SBS Independent.
1) Noise
Series
Film Movement volume 6, film 4
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Thai
Description
Noise: Two heinous crimes have left a suburban town reeling. As the local community enfolds itself in a shroud of secrecy, borne from fear and an untrammeled mistrust of authority, the police remain desperate for witnesses. Graham McGahan, a young police constable suffering from a chronic hearing problem, is stationed at a police caravan near the crime scene. Living on the periphery of the investigation, McGahan crosses paths with the people affected...
2) Lake Mungo
Series
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Alice Palmer drowns while swimming in the local dam. When her body is recovered and her death ruled accidental, her grieving family buries her. The family then experiences a series of strange and inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Profoundly unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of Ray Kemeny, a psychic and parapsychologist. Kemeny discovers that Alice led a secret, double life. A series of clues lead the family...
3) The tracker
Publisher
ArtMattan Productions
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The Tracker is a compelling and visually striking morality tale that addresses Australia's troubled history with its indigenous Aboriginal population.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Zane Malik is a young detective at the Major Crime Squad in Sydney, Australia. He's also a Muslim, in a post - 9/11 world where such an identity automatically arouses suspicion and fear. He's a good husband and father and a dedicated cop with one main problem on the job: Detective Sergeant Ray Crowley. Crowley's an old school policeman for whom rules and regulations play a poor second to getting results.
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Witnessing the deteriorating relationship between her parents, a young girl becomes immersed in her own world. Not having the words to express her emotions, she suspects that words themselves may be the problem, so she stops talking. Through her silence, she attempts to influence her parents' behavior to force them to communicate properly with each other and with her. Gives voice to a girl's confusion, cleverness and hopeful joy as she attempts to...
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of the Irish experience abroad as seen by Irish migrants themselves and as others perceive them. Covers the diversity and scale of Irish migration, the rise of Irish emigrants from slaves and convicts to plantation owners and influential politicians, Ireland's women emigrants, religious beliefs of Irish emigrants, and how the reality of Ireland today differs from the Ireland imagined by emigrants and their descendents.
7) Ten canoes
Publisher
[distributed by] Palm Pictures
Pub. Date
[2007], c2006
Language
Australian
Description
In the distant past, Dayindi covets his older brother's wife. To teach him the proper way, he is told a parable of forbidden love from the mythical past, a story of wrong love, kidnapping, sorcery, and revenge gone wrong.
Publisher
SBS Independent
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Charlie and Anna are Gavin's two best friends. They made a pact to assist the terminally ill Gavin to die when the time came. However, despite a massive dose of morphine, Gavin stays alive. Charlie ends up using a plastic bag to suffocate Gavin, hardly the dignified death they had planned. Thus begins an emotional roller coaster ride during which Charlie and Anna are forced to face the true meaning of friendship, loyalty and love.