Chris Haywood

Come and take a trip 'Down Under' and witness seven stories about the lives and loves of these men and boys from across Australia. From historical beginnings in the 1600's all the way through to noughties truck stop dilemmas, present day road trip romancing and faces from the past returning for a final goodbye. The 7 short films are: Burning Soul (2016); Miles (2017); Infidels (2017); Eric (2014); What Grown-Ups Know (2004); All Good Things (2019); The Dam (2016).

Cupids arrow has hit the coastal town of Seafront Sands. A lonely soul will discover a secret about the love we all share for the first time.

Basada en la novela hómonima, Dirt Music explora la vida de una pareja y su relación dolorosamente apasionada. Georgie (Kelly Macdonald) es una chica australiana que se siente rota por su relación actual con el pescador Jim Buckridge (David Wenham), ella pasa su tiempo admirando los paisajes de su nación hasta que conoce al cazador Lu Fox (Garrett Hedlund), un joven forastero, bastante interesante y misterioso, a quien encuentra pescando en una zona prohibida. Poco a poco ambos se conocen y la pasión entre ellos no tarda en salir a la luz, lo que pronto les provoca graves problemas a ambos. Cuando Jim se entera de aquella relación quiere venganza, sin embargo, Fox decide retirarse al norte de Australia para evitar una terrible confrontación. En su travesía, el cazador atraviesa zonas peligrosas y contaminadas, sin embargo, este es el menor de sus problemas pues debe cubrir sus huellas del hombre que desea atraparlo.

Boar trata sobre una joven familia que se encuentra en el campo australiano, siendo perseguida por un cerdo salvaje sediento de sangre.

A lifelong friendship is under siege when two mature Australian men visit the monolithic dam that defined their young lives and are confronted by feelings that were impounded long ago, but cannot be contained any longer.

When retiree Don declares he no longer wants the new spa he’s just ordered, Ivan the deliveryman suspects there’s more to the story than Don is willing to admit.

Love is Now is the intriguing and mysterious drama chronicling a summer of love for experienced photographer Audrey (Van Der Boom) and aspiring snapper Dean (Farren). Propelled by new love and Audrey's free spirit, the couple embarks on a formative country adventure following the NSW Harvest Trail where they discover significantly more than they ever expected along the way.

Retorno a la Isla de Nim para ver cómo van las cosas con Nim y su padre. Un día reciben un mensaje de que algunas personas va a comprar la isla para construir una atracción allí, pero Nim no tolerarlo y viene con algunas cosas que hacer para salvar a lo que ella llama hogar.

En 1969 el doctor Bertram Wainer es llamado para ayudar a una mujer muriendo por un aborto ilegal que lo lleva a un mundo oscuro de criminales; doctores paranoicos que operan ilegalmente y mujeres desesperadas.

Thomas Howell gets more than he's bargained for in a job interview at a prestigious law firm; an insult about his tie, a rendition of Harry Potter and the chance to change the lives of a father and son.

Conduciendo a través del país a una entrevista de trabajo, Colin juega fuerte cuando tiene problemas con el coche y toma un atajo a un pueblo. Pero se encuentra con un accidente de tráfico mortal. Uno de los conductores, Jina, se agita, y el otro está muerto junto a un maletín lleno de dinero. Colin se resiste a la tentación y hace lo correcto entregando el maletín a la policía local. Su buena acción provoca una serie de fatídicos acontecimientos... (FILMAFFINITY)

Lucy es una estudiante universitaria que se mete en el mundo de la prostitución para financiarse sus estudios. Se convierte así en una "belleza durmiente", a la que se droga diariamente hasta que pierde el conocimiento, y se le coloca en una habitación especial donde varios hombres hacen todo tipo de actos con ella que no puede recordar a la mañana siguiente. Como si esas horas nunca hubieran existido...

Punay was born with wounds on her feet so that she cannot step on the earth. Her brother, Angkarang, carries her through a hammock, as he searches the changing landscape of Palawan in hoping to find a healer who can cure Punay. Different people help him carry his sister along the way- a woman looking for her husband, a fisherman who lost his boat, and a young man who is searching for himself- and each one meets their fate.

