Gillian Armstrong Movies

  • 1981
    Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better

    Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better

    Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better

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    Profile on three young Adelaide women. Diana, Kerry and Josie are now 18 years old, and continue to have open and frank discussions about their lives.

    Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better
  • 1971
    The Roof Needs Mowing

    The Roof Needs Mowing

    The Roof Needs Mowing

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    A series of surreal short scenes portraying a suburban family and their everyday rituals.

    The Roof Needs Mowing
  • 1988
    Bingo, Bridesmaids & Braces

    Bingo, Bridesmaids & Braces

    Bingo, Bridesmaids & Braces

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    The third film in a documentary series from acclaimed director Gillian Armstrong, about the lives of three working class women. as they grow up from...

    Bingo, Bridesmaids & Braces
  • 1980
    Touch Wood

    Touch Wood

    Touch Wood

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    About five men who live in Tasmania and earn their living by working with wood. David Ralph makes small souvenir animals and furniture from...

    Touch Wood
  • 1981
    More Smokes Less Lollies

    More Smokes Less Lollies

    More Smokes Less Lollies

    01981HD

    Three young women in Adelaide, Australia, reflect on their past and futures. This is a shorter version of Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better, created...

    More Smokes Less Lollies
  • 1982
    Starstruck

    Starstruck

    Starstruck

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    A Sydney teen tries to make it as a rock singer, with help from her odd 14-year-old cousin.

    Starstruck
  • 1976
    Smokes and Lollies

    Smokes and Lollies

    Smokes and Lollies

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    The first film in a Seven Up-like series examining the lives of three teenage girls in South Australia during the 1970s. It looks at issues such as...

    Smokes and Lollies
  • 2004
    Puttin’ on the Show: The Making of Starstruck

    Puttin’ on the Show: The Making of Starstruck

    Puttin’ on the Show: The Making of Starstruck

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    A documentary about the making of Gillian Armstrong's 1982 film STARSTRUCK.

    Puttin’ on the Show: The Making of Starstruck
  • 1973
    One Hundred a Day

    One Hundred a Day

    One Hundred a Day

    81973HD

    A young girl is forced to continue working at her machine all day in a 1930s shoe factory after a visit to a backyard abortionist. Based on the short...

    One Hundred a Day
  • 2022
    Senses of Cinema

    Senses of Cinema

    Senses of Cinema

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    As notions of civil rights transformed across the world, so was the screen landscape reformed by the ascension of grassroots film movements seeking...

    Senses of Cinema
  • 2006
    Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst

    Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst

    Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst

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    A Colourful Life is a Docu/Drama based on the colourful life of flamboyant design pioneer Florence Broadhurst.

    Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst
  • 1973
    Gretel

    Gretel

    Gretel

    01973HD

    A memory of an adolescent awakening brought painfully to life

    Gretel
  • 1976
    Promised Woman

    Promised Woman

    Promised Woman

    81976HD

    Antigone arrives in Sydney from Greece to have an arranged marriage with Telis, but is rejected by him as he expected a younger woman. Telis's older...

    Promised Woman
  • 1970
    Sat'dee Night

    Sat'dee Night

    Sat'dee Night

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    A wry, semi-observational story of one Saturday night in the life of Stuart.

    Sat'dee Night
  • 1970
    Old Man and Dog

    Old Man and Dog

    Old Man and Dog

    101970HD

    Early short film directed by Gillian Armstrong.

    Old Man and Dog
  • 1983
    Having a Go

    Having a Go

    Having a Go

    01983HD

    Documentary film

    Having a Go