tom Russell - Chook

• Released nationally July 2, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to purchase on Blu-ray or DVD through Madman

• AFI Award for Best Cinematography
•  AFI Award for Best Lead Actor – Hugo Weaving
•  AFI Young Actor Award – Tom Russell

1902... the Australian Federation is a year old. 12 year-old Tom's beloved father Nat has dragged him and his sister Sarah to an isolated farm at the edge of the bush. But Nat's dream of living off the land has died and he is losing his grip on sanity. When three ex-soldiers arrive at their cabin one night Tom, like his father believes they are providence. But their presence becomes more menacing when one of them reveals a secret: he's found gold.

As the lure of gold infects everyone around him the cabin becomes a psychological battleground in which Tom's loyalty is put to the ultimate test.

Screenplay Original Classification M
Running Time 97' Capture Medium 16mm
Distributor Footprint Films
Released Nationally July 2009

Production Company Smoking Gun Productions Pty Ltd
Executive Producer John Maynard and Robert Connolly
Producer Kristian Moliere
Director Kriv Stenders
Writer Andy Cox
Cinematographer Jules O'Loughlin ACS
Editor Gabriella Muir
Sound James Currie, Pete Best, Pete Smith, Frank Lipson, Alicia Slusarski,
and Michael Bakaloff
Composer Tom Schutzinger
Production Designer Lisa Stonham
Costume Designer Mariot Kerr
Make Up Jodee Lenaine-Smith
Lead Actor Aden Young - Nat
Supporting Actor Pip Miller - Henry
Supporting Actress Hanna Mangan-Lawrence - Sarah
Young Actor Toby Wallace -Tom

• Released nationally July 16, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to purchase on Blu-ray or DVD through Madman

•  AFI Award for Best Costume Design
•  AFI Award for Young Actor Award – Toby Wallace

This is the inspirational true story of Li Cunxin, adapted from his best-selling autobiography and telling how, amidst the chaos of Mao's Cultural Revolution, he was chosen to leave his peasant family and sent on an amazing journey...as it turned out towards freedom and personal triumph.

Screenplay Adapted from ‘Mao's Last Dancer’
by Li Cunxin Classification PG
Running Time 117' Capture Medium 35mm
Distributor Roadshow Films
Released Nationally October 2009

Production Company Last Dancer Pty Ltd
Producer Jane Scott
Director Bruce Beresford
Writer Jan Sardi
Cinematographer Peter James ACS, ASC
Editor Mark Warner
Sound David Lee, Andrew Neil, Yulia Akerholt,
Mark Franken and Roger Savage
Composer Christopher Gordon
Production Designer Herbert Pinter
Costume Designer Anna Borghesi
Make Up Viv Mepham
Lead Actor Chi Cao - Li (adult)
Lead Actress Amanda Schull - Elizabeth
Supporting Actor Kyle MacLachlan - Charles Foster, Bruce Greenwood - Ben Stevenson, Chengwu Guo - Li (teenager) and Ferdinand Hoang - Consul Zhang
Supporting Actress Joan Chen - Niang, Camilla Vergotis - Mary,
Madeleine Eastoe - Lori and Penne Hackforth-Jones - Cynthia Dodds
Young Actor Huang Wen Bin - Li (child)

• In cinemas nationally from October 1, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney

• Samsung Mobile AFI Award for Best Film
•  AFI Members’ Choice Award
•  AFI Award for Best Direction
•  Macquarie AFI Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
•  AFI Award for Best Editing
•  AFI Award for Best Sound
•  AFI Award for Best Original Music Score
•  AFI Award for Best Production Design
•  AFI Award for Best Costume Design

Mary and Max is a simple tale of pen-friendship between two very different people; Mary Dinkle, a chubby lonely eight year old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horovitz, a 44 year old, severely obese, Jewish man with Asperger’s Syndrome living in the chaos of New York.

Spanning 20 years and 2 continents, Mary and Max's friendship survives a journey that explores friendship, autism, taxidermy, psychiatry, alcoholism, where babies come from, obesity, kleptomania, sexual difference, trust, copulating dogs, religious difference, agoraphobia and much much more.

