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Genre: Drama Sport

Year: 2015

Runtime: 93 min

Director: Dean Francis

Cast: Matt Levett Maya Stange Jack Matthews Harry Cook

Plot: In the cloistered world of competitive surf-lifesaving, an Australian hero is de-throned as the reigning champion by a younger, gay competitor. He embarks on a campaign of intimidation and bullying against the newcomer but is forced to confront his own repressed homoerotic desire. A booze-fuelled night out brings jealousy, homophobic fear and unrequited lust to a tragic and shocking climax

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Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Lee Galea
Year: Y2013
Country: Australia
Language: English
Cast: Tristan Barr,Lucas Linehan,Rohana Hayes,Katrina Maree,Marcel Reluctant



When Mike's English teacher pairs him up for a class assignment on Romeo and Juliet with the new kid William, Mike can't believe his luck. However as the two spend more and more time working together on a monster movie version of the Bard's classic tale, they both soon realize their feelings for one another may be more powerful than either of them is truly ready for. Keywords:1990s,Teenage,Coming Of Age



Genre: Biography
Director: Paul Cox
Year: Y2001
Country: Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden
Language: English
Cast: Derek Jacobi,Delia Silvan,Chris Haywood,Hans Sonneveld,Oliver Streeton



Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky's diaries which detail his madness as well as his homosexual relationship with Ballet Russe impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his marriage to his Italian wife. Keywords:Ballet,Diary,Dance



Genre: Comedy, Biography, Documentary
Director: Jonathan Duffy
Year: Y2011
Country: Australia
Language: English
Cast: Jonathan Duffy,Vincent Cornelisse



The film began production in September 2008 when Dr Vincent Cornelisse decided to leave Brisbane and move to country Queensland in order to further his career. However, Vincent wouldn't do this without his partner, Jonathan Duffy. Neither of the two had ever lived in a country town and were excited about the scene change but nervous about how they would be received. A friend jokingly suggested that Jonathan should film their experience in case they were murdered. Jonathan decided to do this, not because he thought they would be in danger, because he believed that it was going to be a positive and enlightening journey. The Doctor's Wife explores their journey through Jonathan's eyes. Audiences will get a glimpse into the real life experiences of a rural medical practitioner and his partner. Keywords:



Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Richard Turner
Year: Y1997
Country: Australia
Language: English
Cast: Caleb Packham,May Lloyd,David Franklin,Graham Harvey,Paul Selgren





Disgusted with her single mother's endless chain of boyfriends, teenage Violet flees her small town in search of the father she hasn't seen in many years. When she arrives on his doorstep, she is rather surprised to learn that he has been living with his male lover for 8 years. The gay couple decide to take Violet in, only to learn that living with a teenager is more difficult than they expected. A touching and humorously unconventional family drama from Australia.
Keywords:Human Relationship,Gay Couple



Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Ed Aldridge
Year: Y2007
Country: Australia
Language: English , Italian
Cast: Jack Baxter,Lorena Arancibia,Jed Clarke,Curtis Dickson,Harry Catterns



From the sun-drenched beaches of Australia comes this sexy coming-of-age romance. Cute teen Midget Hollow (Jack Baxter) wanders through life riding big waves and partying with surfer boys. When Midget's best friend's gay brother Cass arrives on the scene, the two quickly dive head first into a clandestine sea of sexual awakening. As his lusty romance with the dark-eyed Adonis is soon discovered, Midget has to navigate between his friends' reaction and his newfound love all while growing up during a hot summer of fun in the sun! Keywords:Gay Brother,Brother,Teen,Teacher Student Relationship



Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director: Stephan Elliott
Year: Y1994
Country: Australia, UK
Language: English , Filipino
Cast: Hugo Weaving,Guy Pearce,Terence Stamp,Rebel Penfold-Russell,John Casey



Anthony "Tick" Belrose (Hugo Weaving), using the drag pseudonym of Mitzi Del Bra, is a Sydney-based drag queen who accepts an offer to perform his drag act at Lasseter's Hotel Casino Resort managed by a female friend named Marion (Sarah Chadwick) in Alice Springs, a remote town in central Australia. After persuading his friends and fellow performers, Bernadette Basinger (Terence Stamp), a recently bereaved transsexual woman, and Adam Whitely (Guy Pearce), a flamboyant and obnoxious younger drag queen who goes under the drag name Felicia Jollygoodfellow, to join him, the three set out in a large tour bus which Adam christens "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" for a four-week run in the Australian Outback town. While on the long journey through remote lands bordering the Simpson Desert, they meet a variety of characters, including a group of friendly Australian Aborigines for whom they perform, and the less accepting attitudes of rural Australia in such towns as Coober Pedy, and are subjected to homophobic abuse and even violence, including having their tour bus vandalised with the words "AIDS fuckers go home." Keywords:Desert,Bus,Drag Queen,Drag,Transsexual



Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Kenneth Bi
Year: Y2004
Country: Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore
Language: English , French , Mandarin
Cast: Sylvia Chang,Martin Yan,Melanie Laurent,LePham Tan,Craig Toh



Fearing her son could be gay, a conservative mother takes in a French foreign exchange student, who ends up teaching the family a lot about life, acceptance, and love. Keywords:Chinese Restaurant,Cooking,Friendship Between Boys,Cycling


Genre: Drama
Director: Murali K. Thalluri
Year: Y2006
Country: Australia
Language: English
Cast: Teresa Palmer,Frank Sweet,Sam Harris,Charles Baird,Joel Mackenzie



A contemporary, ensemble drama telling the complex tale of six high school students whose lives are interwoven with situations that so many of today's youth are faced with. The story takes place during a normal school day. At precisely 2:37 a tragedy will occur, affecting the lives of a group of students and their teachers. As the story unfolds, the individual stories of the six teenagers are revealed, each with its own explosive significance. An unwanted pregnancy unravels a terrible, dark secret; all is not as it appears for the seemingly confident school football hero; an outcast must deal with everyday taunts from his peers; a beautiful young girl battles an eating disorder; a stellar student constantly struggles to win his parents' approval; while another uses drugs to escape from his own demons.




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