Livia Ruzic

While scouting locations for a university project, Eva crosses paths with Mia; later, they meet again at a house party, and an intense friendship soon forms between the introverted student filmmaker and the inscrutable but magnetic performer. As the pair becomes ever more entwined, so does the supernatural begin to entangle with the everyday, revealing the cracks between memory and make-believe, reality and fantasy. All the while, Eva seeks to better understand her friend – and her own self – leading her deeper into the surreal rabbit hole that is Mia’s life.

When the first wave of punk broke Australian shores in the 1970’s it was met with a fierce embrace that still reverberates. Adopted and adapted with fearsome intensity by disenfranchised, pre-globalisation Australian kids against the isolation and cultural vacuity of mainstream Australia, punk was a DIY counterculture - a profound, lived, visceral critique of late 20th century capitalism. Australian punk chose values and agendas that for many have become lifelong.

A group of schoolboys engage in tomfoolery, but it’s not long before playful behaviour turns primal.

When Jarah loses her husband, her child, her land and her innocence she embarks on a brutal journey of of retribution and revenge that transforms into redemption and reconciliation.

A man living in solitary seeks emotional refuge in the organising and documenting of family moments using low-grade impersonators. When his fake sister becomes inspired to follow his method, their relationship struggles between the forged and genuine.

Milena travels to a remote opal mining community to see her estranged, ill father. Lost and alone, she falls into his bewildering world, where men escape society and share ideals of freedom. Soon, he doesn’t want her to leave. Stuck in time, father and daughter try to mend their fractured bond, but their connection is fragile, like the strange, colourful gems he digs up from the earth.

In a nameless small Chinese city, a regular mother tries to find her missing daughter, in this gentle night.

The devastating Chilean earthquake of 2010 damaged over 370,000 homes. The city of Talca was near its epicentre, leaving many historic neighbourhoods in ruins. CASA ANTÚNEZ is an intimate portrait of one beloved home in Talca, and how its destruction reveals a divided family. When the mother sells the adobe ruins to her architect son José Luis, his brothers and cousins are sceptical about his intentions. Over three years, we witness their psychological process of losing a childhood home as they confront the future of its land. CASA ANTÚNEZ is a poetic homage to the very notion of ‘home’ after a disaster.

A true story of shipwreck, murder and ruin.

Hannah walks through the city, observing people and objects, searching for something, looking at delicious pastries. She is on her way to an appointment with a tarot reader and inside and house space unfolds like the walls of a dream, only to reveal a pair of rummaging thieves. Alone, Hannah is entering a mystery and the clues are sparse and uncertain. She floats like a jellyfish, but perhaps there is no such thing.

Good Grief is a short stop motion animated documentary that explores the lessons we learn from dealing with grief and loss. Five real people share their true stories of losing something precious and what it has taught them about living.

During the 1940s, Nevil Shute had a steady job as an engineer in the British military but in his spare time, he wrote novels that were being well-received. Once the war was over, Shute choose to move to Australia and focus on writing, soon becoming an internationally acclaimed novelist. His novel On The Beach, particularly hit a chord with the international community, depicting the impact of global nuclear destruction. This documentary studies Shute's career and the adaptation of his most famous novel into a feature film in Melbourne, as his predictions of a post-Hiroshima world seem to be foreboding in their accuracy.

The Telegram Man explores the impact of World War II on a close-knit Australian farming community.

Filmed during and after his time on the High Court of Australia, this documentary about Justice Michael Kirby explores the personal, moral and spiritual convictions of one of our most compassionate and incisive legal minds. Michael Kirby reveals himself in this film through a long-form interview in a way he has never done before. It was only at the age of 61 he publicly revealed for the first time that he had been in a homosexual relationship since 1969 with partner Johan van Vloten. This film represents the first time Johan has spoken publicly about their life together.

