List of Australian films of 1996

Title Director Cast Genre Notes Baniyala: The Yirrkala Film Project Ian Dunlop Wokuthi Marawali, Mootapuie Documentary Filmed at Baniyala, NT Billal Tom Zubrycki Documentary The Birds Do a Magnificent Tune Chris Windmill Short Bits & Pieces Simon Klaebe Jeremy Callaghan, Drayton Morley Short Black Man Down Bill McCrow Andrew Booth, Karen Crone, David Hudson Short Black Sun Amanda Jane Bernard Curry, Raelee Hill, Brigid Kelly Short Body Corporate Stephen Cummins Short Boy-Girl, Boy-Girl Stephen Cummins, Ira Sachs, Sara Whiteley Short Brilliant Lies Richard Franklin Gia Carides, Anthony LaPaglia, Zoe Carides Drama Cabbie of the Year Michael Connolly Steve Adams, Steve Adams, Chris Haywood Short Call Me Sal Arianna Bosi Sally Cooper, Jennifer Jarman-Walker, Geoffrey Rush Short Children of the Revolution Peter Duncan Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham Comedy / Drama Cinema Cinema Maani Petgar Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ulu Grosbard (uncredited), Jennifer Jason Leigh (uncredited) Documentary Cliché Steve Le Marquand Steve Le Marquand, Paul Lum Short Come as You Are Emma-Kate Croghan, Brad McGann John Bal, Bridget Haire, Ron Walker Short Così Mark Joffe Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Toni Collette Comedy / Drama The Cuckoo Gerald Thompson Short Dating the Enemy Megan Simpson Huberman Guy Pearce, Claudia Karvan, Matt Day, Lisa Hensley, Pippa Grandison Comedy / Fantasy Dead Heart Nick Parsons Bryan Brown, Ernie Dingo, Angie Milliken Drama / Mystery Down Rusty Down John Curran Tex Perkins, Noah Taylor, Bob Ellis Short Faggots Are for Burning Barry McKay Short Film Noir Michael Liu Giles Morton, Peter Rush, Simon Westaway Short Fistful of Flies Monica Pellizzari Dina Panozzo, John Lucantonio, Anna Volska Drama Floating Life Clara Law Annette Shun Wah, Annie Yip Drama Flying Over Mother Michael James Rowland Ben McIvor, Jennifer Cloher, Luke Quinton Short Freestyle David Lowe Mary-Lou Stewart, Roy Billing, Monique Spanbrook Short Happy Little Vegemites: Unauthorized Colin Mowbray James McKenna Short Hotel de Love Craig Rosenberg Aden Young, Saffron Burrows Comedy Idiot Box David Caesar Ben Mendelsohn, Jeremy Sims Drama Indulgence Glenn Fraser Angela Maier, Cameron McAuliffe, Kristi Street Short The Inner Sanctuary Chris Clarke Brett Climo, Gerard Kennedy, Samuel Johnson Drama It Never Rains Brad McGann Kane McNay Short L’Araignée Brad Hayward Short The Legend of Fred Paterson Jonathan Dawson Harold Hopkins Documentary Let Me Die, Again Leone Knight Short Life Lawrence Johnston John Brumpton, David Tredinnick, Kevin Hopkins Drama Little White Lies Pauline Chan Mimi Rogers, Andrew McFarlane, Temuera Morrison Crime / Thriller Loaded Kieran Darcy-Smith, Nash Edgerton Kieran Darcy-Smith, Joel Edgerton, Nash Edgerton Short Love and Other Catastrophes Emma-Kate Croghan Frances O’Connor Alice Garner Radha Mitchell Matthew Dyktynski Matt Day Comedy / Romance Love Serenade Shirley Barrett Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith Comedy Screened at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival Lust and Revenge Paul Cox Nicholas Hope, Gosia Dobrowolska, Claudia Karvan Comedy / Drama Margaret Star: A Fall from Grace Annabelle Murphy Short The Mini-skirted Dynamo Rivka Hartman Dora Bialestock, Rivka Hartman, Ian McFadyen Documentary Mr. Reliable Nadia Tass Colin Friels, Jacqueline McKenzie, Ken Radley Comedy aka: “My Entire Life” My Forgotten Man Frank Howson Guy Pearce, Steven Berkoff, Claudia Karvan Biography aka: “Flynn” My Second Car Stuart McDonald Ernie Gray, Kevin Harrington, Tony Rickards Short Natural Justice: Heat Scott Hartford-Davis Steve BastoniDavid DaviesPeter Finlay Drama Not Fourteen Again Gillian Armstrong Kerry Carlson, Diana Doman, Josie Petersen Documentary Offspring Richard Ryan Chantal Contouri, Robert Mammone, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick Drama / Thriller Once Clea Frost Short Pact^[1] Short Page 73 Jeff Darling Cathy Campbell, Rel Hunt, Joshua Rosenthal Short Parklands Kathryn Millard Cate Blanchett, Tony Martin Drama The Phantom Simon Wincer Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Catherine Zeta-Jones Action / Afventure The Quiet Room Rolf de Heer Celine O’Leary, Chloe Ferguson, Paul Blackwell Drama Entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival Rats in the Ranks Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly Larry Hand Documentary River Street Tony Mahood Aden Young, Bill Hunter, Essie Davis Comedy / Drama Savageries Marcella Paolacci Karen Colston, Hayley Prior, Annie Wilson Short Shine Scott Hicks Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Justin Braine Biography / Drama Shooting the Breeze Christina Andreef Andrea Moor, Anthony Lawrence Short Spirits of the Carnival Gregory Read John Gaden Documentary Susie Is a Fish Carla Drago Documentary Tease Hayley Cloake Cazerine Barry, John Howard Short A Thin Life Frank Howson Tommy Dysart Comedy This Film Is a Dog Jonathan Ogilvie Quinn Hud, Phoenix Arizona, Peter Johnson Short To Have and to Hold John Hillcoat Tchéky Karyo, Rachel Griffiths, Steve Jacobs Mystery / Thriller Tragic But True Malcolm Burt Short Turning April Geoff Bennett Tushka Bergen, Aaron Blabey, Kenneth Welsh Drama Two Bob Mermaid Darlene Johnson Carrie Prosser, Tessa Leahy, Jie Pitman Short Uncle Adam Elliot William McInnes, John Flaus Short Urban Fairytale Michelle Mahrer Arlo Duff, Angela Idealism, Bernd Naber Short What I Have Written John Hughes Martin Jacobs, Gillian Jones Drama Entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival Whipping Boy Di Drew Sigrid Thornton, Temuera Morrison, Tammy Macintosh Thriller / Drama / Crime Wild Australia: The Edge John Weiley Hugo Weaving, Mark Baker, Hayley Pero Short The Winner Alex Cox Rebecca De Mornay, Vincent D’Onofrio, Richard Edson Comedy / Crime Zone 39 John Tatoulis Peter Phelps, Carolyn Bock, William Zappa Sci-Fi