Help for people with dementia and their carers in the community. This film is about creating ‘dementia friendly communities’. It poses the question ‘ how can communities help people with dementia?’ The narrator reminds us that community means ‘you and me’. What…
Diamond Rivers is a portrait of Geraldo Santos da Silva, part of a dying breed of diamond prospectors who still scour the riverbanks of Brazil looking for this rare gemstone. In his eighties, Geraldo continues to prospect as he reflects on the boom-and-bust cycle of the sleepy town he refused to leave.…
A powerful documentary by Ben Pederick, about the healing of Australia’s greatest river and its diverse peoples through ancient ceremony of culture and spirit. This is a story that started in 2010 with the Murrundi Ruwe Pangari Ringbalin, a ceremony to save the Murray Darling Rivers from a decade…
In recent years climate science has come under increasing attack, so concerned geologist Simon Lamb grabbed his camera and set out to explore the inside story of climate research. For over three years he followed scientists from a wide range of disciplines at work in the Arctic, Antarctic, Southern Ocean,…
In 2011, music legend Glen Campbell set out on an unprecedented tour across America. He thought it would last 5 weeks; instead it went for 151 spectacular sold out shows over a triumphant year and a half. What made this tour extraordinary was that Glen had recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s…
LIFE 2.0 follows a group of people whose lives are dramatically transformed by the virtual world, Second Life. They enter a new reality, whose inhabitants assume alternate personas in the form of avatars - digital alter egos that can be sculpted and manipulated to the heart's desire. The film is…
"The Fabulous Ice Age" chronicles the era of the great American touring ice shows revealing how, with their dazzling production numbers and variety acts, they dominate family entertainment for decades. It also depicts one skater's quest to keep this history from being forgotten. The ice…
Using intercepted satellite feeds and news footage shot during the 1992 Republican and Democrat presidential election primaries, FEED presents the wild, wacky world of American politics. Watch Hillary Clinton on her first Presidential campaign - for her husband - California Governor Jerry Brown snort…
Robynn Murray was an All-American high school cheerleader who became the poster girl for women in combat. Since returning from Iraq, she has fought an insidious foe: post-traumatic stress disorder. This Oscar-nominated documentary short follows Robynn over the course of two years as she embarks on a…
Immediately following the 2004 tsunami disaster, Alison and Oscar raced to Sri Lanka, with little money or experience, and planned to volunteer for two weeks. Along the way, they met up with two other volunteers - Donny and Bruce. Together they found themselves running a refugee camp for over a year.…
White Wash, the documentary, is a film exploring the complexity of race in America through the eyes of the ocean. Examining the history of "black consciousness" as it triumphs and evolves into the minds of black surfers, we learn the power of transcending race as a constructive phenomenon.…
Otherwise known as one of the art world’s rising young stars, the Brazilian artist invites viewers on a tour of his life, work and mind in WORST POSSIBLE ILLUSION: The Curiosity Cabinet of Vik Muniz. The documentary follows Vik on a whimsical, world-hopping journey from his studio in Brooklyn,…