Screenplay Original Classification PG
Running Time 92' Capture Medium Digital Stills
Distributor Icon Film Distribution
Released Nationally April 2009

Production Company Melodrama Pictures Pty Ltd
Producer Melanie Coombs
Director Adam Elliot
Writer Adam Elliot
Cinematographer Gerald Thompson
Editor Bill Murphy ASE
Sound Andrew McGrath                 
Composer Dale Cornelius
Production Designer Adam Elliot
Costume Designer Marion Marks and Felicity Hardy
Visual Effects Michael Allen and Henry Karjalainen
Lead Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman - Max
Lead Actress Toni Collette - Mary
Supporting Actor  Barry Humphries - Narrator
Young Actor Bethany Whitmor - Mary

• Released nationally April 9, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to rent on DVD October 21, 2009

• Samsung Mobile AFI Award for Best Film
•  AFI Members’ Choice Award
•  Macquarie AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay
•  AFI Award for Best Production Design

My Year Without Sex is a kind of a love story about all the big questions, and even more of the small ones. Over one messy year, Ross and Natalie navigate their children, nits, housework, birthdays, Christmas, faith, football, job insecurity, more nits, and whether they will ever have sex again.  A wry look at twelve months — from the award-winning writer-director of Look Both Ways, Sarah Watt.

Screenplay Original Classification M
Running Time 96' Capture Medium Super 16mm
Distributor Footprint Films
Released Nationally May 2009

Production Company Hibiscus Films
Executive Producer John Maynard, Andrew Myer, Paul Wiegard, Andrew Barlow,
and Joanna Baevski
Producer Bridget Ikin
Director Sarah Watt
Writer Sarah Watt
Cinematographer Graeme Wood
Editor Denise Haratzis ASE
Sound Craig Carter, Pete Best, Pete Smith
Production Designer  Simon McCutcheon
Costume Designer  Kitty Stuckey
Make Up Peta Hastings, Nik Dorning
Lead Actor Matt Day - Ross
Lead Actress Sacha Horler - Natalie
Supporting Actor Jonathan Segat - Louis, Fred Whitlock - Greg
Supporting Actress Portia Bradley - Ruby, Katie Wall - Winona,
and Maude Davey - Margaret
Young Actor Jonathan Segat - Louis, Portia Bradley - Ruby

• Released nationally May 25, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to purchase on Blu-ray or DVD through Madman

•  Macquarie AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay
•  AFI Award for Best Lead Actress – Sacha Horler

Seventeen year old Jesse lives in the shadow of his older brother Victor’s failure to become surfing's Next Big Thing. A momentous weekend away with his mates that includes first love and tragedy leads him to discover what's really important.

Screenplay Original Classification M
Running Time 107' Capture Medium 16mm
Distributor Icon Film Distribution
Released Nationally November 2008

Production Company Dragonfly Pictures Pty Ltd
Executive Producer Charles Hannah, Megumi Fukasawa, Satoru Iseki, Akira Ishii,
and Nick Carpenter
Producer Naomi Wenck
Director Dan Castle
Writer Dan Castle
Cinematographer Richard Michalak ACS
Editor Rodrigo Balart
Sound Ben Osmo and Andrew Plain
Composer Michael Yezerski
Production Designer Marc Barold
Costume Designer Catherine Wallace
Make Up Angela Conte
Lead Actor Lachlan Buchanan - Jesse
Supporting Actor Reshad Strik -Victor

• Released 2008 in Melbourne and Brisbane
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to rent on DVD

• NA

The world is a small place when you’re Samson and Delilah – an isolated community in the Australian desert. Their silent love for each other takes them on a journey of survival. Lost, unwanted and alone, they discover that life isn’t always fair but love never judges.

Screenplay Original Classification MA15+
Running Time 101' Capture Medium 35mm
Distributor Footprint Films
Released Nationally May 2009

Production Company Scarlett Pictures Pty Ltd
Producer Kath Shelper
Director Warwick Thornton
Writer Warwick Thornton
Cinematographer Warwick Thornton
Editor Roland Gallois
Sound Liam Egan, David Tranter, Robert Sullivan, Tony Murtagh, Yulia Akerholt,
and Les Fiddess
Composer  Warwick Thornton
Production Designer Daran Fulham
Costume Designer Heather Wallace
Make Up Carol Cameron
Lead Actor Rowan McNamara - Samson
Lead Actress Marissa Gibson -Delilah
Supporting Actor Matthew Gibson - Samson’s Brother, Scott Thornton - Gonzo
Supporting Actress Mitjili Gibson - Nana
Young Actor Rowan McNamara - Samson and Marissa Gibson - Delilah

