Movies: The Australian Children S Television Foundation

  • 2024
    Runt

    Runt (2024)

    Runt

    6.12024HD

    In the Australian town of Upson Downs, ten-year-old Annie and Runt, her stray dog, attempt to win the Agility Course Championship at the Krumpets Dog Show in London in order to save their family's farm from drought and misery....

    Runt
  • 2014
    Paper Planes

    Paper Planes (2014)

    Paper Planes

    5.92014HD

    Dylan discovers he has a talent for making paper planes. He has a chance to compete in a world championship, but he'll have to face bullies and self-doubt to do so....

    Paper Planes
  • 2017
    Dance Academy: The Movie

    Dance Academy: The Movie (2017)

    Dance Academy: The Movie

    7.22017HD

    This 2017 movie follows the original dance academy TV show and tracks where the characters are in their lives now....

    Dance Academy: The Movie
  • 2024
    Windcatcher

    Windcatcher (2024)

    Windcatcher

    02024HD

    In a small country town, a trio of unlikely friends – Percy Boy, Keithy Cobb and Daisy Hawkins – band together to take the local school sports day title from a group of grade five bullies. But as Percy Boy trains with the help of his mates, he then d...

    Windcatcher
  • 2001
    Yolngu Boy

    Yolngu Boy (2001)

    Yolngu Boy

    62001HD

    After committing a crime for which he is likely to be jailed, a Yolngu teenager convinces two of his childhood friends to join him on a journey from North East Arnhem Land to Darwin to seek help from a tribal leader....

    Yolngu Boy
  • 1987
    Room to Move

    Room to Move (1987)

    Room to Move

    6.81987HD

    Carol is a top runner, coached by her father day and night. Then she sees Angie, the punk new girl, dancing magnificently and alone. The two become friends and Carol begins to rebel, but the all-imporant race is coming up!...

    Room to Move
  • 1988
    Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey

    Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey (1988)

    Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey

    6.71988HD

    The fate of a young Australian boy is somehow linked with that of a young Roman boy who had traveled to Australia by ship during the time of the Roman Emperor, Nero....

    Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey
  • 1988
    Touch the Sun: Top Enders

    Touch the Sun: Top Enders (1988)

    Touch the Sun: Top Enders

    01988HD

    Two children get stranded in the desert in Australia's Top End....

    Touch the Sun: Top Enders
  • 1990
    Sky Trackers

    Sky Trackers (1990)

    Sky Trackers

    61990HD

    NASA's Tidbinbilla Tracking station in Australia prepares for the re-entry of a decaying satellite containing a dangerous biological experiment. It is decided to bring it down near the station, for which job Dr Tony Masters has been brought in to ass...

    Sky Trackers
  • 1988
    Captain Johnno

    Captain Johnno (1988)

    Captain Johnno

    8.31988HD

    A young deaf boy who calls himself "Captain Johnno" befriends Tony, an Italian fisherman in the small Australian fishing town they live in. Both feel outcast by the town and both share a great love of the sea. When Johnno's beloved sister leaves to g...

    Captain Johnno
  • 1985
    On Loan

    On Loan (1985)

    On Loan

    01985HD

    At her birthday party, Lindy wishes she knew her actual birth date. But only her real parents would know, and they're both dead. Or so she believes....

    On Loan
  • 1990
    More Winners: The Journey

    More Winners: The Journey (1990)

    More Winners: The Journey

    51990HD

    An orphan girl seeks her true inheritance in this Australian TV movie. On an isolated Tasmanian mountain, 12-year-old Ada lives with her wealthy father Justus. Housekeeper Martha is plotting to secure the family fortune for herself. Ada is orphaned...

    More Winners: The Journey
  • 1988
    Devil's Hill

    Devil's Hill (1988)

    Devil's Hill

    51988HD

    Set in Tasmania, a boy is sent to stay with cousins while his mother is ill and discovers a wilderness adventure....

    Devil's Hill