Warwick Thornton Movies

This documentary focuses on the sacred sites in and around Mparntwe (Alice Springs) in central Australia, and the struggle of the Arrernte people to...

13 short films showcasing indigenous filmmakers from around Australia.

A young Aboriginal oyster farmer meets an aerial artist when the circus comes to town and must decide whether he will follow in his family footsteps...

With their ancient knowledge, traditional healers play a vital role in Aboriginal communities. This film follows three Ngangkari as they go about...

This moving documentary is a record of a few hours in the life of a small 7 year old boy, Ricco, from Hidden Valley, one of the many town camps on...

A woman living in a deserted mining camp might not be the only person hiding out there.

Burning Daylight is a dance/film project. The performance is set from late one night until dawn in a transit zone outside a notorious pub on a...

Meth Kelly explores how Australia’s colonial frontier narrative has been shaped by the imaginary heroic actions of the cult figure Ned Kelly....

15-year-old Marnie, Handycam at her side, captures a day in the life of her housing project.

1910 Swedish scientist, Eric Mjoberg, led an expedition to Australia. DARK SCIENCE travels in Mjoberg's footsteps to visit the communities he robbed,...

WILLIGAN'S FITZROY takes us to the small Aboriginal community of Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia. Through the eyes of the local Aboriginal...

Patricia Uberoi, an Australian woman, married an Indian professor in the 60s and moved to his home in New Delhi. They raised three children there,...

In 1955, filmmaker Chauvel debuted Jedda. His star was a young Arrernte woman from Alice Springs named Ngarla Kunoth, or Rosalie. Her story, the...

Tnorala is the Aboriginal name for Gosse's Bluff, a dramatic meteorite impact crater set in a vast plain 175km west of Alice Springs. This...