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Film

Mystery Road (2013): A Slow-Burning Outback Noir With a Pulse as Steady as the Land It Stands On.

Ivan Sen’s Mystery Road is one of those rare Australian films that feels both timeless and urgent—an outback noir that draws from westerns, crime thrillers, and Indigenous storytelling, yet stands firmly in a league of its own. With Sen writing, directing, shooting, and editing the film, this is auteur cinema at its most confident: precise, meditative, and brimming with quiet power. At the film’s centre is Aaron Pedersen, delivering a career-defining performance as Detective

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Nov 242 min read

Ten Canoes (2006)

Ten Canoes (2006) is a landmark, a cinematic circle back to the origins of storytelling on this continent. Directed by Rolf de Heer in close collaboration with the Yolŋu community of Ramingining, and guided by senior custodian Peter Djigirr, it stands as one of the most culturally significant works in Australian film history. But beyond its importance, Ten Canoes is also wildly engaging, surprisingly funny, visually gorgeous, and told with a confidence that only comes from st

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Nov 172 min read

Ivan Sen: The Visionary Storyteller of Two Worlds.

Ivan Sen is one of Australia’s most distinctive cinematic voices — a filmmaker whose lens captures both the vastness of the Australian landscape and the quiet, often painful introspection of those who inhabit it. A proud Indigenous storyteller of Gamilaroi descent, Sen’s work stands at the intersection of identity, belonging, and the struggle for self-definition in modern Australia. Over more than two decades, he has reshaped how Indigenous stories are told — rejecting stereo

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Nov 52 min read

Samson and Delilah – A Haunting Masterpiece of Silence and Survival.

Warrick Thornton’s Samson and Delilah (2009) is an unflinching poem of isolation, love, and resilience. Told with sparse dialogue and extraordinary visual power, it captures the raw, often devastating reality of life for two Aboriginal teenagers in a remote Central Australian community. It’s a story that refuses sentimentality, instead revealing beauty through endurance and quiet connection. The film follows Samson (Rowan McNamara), a volatile young man numbed by boredom and

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Oct 292 min read

Walkabout (1971): Lost and Found in the Australian Outback.

Few films have captured the Australian landscape — and its haunting psychological terrain — quite like Nicolas Roeg’s Walkabout. Released in 1971, the film remains one of cinema’s most poetic explorations of culture, survival, and the fragile boundaries between civilization and nature. At its core, Walkabout tells a simple story: two white children, abandoned in the harsh outback after a shocking act of violence, are guided back to safety by a young Aboriginal boy on his own

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Oct 232 min read

Radiance (1998) — A Landmark in Indigenous Storytelling.

Rachel Perkins’ Radiance (1998) is a quiet triumph — a raw, emotionally charged exploration of identity, sisterhood, and the lingering wounds of family and history. Adapted from Louis Nowra’s acclaimed stage play, this film marked a turning point in Australian cinema: one of the first to centre the lives and voices of Aboriginal women through an Indigenous creative lens. Set in tropical North Queensland, Radiance brings together three estranged sisters — Nona (Deborah Mailman

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Oct 151 min read

Storm Boy (1976) – A Quiet Classic of Australian Cinema.

Henri Safran’s Storm Boy is one of those rare films that lingers long after the credits roll, not because of grand spectacle but because of its quiet humanity. Adapted from Colin Thiele’s beloved novel, the 1976 film captures the raw beauty of South Australia’s Coorong and distils it into a story of childhood, friendship, and loss. At its heart is the relationship between young Mike, nicknamed “Storm Boy” (Greg Rowe), and the pelican he rescues and raises, Mr Percival. Their

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Oct 12 min read

Satellite Boy (2012) – A Quietly Powerful Journey Through Country and Connection.

Catriona McKenzie’s Satellite Boy is a gentle, deeply evocative film that places the Australian landscape at its heart, while exploring themes of cultural survival, intergenerational knowledge, and the fragile space between tradition and modernity. The story follows Pete (Cameron Wallaby), a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy living with his grandfather, Jagamarra (the late David Gulpilil, in one of his most tender roles), in the ruins of an old drive-in cinema in the Kimberley. Pete

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Sep 172 min read