| Title
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Director
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Cast
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Genre
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Notes
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| 100% Wool |
Tony Mahood |
Rowena Mohr, Nick Giannopoulos, James Cox |
Comedy / Short |
IMDb
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| Alice to Nowhere |
John Power |
John Waters, Steve Jacobs, Rosey Jones |
Crime / Drama / Horror |
IMDb
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| The Australian Image |
Graham Shirley |
Bill Hunter |
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IMDb
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| BabaKiueria |
Don Featherstone |
Michelle Torres, Bob Maza |
Drama / Short |
IMDb
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| Backlash |
Bill Bennett |
David Argue, Gia Carides, Lydia Miller, Brian Syron, Anne Smith, Gregory McMahon, Anthony Holmes, Don Smith, Jennifer Cluff |
Crime / Drama Feature film |
IMDb
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| The Blue Lightning |
Lee Philips |
Sam Elliott, Rebecca Gilling, Robert Culp, John Meillon, Robert Coleby, Max Phipps, Ernie Dingo, Ray Meagher, Norman Erskine |
Adventure / Action / Drama / Thriller TV film US Co-production |
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| Cactus |
Paul Cox |
Isabelle Huppert, Robert Menzies, Norman Kaye, Monica Maughan, Banduk Marika, Sheila Florance, Julia Blake, Ray Marshall, Maurie Fields, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Sean Scully |
Drama Feature film |
IMDb
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| Call Me Mr. Brown |
Scott Hicks |
Chris Haywood, Vincent Ball, Russel Kiefel, John Polson, John Frawley, Max Cullen, Edwin Hodgeman, Patrick Frost, Brenton Whittle, Ken Goodlet, Grant Piro, Bill Hunter |
Crime / Comedy Feature film |
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| Cassandra |
Colin Eggleston |
Tessa Humphries, Shane Briant, Kit Taylor, Lee James, Briony Behets, Susan Barling, Tim Burns, Natalie McCurry, Jeff Watson, Kate Carruthers, Gary Trail, Tegan Charles, Dylan O'Neill |
Horror / Thriller Feature film |
IMDb
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| Coming of Age |
Brian Jones |
Angela Menzies-Wills, David Evans, Mark Neal |
Comedy |
IMDb
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| Crocodile Dundee |
Peter Faiman |
Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, David Gulpilil, Mark Blum, Ritchie Singer, Maggie Blinco, Michael Lombard, Steve Rackman |
Adventure / Comedy / Drama Feature film |
IMDb
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| Dead-End Drive In |
Brian Trenchard-Smith |
Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry, Peter Whitford, Brett Climo, Ollie Hall, Wilbur Wilde |
Action / Horror / Sci-fi Feature film |
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| Death of a Soldier |
Philippe Mora |
James Coburn, Bill Hunter, Reb Brown, Maurie Fields, Belinda Davey, Max Fairchild, Michael Pate, Frank Thring, Terence Donovan |
Crime / Drama / War Feature film |
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| Departure |
Brian Kavanagh |
Patricia Kennedy, Michael Duffield, June Jago, Serge Lazareff, Jon Sidney, Sally Cahill, Bettina Welch, Barry Quin, Peter Dunn, Barbara Warner, Sally Catall, Sean Scully |
Drama Feature film |
IMDb aka: "A Pair of Claws"[1]
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| Dot and Keeto |
Yoram Gross |
Robyn Moore, Keith Scott, Ashley Ayre |
Children / Animation |
IMdb
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| Dot and the Whale |
Yoram Gross |
Kim Deacon, Robyn Moore, Keith Scott |
Children / Animation |
IMDb
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| Double Sculls |
Ian Gilmour |
John Hargreaves, Chris Haywood, Bill Kerr |
Adventure |
IMDb
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| Emma's War |
Clytie Jessop |
Lee Remick, Miranda Otto, Mark Lee |
Drama |
IMDb
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| The Fish Are Safe |
Noni Hazlehurst |
Michele Fawdon, Peter Cummins, Grant Spiteri, Alan Fletcher, Vivean Gray, Frank Gallacher, Mickie Camilleri, Mike Bishop, Danny Nash, Penelope Shelton, Jane Menelaus |
Romance ABC TV film |
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| For Love Alone |
Stephen Wallace |