As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic José Ramos-Horta to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East's determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifie

Nina e seus amigos partem para uma expedição pelos lugares mais remotos da Austrália, com o objetivo de provar a existência do Tigre da Tasmânia. Especialistas já deram essa espécie como extinta, mas a irmã de Nina descobre evidencias de que eles ainda existem. O que nenhum deles sabia é que, décadas atrás, o mais brutal assassino e canibal Alexander Pearce escapou da prisão e se escondeu nesta mesma região. Agora essa expedição descobrirá que enquanto uma espécie pode realmente ter desaparecido da face da terra, uma nova raça selvagem, pode ter surgido.

No Filme, Em um passeio de barco, o casal Rob (Robert Taylor) e Pia se perde durante uma tempestade e acaba em um local muito estranho. Quando o barco quebra, a única solução é procurar por ajuda e um abrigo. Eles finalmente encontram uma casa sem ninguém, mas com claros sinais de que é habitada por pessoas que não gostam de companhia. Logo, os perturbados donos da casa retornam e aprisionam Rob e Pia. Quando descobrem que não têm a menor chance de serem libertados, eles percebem que precisarão fazer o que for preciso para sobreviver e isso certamente significará ultrapassar qualquer limite.

Kate Armstrong é a chef de um sofisticado restaurante de Manhattan. Ela leva seu trabalho com muita seriedade, o que faz com que as pessoas ao seu redor se intimidem com seu jeito. Sua natureza perfeccionista é colocada à prova quando é contratado Nick, um animado subchef que tenta alegrar a todos na cozinha e gosta de ouvir ópera enquanto trabalha. Ao mesmo tempo Kate precisa lidar com a súbita chegada de Zoe, sua sobrinha de 9 anos, que se sente deslocada na rotina da tia.

Kate Armstrong é a chef de um sofisticado restaurante de Manhattan. Ela leva seu trabalho com muita seriedade, o que faz com que as pessoas ao seu redor se intimidem com seu jeito. Sua natureza perfeccionista é colocada à prova quando é contratado Nick, um animado subchef que tenta alegrar a todos na cozinha e gosta de ouvir ópera enquanto trabalha. Ao mesmo tempo Kate precisa lidar com a súbita chegada de Zoe, sua sobrinha de 9 anos, que se sente deslocada na rotina da tia.

Are eligible Indigenous bachelors an endangered demographic in the 21st century? That’s the question cheekily posed by Tracey Rigney’s debut documentary short, which invites First Nations individuals to confide what they desire, what holds them back, and their hopes and worries about whether they’ll ever find The One. Endangered first screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2005.

John Nash (Russell Crowe) é um gênio da matemática que, aos 21 anos, formulou um teorema que provou sua genialidade e o tornou aclamado no meio onde atuava. Mas aos poucos o belo e arrogante Nash se transforma em um sofrido e atormentado homem, que chega até mesmo a ser diagnosticado como esquizofrênico pelos médicos que o tratam. Porém, após anos de luta para se recuperar, ele consegue retornar à sociedade e acaba sendo premiado com o Nobel.

A rich, young businessman travels to Australia with the intention of buying a 1967 Citroën DS. Once he arrives, things do not go to plan, and he must drive the DS into the outback alongside a blind young woman in order to track down its seller.

Teenager Jamie moves with his mother, sister and grandfather to an island off the South Australian coast where mum has a job running a marine research station. To his discomfort, Jamie discovers he`s a "selkie" - half human, half seal - that explains the webbing on his hands and also why he changes completely into a seal as soon as he hits water.

Alice, Judy and Sally are three Australian roommates who are unlucky in love. Over the course of a year, they endure numerous personal ups and downs. Meanwhile, Ewan, Joel and Neil are friends and coworkers with similar problems, and gradually their lives intersect with the trio of women to varying degrees. Will any of these young people finally find a satisfying relationship?

Larceny, adultery, sabotage and treachery. Yes, just your typical Christmas with the Dredge family! Twelve-year-old Joey Dredge is in trouble again. Expelled for jumping off the school roof, he's haunted by his father's death and hates his mother's new boyfriend and his bullying son. Compounding his misery is the knowledge he has to spend Christmas with them at the family beach house. Things look grim until the unexpected arrival of great-grandfather Albert, fresh from a stint in prison. Forced to share the back shed with this swearing, farting and devious octogenarian, Joey's life changes. Between barbecuing the family dog, performing a self-burial and causing his intended step-father to consume a startling amount of hash, Joey learns a few life lessons from Albert, who despite his many vices may give Joey the strength to accept the past and embrace the future.

