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Rachel's farm.

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"Film director and actress Rachel Ward is not the first person you’d expect to join a farming revolution. In this triumphant film, Rachel voyages from wilful ignorance about the ecological impacts of conventional agriculture on her own rural property, to...

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The lost city of Melbourne.

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"In the 1850s, Melbourne was the fastest growing city in the world. “They dreamt big, they built big….it was a city jumping out of its skin”. It became an epicentre of film culture and its hotels, restaurants and cafes became world renowned. However, the...

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The subtle art of not giving a f*ck!.

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The film will explore society's obsessions with the pursuit of happiness and will be presented by Mark Manson alongside Disappointment Panda, a character from the book whose superpower is to tell people the harsh truth.

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The last rider.

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The heroic true story of American cyclist Greg LeMond, considered to be one of the greatest cyclists of all time, who defied the odds for one of the most triumphant comeback stories in sporting history. The first, and only, American to win the Tour de France,...

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John Farnham

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In this first authorised biopic, we follow Farnham's life from the innocent suburbs of Melbourne to '60s pop fame, through incredible highs and lows, and ultimately to record-breaking success as 'Australia's Voice'. John Farnham was 38 years old when...

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Knowing the score.

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Knowing the Score is a biopic of Australian conductor Simone Young, an inspiring, brilliant woman who made it to the top in a man's world wielding her wit, determination, sense of humour and baton. New York, London, Paris, Vienna, Simone Young has conquered...

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The giants.

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The Giants explores the intertwined fates of trees and humans in this poetic portrait of environmentalist Bob Brown and the Forest. From a seedling to forest elder: the film is a masterclass that draws on Bob's 50 years of inspiring activism, from the Franklin...

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The giants.

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The Giants explores the intertwined fates of trees and humans in this poetic portrait of environmentalist Bob Brown and the Forest. From a seedling to forest elder: the film is a masterclass that draws on Bob's 50 years of inspiring activism, from the Franklin...

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Frozen planet II

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Ten years on from the original Frozen Planet, this documentary series takes audiences back to the wildernesses of the Arctic and Antarctica and tells the complete story of the entire frozen quarter of our planet that's locked in ice and blanketed in snow.

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