When a sudden flood traps a group of strangers in an outback roadhouse it becomes clear that the threat from within the group is far greater than from raging torrent outside.

Historia de la vida real de Oliver Woodward. Es 1916 y Woodward debe dejar su joven y nuevo amor para ir al barro y la carnicería del frente occidental, muy por debajo de las líneas alemanas. Woodward y su pelotón de excavadores australianos lucha por defender la filtración enemiga con un sistema de túneles laberínticos lleno de explosivos para cambiar el curso de la guerra.

Tras la trágica muerte de su segunda esposa, el conocido periodista deportivo Joe Warr (Clive Owen) tiene que hacerse cargo de su hijo, Artie, de tan solo seis años. Las cosas se complicarán aún más para Joe cuando el hijo de su anterior matrimonio, Harry, de catorce años, se mude a Australia para vivir con él durante una temporada. A partir de este momento, Joe tendrá que arreglárselas para llevar adelante un hogar formado exclusivamente por chicos.

Aging artist and scholar Barry is disenchanted with his existence - disillusioned by his sexless marriage to a televangelist, and repulsed by her brand of easy-to-swallow self-help Christianity. In dire need of an outlet he turns to Irina, a Russian immigrant and prostitute. Seeking better lives, both Barry and Irina find strength in each other as they seek mutual salvation.

Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he recounts shocks the British establishment to the core. This story is the last confession of Alexander Pearce.

Ocho cortos centrados en ocho historias alrededor del mundo. Ocho directores que plasman diversos problemas y contratiempos de la sociedad actual.

A grumpy old man living in an idyllic coastal town who can't see he has the perfect life.

In 1929 one of the darkest chapters in Australian industrial history was written in blood and bitterness on the Northern Coalfields of NSW, a tale that will echo across our landscape in story, song and legacy.

In a hotel overlooking the Sea of Japan, six disparate stories inter-connect giving time a shape, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on top of another. Murder, sacrifice, betrayal, longing and regret weave into a tapestry of souls remembering and forgetting.

Jack Barrett is the type of guy no one calls Jack. He works for a group of businessmen known as "The Gentlemen" who operate within the fertile realm of the Sydney Underworld. Standover tactics, prostitution, illegal gambling, creative importation - you name it, "The Gentlemen" are into it. And Barrett enforces it for them. Old school muscle for hire. Now 53 years old, he's tired of having to throw away perfectly good suits because you can't dry-clean the blood off. He needs to get out of Sydney. Out of the game. Which is, of course, easier said than done.

Stewart Kane, un irlandés que vive en la localidad australiana de Jindabyne, va a pescar con tres amigos y, unas horas después, descubren el cuerpo de una muchacha que ha sido asesinada. En lugar de regresar a casa de inmediato, los hombres siguen pescando y no dan cuenta del macabro hallazgo hasta que han pasado varios días. La última persona en enterarse es Claire, la esposa de Stewart: la conducta de su marido supone para ella un durísimo golpe que le hace perder toda la confianza que había depositado en él. En su afán por ayudar a los familiares de la víctima, Claire no sólo se enfrenta a su propia familia y a sus amistades, sino también a la familia de la joven fallecida. (FILMAFFINITY)

To try to raise money for her choir's trip to China, Anna poses nude for an ageing artist and upon seeing the finished results goes on a journey of self discovery.

Jack investigates a gangland execution at a children’s football game twelve years ago.

Neville and Blake, a father and son coming to terms with the loss of their wife and mother Mary. When Neville is diagnosed as terminally ill his son Blake returns from boarding school and their unresolved feelings of loss re-surface. An unconventional and unique film that uses music and poetry as the narrative rather than dialogue, creating an emotionally insightful human drama.

Eleven souls, trapped in an underground carpark, are attacked by deadly, remote controlled toys. Only a few will survive.

El pintor Paul Gauguin lleva una vida acomodada como agente de bolsa en París, hasta que decide abandonarlo todo y dedicarse a pintar. En 1891 se instala en Tahiti. De vuelta a París, su exposición de 1897 resulta un fracaso. Paul Gauguin vuelve a los Mares del Sur para acabar su obra.

Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing. With a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics, the skills of his two gifted but naïve defense lawyers are put to the test.

'The Nugget' looks at how instant wealth suddenly changes the lives of three working class men - not necessarily for the better, but always with hilarious consequences.

Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky's diaries which detail his madness as well as his homosexual relationship with Ballet Russe impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his marriage to his Hungarian wife.

Nueva Gales del sur. El sargento detective Bob"serpiente" Inkster, trata de averiguar sobre el asesinato de una mujer casada con un empresario croata. Resultó muerta de un tiro en la cama y sospechosamente su marido salió ileso...

After more than forty years apart, Andreas and Claire embark on an affair as reckless and intense as when they were young lovers. Widowed musician Andreas decides to get back in touch with his one great love, Claire, who is still married to her first husband, John. Andreas and Claire find that the connection they shared when they were young is still there and they soon become involved in a rekindled love affair.

When two medical students find themselves dangerously indebted to a sadistic loan shark, they become embroiled in an illicit black-market organ transplant scam in order to save their lives. 'Muggers' is a twisted, hilarious, pitch-black comedy about friendship, poor choices and the drag of student debt.

Narra la historia del padre Damián, un sacerdote católico belga que, en 1873, llegó como voluntario a la isla de Molokai, en Hawái, donde consagró su vida al cuidado y consuelo de los leprosos allí confinados

Two lovers, Nikki and Al, have a scam in which Nikki allows herself to be picked up by older men, drugs them, and, with Al's help, robs them. After accidentally killing one of her victims with an overdose, Nikki and Al are on the run.

In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at the perpetrators, the boys with jeering at the dead girl's morality. The students' parents have their own responses. Jared retreats into angry silence, disgusted that he did nothing to help the dead girl. Meanwhile, his mother wants to talk to him about her impending cancer surgery, the police want to know what he saw, and his friend Ricko wants an alibi. Jared's cracking under the pressure.

Based on a true story, One Way Ticket is about a criminal named Webb. He has been arrested for murder and looks like he will be spending the rest of his days behind bars before he has an affair with a female guard. She helps him escape and they spend the next few days on the run. Can they make it?

Basada en hechos reales, narra la historia de David Helfgott, un brillante y virtuoso pianista australiano cuya insoportable presión paterna le traumatizó hasta el punto de alcanzar estados de demencia y sufrir internamiento en un asilo.

This caustic Australian comedy is meant to burn those commercial interests who sponsor artists for tax breaks. It also a sexually unresponsive wife's revenge against her cheating husband. Heiress Georgina Oliphant, the daughter of pharmaceutical magnate George Oliphant is on a mission to find a sculptor suitable of her father's sponsorship. Normally, George doesn't give a hoot about art, but tax time approaches and he needs a big deduction. Since large bronze statues are 100% deductible, that's what he wants. Georgina comes through with the lesbian sculptor Lily Carmichael who suggests a detailed male nude, sans fig leaf. For her model, lily chooses unemployed hunk Karl-Heinz Applebaum who at first doesn't realize he is to model totally nude. Fortunately, coquettish Georgina is around to convince him to shed those clothes.

Muriel es una chica con sobrepeso que vive en un mundo de fantasía, canciones de ABBA y catálogos nupciales. Sueña con un príncipe azul que algún día la liberará de su odiosa familia y de sus burlonas amigas. Cansada de esperar su llegada, decide irse a la ciudad y buscarlo. Uno de los mayores éxitos del cine australiano de los noventa.

Dos mujeres escapan a las montañas donde disfrutan de la compañía del otro, aparentemente decepcionadas con sus parejas masculinas.

It is New Zealand 1959. Teen swimmer Alex Archer has to battle set backs, intense rivalry and personal tragedy in her bid to win selection for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.

Outlaws kidnap their 14-year-old cousin and hold her for ransom. The girl is being chaperoned by a visiting nun, who refuses to abandon her during the kidnapping.

A film that criticises and discussed the Australian media coverage of the first gulf war.

