1970 – 1979
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Go to: 1979 – 1989
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Adam’s Woman
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Philip Leacock
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Beau Bridges, Jane Merrow, John Mills, James Booth, Andrew Keir, Tracy Reed
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Drama
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Georgio Mangiamele
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George Dixon, Maggie Copeland, Ray Fellows, Louise Hall, Ollie Vens-Kevics
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Action/ Drama/ Thriller
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Boobs a Lot
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Aggy Read
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Short / Comedy
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Dead Easy
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The Journey
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The Naked Bunyip
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Nothing Like Experience
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Old Man and Dog
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Part One: 806
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Part Two: The Beginning
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The Phallic Forest
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The Set
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Three to Go: Michael
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AFI winner for Best Film
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Marc Daniels
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Walter Chiari, Jack Albertson, Rowena Wallace.
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Toula
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And the Word Was Made Flesh
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Dusan Marek
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Jan Cernohous, Jo Van Dalen, John Kirk, Christine Pearce, David Stocker
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Bello, onesto, emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata
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Bonjour Balwyn
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Nigel Buesst
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John Duigan, Peter Cummins, John Romeril, Patricia Condon, Barbara Stephens, Reg Newson, Camilla Rountree, Marcel Cugola, Jim Nicholas, Alan Finney, Peter Carmody, Geoff Gardner
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Comedy
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Country Town
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The Girl on the Roof
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Homesdale
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Geoff Malone, Grahame Bond
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Comedy
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IMDb. AFI winner for Best Film
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The Jumping Jeweller of Lavender Bay
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Morning of the Earth
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Albert Falzon
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Stephen Cooney, Terry Fitzgerald, Barry Kanaiaupuni, Gerry Lopez, Michael Peterson, David Treloar, Nat Young
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Nickel Queen
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John McCallum
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Googie Withers, John Laws, Alfred Sandor, Ed Devereaux, Peter Gwynne, Doreen Warburton, Tom Oliver, Ross Thompson, Joanna McCallum, Elieen Colocott, Maurice Ogden, Sir David Brand, Charles Court, Arthur Griffith, Ken Johns, Jenny Tuurenhout
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Out They Go
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The Passionate Industry
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A Personal History of the Australian Surf
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Roof Needs Mowing
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Stockade
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Bruce Spence, Graeme Blundell, Sean McEuan
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AFI winner for Best Film
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Sympathy in Summer
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Three to Go
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Violence in the Cinema, Part 1
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George Miller
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Arthur Dignam, Victoria Anoux, Mallory Pettit, Karl Avis, Stewart McQueen
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Short
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Ted Kotcheff
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Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson
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Drama / Thriller
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Entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival
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Nicolas Roeg
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Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil, John Meillon.
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Adventure
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Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Spike Milligan, Peter Cook, Paul Bertram, Dennis Price, Avice Landone, Mary Ann Severne, Jenny Tomasin, Dick Bentley, Julie Covington, Judith Furse, Christopher Malcolm, Maria O’Brien, Margo Lloyd, Wilfred Grove, Bernard Spear, Joan Bakewell, John Joyce, John Clarke, William Rushton, Irvin Allen, Alexander Archdale, John D. Collins, Russell Davies, Derek Ednie, Jean Fredericks, Jonathan Hardy, Brad Hay, Julian Jebb, Ken Kitson, Subramania Ramakrishnan, Patsy Reading, Mohammad Shamsi, Elsa Smith, Brian Tapply, Jack Watling, Gough Whitlam
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Caravan Holiday
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A City’s Child
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Flashpoint
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Gentle Strangers
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Lalai Dreamtime
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Night of Fear
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Private Collection
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Shirley Thompson vs. the Aliens
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Jim Sharman
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comedy horror
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Sunstruck
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The Runner
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Aches and Snakes
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David Deneen
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Short
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Graeme Blundell, Abigail, Lynette Curran, Christine Amor, Dina Mann, Dennis Miller, Jill Forster, Frederick Parslow, Valerie Blake, Alan Finney, Gary Down, Christine McClure, Peter Aanensen, Jenny Hagen, Kris McQuade, Shara Berriman, Stan Monroe, Penne Hackford-Jones, George Whaley, Jacki Weaver, Elieen Chapman, Jan Friedl, Barbi Taylor, Anne Scott-Pendlebury, Danny Webb, Noel Ferrier, Jon Finlayson, John Smytha, Brian Moll, Lynne Flanagan, Peter Cummins, Debbie Nankervis, Elke Neidhart, Les James, Tony Holtham, Bill Bennett, Clare Balmford, Sally Conabere, Carole Skinner
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An Essay on Pornography
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Avengers of the Reef
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Chris McCullough
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Simon Drake, Biu Rarawa, Tim Elliott, Noel Ferrier, Garry McDonald, Dibs Mather, Lesie, Judy Morris, Jenny Lee, Richard Lupino, Bob Lee, Eddie Osborne
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Adventure
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Bulls
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Castor and Pollux
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Come Out Fighting
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Cruisin’
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Dalmas
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Don Quixote
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Floating This Time
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Gretel
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Libido
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David Baker, Tim Burstall, John B. Murray, Fred Schepisi
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AFI winner for Best Film (for the segment "The Child")
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Lost in the Bush
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One Hundred a Day
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Gillian Armstrong
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Rosalie Fletcher
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Short
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8 min.
