Title Director Cast Genre Notes Absolution Andrew Lawrence Short Angus Nick Moore, Ann Nolan Short Won creative excellence in Melbourne International Film Festival The Arsonist's Riddle Ben West Short animation The Asian Turtle Crisis Elke Taylor Short documentary Australia: Land Beyond Time David Flatman Short documentary Australian Rules Paul Goldman Kevin Harrington, Nathan Phillips, Luke Carroll Drama Avoca Nerida Moore Baggage Claim Kate Riedl Short drama The Bald and the Beautiful Julie Nemcich Short documentary Beast Prue Dudley Short The Beat Goes On Stephen Vagg Short Beginnings Husein Alicajic Beneath Clouds Ivan Sen Dannielle Hall, Damian Pitt Drama Won Best Director at the 2002 AFI Awards Bin Can Can Steve Agland Short animation/ Musical The Birthday Party Samantha Rebillet Short drama Bitzitulebocques Short Black and White Craig Lahiff Ben Mendelsohn, David Ngoombujarra, Robert Carlyle, Charles Dance Drama 2003 AFI Best Actor in Supporting Role Black Talk Wayne Blair Short (12min) Won Australian Short Film at the 2003 Sydney Film Festival Blurred Evan Clarry Drama/Comedy Nom. 2003 AFI for Best Screenplay, Adapted Blow Marie Craven Short drama Boomerang Carla Drago Sarah Aubrey, Tom Long, Anthony Jensen, Matthew Grossman Short/Comedy Won 4 2002 Tropfest awards Broken Allegiance Nick Hallam Paul Hooper, Niobe Dean Short Cane-Toad: What Happened to Baz? CH Jones: The World's Most Hated Food China Face Choosing Exile: In the Footprints of a Stranger Chris, Not Krishna, Calling Chrono-logic Chrysalis Clouds Weep on the Greenness Code 2 Contact Crackerjack Paul Moloney Mick Molloy, Bill Hunter, Frank Wilson, Monica Maughan, John Clarke, Lois Ramsey, Samuel Johnson, Judith Lucy, Cliff Ellen, Bob Hornery, Peter Aanensen, Esme Melville, John Flaus, Lois Collinder, Paul McCarthy, Teague Rook, Robyn Butler, Brett Swain, Tony Martin, Greg Francis, Andrew Gilmour, Earl Francis, Pete Smith Crazy Richard The Creepy Crawleys The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course John Stainton Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, Magda Szubanski, David Wenham, Lachy Hulme, Aden Young, Kate Beahan, Steve Bastoni, Steven Vidler, Alyson Standen, Alex Ruiz, David Franklin, Robert Coleby Daddy Boy Dances with Emus Dark Age of Light: Episode 01 De l'autre côté Dig Dirty Deeds David Caesar Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, John Goodman, Sam Neill, Sam Worthington, Kestie Morassi, William McInnes, Andrew S. Gilbert, Garry Waddell, Felix Williamson, Bille Brown, Paul Chubb, Brett Hicks-Maitland, Sam Jacobson, Holly Jones, Shane McNamara, John McNeill, Chris Moody, Angelo Parisi, Tim Rogers, Andy Kent, Russell Hopkinson, David Lane, Tony Hicks Dog's Day The Doppelgangers East Timor: Birth of a Nation – Rosa's Story Eloise Enough Eve of Adha F.A. Family Affair Fashion Victim Finding Joy Flat The Flying Nut Fond Memories of Cuba Free From Deep It Came Garage Days Alex Proyas Kick Gurry, Maya Stange, Pia Miranda, Russell Dykstra, Chris Sadrinna, Andy Anderson (actor), Marton Csokas, Tiriel Mora, Holly Brisley The Gas Club Godmode Guardian Guru Wayne Half Sister The Hard Word Scott Roberts Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Joel Edgerton Crime / Comedy Helga Help Me Her Outback Hetty High Street Love Story Hommes du jour Horses: The Story of Equus How Am I Driving I Love U Impressions In Blood In the Dark We Live Indefinable Moods The Inside Story Into the Night Invitation Island Rescue Jack Joe Bus Kabbarli Karmarama Lamb The Last Breadbox The Last Drop Late Night Shopper Leunig: How Democracy Actually Works Life at the End of the Rainbow Wayne Coles-Janess Documentary Love Story Lucky Day Making