Mar 28, 2024 Last Updated 9:27 PM, Feb 2, 2024

Producers & Distributors of High Quality Australian Film and Television

We've got quality not quantity. We break the ice for others to follow.

On this site you will find details of our past film production, direct sales info, 

who we are, what we've got in development plus bits about our heros.

HOLMEWOOD
gets the green light

Shooting is underway on our new feature documentary HOLMEWOOD. The film tells the story of a small and very unusual school in England in the 1960s filled with children from all round the world where race, religion and class had no meaning. It was multi cultural before the word was invented. We've tracked a number of the boys scattered now, in far flung corners, to find out what effect that extraordinary environment had on the rest of their lives. Are there lessons we can learn in the 21st century about how we educate children? In a time of rising populism, racism and skin deep nationalism HOLMEWOOD is a powerful addition to a very contemporary debate. We're currently shooting in Vancouver, next stop up-state New York, then London, Madrid and Accra.

A Smart St. Taster

Here's a taster of a few of the films we have on DVD.  They're high quality mainly Australian and hard to find.   They're all available from our catalogue

 

 

Golden Sandals

Category: Catalogue

SYNOPSIS: Rock Star, Artist, writer Reg Mombassa has influenced Australian culture for thirty years. From Mental As Anything to Mambo he's made two generations of people laugh, dance and wonder at the beauty of his creations. GOLDEN SANDALS is a journey into the world of Reg with his aliens, animals and Australian Jesus. It's an animated trip to the roots of what makes Reg tick. When you put on a pair of golden sandals the cares and worries of a fractious world drop away. You enter a parallel universe where ridiculousness prevails. GOLDEN SANDALS is the collected guide to the art, thoughts and life of Reg Mombassa - artist and musician. Using new Spirit Camera technology which allows us to see things which aren't there, we enter his world. 

Censorship Rating: PG
Length: 26 Minutes
Country of Origin: Australia                                                  
Year of Production: 2006
Producer: Gai Steele
Director: Haydn Keenan
Performers: Reg Mombassa, Peter O'Doherty, Trudy O'Doherty
Awards  Finalist ATOM Awards
Reviews  "The 26 minute film, as artful as any of Mombassa's poetically agressive paintings, examines the menacing intent behind the silliness and buffoonery, and it is simply irresistible." Graeme Blundell The Australian
Subject area Australian Contemporary Art, Independant Documentary, Modern Culture, Drawing, Music, Secondary School Art
Photo Gallery Golden Sandals Photo Gallery

 

Golden Sandals
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$20.00

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For the last 45 years we've shot films all round the world on a wide variety of subjects. From sport to politics and art we have a unique library of moving and still images. We make these available to filmmakers and private individuals for use in other films or just to own personally.  In particular our extraordinary range of surveillance films and photographs are a unique resource.

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For HD movies or hand printed stills on acid free paper contact us: 
enquiries@smartstreetfilms.com.au 

In Development

Looted treasure, IRA terror, Dandies, Winston Churchill, Zombies, show biz scoundrels and aunt Mabel's millions.  

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LOOTED
We've got a wide ranging slate in development.READ MORE

Heroes

    Terry Southern
                      writer

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    The Hippest Guy On The Planet

Dr. Strangelove, Candy, Magic Christian, Easyrider you name it Terry Southern had a profound influence on American cinema and our understanding of the absurdity of life.

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