Elsie's Film House presents... An afternoon with Deborah Kingsland and the films she loved making!

JUST LIKE HORSES dir. Deborah Kingsland (2023) AU |PG | 19 mins

Canberra teen Hanna has been skipping school and hanging out with her beloved horse Ben. She receives offer to train up heifers for the Canberra Show. Can she rise to the challenge?

GIVE US BACK OUR FUTURE dir. Deborah Kingsland (2020) Aus PG 8 mins

Primary school students brave the rain outside Parliament House, Canberra to speak up passionately during the first student climate strike in 2019.

MAD ABOUT KANGAROOS dir. Deborah Kingsland (2013) Aus PG 10 mins

A day in the life of some much loved orphaned joeys in the bush near Captain’s Flat.

ALL IN THE SAME BOAT dir. Deborah Kingsland (1978) Aus PG 14 mins

Barb, at home in the western suburbs of Sydney, with two small children to care for, is literally climbing the walls! And she is not afraid to speak out about her husband. (Winner, Best Short Film, Sydney Film Festival) and featured in Episode 3 of Australia –An Unofficial History, currently on SBS On Demand

RANA dir. Deborah Kingsland (1975) Aus PG 19 mins

Rana is a university student who lives behind the veil, with her family in a tiny house in Old Delhi, India. This is 1974 and the film crew had never seen a burqa. The director asks about the life of Muslim girls. Rana and her charming family respond generously to the director’s naïve curiosity.

Teaser for WHAT MAKES THESE TOYS TICK? dir. Deborah Kingsland (2025) Aus PG 2 mins

The director discovers an old wooden house in the Blue Mountains, where Czech-Australian artist, John Cervenka made hundreds of mechanical tin toys!