Helen Buday, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving, Huw Williams, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Odile Le Clezio, Kate Raison, Nick Opolski, John Polson, Linden Wilkinson, Judi Farr |
History / Romance Feature film |
IMDb Entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival[2]
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| Fortress |
Arch Nicholson |
Rachel Ward, Vernon Wells
|
Horror |
IMDb
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| Frenchman's Farm |
Ron Way |
Tracey Tainsh, David Reyne, Ray Barrett, Norman Kaye, Andrew Blackman, Phil Brock, John Meillon, Penny Jones |
Horror / Mystery / Thriller Feature film |
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| The Fringe Dwellers |
Bruce Beresford |
Justine Saunders, Kristina Nehm, Bob Maza, Kyle Benning, Dennis Walker, Kath Walker, Ernie Dingo |
Drama Feature film |
IMDb, entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival[3]
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| Frog Dreaming |
Brian Trenchard-Smith |
Henry Thomas |
Drama |
IMDb
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| Gallagher's Travels |
Michael Caulfield |
Ivar Kants, Joanne Samuel, Stuart Campbell, Jennifer Hagan, Frances Yin, Sylvester Iwinski, Kym Lynch, Laurence Hodge, David Clendenning, Ian Cope, Danny Underwood |
Adventure / Comedy / Romance TV film |
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| Going Sane |
Michael Robertson |
John Waters, Judy Morris, Linda Cropper, Kate Raison, Frank Wilson, Jim Holt, Brett Climo, Tim Robertson |
Comedy Feature film |
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| A Halo For Athuan |
Alan Burke |
Gwen Plumb, Ron Haddrick, Fiona Stewart, Tim Elliot, Danny Caretti, Tom Farley, Basil Clarke, Saviour Sammut, David Morris, Fred Steele, Denise Roberts, Dane Carson |
Comedy / Drama ABC TV film |
aka Athuan / The Book Of Athuan
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| The Hour Before My Brother Dies |
James Clayden |
Peter Hehir, Rhonda Wilson, Reg Evans, Margot Duell, Mark Minchinton, Victor Iacobucci, Ryan Sneddon, Rachel Pocock |
Drama ABC TV film |
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| Hunger |
Stephen Wallace |
Brendan Higgins, Melita Jurisic, Ken Lawrence, Corinne Bassett, John Bell, Paul Chubb, Briony Behets, Evette Bassett, Robyn Archer, Cathy Downes |
Drama ABC TV film
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| The Humpty Dumpty Man |
P. J. Hogan |
Frank Gallacher, Jim Holt, Frederick Parslow, Claire Crowther, Rod Mullinar, Alex English, John Frawley, Deborra-Lee Furness, Kim Gyngell, Sue Jones, Robin Harrison, Frankie J Holden |
Drama / Thriller Feature film |
IMDb
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| Jackson's Crew |
Michael Rodger |
John Bowman, Penny Jones, Cae Rees, Greg Powells, Rebecca Cogzill, Andrew Booth, Ove Altman, Jenny Hall, David Clendenning |
Drama / Family TV film / TV Pilot |
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| Jenny Kissed Me |
Brian Trenchard-Smith |
Ivar Kants, Deborra-Lee Furness, Tamsin West |
Drama |
IMDb
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| Just Us |
Gordon Glenn |
Scott Burgess, Catherine McClements, Merfyn Owen, Gina Riley, Jay Mannering, Kim Gyngell, Marie Redshaw, Richard Moss, Dennis Moore, Judith Graham |
Crime / Romance TV film |
IMDb
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| Kidnapped |
Geoff Collins |
Tom Burlinson, Matthew Fargher, Wallas Eaton |
Animation / Adventure |
IMDb
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| Landslides |
Sarah Gibson, Susan Lambert |
|
Documentary |
IMDb
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| The Last Warhorse |
Bob Meillon |
Graham Dow, Robert Carlton, Olivia Martin, Kristen Vergia, Ritchie Singer, Kurt Schneider, Kenji Konda, Kazue Matsumoto |
Drama / Family TV film |
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| Le Corps imagé |
Stephen Cummins |
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Short |
IMDb
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| The Local Rag |
Keith Wilkes |
Maggie Millar, Peter Cummins |
Drama |
IMDb
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| Malcolm |
Nadia Tass |
Colin Friels, Lindy Davies, Chris Haywood, John Hargreaves, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Beverley Phillips, Heather Mitchell, Ian McFadyen, Denise Scott, |
Comedy / Crime Feature film |
IMDb
