Marzieh is a young female actress living in Tehran. The authorities ban her theatre work and, like all young people in Iran Read More »
Tag Archives: Australia
Captain Johnno (1988) Mario Andreacchio, John Waters, Damien Walters, Rebecca Sykes
A young deaf boy who calls himself “Captain Johnno” befriends Tony, an Italian fisherman in the small Australian fishing town they live in. Read More »
Storm Boy (1976) Henri Safran, Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil
Storm Boy tells the story of a 10-year-old boy, called Mick by his father Tom Read More »
Pandemonium (1987) Haydn Keenan, David Argue, Amanda Dole, Esben Storm
Azaria Chamberlain was not killed by a dingo but saved and raised by said dingos. Read More »
Dingo (1991) Rolf de Heer, Colin Friels, Miles Davis, Helen Buday
Traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson, an average guy with a passion for jazz Read More »
Next of Kin (1982) Tony Williams, Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott
In a rest home for elderly people, a daughter reads her mother’s diary. Read More »
The Fourth Wish (1976) Don Chaffey, John Meillon, Robert Bettles, Michael Craig
The poignant struggle of a man to grant his terminally ill son three wishes – and the obstacles cast in his way of achieving this goal. Read More »
A Girl in Australia (1971) Luigi Zampa, Alberto Sordi, Claudia Cardinale, Riccardo Garrone
Early 1970s. Amedeo is a poor Italian immigrant living in Australia for twenty years. Read More »
52 Tuesdays (2013) Sophie Hyde, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Sam Althuizen, Imogen Archer
Sixteen-year-old Billie’s reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans for gender transition Read More »
Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens (1972) Jim Sharman, Jane Harders, June Collis, Tim Elliott
A group of aliens plans to invade Australia as a means of taking over the Earth. Read More »