Venus The Merchant of Fairness Mother of an Attitude Murbah Swamp Beer Short documentary New Skin The Nugget Bill Bennett Eric Bana, Stephen Curry, Dave O'Neil, Belinda Emmett, Peter Moon, Vince Colosimo, Max Cullen, Karen Pang, Sallyanne Ryan, Alan Brough, Jeff Truman, Chris Haywood, Jean Kittson, Glenda Linscott, Jane Hall, Hugh Bateman, Owen Bates, Alan Bennett, Henry Bennett, Nellie Bennett, Megan Bice, Bruce Chan, Mick Cleary, Jennifer Cluff, Mark Coric, Linda Cropper, Scott Etherington, George Hamilton, Scott McGregor, Matthew Riley, Michael Terry Of All Great Forces Once Only The Only Person in the World Ordinary People The Original Mermaid Other People The Pact Pillion The Projectionist Q Quentin The Quiet American Phillip Noyce Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Serbedzija, Tzi Ma, Robert Stanton, Holmes Osborne, Quang Hai, Ferdinand Hoang, Pham Thi Mai Hoa, Mathias Mlekuz, Kevin Tran, Lap Phan, Tim Bennett, Jeff Truman, Hong Nhung, Ha Phong Nguyen, Navia Nguyen, Lucia Noyce, Hiliary Douglas, Daniel Hung, Kim Hoan Nguyen, Mai Nguyen Trinh, Pham Trong, Tran Do Luc, Cong Nguyen The Silence of Angels Rabbit-Proof Fence Phillip Noyce Everlyn Sampi, David Gulpilil, Kenneth Branagh Drama AACTA Award for Best Film Rainbow Bird and Monster Man The Real Thing The Rotting Woman Roundabout Running Down These Dreams Schtick Happens Search Searching for Mr Right.Com Secret Bridesmaids' Business Shadow Play: Indonesia's Year of Living Dangerously Shhh....... The Shot Show and Tell Signs of Life Sisters of St John of God Six Days Straight Sixth Scent Petrina Buckley Petrina Buckley, Mark Jensen, Stephen Bach Short / Comedy Size Does Matter Sketch Something About AJ Stranger in the Family Stuffed Bunny Stump Suburban Nightmare Sugar Inc. Surviving Shepherd's Pie Sway Sweet Dreams Tales from the Powder Room Teesh and Trude Tempe Tip Terminal Trance The Thing in the Roof Till Human Voices Wake Us The Tracker Rolf de Heer David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet Tragic Love Tre per sempre The Trials of Henry Kissinger Trojan Warrior Two Thirds Sky: Artists in Desert Country Sean O'Brien Peter Sharp (artist), Judy Watson, Jenny Sages, Idris Murphy, Gloria Petyarre Documentary (52 mins)2002 Nom. Film Critics Circle of Australia, AFI Awards, Dendy Awards, Gold - Australian Cinematographers Society NSW, Best Documentary Australian Teachers of Media Inc The Visitor Dan Castle Short/Drama/Mystery (30min) Nom. 2003 AFI Best Short Fiction Film, Won 2 2002 Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival awards Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home Martin Wilson Mike Dorsey, Luke Hewitt, Deborah Kennedy, Barry Langrishe, Tamblyn Lord, Kyle Morrison Short Walking on Water Tony Ayres Vince Colosimo, Maria Theodorakis Comedy drama The War of Jenkins Ear David Napier Short drama Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao Michael Vickerman Jeff Carrara, Kevin Smith, Nathan Phillips, Nina Liu, Shedrack Anderson III, Fusen Chen, Xiongwei Chen, Zhu Chen, Carla Deaton, Shuntian Guan, Tian Le, Jonathan Tex Levitt, Ying Liang, Bao Cheng Li, Jianquo Li Fantasy Wash Dark Colors Separately Chee Lam Short Wasted on the Young Keri Light Short comedy The Way Back Samuel MacGeorge A Wedding in Ramallah Sherine Salama Documentary Weeping Willow Adrian Wills Short drama Whispering in the Dark Lynne B. Williams Short drama Wilfred Window Shopper Your Brother, My Tidda Kelrick Martin Short documentary ZTS: State of Entropy Stefanos Stefanidis Drama
See also 2002 in Australia 2002 in Australian television List of 2002 box office number-one films in Australia
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