Senses of Cinema

"This archival treasure trove chronicles the rise and role of Melbourne and Sydney filmmaking cooperatives in the 1960s and 1970s."

As notions of civil rights transformed across the world, so was the screen landscape reformed by the ascension of grassroots film movements seeking to challenge the mainstream. Some aspired to push form to its limit; others worked to destabilise what they saw as a homogenous industry, or to provoke questions around gender, sexuality, migration and race.

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Becoming Cousteau

Becoming Cousteau

2021

16 Shots

16 Shots

2018

Search for the Mothman

Search for the Mothman

2002

Wedding Night

Wedding Night

2023

La folie du tatouage

La folie du tatouage

2018

Tower of the Sun

Tower of the Sun

2018

Crutchfield: A Basketball Documentary

Crutchfield: A Basketball Documentary

2024

The Ashgrove Experiment

The Ashgrove Experiment

2024

Bala

Bala

1976

Stargate - En route vers les étoiles

Stargate - En route vers les étoiles

2009

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

2021

Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly

Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly

2020

La Magra

1998

Origins of 'Blade': A Look at Dark Comics

1998

Rhino Man

Rhino Man

2024

Battling Darkness

Battling Darkness

Renouer avec le vivant

Renouer avec le vivant

2023

Formicidae Sinfonia: The Music and Sounds of 'Phase IV'

2024

The Making of "Tampopo"

The Making of "Tampopo"

1986

June 1940, the Great Chaos

June 1940, the Great Chaos

2010