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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Seasons | Steven McGregor | Moses Numamurdirdi, Tom E. Lewis | Documentary | |
| The Actress | Zak Hilditch | Caitlin Higgins, Matt Hardie | Comedy | |
| The Big Red | Greg Parker | Documentary | ||
| The Black Road | William Nessen | William Nessen, Sya’diah Syeh Marhaban | Documentary | |
| Blacktown | Kriv Stenders | Clayton Jacobson, Niki Owen | Drama | |
| The Comeback Kings | Joel Peterson | Colin Burgess, Denny Burgess | ||
| Deck Dogz | Steve Pasvolsky | Richard Wilson, Sean Kennedy, Tony Hawk | Drama | |
| The Edge of the World | Shaun M. Jefford | Lee Martin, Clare Mackey | Drama | |
| The Extra | Kevin Carlin | Jimeoin, Katherine Slattery, Rhys Muldoon | Comedy | |
| Feed | Brett Leonard | Alex O'Loughlin, Patrick Thompson | Thriller | |
| Fink! | Tim Boyle | Sam Worthington, Steve Bastoni | Crime | |
| The Great Raid | John Dahl | Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Fiennes | War | |
| Hating Alison Ashley | Geoff Bennett | Saskia Burmeister, Delta Goodrem, Tracy Mann | Comedy | |
| The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia | Con Anemogiannis | Simon Burke | Documentary | |
| I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan | ||||
| The Illustrated Family Doctor | Kriv Stenders | Samuel Johnson, Colin Friels, Jessica Napier | Drama | |
| In the Shadow of the Palms - Iraq | Wayne Coles-Janess | Documentary | ||
| Jabe Babe - A Heightened Life | Janet Merewether | Jabe Babe, | Documentary | |
| Jewboy | Tony Krawitz | Ewen Leslie, Chris Hayward, Saskia Burmeister | Drama | Screened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival |
| Little Fish | Rowan Woods | Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Sam Neill | Drama | |
| The Living Graveyard | Lin Sutherland | Lin Sutherland | Documentary | |
| Look Both Ways | Sarah Watt | William McInnes, Justine Clarke, Anthony Hayes | Drama | AACTA Award for Best Film |
| The Magician | Scott Ryan | Scott Ryan, Ben Walker, Massimiliano Andrighetto | Mockumentary | |
| Make It Real (to Me) | Miles Roston | Kevin Sumba Okomba, Sennye Mugale | Documentary | |
| Man-Thing | Brett Leonard | Matthew Le Nevez, Rachael Taylor, Jack Thompson | Horror | |
| The Marey Project | ||||
| Meat Pie | ||||
| One Afternoon | ||||
| One Day | ||||
| Opal Dream | Peter Cattaneo | Vince Colosimo, Jacqueline McKenzie | ||
| Peter Berner's Loaded Brush | ||||
| The Proposition | John Hillcoat | Guy Pearce, Stan Winston, Danny Huston | Western | |
| Puppy | Kieran Galvin | Nadia Townsend, Bernard Curry, Sally Bull | ||
| Ra Choi | M. Frank | Janneke Arent, Larni Attwood, Nammi Le Benson | ||
| RASH | Nicholas Hansen | Chali 2na Ha Ha, TOWER, Sixten | Documentary | |
| Reason 2 Kill | ||||
| Redefining Tom Nash | ||||
| Safety in Numbers | ||||
| Scratched | ||||
| Sounds and Visions of Dreamtime | ||||
| Stories of Lost Souls | ||||
| A Stranger in My Homeland | Chloe Traicos | |||
| Stranded | ||||
| Thirty Eight | ||||
| Three Dollars | Robert Connolly | David Wenham, Frances O'Connor, Sarah Wynter | Drama | |
| Truth, Lies and Intelligence | ||||
| Troy's Story | ||||
| Vietnam Nurses | Polly Watkins | Documentary | Won 1 2006 AFI award, 3 nominations | |
| Wolf Creek | Greg McLean | John Jarratt, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, Nathan Phillips | Horror | |
| You and Your Stupid Mate | Marc Gracie, Kate Gorman | Angus Sampson, Nathan Phillips, Rachel Hunter | Comedy |
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