Movies

  • 1989
    Between Us

    Between Us

    Between Us

    01989HD

    The story of Rick, a washing-machine serviceman, and his relationships with two very different women.

    Between Us
  • 2012
    Wap

    Wap

    Wap

    02012HD

    WAP stands for White Australia Policy, a racist policy which limited migration into Australia into the nineteen fifties. This policy can be read as a...

    Wap
  • 2021
    White Bat

    White Bat

    White Bat

    02021HD

    An experimental animation that draws the micro and macro into stark relation, "White Bat" occupies a no-zone that separates you from your own body....

    White Bat
  • 1976
    Running

    Running

    Running

    31976HD

    The film tries to 'destroy time' by the cyclical reworking of a short period of time. Gradually the image becomes less discernible and the flashing...

    Running
  • 2014
    Empire

    Empire

    Empire

    02014HD

    Empire re-animates found historic stereographic photographs predominantly of Melbourne’s city centre between 1927 and 1940 when the colonial...

    Empire
  • 2017
    Recover

    Recover

    Recover

    02017HD

    Dirk de Bruyn explores the history of Australian storytelling; the unknown, the forgotten and the lies we tell ourselves.

    Recover
  • 1994
    Rote Movie

    Rote Movie

    Rote Movie

    51994HD

    "'Rote Movie' is part of a series of works examining aspects of the traumatic experience. It is an examination of decay and forgetting, where what...

    Rote Movie
  • 1979
    Feyers

    Feyers

    Feyers

    01979HD

    Feyers is Dirk de Bruyn's most complicated work employing the many techniques he has experimented with over the years. Appropriately subtitled 'a...

    Feyers
  • 2012
    Telescope

    Telescope

    Telescope

    02012HD

    When the British flag was first planted on Australian soil with the words "there is nothing here" the colonisers set up a tradition of denial. This...

    Telescope
  • 1980
    Walk

    Walk

    Walk

    01980HD

    The film follows walking feet and progresses to a preoccupation with the dancing shadow of the camera and the filmmaker. Much of the footage was...

    Walk
  • 2024
    Flinders

    Flinders

    Flinders

    02024HD

    A timelapse record of Flinders Street Station over a period of 24 hours combining the contemporary affordances of digital video with the chiming...

    Flinders
  • 2025
    Traceless Traces

    Traceless Traces

    Traceless Traces

    02025HD

    Poetry video bridging the gap between analog and digital media, enunciating a trace-less trauma embedded in the surface of materialist film. Created...

    Traceless Traces
  • 1984
    Discs

    Discs

    Discs

    01984HD

    An experimental film showing various record covers. (AFW program notes)

    Discs
  • 2026
    Thought/Action

    Thought/Action

    Thought/Action

    02026HD

    Initiated in 1996 and completed in 2026, this home-processed 16mm film was inspired by Marc Adrian’s Total (1968) and incorporates the voices...

    Thought/Action
  • 2019
    Pattern Recognition

    Pattern Recognition

    Pattern Recognition

    02019HD

    An intriguing exploration of the changing impact of speed on our ability to view an image and construct meaning and narrative.

    Pattern Recognition
  • 2014
    The Death of Place

    The Death of Place

    The Death of Place

    02014HD

    The subject of Death of Place is 16mm film's direct on film techniques, migrated into the digital realm. Its story catches half articulated childhood...

    The Death of Place
  • 1984
    Migraine Particles

    Migraine Particles

    Migraine Particles

    01984HD

    We are told at the beginning that “this film is dedicated to Len Lye” and indeed the camera-less techniques used here – various...

    Migraine Particles
  • 2004
    H2

    H2

    H2

    02004HD

    Cut down to 16mm from a 35mm trailer for the movie Shaft, the slowed down voice, gunshot explosions and lsaac Hayes' iconic music become barely...

    H2
  • 2025
    Retracing Karkarook

    Retracing Karkarook

    Retracing Karkarook

    02025HD

    Retracing Karkarook stumbles through the traumatised spaces of Australian suburbia, dredging up layers of denial buried beneath the surface of...

    Retracing Karkarook
  • 1985
    Vision

    Vision

    Vision

    01985HD

    "...No photographed images. All handmade. It's all these squares, lines. The main techniques were bleaching and dyeing and sticking letraset material...

    Vision