BARAKA

A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.

Director:
Ron Fricke

Writers:
Ron Fricke (concept), Mark Magidson (concept)

ATLANTIS

A young adventurer named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.

Director:
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

Writers:
Tab Murphy (screenplay by), Kirk Wise (story by)

Stars:
Michael J. Fox, Jim Varney, Corey Burton

SAMSARA

A spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladakh, Himalayas. Samsara is a quest; one man’s struggle to find spiritual Enlightenment by renouncing the world

Director:
Pan Nalin

Writers:
Pan Nalin (story), Pan Nalin (screenplay)

Stars:
Shawn Ku, Christy Chung, Neelesha Barthel

BLADE RUNNER

A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

Director:
Ridley Scott.

Writers:
Hampton Fancher (screenplay), David Webb Peoples (screenplay) (as David Peoples)

Stars:
Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young

WATER WORLD

In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw “smokers,” and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land.

Director:
Kevin Reynolds

Writers:
Peter Rader, David Twohy

Stars:
Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis Hopper

NAQOYQATSI

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

Director:
Godfrey Reggio

Writers:
Godfrey Reggio

Stars:
Belladonna, Marlon Brando, Elton John

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

After discovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, mankind sets off on a quest to find its origins with help from intelligent supercomputer H.A.L. 9000

Director:
Stanley Kubrick.

Writers:
Stanley Kubrick , Arthur C. Clarke

Stars:
Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester

WASTE LAND

On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro is Jardim Gramacho, the world’s largest landfill, where men and women sift through garbage for a living. Artist Vik Muniz produces portraits of the workers and learns about their lives.

Director:
Lucy Walker, Karen Harley (co-director)

Stars:
Vik Muniz

THE PYRAMID CODE

The Pyramid Code is a documentary series of 5 episodes that explores the pyramid fields and ancient temples in Egypt as well as ancient megalithic sites around the world looking for clues.

Stars:
Sally Jennings, Abd’el Hakim Awyan, John Anthony West

MAD MAX

In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.

Director:
George Miller

Writers:
James McCausland , George Miller

Stars:
Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne

KON – TIKI ULTRASOUND

Kon-Tiki tells the autobiographical tale of youth, growing up in the ’70’s, being different, unaccepted by your family, of escape, of release. Interpret it as you will, but the directing talent that is Andrew Rutter has taken the theme and run to the hills and lakes with it.

Director:
Andrew Rutter

Stars:
Iona Crampton, Niamh Finlay, Dina Dal Forno

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS

Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.

Director:
Werner Herzog

Writers:
Werner Herzog

Stars:
Werner Herzog, Jean Clottes, Julien Monney

MAN ON WIRE

A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City’s World Trade Center’s twin towers in 1974, what some consider, “the artistic crime of the century”. routine performed between New York City’s World Trade Center’s twin towers in 1974, what some consider, “the artistic crime of the century”.

Director:
James Marsh

Writers:
Philippe Petit (based on the book “To Reach the Clouds” by)

Stars:
Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau

COSMOS

An exploration of our discovery of the laws of nature and coordinates in space and time.

Stars:
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Stoney Emshwiller, Piotr Michael

PLANET EARTH

Emmy Award-winning, 11 episodes, five years in the making, the most expensive nature documentary series ever commissioned by the BBC, and the first to be filmed in high definition.

Stars:
David Attenborough, Sigourney Weaver, Huw Cordey

TREASURE PLANET

Disney animated version of “Treasure Island”. The only difference is that the film is set in outer space with alien worlds and other galactic wonders.

Director:
Ron Clements, John Musker

Writers:
Robert Louis Stevenson (based on the novel “Treasure Island” by), Ron Clements (screenplay by)

Stars:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, Martin Short

WILD WILD COUNTRY

When the world’s most controversial guru builds an utopian city deep in the Oregon country, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal. A true story.

Stars:
Ma Anand Sheela, Osho, Philip Toelkes

THE MATRIX

A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.

Director:
Lana Wachowski (as The Wachowski Brothers), Lilly Wachowski (as The Wachowski Brothers)

Writers:
Lilly Wachowski (as The Wachowski Brothers), Lana Wachowski (as The Wachowski Brothers)

Stars:
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss

INNSAEI

A story of soul searching, science, nature and creativity, InnSæi takes us on a global journey to uncover the art of connecting within in today’s world of distraction and stress.

Directors:
Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir, Kristín Ólafsdóttir

Writers:
Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir

Stars:
Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir

THE CODE

Two Canberra based brothers become entangled in a cover up that involves a remote outback community and key members of the Australian Government.

Creator:
Shelley Birse

Stars:
Dan Spielman, Ashley Zukerman, Adele Perovic

KON-TIKI

A documentary about the Kon-Tiki expedition of the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.

Directors:
Thor Heyerdahl

Writers:
Thor Heyerdahl

Stars:
Thor Heyerdahl, Herman Watzinger, Erik Hesselberg

POWAQQATSI

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

Directors:
Godfrey Reggio

Writers:
Godfrey Reggio, Ken Richards

Stars:
Christie Brinkley, David Brinkley, Pope John Paul II

KOYAANISQATSI

A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on nature, humanity and the relationship between them.

Directors:
Godfrey Reggio

Writers:
Ron Fricke , Godfrey Reggio

Stars:
Marilyn Chambers, Lou Dobbs, Ted Koppel

SAMSARA

Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.

Directors:
Ron Fricke

Writers:
Ron Fricke (concept and treatment written by), Mark
Magidson (concept and treatment written by)

Stars:
Balinese Tari Legong Dancers, Ni Made Megahadi Pratiwi,
Puti Sri Candra Dewi

FANTASIA

A collection of animated interpretations of great works of Western classical music.

Directors:
James Algar (uncredited), Samuel Armstrong (uncredited)

Writers:
Joe Grant (story direction), Dick Huemer (story direction)

Stars:
Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, Corey Burton

FANTASIA 2000

An update of the original film with new interpretations of great works of classical music.

Directors:
James Algar, Gaëtan Brizzi

Writers:
Eric Goldberg (story), Joe Grant (original concept)

Stars:
James Levine, Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.

Directors:
Malik Bendjelloul

Writers:
Malik Bendjelloul, Stephen ‘Sugar’ Segerman

Stars:
Rodriguez, Stephen ‘Sugar’ Segerman, Dennis Coffey