List of Australian films of 2004

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This is a list of Australian films released in 2004.

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2004

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
Aussie Park Boyz Nunzio La Bianca Action
Betelnut Bisnis Chris Owen Documentary
Beyond Sorry David Vadiveloo Documentary
Big Men, Bigger Dreams: Australian Wrestlers Dimitri Ellerington DocumentaryNominated 2004 AFI Best Sound in a Non-Feature Film
Bondi Tsunami [1]
Bruce and Me
Caught II
Citizen Black
Clash!
The Crop [2]
Dances of Ecstasy
A Decent Factory
Defenceless
Dreams for Life
The Garth Method
Get Rich Quick
Glass Love
Hainan ji fan
Human Touch
The Illustrated Family Doctor
The Ister
Josh Jarman [3] Pip Mushin Marcus Graham, Daniella Farinacci, Damien Richardson, Kestie Morassi, Kym Gyngell, Suzy Cato, Alex Menglet, Wayne Hope, Roz Hammond, Marcella Russo, Louise Siversen, Ross Williams, Danny Gesundheit, John Cousins, Chelsea Gibb, Damian Walshe-Howling, Nicole Nabout, Penelope Bartlau, Talia Krape, Elisa Gray, Melinda McCallum, Hamsa Rafeh, Leanne Cherney, Shiloh Nelson, Libby Stone, Dave Vanderzee, Peter Savieri, Nicholas Dutt, Cliff Ellen, Deidre Rubenstein, Daniel Mrocki, Genevieve Moore, Nicholas Buc, Aaron Barnden, Teague Rook, Carolyn Bock, Peter Olsen, Claude Oakes, Andrew Gillard, Pip Mushin, Jamie Mushin, Torguil Neilson, Ben Morieson, Joshua Parnell, Sean McGrath, Rodney Afif, Alyssa Conrau, Stephanie Thom, Erkki Veltheim, Alex Brogan, Stuart Johnson, Nicholas Synot, Natalya Bobenko, Ashley Evans, Simone Kay, Deon Nuku, Simon Vowles, Ashley Wallen, Megan West, Kate Wormald, Hanna Griffiths
Jupiter Love
Language of Love
Letters to Ali [4]
Le Violoncelle Adam Sèbire Short (4min)Nominated 2004 Montréal World Film Festival for First Prize (Short Films)
Liberty in Restraint Michael Ney Noel Graydon, Puck, Mistress FelinaDocumentary Feature DVD (90 min), TV version (52 min), Early Short Version (35 min)Winner (Best Short Doc) CineKink New York 2004
Little Lies
Little Man
Love's Brother Jan Sardi Giovanni Ribisi, Adam Garcia, Joe Petruzzi, Rodney Afif, Bruno Lucia, Mario Di Ienno, Mark Sellito, Dina Panozzo, John Bluthal, Silvia De Santis, Barry Otto, Reg Mombassa, Osvaldo Maione, Eleanor Bron, Anna Burgess, Giacomo Laurenti, Amelia Warner, Fiametta Mammanco, Paride Blasi, Caterina Laurenti, Cecilia Pericone, Paola Dionisotti, Craig J. Corsetti, Claudio Vittore, Giovanni Proietti, Carmelina Di Guglielmo
Lovesong
A Man's Gotta Do Chris Kennedy John Howard, Alyssa McClelland, Rebecca Frith, Gyton Grantley, Rohan Nicol, Helen Thomson, Rowan Jackson, Amie McKenna, Vasa Gavrilovska, Lynne McGimpsy, Joanne Cahill, Tony Barry, Grant Bennett, Manuel Terron, Nicholas Brown, Robyn Ormiston
Marco Solo
The Marshall Cooking Show
Me Myself & I
Meaning
Medusa
The Men Who Would Conquer China
Mister Kruger
Mona Lisa
The Money
Mothers Little Murderer
Moustache
Mr. Patterns
Muscledude 11 x 6
My Sister
Nailed
Neighborhood Botch
Neoplasia
The New Boots
Night
No More
Object of My Affection
Oblivion
The Offering
On a Shoestring
Once I Was
One Day
One Perfect Day Paul Currie Dan Spielman, Leeanna Walsman, Nathan Phillips, Dawn Klingberg, Leigh Whannell, Frank Gallacher, Malcolm Robertson, Josephine Eberhard, Roy Davies, Amy McKay, Toni Joel, Abbie Cornish, Nathan Wentworth, Alex Menglet, Kerry Armstrong, Mark Currie, Syd Brisbane, Carly Schmidt, Emily Milburn, Andrew Howard, Robbie Vagana, Rory Williamson, Adam May, Anthony Littlechild, Maria Nella, Felix, Judith Templeman, Jane Oliver, Dorothy Yeung, Keith Slade, Clinton Cormany