Aya, a young Japanese war bride, arrives in a small Australian town during the 1950s. She and her husband, Frank, are very much in love. Yet somehow Aya still feels more comfortable with the Japanese-speaking Mac, a close friend of Frank's, whose wartime experiences left him with a deep regard for Japanese culture. But Frank wants Aya to forget her Japanese past. Aya finds work in a Japanese restaurant and has a short affair with an Australian-Japanese businessman. With her marriage falling apart, Aya leaves Frank.

Uplifting and intimate look at the last days of an elderly cancer victim. The film is even more relevant as it was written specifically for the lead actress, Sheila Florance, who was in fact dying of cancer as she created what is essentially a self-portrait.

When scam artist Harry Reynolds gets out of jail, he makes his way to the depressed coastal village of Beachport, where according to local myth, an old Portuguese treasure ship lies buried in the sand. Harry is an old pro at manipulating this situation to his best advantage, but never anticipates how deeply he will be affected by the relationship he develops with a young boy and his mother. A delightful tale of greed, gullibility and grandiose schemes, "Sweet Talker" is a romantic comedy for everyone in the family.

A young white city lawyer arrives in a small Queensland country town to represent an Aboriginal lady in court. She faces minor charges of assault and thinks she will get off lightly if she, 'Plead guilty, Get a bond'. The young lawyer is amazed she is not asserting her rights.

Matthew Quigley (Tom Selleck), un vaquero californiano que presume de ser un excelente tirador, llega a Australia en respuesta a un anuncio que ha sido publicado en todo el mundo por Elliot Marston (Alan Rickman), un altivo inglés, dueño de inmensas tierras, que se ha asentado en el continente australiano para hacer fortuna. Un viejo barco lleva a Quigley hasta la ciudad de Fremantle, donde sale en defensa de una mujer conocida como 'La loca Cora' (Laura San Giacomo), a quien tres tipos están molestando. Poco después, llega al rancho de Marston donde muy pronto descubre que el trabajo para el que fue contratado no tiene nada que ver con lo que él creía...

When a man discovers a golden braid hidden inside an antique he has purchased, he becomes obsessed with the fantasy of a love affair from time past and the woman he imagines the braid belonged to.

Island is Paul Cox's serene and beautiful film which explores a spectrum of emotions - ranging from extreme passion to fear, leading to murder - from loneliness to sensuality. Three women from Australia, Sri Lanka, and Greece meet on a Greek island. All are exiles escaping from their own personal tragedies. Ultimately, it is the island itself, with the generosity and warmth of the islanders, which leads all three women to revelations about themselves and their place in the world.

Para salvar a un poblado medieval de la peste negra, un niño visionario encabeza, junto a cinco hombres, un viaje ingenuo y fantástico a través del centro de la Tierra hasta llegar, desde la Inglaterra del siglo XIV donde se encuentran, a la Nueva Zelanda del siglo XX.

A comedy of life's temptations - lust, greed and power. The city in question is Sydney and the colour green signifies greed and envy in David Williamsons amusing satire on its film and publishing industries. The story centers around the Rogers family, loosely modelled on Williamson's own.

La apasionante y conmovedora historia de una intrépida mujer australiana, Ruby Rose, que cansada de vivir aislada entre las impresionantes montañas de Tasmania, abandona a su marido y a su hijastro e inicia un viaje a lo desconocido. Ruby lleva tiempo soñando con esta aventura porque nunca, ni aún siendo pequeña, ha tenido contacto con la civilización. Los libros que su abuela le regaló le hablan de otras gentes y otros mundos, que resultarán ser distintos e interesantes, aunque también peligrosos. Ruby llega hasta la granja de su padre y allí se reencuentra con sus seres más queridos...

The story of the Australian Rugby League's first visit to England.

In a small European country, the king is scheduled to visit a small, quiet and "safe" village. It turns out that while the village may indeed be small, it's neither as quiet nor as safe as it's expected to be.

Career counsellor Michael Thornton decides to change his career and become an actor. He dreams of performing Shakespeare but ends up in a television ad where only his hands appear on camera. He finds a friend in actress Mary McAllister (Nicole Kidman) until she is called to Hollywood to star in a horror feature. Katrina Foster plays Michael's understanding wife Helen, who supports him while he pursues his elusive dream.

