documentary
Aussie Short Films is not only for Australian short films! Australia is one of the leading documentary producers in the world but documentaries are difficult to sell and often have little opportunity to be shown. Documentaries show our great land, its people and its history.

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The Eye Of God Travelogue, 4 minutes. It was a sunset like no other up in Lyndhurst, South Australia. Thousands of people had come here, from all round the country and all round the world, to experience a total eclipse of the sun. Here's a bush ballad telling the tale... Best Script, 3rd Annual Bondi Short Film Festival. Finalist, Flagfall Film Festival 2006. Download as a 6.9 MB Windows File (right-click to save it) Download as a 4.2 MB Realplayer File (right-click to save it) Read The Eye Of God reviews (from the On The Lot website)
King Of The Ranges Trailer Country life, 1 minute. A montage of events from the latest Stockman's Challenge at Murrurundi, NSW, where some of Australia's toughest horsemen were put through their paces. Full-length DVD available on our shopping page.
Welcome To Hervey Bay Opening segment of the "Whale Tales Of Hervey Bay" compilation, 2 minutes. Back in 1987, Hervey Bay was just a quiet coastal town... until an enterprising skipper swapped his usual fishing charter for a tourist trip to see the humpback whales. Today it`s called "the whale watch capital of the world". Compilation available on our shopping page.
The Oceania Project Whalewatching diary, 8 minutes. The rollicking account of a voyage around Hervey Bay on a tall ship, encountering humpback whales, dolphins and seabirds, and meeting Migaloo the miraculous white whale. By the end of the week we have come to a new understanding of nature, the ocean, and man's place within the grand scheme. Download as a 14.4 MB Windows File (right-click to save it) Download as an 8.7 MB Realplayer File (right-click to save it)
Return Of The White Whale Sea story, 14 minutes. Something very special is occurring on Hervey Bay. There is the Oceania Project, seeking to understand the ocean's greatest creatures. There are whales who seem as interested in people as the people are in them. And there's a white whale and a filmmaker whose fates seem intertwined. Are two intelligent species starting to communicate? Download Part 1 as 14.9 MB Windows File (right click to save it) Download Part 2 as 10.6 MB Windows File (right click to save it) Download Part 1 as 9.3 MB Realplayer File (right click to save it) Download Part 2 as 6.4 MB Realplayer File (right click to save it)
Oceantalk Illustrated interviews, 18 minutes. Trish and Wally Franklin of "The Oceania Project" have been taking people out to meet the humpback whales of Hervey Bay in Queensland for a decade now. Their annual expedition mixes research, education, and a heady dose of what you might call mysticism. Here, in their own words, are the experiences they've had... Download Part 1 as 17.1 MB Windows File (right click to save it) Download Part 2 as 16.0 MB Windows File (right click to save it) Download Part 1 as 10.4 MB Realplayer File (right click to save it) Download Part 2 as 9.8 MB Realplayer File (right click to save it)
Sydney Harbour Fireworks Video postcards, 3 minutes all together. Spectacular moments from Sydney's famous New Year's Eve displays, plus the largest fireworks extravaganza ever staged- the 2000 Olympics finale- as viewed from a city apartment. Download Bridge Fireworks as Windows File (right-click to save it) Download Harbour Fireworks as Windows File (right-click to save) Download Olympic Fireworks as Windows File (right-click to save) Download Bridge Fireworks as Realplayer File (right-click to save) Download Harbour Fireworks as Real File (right-click to save it) Download Olympic Fireworks as Real File (right-click to save it)