Added in November: Falling for Daisy; Good, Better, Vegan; Wild Tech & more...
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05/12/2025
November introduces a diverse collection of films and documentaries to Beamafilm, with a special focus on titles available to audiences around the world. From life on the road in remote Australia and innovative conservation projects, to classic Hollywood romance, wartime history, and heartfelt contemporary drama, this month’s lineup spans eras, genres, and continents.
Some of our featured November additions include:
In The Trenches : A gritty and intimate portrait of life lived on society’s margins, following those doing it tough in rural and regional Australia. This documentary offers an unvarnished look at resilience, hardship, and community spirit in places often left out of the national conversation.
Whakapapa of a Māori Phrase Book : A warm and insightful New Zealand documentary tracing the story behind a much-loved Māori language resource. Blending personal history, cultural pride, and linguistic revival, it celebrates the people and kaupapa that helped bring te reo Māori into everyday life.
The Long and Short of Firearms - Part 2 The Addendum: answers viewer questions from Part 1 while preserving endangered knowledge from Australia's last bushmen. Through intimate conversations with elderly experts, the film explores: why Australian bushmen were exceptional judges of distance and much more.
Wild Tech – Conservation Through Advanced Technology : A fascinating look at how drones, satellites, sensors, and AI are transforming the way we protect wildlife and ecosystems. From remote monitoring to data-driven decision-making, this documentary reveals how cutting-edge tech is giving conservationists powerful new tools.
Wild Tech – Conservation Through Advanced Technology : A fascinating look at how drones, satellites, sensors, and AI are transforming the way we protect wildlife and ecosystems. From remote monitoring to data-driven decision-making, this documentary reveals how cutting-edge tech is giving conservationists powerful new tools.
Gravel Road: A heartfelt road movie following a remote Indigenous rock band as they travel thousands of kilometres across the Australian desert to play music for their communities. It’s a moving celebration of culture, country, and the joy of performing against all odds.
Wildlife in Windmill Country: Set against the striking landscapes of modern wind farms, this film explores how wildlife adapts to and is affected by renewable energy infrastructure. Beautifully shot and quietly thought-provoking, it invites viewers to consider the balance between green power and biodiversity.
A Farewell to Arms: Classic cinema fans can also discover Academy Award-winning Hollywood classics like A Farewell to Arms and Seventh Heaven and timeless titles like Dante’s Inferno bringing literary and romantic drama to life for worldwide audiences. Together with our other November additions, these films promise a month of discovery, reflection, and inspiration on Beamafilm.
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An independent filmmaker must overcome a series of obstacles while making a WW1 epic.
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Waiting for her boyfriend to join her on a country vacation, three months pregnant Daphne bonds with his cousin Maxime, and their shared intimacy brings them closer together into a full fledged love affair.
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An adaptation of Annie Ernaux's novel of the same name, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.
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After suffering a tragedy at the hand of invading soldiers in Donbas, an Ukrainian physics teacher seeks revenge. He sets his sights on an elite Russian sniper whose elimination could change the tide of the conflict.
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An exploration into an early Māori phrasebook, first published in 1885.
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The three-part production CRIMES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD shows spectacular criminal cases that held the world in suspense and changed it forever. They include major judicial scandals, gruesome serial murders and...
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Jim Carter, a resentful and ambitious stoker, joins Dante's Inferno carnival after losing his job. His obsession with the show's success soon leads his family to the brink.
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Five women from New Zealand outline their journey to becoming a professional shearer as they head for glory at the Golden Shears.
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The sixth extinction of species is in full swing. In the race against time, researchers around the globe are increasingly turning to high-tech. This visually stunning documentary shows how they are working flat out on...
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The story of Jay Minning, singer-songwriter of the most remote rock band in the world, the Desert Stars.
In present-day Nicaragua, a headstrong American journalist and a mysterious English businessman strike up a romance as they become embroiled in a dangerous labyrinth of lies and conspiracies and are forced to try and...
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On the night of the 1969 federal election, Don Henderson invites a group of friends to celebrate a predicted Labor Party victory, much to the dismay of his wife, Kath. The Hendersons and their nine guests drink, joke, make love,...
This documentary takes us on a journey of discovery through the Alblasserwaard, unveiling the wild side of this classic and bucolic Dutch landscape throughout the change of seasons, and with it the staggering...
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The life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final President of the Soviet Union in chronological order.
Charting the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist.
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A wounded American soldier and a English nurse form a romantic connection during WW1.
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The story explores Operation Overlord, D-Day invasion of Normandy beaches in WWII, through interviews with historians, experts, eyewitnesses, detailing events leading up to this pivotal battle that liberated Western Europe.
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The story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.
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A translator working for the police gets involved in the other side of drug dealing.
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Modern veganism that does not want to miss anything is the new lifestyle of a young, healthy generation. But nature has not provided for humans to eat vegan food at all. Veganism has little known health hazards if used...
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Artemisia struggles with family issues while embarking on a romance with Daisy
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A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, then goes to war.
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The Long and Short of Firearms: Part 2 – The Addendum" answers viewer questions from Part 1 while preserving endangered knowledge from Australia's last bushmen. Through intimate conversations with elderly...
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