From the Australian underground comes a dynamic gothic original. Z and X are vampires bound by love and driven by their lust for blood. Together they stalk their unsuspecting prey in the dark streets and back alleys of Melbourne, but tonight they aren't the only killers lurking in the shadows. A moody and atmospheric thriller, A NOCTURNE: NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE is a sophisticated reworking of the vampire genre with film noir stylistics.
A newspaper journalist in Bosnia returns home to find that things are and are not as they seem.
Several interconnecting stories of love, loss, desire and despair, among both gay and straight characters. The main story concerns Anna, a successful but lonely novelist, who falls for Finola, a vivacious young writing student, who is involved with the troubled Cindy. Paul, keen on Anna, is pursued by Martin; and Evan and Skye, a young couple, experience problems.
An experimental narrative film - shots of inner-city landscapes, followed by a brief story, of a man who wakes up, gets dressed, goes outside and ...
A portrait of Melbourne in Spring '04 (September/October), a mosaic of different stories: an angel desires to be human; a young couple cope with long-distance relating; a novelist unexpectedly falls pregnant; a woman from London discovers Melbourne; and a disenfranchised man, with a gambling debt, becomes involved with an underworld gang.
A multi-layered narrative drama about ordinary people and their struggles and joys with life. Blue Notes is composed of five tales about people who are "blue": a married man struggles by with depression; his son spends his days drifting; a young woman reacts to being abused by her partner; a heroin addict attempts to start a career in music; and a lonely man, bereft of family, looks for a way to connect with others.
A portrait of a serial killer.
A university student decides he has had enough of university and so breaks away - or does he?
A hybrid film, part-documentary, part-fiction, on the history of Greek radical music.
A dance of impressions, of humans and animals and nature. Light and movement, music and silence, melancholy and laughter, Daddy-Long-Legs takes delight in cinematic and musical play ...
A 13-year-old boy comes home from school and goes out. He meets up with a friend and they go to various places together, interacting with various people. An unassuming and meditative, observational film exploring that dead time between "schools out" and evening. A film of small moments but big meanings.
Ali Alizadeh reads English translations of Rumi and Hafiz, as well as his own contemporary Sufi poems. Accompanying the poems, the film follows six characters on their individual journeys of disenchantment, awakening and bliss: a poet and dancer who are struggling with their art, and four lovesick individuals, engulfed in solitude and yearning.
A couple, Steve and Louise, quit their respective office jobs, deciding to follow their inner desires and their aspirations to be artistic.
The Searchers' classic hit "Needles and Pins" accompanies images of couples gazing lovingly into each others' eyes. Love, naturally, is transcendent.
A love letter is written and then sent off. There are two worlds - the one we have and the one we dream about. This film is all about the attempt to bridge the gap between the two.
Impressionistic documentary-cum-music clip of the residents of Kallithea, Athens, Greece.
The Writer prepares to shut off from the world; The Lover accepts the rejection of his love; The Cynic espouses the virtues of distance. Winter is here.
A low-key naturalistic drama set in contemporary Melbourne. It charts the story of a man, Robert, who returns home and tries to resume a relationship with a woman, Angela, after a period of 18 months apart from each other.
The story of Rick, a washing-machine serviceman, and his relationships with two very different women.
A document of various '45's, various 'singles'. Bill, Eléni, and George. Diary film? Documentary film? Fiction film? All this and more, in the film-maker's 45th film.