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Satdee Night
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That’s Showbiz
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The Man Who Can’t Stop
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The Office Picnic
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The Sabbat of the Black Cat
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Wheels on Fire
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Gary Young
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Documentary
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27A
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AFI winner for Best Film
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David Bilcock, Robin Copping
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Graeme Blundell, Alan Finney, Gus Mercurio, Noel Ferrier, Abigail, Jon Finlayson, Kris McQuade, Chantal Contouri, Jeff Ashby, Frank Wilson, Ross Bova, Briony Behets, Arna-Maria Winchester, Frank Thring, Clare Balmford, Judy Stevenson, Alan Lee, Candy Raymond, Peter Thompson, Maurice Fields, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Debbie Nankervis, Dina Mann, Esme Melville, Nanette Goode, John Michael Howson, Reg Gorman, Terry Gil, Lindsay Edwards, Louis Seater, Ray Chubb, Nick De Linde, Nat Levison, Robert Tully, Garry Keane, Brian Cadd, Ken Webb, Bill McStay, Paul Jansen, Terry Gollant, Jack Allan, Bob Lee, Vanessa Leigh, Marcia Essers
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John D. Lamond
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Documentary
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Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Donald Pleasence, Dick Bentley, Louis Negin, Paul Humpoletz, Beatrice Aston, Nancy Blair, Ishag Bux, Nell Campbell, Craig Canning, Chantal Contouri, Ed Devereaux, Michael Downey, Arthur English, Gail Galih, Robert Gillespie, Deryck Guyler, Clive James, John James, Julian Jebb, Merdelle Jordine, Roy Kinnear, John Le Mesurier, Philip Lloyd, Andrew Lodge, Michael Newman, Margo Reid, Fiona Richmond, Don Spencer, Meiji Suzuki, Brian Tapply, Desmond Tester, Tommy Trinder, Lincoln Webb, Gough Whitlam, Margaret Whitlam, Frank Windsor, Katya Wyeth
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Between Wars
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Michael Thornhill
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The Cars That Ate Paris
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A Handful of Dust
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India Our Asian Neighbours
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Lockhart Festival
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Matchless
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Moving On
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Mr. Symbol Man
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Jack Thompson, Jackie Weaver, Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell
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Drama
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A Steam Train Passes
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David Haythornwaite
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Short docum.
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Sandy Harbutt
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Ken Shorter, Sandy Harbutt, Deryck Barnes.
