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THE TEALEAF READER – DRAMA Mia has always lived a nomadic lifestyle, never letting anyone too close. Moving around the north-west coast of Tasmania, she has become very good at avoiding her past. However, when her daughter starts falling behind at school, Mia has to face the shame she has been running away from.

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THE TEALEAF READER – DRAMA  14:14 minutes Director/Producer:  Elli Iliades Synopsis Mia has always lived a nomadic lifestyle, never letting anyone too close. Moving around the north-west coast of Tasmania,…

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PARROT PEOPLE – DRAMA The Orange Bellied Parrot, the world’s most endangered parrot, is a brilliant little bird staring into the abyss of extinction. Five years ago, there were only 17 known birds in the wild. This film shines a light on the people behind the parrot, the people that refuse to let this bird go extinct. These are the conservation scientists of the Tasmanian’s Orange Bellied Parrot program and their small army of dedicated volunteers.

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PARROT PEOPLE – 12:41 minutes Director/Producer:  Matthew Newton Synopsis The Orange Bellied Parrot, the world’s most endangered parrot, is a brilliant little bird staring into the abyss of extinction. Five…

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LONG MAY SHE RAIN – DOCUMENTARY In the post-industrial landscape of Queenstown lies a river with millions of years of history and the last hundred years of gold fever, migration, poetry and acid rain have all left their traces. Long May She Rain explores a town's next phase of human-environment interaction, hearing from those that choose to live inside, and love, a place like nowhere else on Earth.

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LONG MAY SHE RAIN – DOCUMENTARY 15:34 minutes Director:  Ben Winspear Producers: Nick Maher & Marta Dusseldorp Synopsis In the post-industrial landscape of Queenstown lies a river with millions of…

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LANGUAGE OF THE LAND – DOCUMENTARY Language of the Land speaks to the power of language. lutruwita was colonised and renamed Tasmania in the 1800s and original names, spoken for thousands of years, were changed. In this film, we travel on country with lutruwita’s First People as they talk about the resonance language creates, the power of speaking names on country and the connection it builds between people, land and time.

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LANGUAGE OF THE LAND – DOCUMENTARY 9:24 minutes Directors/Producers: Troy Melville and Jillian Mundy Synopsis Language of the Land speaks to the power of language. lutruwita was colonised and renamed…

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