• Released nationally May 7, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to purchase on Blu-ray or DVD through Madman

• Samsung Mobile AFI Award for Best Film
•  AFI Members’ Choice Award
•  AFI Award for Best Direction
•  Macquarie AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay
•  AFI Award for Best Cinematography
•  AFI Award for Best Editing
•  AFI Award for Best Sound
•  AFI Award for Best Original Music Score
•  AFI Award for Best Lead Actor – Rowan McNamara
•  AFI Award for Best Lead Actress – Marissa Gibson
•  AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress – Mitjili Gibson
•  AFI Young Actor Award – Marissa Gibson
•  AFI Young Actor Award – Rowan McNamara

Eddie is getting jack of city life and decides it's time to reconnect with his blackfella roots so he takes off in his beat-up Ford to return a sacred stone to his hometown. But he hadn't bargained on his skirt chasing, hard-living cousin Charlie forcing himself along for the ride. Eddie's spiritual quest takes a further detour when an Italian sex-god, a failed drag singer, and a demon dog, possessed by Charlie's jilted girlfriend, join them. Oh, and there's a deadly spider in the car...but they don't know that yet.

Screenplay Original Classification TBA
Running Time 92' Capture Medium HDCamSR
Distributor Australian Film Syndicate
Released Nationally August 2009

Production Company Australian Film Syndicate
Producer Ross Hutchens and Colin South
Director Richard J. Frankland
Writer Richard J. Frankland
Cinematographer Joseph Pickering
Editor Meredith Watson Jeffrey
Sound  Shane O’Mara
Composer  Shane O’Mara
Production Designer Sam Hobbs
Costume Designer Noel Howell
Lead Actor Luke Carroll - Eddie
Supporting Actor Leon Burchill - Charlie, Peter Phelps - Mark,
David Page - Regina (Reggie) and Valentino Del Toro - Vinnie
Supporting Actress Sarah Lawrence - Elizabeth

• In cinemas nationally from September 24, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney

• NA

Marshall has it all: money, women, designer suits and sports cars! But the one thing tops the list: his high paying job, one that places him on the criminal’s most-wanted list. It all comes crashing down when Marshall is imprisoned for a robbery he did not commit.

Jail becomes his play ground, weaving his master plan. When he gets his freedom, he becomes a man with 26 million reasons to be hunted.Criminals want to get their hands on him. Threatened, kidnapped, drugged and tortured, Marshall is caught in a sticky web of lies and seduction…or is he?

Screenplay Original Classification M
Running Time 91' Capture Medium HD
Distributor Participate Film Academy
Limited Release April 2009

Production Company Participate Film Academy
Executive Producer  Artur Kade
Producer Artur Kade, Sarah Foster-Hogg,
and Andrew Kelly
Director Eva Acharya and Martin Alvarez Garcia
Writer Eva Acharya, Martin Alvarez Garcia and Kieran Donovan
Cinematographer  Jim Gowing
Editor Martin Alvarez Garcia
Composer Adam Luck
Lead Actor Paul Winchester - Marshall
Lead Actress Mikaela Franco - Tracey
Supporting Actor Shant Sarkissian - Jimmy, Robert Luxford - Warden,
and Neveille Bhamgara - Charles
Supporting Actress Monica Kade - Helena and Pauline Kingsford-Smith - Erin

• Released April 23, 2009 in Melbourne, Sydney and SA
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney

• NA

Anthony is a young Italian-Australian boxer being pushed to the limit by his Sicilian father Joe, who is also his trainer. Joe wants Anthony to achieve the success in the ring that he was denied as a young man. When Anthony meets Kate, he loses focus on boxing and Joe turns his back on his son. When Joe is betrayed by another boxer, Anthony decides to honour his father and his family.