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Sweet Feed
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The Players
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The Spiral Bureau
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Three Old Friends
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Tidikawa and Friends
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Tie jin gang da po zi yang guan
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Yackety Yack
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Dave Jones
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Dave Jones, John Flaus, Peter Carmody, Peggy Cole, John Cleary, Jerzy Toeplitz, Doug White, Rod Nicholls, Andy Miller
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Comedy
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Assault on Agathon
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László Benedek
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Adventure
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Paul Eddy
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Barrie Barkla, Fred Betts, Belinda Giblin, Ken James, Paul Karo, George Mallaby, Judy Nunn, Lois Ramsey, Ken Snodgrass, Leonie Bradley, Mercia Deane-Johns, Robert Forza, Cornelia Frances, Charles Gilroy, Graham Kennedy, Keith Lee, Tracy Mann, Robin Ramsay, Geraldine Turner, Marilyn Vernon, Luigi Villani
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Jack Thompson, Graham Kennedy, Frank Wilson
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Crystal Voyager
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Down the Wind
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The Firm Man
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The Golden Cage
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The Great Macarthy
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David Baker
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John Jarratt, Judy Morris, Kate Fitzpatrick, Sandra McGregor, Barry Humphries, John Frawley, Colin Croft, Chris Haywood, Colin Drake, Ron Fraser, Max Gillies, Dennis Miller, Lou Richards, Jim Bowles, Jack Dyer, Bruce Spence, Peter Cummins, Cul Cullen, Maurice Fields, Laidley Mort, Tim Robertson, Sally Conabere, Jon Finlayson, John Derum, Tim Bursill, Alan Hardy, David Atkins, Terry Norris, Frank Wilson, Vivean Gray, Myrtle Woods, Bill Garner, Max Meldrum, Luigi Villani, Burt Cooper, Bill Bennett, Clif Ellen, John Stanton, Ron Pinnell
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How Willingly You Sing
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Inn of the Damned
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Terry Bourke
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Judith Anderson, Michael Craig, Alex Cord, John Meillon
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Thriller
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Ironbark Bill in ‘The Champion Buckjumper’
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The Island
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The Love Epidemic
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The Man from Hong Kong
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Nuts, Bolts and Bedroom Springs
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The Olive Tree
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
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Mystery Drama
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Plugg
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Promised Woman
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Protected
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Pure Shit aka. Pure S…
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Bert Deling
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Drama
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The Removalists
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Ride a Wild Pony
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Scobie Malone
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Sidecar Racers
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Smokes and Lollies
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Solo Flight
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Ken Hannam
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Jack Thompson, Max Cullen, John Ewart.
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Symbol Boy
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That Lady from Peking
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The True Story of Eskimo Nell
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Richard Franklin
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Max Gillies, Serge Lazareff, Paul Lachon, Jerry Thomas, Kurt Beimel, Abigail, Kris McQuade, Christine McClure, Grahame Bond, Max Fairchild, Tony Bazell, Ernie Bourne, Paddy Madden, Victoria Anoux, Elke Neidhart, Bob Horsfall, Luigi Villani, David Byrne, Wayne Levy, Frank Hamilton, Ken Webb, Paul Jansen, Fred Van der Linde, John Bennet
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We Are All Alone My Dear
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Paul Cox
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Short
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We Should Call It a Living Room
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Aleksander Danko
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Short animation
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Genre
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Barney
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David Waddington
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Adventure
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IMDb
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Betty Blokk-buster Follies
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Peter Batey
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Comedy / Musical
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Break of Day
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Caddie
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Donald Crombie
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Helen Morse, Takis Emmanuel, Jack Thompson, Jacki Weaver, Melissa Jaffer, Ron Blanchard, Drew Forsythe, Kirrily Nolan, Lynette Curran, June Salter, John Ewart, John Gaden, Jane Harders, Phillip Hinton, Mary Mackay, Lucky Grills, Robyn Nevin, Sean Hinton, Marianne Howard, Pat Evison, Carmel Cullen, Willie Fennell, Les Foxcroft, Jack Allen, Vivienne Garrett
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Deathcheaters
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The Devil’s Playground
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Fred Schepisi
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Nick Tate, Simon Burke
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Drama
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Don’s Party
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John Hargreaves, Jeanie Drynan, Ray Barrett, Clare Binney
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Comedy, drama
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Eliza Fraser
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End Play
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A Fair Trial
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Fantasm
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The Fourth Wish
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Goodbye, Norma Jean
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Illuminations
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Image of Death
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Jeremy and Teapot
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Briann Kearney
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Patrick Thompson, Brian Syron, Jack Thompson
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Short fantasy
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(Cinema Papers "Women in Film – Briann Kearney" Jan.Feb. 1982 : 36-37) Winner – Best Film – Tucson Women’s Film & Video Festival USA 1986
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Leisure
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Let the Balloon Go
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Mad Dog Morgan
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Philippe Mora
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Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson, Bill Hunter
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Action
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Oz
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Queensland
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Shay Gap
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Storm Boy
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Henri Safran
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Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil, Judy Dick, Tony Allison, Michael Moody, Graham Dow, Eric Mack, Frank Foster-Brown, Michael Caulfield, Paul Smith, Hedley Cullen
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Stuntmen
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Summer of Secrets
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Sunshine and Shadows: 70 Years of Australian Cinema
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Surrender in Paradise
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The Trespassers
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Tubular Swells
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We Aim to Please
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Robin Laurie, Margot Nash
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Short
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ABBA: The Movie
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Backroads
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Action / Drama
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The Bad Society
