Jan Chapman Movies

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a...

In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her...

Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears,...

While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate...

Can you really get away with murder? Welcome to the world of Katrina, a 19-year-old single mum who's planning to do just that. Katrina lives in a...

Australian teenager Heidi is left with little choice but to leave home after she's caught red-handed with her mother's boyfriend. With few options,...

A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer.

Griff, office worker by day, superhero by night, has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares his...

In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’s wedding. While home, Christian reconnects...

The making of Lantana, a 2001 Australian drama film directed by Ray Lawrence and starring Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush and...

A woman travels from France to Australia in search of her missing son.

Interviews with women directors working in Hollywood and Europe in the early 1990s, exploring the opportunities and obstacles that face them. A...

Two sisters in an Australian country town develop a fierce and competitive crush on their new neighbour, a brooding and self-centred radio...

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

A family struggle with their religious beliefs when their son is badly injured in a car crash and requires stem-cell therapy.

Its the annual Christmas Eve concert at the Marigold House Assisted Living Facility. All her friends are dying and Florence wants out. When the...

The story of sisters Vicki and Beth, when Vicki begins an affair with Beth's intriguing French husband.

The story of the end of a friendship between two teenage girls, told backwards over the course of nine months.

This 1993 program about the making of 'The Piano' features interviews with director Jane Campion; actors Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, and Sam Neill;...

A fragmented film, largely following street performer George Shevtsov at the 1970 Vietnam Moratorium, the Odyssey Pop Festival at Wallacia in 1971,...