Jenny Nicholson es profesora de arte en un tranquilo colegio católico femenino, es atractiva, cortés y con mucho mundo; sin embargo, cada fin de semana se sube al tren nocturno, transformándose en una peligrosa depredadora. Cambia su apariencia todas las semanas, así como su amaneramiento, personalidad y blanco. Joven y exuberante o mujerzuela cansada del mundo, ella ve a todos los hombres como criaturas idénticas, pero con un cuento diferente que contar. Sus clientes siempre pagan y salen a altas horas de la madrugada, una regla que no se puede romper. Un buen día, se encontrará con uno diferente a los demás: un hombre poderoso, dominante y encantador. Incapaz de poder controlar sus impulsos, Jenny se verá arrastrada hacia una telaraña de seducción, intriga y crimen...

Animated retelling of Cervantes' classic.

Melbourne, Australia 1978. El fenómeno punk está barriendo el país y Dogs In Space, un grupo punk, forma parte de él. En una casa ocupada, en un suburbio poco fiable, vive una colección heterogénea de inadaptados sociales y despreocupados que sobreviven con una dieta de viejas películas de televisión, drogas y buena música. Y el satélite SKYLAB podría estrellarse contra su techo en cualquier momento...

A man tries to rehabilitate his alcoholic friend by entering them both into the Australian national rowing championships.

Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius, who has just been fired for building his own tram. He gets Frank, who has just been released from jail, to move in to help pay the bills and, with Frank's help, Malcom turns to a life of crime.

Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius, who has just been fired for building his own tram. He gets Frank, who has just been released from jail, to move in to help pay the bills and, with Frank's help, Malcom turns to a life of crime.

Based on the 1971 true story known as "The Great Plane Robbery", this tele-movie tells the story of Peter Macari alias Mr. Brown. Under a grand extortion scam, he steals $500,000 in cash from Australian airlines company Qantas. This begins the start of a major international manhunt to catch a thief who is now living the high life from the spoils of his heist.

A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.

Parody of historical epics that focuses on real-life Australian explorers William John Wills and Robert O'Hara Burkes, who tragically tried to cross the Australian continent from the south, to the north, a distance of 3,250 km.

An Australian who has fought in Vietnam blames Agent Orange for his cancer, and sues for compensation.

Un representante de Coca-cola viaja hasta Australia para conocer la difusión del producto en el país y descubre un valle donde el consumo de la bebida es mínimo. La causa es que en ese valle hay un hombre que fabrica refrescos.

Via the New York Times: "...reconstructs the true story of a coal miners' strike in the small town of Korumburra in the mid-30's... based on the real-life story of two remarkable characters, Wattie Doig, a miner who became a militant Communist activist, and his wife, Agnes, who progressed from staunch Presbyterianism to membership in the Salvation Army and, finally, to labor organization."

Una especie de cerdo salvaje aterroriza y asesina gente en una aislada ciudad del interior de Australia. La primera víctima resulta ser un niño y después, una periodista americana. Su marido, Carl, quiere averiguar la verdad pero los habitantes de la zona no se muestran muy amistosos. Sólo contará con la ayuda de un cazador y una mujer para encontrar a la bestia.

Australian dockyard workers go on strike. Immigrant Italian workers are brought in as scab labour. In the midst of all this, an Italian woman meets & falls in love with one of the Australians.

An eccentric elderly man tries to enjoy the three things in life that he considers real beauty: collecting art, collecting flowers, and watching pretty women undress.

A comedic, dramatic day in the lives of employees and patients at a venereal disease clinic.

En la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el Capitán Invincible usó sus superpoderes contra los nazis, y fue un héroe. Pero cuando lo acusaron de apoyar a los comunistas, se retiró a Australia. Ahora, después de que le roben una súper arma súper secreta de Estados Unidos, se le pide que regrese para ayudar. Desafortunadamente, ahora es un alcohólico ... parodia de historietas de superhéroes.

In this offbeat comedy, an unlikely romance develops between a flamboyant, middle-aged piano tuner and an extremely timid office worker

Mike ama a sus coches rápidos y sus mujeres calientes. Cuando cree que la novia del rey local de las carreras callejeras, Fox, se le pasa por alto la carrera por su chica, su dinero y su vida. A través de las carreras, el sexo, los clubes nocturnos y los pequeños viajes por carretera, la película describe cómo era ser un adolescente en Australia en los años ochenta.