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Mike Jacob, Gil Scrine
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Short documentary
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Blue Fire Lady
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Ross Dimsey
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Cosy Cool
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Dot and the Kangaroo
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Fantasm Comes Again
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The FJ Holden
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Michael Thornhill
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Paul Couzens, Eva Dickinson
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Drama
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The Getting of Wisdom
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Susannah Fowle
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Drama
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High Rolling
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Inside Looking Out
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Journey Among Women
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The Last Wave
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Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett
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Fantasy / Thriller
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Listen to the Lion
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The Love Letters from Teralba Road
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Stephen Wallace
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Kris McQuade, Bryan Brown, Gia Carides
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Drama
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The Mango Tree
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Kevin James Dobson
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Geraldine Fitzgerald, Robert Helpmann
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The Newman Shame
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Out of It
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The Picture Show Man
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Plunge Into Darkness
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Raw Deal
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Roses Bloom Twice
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The Singer and the Dancer
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Summerfield
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What a Way to Go
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Karl Rawicz
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And / Or = One
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Briann Kearney
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Kris McQuade, Vincent Gil, Anna West, Bridget Murphy
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Drama
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"Controversial film wins award" W.L.Wenger, Arizona Daily Wildcat, Tucson, 16.10.1986 : 3
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At Uluru
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Corinne Cantrill
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Blue Fin
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
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Fred Schepisi
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Tom E. Lewis, Angela Punch McGregor
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Drama
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3 wins & 10 nominations. Entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival
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Hospitals Don’t Burn Down
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In Search of Anna
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The Irishman
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The Island of Nevawuz
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Jenny
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The Last Tasmanian
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Letter to a Friend
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Letters from Poland
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Little Boy Lost
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Long Weekend
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Money Movers
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Mouth to Mouth
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Newsfront
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Bill Hunter
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The Night the Prowler
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Jim Sharman
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Ruth Cracknell, John Frawley
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Drama
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Patrick
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Richard Franklin
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Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Robert Thompson
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Horror
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Size 10
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Solo
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Stunt Rock
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Brian Trenchard-Smith
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Grant Page, Monique van de Ven, Margaret Gerard.
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Temperament Unsuited
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Third Person Plural
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Weekend of Shadows
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Tom Jeffrey
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Crime / Drama
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Alison’s Birthday
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Ian Coughlan
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Horror
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All in the Same Boat
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Short
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Apostasy
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Zbigniew Friedrich
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Drama
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As a Matter of Fact
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?
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Short documentary
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Buckeye and Pinto
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Cathy’s Child
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Dawn!
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Dimboola
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Evictions
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Exits
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Felicity
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Ileksen
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The Journalist
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Just Out of Reach
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The King of the Two Day Wonder
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Kostas
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The Last of the Knucklemen
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Gerard Kennedy, Michael Preston
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Drama
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The Little Convict
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Mad Max
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George Miller
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Mel Gibson
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Action / Adventure
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Mallacoota Stampede
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Morris Loves Jack
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Mutiny on the Western Front
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My Brilliant Career
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Gillian Armstrong
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Judy Davis, Sam Neill
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Now and Then
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Now You’re Taking
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The Odd Angry Shot
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Tom Jeffrey
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Graham Kennedy, John Hargreaves, Bryan Brown
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Action
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Prophecies of Nostradamus
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Pussy Pumps Up
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Puttin’ on the Ritz
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Snapshot
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Thirst
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This Woman Is Not a Car
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Tim
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Michael Pate
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Piper Laurie, Mel Gibson, Alwyn Kurts, Pat Evison, Peter Gwynne, Deborah Kennedy, David Foster, Michael Caulfield, Margo Lee, James Condon, Brenda Senders, Kevin Leslie, Allan Penney, Brian Barrie, Geoff Usher, Bill Charlton, Sheila McGuire Taylor, Doris Goddard, Catherine Bray, Arthur Faynes, Louise Pago
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Witches, Faggots, Dykes and Poofters
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Yesterday’s Hero
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Neil Leifer
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Drama
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