Author Tom Zubrycki

Molly and Mobarak (2003) continues a path I began in the ’90s with Homelands (1993) and Billal (1996) of making observational documentary essays of Australian migrant and refugee families. The idea for this ...

Unlike many films about union history, Friends & Enemies (1987) is not a retrospective account. It was made as a ‘fly on the wall documentary’ – told as it unfolded from day to day, week to week, month to m...

In 1990 I started production in Broome on Lord of the Bush (1990), a documentary about the enigmatic figure Lord Alistair McAlpine, who had big ambitions of developing the town in the 1980s which ultimately fai...

Homelands (1993) was a departure for me not only in terms of style, but also in terms of content. It was 1992, and I felt it was high time to explore issues around migration and ethnicity. There was also a stro...

Kemira - Diary of a Strike (1984) started spontaneously. 16 miners from a BHP colliery were suddenly presented with retrenchment notices. They barricaded themselves underground in a mine near Wollongong on the ...

Dear Friends, It's hard to describe the last few days except that they've been traumatic and difficult – yet also strangely life-affirming. Last Tuesday I was having breakfast with my Australian friend Ir...

(7-18 February, 2001) The 'International Forum of New Cinema' is an independent section of the Berlin International Film Festival dedicated to innovative and experimental cinema. It is considered worldwi...