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2002 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 7 min
This miniature masterpiece by animator Lee Whitmore draws on memories of her childhood, and especially the stillness and silence of her elderly grandmother. more
AFTER THE FACTS
2018 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 5 min
In the early years of cinema, editors were usually women. This short documentary by Karen Pearlman ASE looks at how they wielded power, and how their work was made invisible. more
ANIMATING AEROPLANE JELLY
2020 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 24 min
An episode in the life of pioneer Australian animator, Eric Porter, and his creation of one of the most iconic and enduring of Australian advertising images. An award-winning film by Michael Kraaz. more
AUSTRALIAN FILM 1900-1977: A guide to feature film production (book)
(G)
A book by Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper *Oxford University Press 1998 (second edition) *Paperback * 362 pages including index. A comprehensive guide to the feature films of the first eight decades of filmmaking in Australia. more
BALANDA AND THE BARK CANOES, THE
2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
This lively and eye-opening documentary is a companion film to TEN CANOES, the landmark feature film which Rolf de Heer made with the people of the Arafura Swamp in Central Arnhem Land. (TEN CANOES and its compilation sequel, TWELVE CANOES, are both available from Ronin Films). more
BLISS
1985/2022 (MA) 111 min
The celebrated debut feature by Ray Lawrence is a masterwork of bold ideas, gleefully surreal images, subversive farce and tenderness. From a Peter Carey screenplay and novel. Now re-mastered from the original film negatives by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. more
BOOT CAKE, THE
2009 (G) 74 min
A small desert town on the edge of western India's famous salt plains is the unlikely home of the world's largest population of Charlie Chaplin impersonators. The Charlie Circle of Adipur embraces businessmen, shopkeepers, a doctor who prescribes Chaplin movies for medicinal purposes, teachers, engineers, students and... more
BRAN NUE DAE
1991 (PG) 55 min
This documentary traces the development and production of the successful stage musical, Bran Nue Dae. The writer of the play, Jimmy Chi, talks about how his experiences and education led to his writing of the semi-autobiographical musical. Selections from the musical are intercut with interviews and historical footage. more
BREAD AND DRIPPING
1981 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 17 min
Restored from original film materials: a classic documentary from 1981, telling women's stories of the Great Depression in the 1930s in Australia. more
CHILD'S EYE, THE
2018 (G) 147 min
AVAILABLE ONLY ON DVD! Through a series of workshops across India, documentary filmmaker David MacDougall sought to empower young filmmakers to engage directly with the world around them, using cameras to interrogate and explore what they saw, from their own unique child's perspective. more
CREATING A MONSTER
2017 (PG) 20 min
A documentary by Gena Lida Riess exploring the ethics of reality television, how it is constructed and consumed, and the psychological impact that it has on participants. more
DAVID HIRSCHFELDER: Drawing the audience in - making the music for SHINE
2016 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 28 min
David Hirschfelder was the composer of original music, and music arranger, for the Oscar-winning feature film SHINE (1996). In this documentary, made for the 20th anniversary of the release of the feature, Hirschfelder recalls the complex process of selecting, arranging and recording the music for the film. more
DON'T CALL ME GIRLIE
1985 (G) 69 min
From the birth of the cinema to World War II, DON'T CALL ME GIRLIE tells the untold story of Australia's movie heroines, on and off the screen. Discover the roles our women filmmakers really played - on screen as stars, behind the cameras, as producers, writers, directors and publicists. more
DRAMA SCHOOL
2001 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 270 min
A NINE PART SERIES ON LIFE INSIDE AUSTRALIA'S MOST FAMOUS ACTING SCHOOL - NIDA [National Institute of Dramatic Arts]. more
EDITOR'S ANTHOLOGY, AN
2016-2020 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 32 min
An anthology of three short films by Karen Pearlman ASE, about women and cinema: Woman with an editing bench, After the facts and I want to make a film about women. more
ELECTRIC SHADOWS: The Story of a Cinema
2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 50 min
Electric Shadows: The Story of a Cinema tracks the history of the cinema, through both the good times and the tough times, and looks at the cinema's emergence as something of an icon in the Canberra cultural scene. INCLUDES EXTRA FEATURES. more
EVER THE LAND
2015 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 93 min
EVER THE LAND explores the bond between people and their land through the landmark design and construction of a unique "Living Building" by one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most passionately independent Maori tribes, Ngai Tuhoe. more
GEOFFREY RUSH: The Imp, the Spirit, the Hero - playing David Helfgott in SHINE
2016 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 28 min
A delightful short film, made for the 20th anniversary of the release of SHINE. Prior to the production of SHINE in 1996, Geoffrey Rush was a renowned theatre actor in Australia but had had little involvement in film. SHINE transformed his career, especially when he won the Oscar for Best Actor. more