WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Iraqi immigrant Samir (Majid Shokor) chooses an AFL team to support, as his fellow cabbie Michael (Phil Zachariah) attempts to sway him to the Magpie army. Young Philip (Jim Brogan) is being bullied by Shaun (Santo Tripodi), despite a common bond of which they’re unaware. Phillip’s mum, Lisa (Sally McLean) takes her cancer-stricken sister Beth (Perri Cummings), to watch their beloved Saints. In the game of life, we’re all on the same team.

In 1953, two young Italian children are promised in marriage by their fathers. Twenty one years on - despite changing times, fading traditions and 70's liberation - the pair are expected to marry, or face the consequences.

Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.

Aspiring model Tom pushes his boundaries on his first shoot, as his vulnerability is tested by professional photographer Eduardo.