Aussie boys of Asian descent candidly discuss their status as a "minority within a minority".

All Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl. Unfortunately when two police officers come around to disturb this, a misunderstanding quickly becomes out of control, resulting Wally, Beryl and her child being trapped in their house, surrounded by armed police under the impression that Wally is holding everyone hostage. Events quickly spiral into a media circus as, through the siege, Wally - inadvertently - manages to become a symbol for the anti-war movement.

Nesta versão para os dias de hoje da peça de Shakespeare o cenário é Verona Beach. Os Capuleto e os Montéquio, duas famílias que sempre se odiaram, têm rixas sem cessar, mas isto não impede que Romeu (Leonardo DiCaprio), um Montéquio, se apaixone pela bela Julieta (Claire Danes), uma Capuleto. Entretanto, uma apresentadora de televisão anuncia que este amor profundo acabará gerando trágicas conseqüenciais, em virtude desta insana rivalidade familiar.

Nesta versão para os dias de hoje da peça de Shakespeare o cenário é Verona Beach. Os Capuleto e os Montéquio, duas famílias que sempre se odiaram, têm rixas sem cessar, mas isto não impede que Romeu (Leonardo DiCaprio), um Montéquio, se apaixone pela bela Julieta (Claire Danes), uma Capuleto. Entretanto, uma apresentadora de televisão anuncia que este amor profundo acabará gerando trágicas conseqüenciais, em virtude desta insana rivalidade familiar.

Porpoise Spit, Austrália. Muriel Heslop (Toni Collette) tem 22 anos e nunca teve muitos amigos, já que as roupas que usa são fora de moda e, ainda por cima, vive ouvindo as canções do ABBA. Além disto, está acima do peso e nunca demonstrou muitos talentos. Sua vida muda ao conhecer Rhonda Epinstalk (Rachel Griffiths), que também é excluída do meio social. Sonhando com uma vida livre, elas fogem para Sydney. Apesar das críticas de seu pai, Muriel acredita que possa enfim encontrar a felicidade e coloca como primeira meta se casar. É quando ela conhece e se apaixona por um famoso nadador.

Paul aparece na porta de um casal de marchands ricos, alegando precisar de ajuda depois de um roubo no Central Park. Apresentando-se como aluno de Harvard, amigo de seus filhos e filho de Sidney Poitier, ele encanta o casal com histórias a respeito do seu pai e termina passando a noite ali. Pela manhã, no entanto, descobrimos que Paul é um vigarista e seu golpe terá repercussões que mudarão a família de formas não imaginadas.

Comedy about two Australian garbage collectors starring Los Trios Ringbarkus.

Um compositor francês imigrante nos Estados Unidos, George Faure (Gérard Depardieu), tenta permanecer no país. Para conseguir o Green card, que lhe dará permanência definitiva nos Estados Unidos, se casa só no nome com uma americana, Brontë Parrish (Andie MacDowell), que precisa de um marido para alugar em Manhattan um ótimo apartamento, em um prédio proibido para solteiros. Porém problemas surgem quando eles são investigados pelo departamento de imigração.

Wendy’s bored with everyday life…But Jake’s about to take her from Mills and Boon to Champagne and Roses.

Documentary using archival footage, newsreels and contemporary interviews with women of the WW2 Australian Women's Land Army.

A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test that allowed aboriginies to be exposed to and killed by radiation. He begins a search for a secret that if true, his government has already killed people to keep quiet.

A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in the middle of violent battles between the rising trade unions and fascist groups.

Uma paródia da história real dos exploradores William John Wills e Robert O'Hara Burke, que atravessaram o deserto da Austrália em camelos em 1860, quando nenhum homem branco havia feito tal façanha.