Garth Goes Hitch-Hiking

In 2001, unemployed actor, Garth Petridis, was imprisoned for one of the most unusual crimes in Australian history. Desperate for success he kidnapped members of the public and forced them to perform.

Jack is straight off the plane. He has few friends and no money. In desperation, he accepts an apartment formerly housed by the main suspect in a serial murder case - John Ellroy. Plagued by insomnia, Jack broods in the apartment and wanders the inner-city streets of Melbourne. His loneliness leads him into a friendship with a teenage addict Janie, and into a bizarre obsession with Ellroy. Jack struggles to retain his sanity as his world spirals into madness and violence.

Set sometime in the not-too-distant future, after the worldwide crisis of 2020, Mandy is a 17-year-old Filipino Australian. In her final year of high school and dealing with her parents impending divorce, she navigates a world driven by a new normal of isolation and fear. Added to this she has a crush on her tutor Serena. Meanwhile, a young girl from the backstreets of Manila tells her story.

House Husbands centres around four families with one thing in common, the husbands stay home to raise the children. Firass Dirani plays a fallen AFL hero, struggling with the burden of family life. In the midst of losing the ability to see his two twin boys (primary school age) and his eight month daughter, he is offered a contract to play football again in Perth. He rejects the offer made by his former manager (who is in a relationship with his ex wife)

Joe works an office job and is engaged to his lovely fiance Marg. However, sexual passion and adventure are lacking in Joe's life as he is limited to fantasizing about attractive women. Self-expression is also lacking in his life as Joe keeps his lips zipped around his mother-in-law and co-workers. Almost on cue, a compelling and attractive co-worker, Vee, crosses Joe's path, tempting him towards her wild ways of job and partner swapping.

Frank Vaughan is a debt collector pushed to breaking point. In a frenzy of revenge, he tracks down the priests who abused him in boarding school and stole his childhood. Not even prayers can save them. But Frank's actions pit him against Melbourne's criminal underworld, unleashing a wave of violence across the city. Rescuing stripper Sarah from the bloody chaos, together they must fight their way out, one dead body at a time. Despite the danger, Frank won't stop until every guilty person meets their fate. Welcome to the seventh circle of hell. Every. Debt. Must. Be. Paid.

A documentary about finding an alternative to falling victim to the rising cost of living. It is an attempt to find out if one can live this way, without what most believe as the necessities of a place they call home. What do his friends, family and film colleagues think of Garth's decision? What are the logistics? How is he going to manage after 34 years of having access to all basic needs? Is he crazy? Casting these questions and judgments aside, Garth decides to find out for himself if it is possible to live in a van. Not only is he confronted by the difficulties of showering, cooking and the general limitations that living in a van requires, Garth has some hazardous encounters with car thieves and junkies. Garth also meets other van dwellers and shares their stories of van ethics, survival and purpose.