Un pequeño comando aliado australiano, denominado Fuerza Z, se debate en la jugla oriental contra el enemigo japonés. Cuando un avión que lleva a bordo un trànsfuga japonés, cae en el Pacífico, el equipo deberá encontrarlo.

Ron, a young man in his late teens or early 20s, but emotionally younger, has no visible, employable assets, yet rails at his status in life -- blaming everyone for the fact that his dreams are not coming true.

Jim Craig ha vivido los primeros dieciocho años de su vida en la granja familiar situada en las montañas de Australia. Cuando muere su padre, se ve obligado a irse a las tierras bajas para ganar dinero con el que reconstruir la finca. Los problemas surgen cuando se enamora de una bella mujer. (FILMAFFINITY)

During a Christmas heatwave, a community activist attempts to stop a redevelopment project that is displacing residents in the Kings Cross section of Sydney.

Fran, the assistant to university professor Paddy, is about to turn 30. She is having an affair with a married minister's aide, Stephen. She returns home to the country town she grew up in and has a fling with an old flame, Alan. She also begins sleeping with Paddy.

Sudáfrica, 1901. Tres lugartenientes australianos son sometidos a un consejo de guerra por asesinato. El oficial encargado del proceso lee las notas preliminares que implican a Harry Harbord ‘Breaker’ Morant, George Witton y Peter Handcock de la muerte de un misionero alemán y de varios prisioneros Boer confinados en una prisión custodiada por el ejército inglés. El oficial defensor, el Comandante Thomas, entiende que el proceso presenta ciertas irregularidades. (FILMAFFINITY)

A strange warning is followed by near disaster when a speedboat slices John's surfboard in half as his friends look on in horror. His curiosity aroused, John involves himself, his family, and friends in the bizarre mystery surrounding a silent trawler. But his curiosity may get him killed... when a ruthless smuggling ring, with $5,000,000 at stake, makes the situation even more dangerous!

Tony is released from prison and goes in search of what once was happiness: Anna. He hits the road hoping to find her and makes a friend along the way.

Surprisingly adventurous saga of an intrepid group of cinematographers and reporters who risk life and limb to capture footage of breaking news for the movie-going public.

Larry (Glenn Mason), Warren (Chris Haywood) and Tony (George Spartels) are three friends living the industrialised western suburbs of Sydney, bored by their lives and the kind of work available to them via their car-wrecking yard boss Boyle (Martin Harris). So instead of working, they strip stolen cars, and then despite girlfriend Wendy's (Margaret Nelson's) objections, Larry decides to join the other two in moving up a notch by helping steal TV sets, cassettes and radios in a warehouse robbery organised by Jacko (Terry Camilleri) and his boss Ferret (Saviour Sammut).

Dos mejores amigos, los veteranos de la guerra de Vietnam convertidos en especialistas, son enviados como espías a Filipinas en una misión secreta para el gobierno australiano.

In 1970, political journalist Richard lives with Penny but is having an affair with actress Dee. The two woman meet and become friends.

A young knight returns to England to discover that King Richard the Lionheart has been replaced by the tyrannical Prince John, while Lady Rowena, his true love, is engaged to another man.

An adaptation of David Williamson's play; John Hargreaves and Peter Cummins star as a good and bad cop who assist a battered wife as she tries to escape her belligerent husband.

Macarthy is a country town football champ who is kidnapped in a neon lit helicopter by tyrant Colonel Ball-Miller, the tycoon president of the South Melbourne football club.

Paris es una pequeña ciudad australiana cuyos habitantes viven de la venta de los objetos de valor que roban, tras los accidentes de tráfico que se producen en los alrededores; pero tantos accidentes no pueden ser fruto del azar. Arthur y George, dos hermanos que se dirigen a Paris, sufren un aparatoso accidente en el que George pierde la vida. Arthur se queda en la ciudad precisamente en un momento en que algunos jóvenes empiezan a rebelarse contra ese modo de ganarse la vida. (FILMAFFINITY)