Short Changed

Abigail Kirk was an ordinary enough sixteen year old growing up in todays Sydney. An intriguing chain of events finds Abigail, through some eerie time shift, transported back one hundred years after watching some children playing a scary game called Beatie Bow.

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

Donald Crombie

Cast

Peter Phelps, Imogen Annesley, Mouche Phillips

Virginia, a young and adventurous woman, travels from England to Sydney, Australia, in search of her Australian ancestors.

Runtime

45m

Cast

Lucy Bell, Paul Mercurio

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who sho...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Nicolas Roeg

Cast

Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil

Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings the New Zealand bred horse raced on to become the hero of a nation.

Runtime

1h 47m

Director

Simon Wincer

Cast

Tom Burlinson, Richard Morgan, Judy Morris

A widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for "Miss Right," his son, who is in his 20s and gay, is searching for "Mr. Right."

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Geoff Burton, Kevin Dowling

Cast

Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson

Four friends pretend a cruise to escape their wives and go clubbing, but they are forced to go through face-saving shipwreck, becoming castaways.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Eduardo García Maroto

Cast

Antonio Vico, Mary Santpere, Fernando Rey

In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.

Runtime

1h 27m

Director

Eduardo García Maroto

Cast

Virgílio Teixeira, Margarita Andrey, María Isbert