Russell Dykstra

Ricky Nasser is a young Australian whose peaceful suburban life turns to hell when his sister Ameena disappears without a trace. In a climate of distrust and xenophobia, Ricky is forced to denounce her as an extremist.

Relato de la dura batalla que tuvo que librar Margaret Humphreys, una trabajadora social de Nottingham, para sacar a la luz una espeluznante situación: la de numerosos niños ingleses, de distintas edades, que fueron separados de sus padres y deportados a países de la Commonwealth, principalmente Australia, donde fueron obligados a trabajar a la fuerza.

En 2012, el mundo esta asolado por el calentamiento global. Los desastres azotan el planeta. En Sydney, las temperaturas son extremas, la lluvia tan solo 6 años. Mientras que la ciudad carece de deau, se extiende un gran incendio. Atrapados por las llamas, los residentes nont solo unas horas antes de Sidney se quema

Based on the books by Australian author Bob Graham. The movie tells the story of two very different ten year olds and the trials and tribulations of their friendship.

Ocho cortos centrados en ocho historias alrededor del mundo. Ocho directores que plasman diversos problemas y contratiempos de la sociedad actual.

A grumpy old man living in an idyllic coastal town who can't see he has the perfect life.

This film is a smart, rueful and dead-on portrait of life's unending quest to fit in; and the girl who solves it by completely breaking out - introduces a feisty outsider hero unlike any other seen on screen. Esther Blueburger's quest begins when she escapes from her Bat Mitzvah party and is befriended by Sunni.., the effortlessly cool girl who is everything Esther thinks she wants to be. With the help of Sunni, Esther goes away from her ordinary life and leaves behind her malfunctioning Jewish family to hang out with Sunni's far breezier and super-hip single mom Mary and attend Sunni's forbidden public school as a Swedish exchange student.

This film is a smart, rueful and dead-on portrait of life's unending quest to fit in; and the girl who solves it by completely breaking out - introduces a feisty outsider hero unlike any other seen on screen. Esther Blueburger's quest begins when she escapes from her Bat Mitzvah party and is befriended by Sunni.., the effortlessly cool girl who is everything Esther thinks she wants to be. With the help of Sunni, Esther goes away from her ordinary life and leaves behind her malfunctioning Jewish family to hang out with Sunni's far breezier and super-hip single mom Mary and attend Sunni's forbidden public school as a Swedish exchange student.

Nearly 20 years ago a young mother was shot during an apparent kidnapping and subsequent police chase. Now after all that time, the man in jail for the murder is about to be paroled. Jack has two missions - to bring the father and his daughter back together and to find out if any justice has been done by the conviction.

The shy son of an aging comedienne tries to find a balance between his demanding home life, his new girlfriend, and his mother's second chance at fame.

Basada en las memorias de Raimond Gaita, Romulus my father nos cuenta la historia de cómo Gaita se escapó de su casa en su Rumanía natal a la edad de 13 años, llegando a Australia con su joven esposa Christine y su hijo de 4 años poco después del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Es una película sobre un hombre compasivo y honesto, que enseñó a su hijo el significado de llevar una vida decente.

After wearing a wire to catch a dirty colleague selling confiscated drugs, detective Jack Kempson is hated by his colleagues. He also gets 'promoted away' to the basement, where old files get transferred to the national computer database. Thus he comes across fingerprints, now identifiable, in the 30 year old case of Ashley, the kidnapped son of lottery winners. Although he's too late to help him now, he tracks the perpetrators down behind his boss's back.

A story through a child's eyes about living through a drought.

Jack discovers that a man jailed for matricide could be innocent and the killer could still be close to home. Did Jack's own father-in-law have some part to play in the mystery?

Jack investigates a gangland execution at a children’s football game twelve years ago.

Jon Peregrine (Jason Donovan), a financial slueth investigates a stock market rort which caused his brother-in-law to commit suicide. Meanwhile his ex-wife asks for his help to investigate a missing underworld "business" figure.

The world's worst actor Danny, meets the world's worst crook Marcus and their lives are changed forever...

Australia, 1870. Ned Kelly, perteneciente a una familia de inmigrantes irlandeses, es víctima de los prejuicios y la fuerza de la policía. Pronto los Kelly se convertirán en una banda, que huye de la ley y roba bancos para sobrevivir. (FILMAFFINITY)

Jack Kempson started out as an idealistic cop. Thirty years on, he remains relentless in tracking down villains, but has lost confidence in his moral barometer. He turns a blind eye to the dubious methods employed by some of his contemporaries — prepared to let dodgy means be justified by the noble end.

Una joven banda de garaje de Sidney, Australia, sueña con lo mismo que todas: triunfar en el mundo de la música. Su manager finalmente consigue ponerlos en contacto con un ejecutivo de una importante discográfica, pero los problemas personales entre los distintos componentes del grupo comienzan a aparecer, complicándolo todo... El realizador australiano de origen egipcio Alex Proyas ("El cuervo", "Dark City") dirige esta historia que, a ritmo de música y en clave de comedia, explora los entresijos del nacimiento de una banda de rock, el oscuro mundo de las discográficas y los problemas implícitos de la fama y el estrellato. Proyas, que también es coautor del guión, introdujo aspectos autobiográficos en la historia, de cuando él, siendo un joven que todavía vivía en Australia y formaba parte de un grupo experimental de teclados, soñaba con alcanzar algún día la fama.

Cuatro matrimonios se ven atrapados en una diabólica red de amor, engaño, sexo y muerte, a la que no todos sobreviven. El detective Leon Zat se mueve por un oscuro laberinto de relaciones humanas en su investigación para resolver el misterio de la desaparición de una mujer casada con un importante hombre de negocios.

For the first time in 15 years, all four siblings in a family show up to care for their dying mother, who is only given a couple of weeks to live. One comes from America with her two children. A divorced sister also comes with her child and sneaks off regularly to meet a mystery man who may be her ex-husband. The third & youngest daughter is an unmarried nurse aware of her ticking biological clock. The only son chases after his grumpy father who seems to not care a whit about his wife's circumstances. The four are also faced my their mother's dreams to accomplish a few things before she dies - to visit a beach she had visited in the past, to see her youngest married, and to visit Paris. She also wants to be embalmed and be honored with a 21 gun salute. Thus the whole group has to set off in the quest to fulfill their mother's wishes.