Sydney Stories

Cher Trésor(fr)

Detective Kibbles: Part 2(en)

After being attacked in his home, Detective Kibbles and the Team must find the killers of Officer peterson with the help of some new friends.

Alone(en)

When an outbreak hits, Aidan barricades himself inside his apartment and starts rationing food. His complex is overrun by infected Screamers, and with the world falling apart into chaos, he is left completely alone fighting for his life.

Fly Away Peter(en)

Director Charles Saunders' low-key domestic comedy, adapted from A.P. Dearsley's play, centers on a middle-aged London couple who react in different ways as their four children grow up, fall in love and make career choices.

Natchathiram Nagargiradhu(ta)

Love and politics collide when modern day individuals working as theatre artists in fall in love while making a play about love. They realize that it's the social structure that determines their values and thoughts, and for their love to succeed, they have to go against it.

Ned Kelly(en)

After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from everyone who seeks them. Even if it means having his family arrested, the members of the Kelly Gang stay hidden and plan a way to get their names cleared.

Kangaroo Jack(en)

Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but things go all wrong when the money is lost to a wild kangaroo.

The First Temptation of Christ(pt)

Jesus, who's hitting the big 3-0, brings a surprise guest to meet the family. A Christmas special so wrong it must be from comedians Porta dos Fundos.

Nightfaces(de)

A taxi driver kicks a homeless woman out of his car. It'll be a long night until he can make amends.

Lavanderman - Truth or myth?(hr)

A three-member television crew from Zagreb comes to the island of Hvar to do an interview with Boris Buncuga, also known as Lavanderman, the first islandic superhero who fights againts moths, mosquitoes, insomnia, headache and vertigo with his lavander powers. Boris gained nationwide popularity after the publication of two comic books about his adventures, but he has so far stubbornly refused to talk to the press. It soon becomes clear why this time Boris bowed: Lavanderman does not hide his affection for the beautiful female journalist. In the meantime, through conversations with a number of characters, complemented by archival footage and narration, we learn the truth about this comic book hero.

Rota de Fuga(pt)

Manuela reports her husband to the federal police and enters the witness protection program. When he goes to prison, she leaves everything and tries to escape to Europe before he is released.

Sweet Country(en)

In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.

Amrutham Gamaya(ml)

A doctor works in a clinic in a village run by his sister's father-in-law. When he meets a villager, he realises that he and his gang had ragged and murdered his son at the medical college's hostel.

The Fifth Step(en)

An inmate manages to win the prison time battle by thinking about his wife, who was also imprisoned. He lives only with the hope that the two will see each other again, but eventually realizes that the only thing he has left is the memory of the two's dancing steps.

Bra Boys(en)

A film about the cultural evolution of the Sydney beach side suburb of Maroubra and the social struggle faced by it's youth - the notorious surf gang known as the Bra Boys.

Scattered People(en)

Follows Mas and Saha, two young Iranian asylum seeker musicians, navigating a frightening new world of immigration detention - where they discover the power of music.

Wekufe: The Origin of Evil(en)

A student travels with her boyfriend to Chiloé, remote Patagonia island in southern Chile, to investigate the link that exists between the high number of sexual related crimes and the myths 'n' legends that surround this mysterious place.

Little Tornadoes(en)

A poignant drama set in 1970s Australia about a newly-single father’s efforts to weather the turbulence of change – in his life and in the world around him – while a new immigrant endeavours to find her place in a foreign land.

Adam's Woman(en)

Adam is a young American wrongly accused of being an accomplice to murder while on shore leave in Liverpool. He is sentenced to death by hanging but the sentence is commuted to twenty years in a convict settlement in Australia.

Someone Dies!(en)

When his daughter is threatened by potential kidnappers, a deadbeat detective sets out to investigate a cryptic note that sends him spiraling down a rabbit hole of time and consequence.