Tom Zubrycki

As notions of civil rights transformed across the world, so was the screen landscape reformed by the ascension of grassroots film movements seeking to challenge the mainstream. Some aspired to push form to its limit; others worked to destabilise what they saw as a homogenous industry, or to provoke questions around gender, sexuality, migration and race.

Documentary from director Tom Zubrycki follows married El Salvadorian refugees Maria and Carlos, who have settled in suburban Melbourne. 

Weeks before the scheduled closure of a Wollongong coal mine, a group of 31 miners occupy the pit and established themselves 5 kilometres underground, in this film by documentarian Tom Zubrycki.

Australian documentary about the Pacific nation of Kiribati and a young native woman’s determination to inform the world that her country is slowing sinking into the sea.

Documentary following Sudanese refugee Zac - one of the original Lost Boys - as he attempts to build a school in his former country.

Mobarak, an Afghan refugee working in a small Australian town, and Molly, a local woman, fall in love in this documentary from Tom Zubrycki (Hope Road).