Ronin Films (Firm)

This short drama by Darlene Johnson (director of The Redfern Story, Crocodile Dreaming, Gulpilil: One Red Blood and Stolen Generations) is a moving and powerful portrait of a young woman trapped in a cycle of violence, hopelessness and despair. She meets a mystery mentor who could change everything..."A searing portrait of one young woman's attempt to reconcile past and present as we walk the tightrope of her self-destructive emotions."- Phillip Noyce...Awards:.Event...

Comedian Becky Lucas jokes about taboo subjects. When she realized her best childhood friend had suffered years of horrific domestic violence, Becky became determined to bring the subject out into the open.. Becky had suspected something might be wrong with her friend but did nothing, and still feels a deep regret that she didn't act on her suspicions and help her friend. But what does an abusive relationship even look like? How does it begin? And...

A refugee of the Sudanese civil war, Zacharia (one of the "Lost Boys" of Sudan), lives in Sydney with his wife and daughter. He desperately wants to do something for his former village, now in the newly created nation of South Sudan. His dream is to build a much-needed school, and he enlists the backing of numerous Australians who help him to raise funds, but his ambitious plans are challenged when life intervenes.. Official Selection at the Melbourne...

In a world where everyone has a mobile phone, a personalised ringtone can say a lot about you...Welcome to the once-remote Aboriginal community of Gapuwiyak in northeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, where individual ringtones reveal rich insights into lives of the Yolngu people...From ancestral clan songs, animal calls and birdsongs to hip hop artists and gospel tunes, a Yolngu ringtone always comes with a great story. It might be the music...

When an Australian garbage collector, Stuart Harris, takes a photo of a tiny colourful spider, he has no idea how it will change his life. An epic three-year quest follows in which Stuart discovers much more than just a spider unknown to science. A remarkable story of determination, self-discovery and the power of citizen science to reveal nature's most extraordinary and well hidden wonders.

"No one from any government has ever known our language. ... How can they know us?". - David Gulpilil. Another Country is a documentary which considers, from the inside, the ramifications of one culture being dominated by another.. At the beginning of last century the Australian Government, along with entrepreneurs, opportunists and do-gooders, made a concerted effort to gain control of the lands of the Yolngu people across northern Arnhem Land, along...

Filmmaker Edoardo Crismani and his mother Barbara embark on a search to unravel the mystery surrounding Barbara's father, Joe Murray, an indigenous boxing champion known as "The Black Panther" who danced and sang in vaudeville shows, and married a blue-eyed blonde white woman in 1930's Australia.. Joe never revealed where he came from and together, and to find out his background, mother and son journey across the land to libraries, and meet researchers...

GIRLS' TALES: Women discuss experiences of schooling consists of three thirty-minute episodes. The documentary is a compilation of interviews in which adult women recollect the experiences and opportunities of their secondary school education.. It is a rich educational resource and a provocative discussion starter on the subject of female experiences in secondary school, and also a stimulus for student's own research. It is at once inspiring, humorous...

Portraits of four women are combined to portray life in a Sinhalese Buddhist village. Rarely given opportunity to express opinions publicly, the women reveal their values, concerns and aspirations with surprising frankness.

Traditional Sri Lankan drummers and dancers belong to a low caste. In an effort to break away from caste restrictions, a drummer conducts dancing classes for the children in his impoverished village. He explains the difficulties of low caste existence - difficulties he feels were compounded by the British colonial government.