John Batchelor

Easter long weekend, three disconnected siblings reluctantly return to their childhood home while their mother is away: there is Lou, who has been fired and evicted; Avery, who found her husband cheating, and Rio, who well… he never left home. Tensions boil over when their estranged father reaches out in attempt to rekindle a connection, much to the dismay of everyone but Rio. Secrets reveal themselves, drawing the inharmonious trio closer, and together they must decide if the past is best left behind them.

Gary’s so used to caring for his disabled daughter Jess, he can do it in his sleep. But when the in-laws come to stay, everyone will get a wake-up call.


Wagga is a country town that loves its sport but is divided over its loyalty for the rival codes, AFL and NRL. It's in this setting that we find our hero Chase Daylight, whose dream to play in the professional Rugby League is falling by the wayside, just like his relationship to Brooke. At his lowest point, Chase takes a leap of faith to sort out his life. But living this out is a far greater challenge than he imagined, especially among team mates who won't let him give up his partying ways without a fight. Chase's leap of faith might possibly be the worst decision ever he has ever made.

It's the beginning of the 1980s boom in Western Australia. Larrikin brothers Ray, Brian and Peter Mickelberg spend their days abalone fishing...

Red Dog é baseado na lendária e real história do cão que, unido a uma comunidade, cruzou a Austrália em busca de seu dono. Desde que o seu segundo dono, um motorista de ônibus chamado John Grant morreu, em 1975, Tally Ho (o nome orignal do cão) passou a andar por conta própria pelo deserto australiano em busca do seu dono. Red Dog (Cão Vermelho) ganhou esse apelido dos membros das comunidades que ele frequentava por causa da poeira vermelha do oeste australiano. (noriegaRJ)

Boys On Film goes down under to bring a fresh batch of funny and touching tales courtesy of our Aussie and Kiwi cousins, while stories of men falling in love from the USA and Hawai'i to Singapore via Korea round out the collection. Volume 6: Pacific Rim contains eight complete films: Craig Boreham's "Drowning" starring Miles Szanto, Xavier Samuel, and Bren Foster; Hannah Hilliard's "Franswa Sharl" starring Callan McAuliffe, John Batchelor, and Diana Glenn; Boo Junfeng's "The Casuarina Cove" starring Nick Shen, Scott Lei, and Yann Yann Yeo; Christopher Banks's "Teddy" starring Brian Moore, Chris Tempest, and Alan Granville; Kim Jho Gwang-soo's "Love, 100°C" starring Do-jin Kim, Jae-won Kwak, and Se-Hyun Yun; Sophie Hyde's "My Last Ten Hours With You" starring Toby Schmitz and Joel McIlroy; Darcy Prendergast's "Ron the Zookeeper" featuring Marc Gallagher and Darcy Prendergast; and Brent Anbe's "Ajumma! Are You Krazy???" starring Thea Matsuda, Tessie Magaoay, and Cari Mizumoto.

Based on the change a rapidly growing town faces when southern developers take over.

Keeping the position of number one son requires a certain amount of ingenuity. Twelve year old Greg has inherited his father's competitive streak. On a family holiday to Fiji they have different ideas about where Greg should focus his talents. When his creative pursuits fail to amuse his father Greg goes to bizarre lengths to win him back.

The story is about Iris' rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover, McHeath and Art, an earnest young boxer. Within the flawed moral landscape, each character struggles to establish their sovereignty.

A morte misteriosa de uma equipe de pesquisadores petroleiros num pântano da Louisiana mobiliza os esforços de investigação do Xerife Kyle Williams, mas ele logo descobre que o culpado está longe de ser um criminoso comum.

When a young country footballer, Mat, comes to the big smoke to stay with his cousin, all he wants is a quiet night. After a twelve hour odyssey of cops, crazies, harlots and heavies, all he wants is a new cousin.

Danny era um motorista de caminhão; após brigar com sua namorada e ir para a prisão, decide escapar e viajar sentado em uma cadeira de jardim amarrada em balões. Ao passar por uma tempestade fica sem mapa e acaba se perdendo. Danny vê então a oportunidade de começar uma nova vida.

As coisas parecem tranquilas em Riverton, mas tudo começa a dar errado para o Inspetor Bugiganga. Claw planeja uma fuga fantástica da prisão e um novo crime do século. Enquanto isso, o prefeito da cidade revela um novo e melhorado G2, uma super-robô de alta tecnologia. Nesta aventura, o Inspetor Bugiganga e sua nova parceira G2 junto com outros amigos, se unem para salvar o mundo.

A lesbian private detective falls in love with a suspect in the disappearance of a young woman. The film is based on the verse novel of the same name by Australian poet Dorothy Porter.

City Loop tells the story of six young people who work in a pizzeria, as they struggle to comes to terms with boredom, fear of responsibility and pizzas to go

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.

Private detective Dirk Trent, a collector of cigarette butts, a "smooth" ladies man, a wearer of bad suits, and he's convinced there's more to an incident he caught on tape, where a man seemed about to murder his mistress with an axe. Delving deeper, the film enters some seldom-trodden territory as it slips easily into horror and sci-fi, while still maintaining the hilarious dialogue

Policial honesto tem de enfrentar a corporação corrupta no front externo e tentativas de desmoralizá-lo. Em casa, sua mulher, insatisfeita com a vida modesta, também o vê com maus olhos.