After flunking their exams and finishing high school, disillusioned best friends Lenny and Biggie flee up the coast in an old Kombi to escape the drudgery of the local meatworks. Their bonds of mateship are tested when a female hitchhiker and free spliff are brought into the equation. Written and Directed by Warwick Thornton. Produced by Kath Shelper.
A high school music teacher hears a story on the news that causes him to slip out of the house without a word and drive all night to his hometown, to face a secret from his past. Directed by Robert Connolly. Written by Justin Monjo. Produced by Maggie Miles and Tenille Kennedy.
Gail Lang tries to understand her husband Vic's lingering adolescent obsession with Strawberry Alison, a girl with a large red birthmark on her face. Going through a box of Vic's memorabilia, Gail begins to wonder whether she too was just some 'damaged goods' that her husband wanted to rescue. Directed by Anthony Lucas. Written by Kris Mrksa. Produced by Anthony Lucas and Maggie Miles.
After the death of his wife, Peter Dyson moves back to his hometown of Angelus with his son, Ricky. Trying to settle into his new life proves difficult when his ex-girlfriend, a recovering addict, reaches out to him, stirring up memories of their toxic relationship. Written and Directed by Rhys Graham. Produced by Philippa Campey.
Vic helps his mother Carol at work cleaning homes and is shocked to discover she has been fired and accused of stealing, something Vic knows to be untrue. Vic struggles to understand his mother's refusal to fight back and, even more so, her insistence on finishing the work and refusing payment. Written and Directed by Ashlee Page. Produced by Sonya Humphrey.
Rae lives in a trailer park with her husband Max and two young daughters. When Sherry and Dan temporarily move into the park, Sherry and Rae develop a friendship. When Rae learns that they are born-again Christians, she begins to wonder whether Jesus might be the answer to her problems too. Written and Directed by Claire McCarthy. Produced by Maggie Miles and Sue Italiano.
On a beach fishing trip brothers Frank and Max play in the sand dunes. Sibling rivalry turns nasty when Max plays a dangerous trick on his brother. Directed by Stephen Page. Written by Justin Monjo. Produced by John Harvey.
Footy legend Frank flees the media controversy over his mid-game quitting of the sport. Returning to his hometown of White Point, he finds his brother Max out in the surf. Out on the waves the brothers finally address the weight they have been carrying around their whole lives, the weight that ended Frank's footy career. Directed by Shaun Gladwell. Written by Emily Ballou. Produced by Katherine Slattery.
A portrait of Vic Lang's younger years. His peculiar habits, social anxieties and fixation on his father's rifle. Written and Directed by Mia Wasikowska. Produced by Kath Shelper.
Carol Lang joins Vic and Gail for Christmas Day. They are invited to their relatives for lunch and end up at the wrong house and in the wrong swimming pool. The experience brings Gail and Carol together after many years of strained relations. Directed by Simon Stone. Written by Andrew Upton. Produced by Jo Dyer.
Bob Lang has been drinking to deal with the stress of his new job in the Angelus police force and the expectation that he will turn a blind eye to the corruption within it. When he is called out late to a job to locate a hiker who has gone missing on a foggy mountain. Bob finds himself trapped in the fog with a young female cadet reporter and a desperate need to reveal the intimidation and foul-play rife within the police force. Written and Directed by Jonathan auf de Heide. Produced by Maggie Miles. Co-Produced by Tenille Kennedy.
Boner McPharlin's reputation has reached mythical status. The subject of rumours and gossip, he is a man everybody has heard the stories of, but no one really knows. Written and Directed by Justin Kurzel. Produced by Sarah Shaw and Anna McLeish.
A young girl with a crush on Vic Lang plucks up the courage to sit next to him on the train. Directed by Yaron Lifschitz. Written by Circa Contemporary Circus. Produced by Ben Knapton and Alex Barnes.
Vic and Gail Lang travel to see their friends in the country. In the car, Gail admits to having had an affair and struggles with Vic's lack of reaction. When Fen offers Vic a shotgun to shoot at clay pigeons, something Vic has not done since he was a young man, he is strangely freed from the ghosts of his past. Written and Directed by Ian Meadows. Produced by Rita Walsh. Co-Produced by Rose Grandile-Pizzi.
Vic Lang's sexual awakening begins when a girl with a missing ring finger gives him his first kiss. Written and Directed by Jub Clerc. Produced by Liz Kearney.
Brakey is in love with his neighbour, Agnes. He watches her, following her on her nightly spear fishing trips, trying to understand her withdrawn behaviour and troubled home life. He gets his first real insight into how deep Agnes' pain runs on the night of a terrifying incident. Directed by Tony Ayres. Written by Marcel Dorney. Produced by Julie Eckersley.
Vic Lang journeys to find his estranged father to tell him that Carol, Vic�s mother, is dying. When he locates his father in an old isolated shack in the outback, he is struck by the love he still feels for him, and is finally able to ask about his youth, when his father was a policeman in Angelus, and about why he suddenly disappeared from their lives. Written and Directed by David Wenham. Produced by Maggie Miles. Co-Produced by Tenille Kennedy.