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| Man and Boy |
John Clarke |
Terry Gill, Frank Magree, Cliff Ellen, John Clarke |
Short |
IMDb
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| Marauders |
Mark Savage |
Zero Montana, Colin Savage, Megan Spencer, Janie Fearon, Sam Davies, Sonia Berton, Richard Wolstencroft, Paul Harrington |
Horror / Thriller Feature film |
IMDb
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| The More Things Change... |
Robyn Nevin |
Judy Morris, Barry Otto, Victoria Longley |
Drama |
IMDb
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| My Letter to George |
Michael Laughlin |
Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy, Dan Shor, Harry Andrews |
Drama |
IMDb Aka: "Mesmerized"[4]
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| My Life Without Steve |
Gillian Leahy |
Jennifer Vuletic |
Drama / Short |
IMDb
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| Played in Australia |
|
Margreta Elkins, Thomas Edmonds |
Documentary |
IMDb
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| Playing Beatie Bow |
Donald Crombie |
Peter Phelps, Imogen Annesley, Mouche Phillips, Nikki Coghill, Moya O'Sullivan, Don Barker, Su Cruickshank, Lyndel Rowe, Barbara Stephens |
Drama / Historical / Romance Feature film |
IMDb
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| Raoul Wallenberg: Between the Lines |
Karin Altmann |
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Biography |
AFI award
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| Run Chrissie Run! |
Chris Langman |
Carmen Duncan, Red Symons, Michael Aitkens, Shane Briant |
Adventure, Crime, Drama |
IMDb
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| Shark's Paradise |
Michael Jenkins |
David Reyne, Sally Taylor, Ron Becks, John Paramor, Peter Sumner, Peter Gwynne, Dennis Miller, Ralph Cotterill, Lynda Stoner, Sean Scully, Howard Mungo |
Action / Drama / Thriller TV film / TV Pilot |
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| Short Changed |
George Ogilvie |
David Kennedy, Susan Leith, Jamie Agius |
Drama |
IMDb
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| A Single Life |
John Power |
Tina Bursill, Steven Jacobs, Jane Clifton, Pamela Rabe, Tony Rickards, Terence Donovan, John Higginson, Esben Storm |
Drama / Romance ABC TV film |
aka Below The Belt (Melbourne)
|
| Sky Pirates |
Colin Eggleston |
John Hargreaves, Meredith Phillips, Max Phipps |
Adventure / Sci-Fi |
IMDb
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| Starview |
Patrick Flanagan |
Oriana Panozzo, Tony Álvarez |
Sci-Fi |
IMDb
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| The Steam-Driven Adventures of Riverboat Bill |
Paul Williams |
Debby Cumming, Brian Hannan, Frank Thring |
Animation / Family |
IMDb
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| The Surfer |
Frank Shields |
Gary Day, Gosia Dobrowolska, Rod Mullinar, Tony Barry, Gerard Maguire, Stephen Leeder, David Clendenning, Kris McQuade |
Action / Drama / Thriller Feature film |
IMDb
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| Time After Time |
Bill Hays |
John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Helen Cherry, Ursula Howells, Trevor Howard |
Comedy |
IMDb
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| Traps |
John Hughes |
Carolyn Howard, Gwenda Wiseman, Paul Davies, John Flaus, Lesley Stern, Sylvie Le Clezio, Drew Cottle, Peter Sommerfield, Michael Gill |
Drama / Thriller Feature film |
IMDb
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| Two Friends |
Jane Campion |
Kris Bidenko, Emma Coles, Kris McQuade, Debra May, Peter Hehir, Tony Barry, Stephen Leeder, Kim Antonios, John Sheerin, Denise Roberts, Steve Bisley |
Drama ABC TV film |
IMDb, Screened at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival[5]
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| Windrider |
Vincent Monton |
Tom Burlinson, Nicole Kidman, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Jill Perryman, Simon Chilvers, Kim Bullad, Stig Wemyss, Mark Williams |
Action / Drama / Romance Feature film |
IMDb Making Waves (Title in Perth, Western Australia)
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| Zombie Brigade |
Carmelo Musca, Barrie Pattison |
John Moore, Khym Lam, Geoffrey Gibbs, Adam Wong, Leslie Wright, Bob Faggetter, Michael Fuller, Graeme Rattigan, Brian Fitzsimmons, Maggie Wilde West |
Horror Feature film |
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