Clay - Argilla
Dir: Giorgio Mangiamele, 1964, b/w, 84 mins
First Australian film in competition at 1965 Cannes Film Festival.
A rainy day in rural Victoria. A criminal (George Dixon) is on the run from the police. Mud turns into clay on his way. He is saved by a girl (Janine Lebedew) and her father. The man falls in love with the girl who shelters him but he cannot escape his past.

They’re a weird mob - Tipi strani gli Australiani
Dir: Michael Powell, 1966, 112 mins
Mr. Culotta (Walter Chiari), an Italian journalist, comes to Australia to find that the job he had been promised has vanished. He eventually finds one as a builder’s laborer and he is quickly introduced by his new mates to the social rituals of their country.

A girl in Australia - Bello, onesto, emigrato in Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata
Dir: Luigi Zampa, 1971, 115 mins
First subtitled screening in Australia.
Amedeo (Alberto Sordi), an Italian migrant, dreams of an arranged marriage by mail with an Italian woman: Carmela (Claudia Cardinale). Fearing rejection he sends her a photo of handsome Giuseppe. The beautiful Carmela arrives to get married carring her own secret...

Hungry heart - La rabbia dentro
Dir: Luigi Acquisto, 1987, 105 mins
Salvatore returns to live with his parents in Melbourne. He meets Kate but she has difficulty rationalising her feelings for Sal because of the closeness she has with her flatmate Jane. A push and pull which can’t be easly recognized or defined.

Captain Johnno - Johnno e l’uomo venuto da lontano
Dir: Mario Andreacchio, 1988, 95 mins
Johnno is ten, deaf, and always in strife. He lives in a small fishing town in South Australia and he has an affinity with the sea that he shares with Tony, an Italian fisherman. Johnno and Tony have something in common, they both cannot be understood.

Fistful of flies - Un pugno di mosche
Dir: Monica Pellizzari, 1996, 82 mins
Stifled and dominated by her family, Mars just wants to be free. Denied relatioships with anyone who truly understands her, Mars battles to be treated as an adult, giving her mother the courage to act and forcing her father to make the choice of his life.

Napoleon - Napoleone
Dir: Mario Andreacchio, 1997, 78 mins
Napoleon is a ten weeks old puppy that lives in the city and
dreaming of being a brave explorer, embarks on an incredible
journey across the wild Australian outback.

Looking for Alibrandi - Terza generazione
Dir: Kate Woods, 2000, 105 mins
Seventeen year old Josie Alibrandi (Pia Miranda) lives with her mum (Greta Scacchi) in the protective shadow of her nonna Katia and in ignorance of the identity of her father (Anthony LaPaglia), but she is approching a life-changing experience.

La Spagnola
Dir: Steve Jacobs, 2001, 87 mins
The husband has run off with his blonde Australian mistress and Lola (Lola Marceli), driven by revenge, plots the return of a brand new car bought with her family savings. Meanwhile Lucia, Lola’s daughter, hatches an alternative plan. The two strategies collide with disastrous and comical results.