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The son of a veteran named Agus was faced with the shadow of his father's absence, so he grew up to be an undisciplined child. Until the veteran died and made his son follow in his father's footsteps to enter the military world.

War correspondent Roger East and the young Jose Ramos-Horta travel to East Timor to investigate the murders of the Balibo Five in 1975.

In 1983, Dilan reunites with his elementary school friends after a year and a half away and tries to impress a transfer student.

After a series of pipe dream ventures go belly up, retired pro soccer player Kim Won-kang happens to visit East Timor, where he finds children playing the game barefoot on rocky pitches. Sensing a new business opportunity on finding the country doesn't have a single sporting goods store, he embarks on a scheme to get rich quick by purveying athletic shoes to the unshod youngsters. Sadly, no one there can afford to pay $60 for a pair of shoes, even on a generous installment plan, and before he knows it, he is reduced to coaching a team of ragged 10-year-olds and prospects are looking grim.

Documentary exploring the role of an Australian filmmaker turned revolutionary in the independence movement in Timor-Leste.

Set against the tumultuous lead-up to the 1999 referendum in East Timor and its horrifying aftermath, ANSWERED BY FIRE is a very personal exploration of first-world intervention in third-world traumas. Canadian RCMP officer Julie Fortin, Australian Federal Policeman Mark Waldman and a young East Timorese translator named Ismenio Soares are brought together by the UN's fateful effort to give the Timorese a voice in their own future. In the chaotic run-up to the vote, these initially reluctant partners become real friends. But when the UN evacuates in the post-ballot rampage, Mark and Zoe are forced to abandon Ismenio and his family to a nightmarish fate. Haunted by guilt, the two westerners each find their way back to Timor, driven to make amends to the people they tried - and failed - to protect.

Documentary of the events that occurred in the East Timor genocide during 1990-91.

Without Bintang, the Langit will be dark. A love story thwarted by family and extraordinary tragedy.

In January 2017, adventurer Grant Rawlinson attempted to row and cycle 12,000km from Singapore to New Zealand. What followed was the story of success, failure and the awesome force of nature's power colliding with human ambition.

A forensic team search for for the missing victims of the 1991 Santa Cruz massacre in East Timor.

Filmed over four years in Australia's most misunderstood neighbor East Timor, Breaking the News explores the high cost of being a truth-seeking journalist in an emerging nation.

Michael Smith discovered the delights and perils of true adventure in a solo circumnavigation in his tiny amphibious flying boat, Southern Sun.

A documentary on the life story of Desmond Tutu and his journey during the crucial years of anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.

The Australian Federal Police find adventure and challenges in the Pacific region as they join the multinational police force know as the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Island (RAMSI) and embark on a tour of duty to East Timor.

The President of East Timor (Timor-Leste), Xanana Gusmao, takes us on a breathtaking and intimate journey. Revelations from the 24-year Resistance against Indonesian occupation, to the present-day challenges of the world's youngest nation.

The beauty of Portuguese Timor: folklore dresses, festive dances, the Loro-Sa sword dance, cock-fights, Mobara cavalry, handcrafts, Aldeamento da Raça (native village), beaches, and shell-fish.

One Cup is an Australian short documentary film, produced and released by Scarab Studio & Mutiny Media. Filmed in the mountains of Timor-Leste in January 2006, One Cup offers insight into the struggles of coffee farming in the poorest country in Asia. Among the everyday difficulties described by coffee producer communities, health concerns are paramount. Featuring then Foreign Minister José Ramos-Horta, Oxfam Program Director Keryn Clark and scores of Timorese coffee farmers, One Cup illustrates the benefits offered by the international Fair Trade system. One Cup is a reminder of the ever increasing need for support for the millions of third and developing world farmers across the globe. Unlike the documentary film Black Gold (2006), which looks at the issues around Fair Trade One Cup tends to more show the positive benefits of the Fair Trade system, a positive balance to the other film.

The liberation of East Timor pushed Australia and Indonesia to the brink of confrontation, but diplomacy and a peacekeeping mission led to the birth of a nation. Twenty years on ABC News talks to those involved about the lasting legacy.

This beautifully shot and high quality documentary tells the incredible tale of East Timor's struggle for self-government.

A documentary produced by Amy Goodman and journalist Allan Nairn on the Santa Cruz massacre and the history of Indonesian and US involvement in the Southeast Asian nation.