Oranges
Out on the Tiles
Oyster Farmer Anna Reeves Kerry Armstrong
Passion with a Pedigree
Peaches
PictoCrime
Pink Sheep
Pity 24
Poker Kings
Post
The President Versus David Hicks
Queen Sequina: The Life of Ron Muncaster
Rapid Fear
Recycle
Right Here Right Now
The Road Not Taken
Sam and the Green Men
The Scree
The Setting Supermarket Sun
Shank
A Short Portrait of Obsession
Small Ant Syndrome
Soar
Sold Out
Somersault [5] Cate Shortland Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington Screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, AACTA Award for Best Film
Somewhere Near Kokoda
Standing Room Only
Star
Straight to You
Strange Bedfellows Dean Murphy Michael Caton, Alan Cassell, Andy Pappas, Paula Duncan, Roy Billing, Jamie Robertson, Kevin Dee, Paul Hogan, Stewart Faichney, Simon Paton, Shane Withington, Monica Maughan, Jenny Dale, Kestie Morassi, Ashley Evans, Adam Pedicini, Glynn Nicholas, Linda Adams, Adele Dixon, Peter O'Halloran, Joe Bono, Danielle Sims, Tony Arapoglou, Rob Carlton, Tracy Bartram, Amanda Monroe, Gary Down, Christopher Kirby, Jon Stephens, Myles Collins, Justin Rudzki, Mark Murphy, Tayler Kane, Tim Hughes, Michael Carman, Scott Andrews, Kentaro Hara, James Lee, Rod Waterworth, Ethan Thoi, Neville Burns, Craig Fook, Clay Dunn, Gary Prichard, Pete Postlethwaite, Lucy Rechnitzer, Bill Plant, Jim Wilshire, Robin Bisset, Sally Plant, Sarah Hendriks, Naomi Davis, Michael Ienna
The Strange Game of Hyde and Seek
Strange James
Suburban Boys
Sum of Existence
Summer Angst
Sweet Dreams
The Tasty Bust Reunion
Tat wam asi
Tears Before Bedtime
Tempting Fate
Tender Words
Think/Positive
Thorns
ThunderstruckDarren AshtonDamon Gameau, Stephen Curry, Ryan Johnson, Callan Mulvey, Sam Worthington Road movie/ comedy
Time Flies
The Time Phone
Timed Call
Tim's New Hope
Tom White Alkinos Tsilimidos Colin Friels, Rachael Blake, Dan Spielman, Loene Carmen, David Field, Bill Hunter, Jarryd Jinks, Angela Punch McGregor, Kevin Harrington, Gloria Ajenstat, Arthur Angel, Jonathan Auf Der Heide, Nick Barkla, Jack Charles, Roger Churches, Mark Constable, Peter Curtin, Cliff Ellen, Oscar Fairweather, Julie Forsyth, Laura Gordon, Vanessa Isgro, Jonathan Kemp, Stephen Lopez, Andy McPhee, Hamish Michael, Phil Motherwell, Isabella Oldham, Chris Pace, Adam Sarros, Jim Shaw, Christopher Toohey, Ashley Zukerman
Tomboy
Too Little Justice
The Tooth
Transgression
Two Door Mansion
The Turning Circle
The Twelve Months
Under the Radar Ivan Clarry Chloe Maxwell Comedy/ThrillerNominated 2004 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Chloe Maxwell) and won 2004 ASSG Award
Watch Comes Around Aaron McCann Short/Comedy
We Have Decided Not to Die Daniel Askill Short/Drama
What Grown-Ups Know Jonathan Wald Short/ Drama
Where Is She?: The Secret Footage of Dr. F. Height Short
White Room Andrew Gallacher, Simon J. Green Short/Comedy/Drama
A Whole New You Jody Dwyer Short/Comedy
The Widower Kevin Lucas Drama/Musical
Wisdom of the Ancients, Episode 8: Hanging Out. Patrick McGeown Emelia Rixon, Rod Burnett Mockumentary
A Wonderful Day
Yin Costa Avgoustinos Short/Animation
Zork & Zamien's Big Day Out Devon John Landau Short

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