Screenplay Original Classification M
Running Time 100' Capture Medium Genesis HDR
Distributor Buena Vista International (Australia)
Released Nationally March 2009

Production Company Palm Beach Pictures
Producer David Elfick
Director Shawn Seet
Writer Rai Fazio
Cinematographer Hugh Miller
Editor  Deborah Peart and Milena Romanin
Sound  Andrew Plain
Composer David Bridie
Production Designer Sam Rickard
Costume Designer Gail Pether
Lead Actor Daniel Amalm - Anthony
Lead Actress Jessica Marais - Kate
Supporting Actor Rai Fazio - Nico, Ennio Fantastichini - Joe
and Tim Minchin - Tom
Supporting Actress Rosemarie Lenzo - Concetta
Young Actor Karl Bin Rashid - Athol

• Released March 19, 2009 in Melbourne, Sydney, QLD, SA and WA
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to rent on DVD

• NA

Jonathan and Anna Dunne lead a perfect life that is ripped to pieces when their son, Luke, dies of a drug overdose. In the aftermath of this personal tragedy they are struggling to maintain their floundering relationship. When an intruder breaks into their home, Jonathan and Anna are forced to confront the past events which have led to their emotional separation. This is a film with wide appeal that explores the vulnerabilities of the human condition. Through Jonathan and Anna looks at relationships, families and the emotional toll of problems caused by drug use.

Screenplay Original
Classification M Running Time 84'
Capture Medium Panasonic P2 Cards
Distributor Rialto Distribution
Limited Release August 2009

Production Company White Hot Productions
Executive Producer Ian Kirk
Producer John Chase
Director Leigh Sheehan
Writer Michael Gillet
Cinematographer  Alan Cole ACS
Editor  Mark Pitman
Sound Martin Fox, Neil McGrath
Composer  Frank Strangio
Production Designer Otello Stollfo
Lead Actor Richard Norton - Jonathan Dunne
Lead Actress Jane Badler - Anna Dunne
Supporting Actor Andre de Vanny - Zac
Supporting Actress Maria Angelico - Natalie

• Released August 5, 2009 in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney

• NA

In 1822, Alexander Pearce and seven fellow convicts attempt the impossible in a fateful bid for freedom. Escaping from the notorious penal station Macquarie Harbour, they venture into the harsh, unforgiving wilderness of Van Diemen's Land with nothing but hope to guide them. But as supplies run out and tension rises in the group, they soon contemplate the unthinkable. In a barren land with no wildlife, they turn on each other in a brutal battle of survival where Pearce is forced to make a decision that spirals him into his own vision of hell. Kill or be killed.

Screenplay Original Classification TBA
Running Time 104' Capture Medium RED
Distributor Madman Entertainment
Released Nationally September 2009

Production Company Noise & Light Pty Ltd
Executive Producer Jonathan auf der Heide and Oscar Redding
Producer Maggie Miles
Director Jonathan auf der Heide
Writer Jonathan auf der Heide and Oscar Redding
Cinematographer Ellery Ryan
Editor  Cindy Clarkson
Sound  Peter Palankay
Composer Jethro Woodward
Production Designer  Leanne Caruana
Costume Designer Leanne Caruana
Make Up  Anke Hansen and Loren Ball
Lead Actor Oscar Redding - Alexander Pearce
Supporting Actor Arthur Angel - Robert Greenhill, Mark Winter - Alexander Dalton,
Greg Stone - William Kennerly and Torquil Neilson - John Mathers

• In cinemas nationally from September 24, 2009
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available to rent on DVD, 20 January 2010

• NA

A retired couple living in an idyllic coastal town has the perfect life - but Dash, the husband, just can’t see it. On their wedding anniversary their daughter and son-in-law surprise them with a mystery train tour. But when they get to the mystery destination, Dash is forced to confront the disturbing possibility that everything that he could ever want is already right there on his doorstep.

Screenplay Original Classification PG
Running Time 97' Capture Medium 16mm
Distributor Movie Network Channels
Limited Release October 2008

Production Company Screentime & Movie Network
Executive Producer Chris Berry, Tony Forrest and Bob Campbell
Producer Martin Brown
Director Simon MacRae and Kenn MacRae
Writer Simon MacRae and Kenn MacRae
Cinematographer Mark Wareham ACS
Editor Timothy Welburn
Sound John Dennison and Tony Vaccher
Composer  Rajan Kamahl
Production Designer  Michael Philips
Costume Designer  Pamela Bracher
Make Up Elizabeth “Lidi” Reynolds
Lead Actor Chris Haywood - Dash McGregor
Lead Actress Wendy Hughes - Dorothy McGregor
Supporting Actor Russell Dykstra - Tim and Geoff Morrell - Theodore

• Released 2008 in Melbourne, Sydney and ACT
• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney

• NA