Curated collections

Babe (1995) was a worldwide hit film based on a children’s book about a farm pig who wants to be a sheepdog.

The documentary 5 Seasons shows how Ancient First Nations philosophies and cosmologies treat the land as a living entity and worthy of respect.

The Sand to Celluloid initiative was developed by the Australian Film Commission's newly established ‘Indigenous Branch’ in 1993, which was led by Walter Saunders.

Animal Kingdom is the critically-acclaimed 2010 debut feature from writer/director David Michod.

Thanks Girls and Goodbye is not just a 'feel good’ nostalgia film. It explores how the Women’s Land Army was exploited during the Second World War.

First Nations paintings are maps of the artists’ Country. They trace the land’s topography, but also contain personal history, mythology and Dreaming tracks. The documentary Painting Country follows artists on a painting trip to their Country after many years away.

The documentary Stolen Generations uses historical and interview footage to tell the story of three First Nations people removed as children from their families.

In Baz Luhrmann's Australia (2008), three outsiders – an aristocrat, a stockman and a vulnerable child – are set against the malevolent forces of greedy neighbours, a world war and assimilationist policy.