John Flaus

Through various modes of surveillance we observe an overprotective young woman, Winnie, and her disabled brother, Stevie, caught in a web of intrigue involving a bomb plot, inept anarchists, ambitious police and a corrupt politician. The duplicity of Winnie’s boyfriend, Conrad Verloc -political activist and police informant –propels these siblings down a deadly path. But justice may prevail in the aftermath, via the surveillance collected, compiled and presented by Special Crimes Sergeant Kylie Heat.

A younger man encounters the old. Both fearful and aware of the impending end. The clock is almost striking 12, it has passed 5 to 12. Celebrating love between two humans they spend time together, until the old one vanishes into the wind.

호주 한적한 동네에 살고 있는 평범한 남자 대런. 동네 바비큐 용품 판매원인 그의 취미는 주말에 친구들과 이웃들을 초대해 바비큐를 해주는 일이다. 그는 호주에 처음으로 바비큐를 들여온 사람이 캡틴 제임스 쿡이고, 자신이 그의 후손이라고 굳게 믿고 있다. 특히 제임스 쿡의 (것이라 믿는) 럼주통 바비큐 그릴은 그의 큰 자랑이다. 여느 때처럼 이웃들에게 바비큐를 해주던 어느 주말, 이웃들은 덜 익은 새우로 인해 단체식중독에 걸리게 된다. 이 일이 텔레비전에 방송되며 그는 호주 최고의 ’근육바보’로 유명해진다. 그러던 중 동네에서 국제바비큐대회가 열리자 대런은 등 떠밀려 지역 대표로 출전하게 되면서, 베일에 가린 미스터리 셰프 ‘도살자’에게 특훈까지 받게 된다. 한편, 12살 아들 제이든은 아빠가 캡틴 제임스 쿡의 자손이라는 연결고리를 찾기 위해 고군분투한다. ‘쿡’ 가족의 자존심을 걸고 각자의 싸움을 하게 된 이들은 과연 가족의 명예를 지켜낼 수 있을까?

When the Weatherman puts on his boots it gets frosty, when he puts on his scarf it gets windy, and when he puts on his hat it gets warm. The problem is, the Weatherman's lost his umbrella. Without an umbrella, there will be no more rain.

Whether you’re a fan of Sydney's iconic genre film festival A Night of Horror, or just a fan of the best and bloodiest in new horror cinema, you can’t afford to miss this fright-filled anthology. Zombies, demonic entities, self-surgery, cannibalism and more await in the dark corners of this terrifying offering from some of the most talented filmmakers working in the genre today.

The world of a lonely deaf Parisian taxidermist is turned upside down and back to front when a dead pigeon arrives on his doorstep.

Jack Irish is thrown into a world of club owners, drug dealers and killers when he is hired by a judge to find a mysterious red book.

앨리스 스프링스부터 인도양까지 호주 사막 2,740km를 걸어서 횡단하기로 결심한 로빈은, 오직 낙타 네 마리와 자신의 반려견만을 데리고 홀로 사막을 걷기 시작한다. 그녀의 무모한 계획에 이끌린 내셔널 지오그래픽 사진 작가 릭이 중간 거점마다 여정을 기록하기로 한다. 광활하고도 고독한 사막 속, 위험천만한 여정이 시작되는데…

Jack Irish has no shortage of friends, but family members are few and far between. His wife was murdered by an ex-client and his father is a fading photo on the pubs football wall of fame. So when Des Connors, the last link to his dad, calls to ask for help in the matter of a missing son, Jack is more than happy to lend a hand. But sometimes prodigal sons go missing for a reason... As Jack begins to dig, he discovers that Gary Connors was a man with something to hide, and his friends are people with yet darker and even more deadly secrets.

Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover - the complete man really. Jack is an expert in finding those who don't want to be found - dead or alive. He helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him.

Benny and Grandad are best friends and never leave each other's side. They also run the most successful light refreshment stand in town. Yet all could change when an old neighbour decides to get in the way.

Suffering from a mysterious affliction, a young boy is taken to a secluded hospital by his fearful parents. Lloyd soon learns that more harm is being done than good.

외로운 사춘기 소녀의 엉뚱한 상상에서 시작된 22년간의 우정! 오스트레일리아에 사는 8세 소녀 메리는 알코올 중독에 도벽까지 있는 엄마와 가정에 소홀한 아빠 밑에서 제대로 된 애정을 받지 못하고 자란 소녀이다. 어느 날 아스퍼거 증후군을 갖고 있는 뉴욕에 사는 중년남자 맥스와 펜팔 친구를 하게 되면서 그들은 22년이 넘는 세월 동안 거리와 나이를 초월한 우정을 쌓아가는데...

A multi-layered narrative drama about ordinary people and their struggles and joys with life. Blue Notes is composed of five tales about people who are "blue": a married man struggles by with depression; his son spends his days drifting; a young woman reacts to being abused by her partner; a heroin addict attempts to start a career in music; and a lonely man, bereft of family, looks for a way to connect with others.

Eddie is a principled man, with a wife, a daughter and a mortgage and leads a seemingly stable and happy life as a government land assessor. Yet when the forces of economic and social change threaten this, he realises just how fragile his reality and security is. After losing his job, he checks his bank balance and finds he has only 'three dollars' to his name.

The odd biography of Harvie Krumpet, a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck - but still optimistically lives own way and enjoys the small things life has to offer.

A one off 7 minute documentary film commissioned in 2001

미하엘 하네케의 숨겨진 영화 중 하나다. 카프카의 원작에 충실하면서도 등에서 찾아볼 수 있는 마을 사람들의 싸늘한 시선이 영화 속에 고스란히 담겨 있다. 여인과의 섹스에서 탈출구를 찾던 카프카의 세계관 역시 하네케의 해석에서 명징하게 구현된다. (2013년 제14회 전주국제영화제)

Welcome to the far-famed and most reliable Balanced Particle Freeway, a magical adventure that can take you anywhere in the world in no time at all! That's what the dragon Mizuchi tells Lili and Bede when he unexpectedly crash lands in their backyard. The children discover that there is an entrance to the Balanced Particle Freeway just outside their back gate and it catapults them from school holiday boredom into high adventure.

For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually secured by her eccentric Aunt Kitty and her brother, John. Lilian starts to carve out a place for herself. As she explores Sydney and the people who live and work around her she sees others looking for love. Lilian shows us it is never too late to change your life and that even unusual choices can bring contentment.

A nephew recalls the sometimes-lonely and often-eccentric life of his beloved uncle.

Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high-profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernization he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such plans hurt.

Three vampires wander the streets of Melbourne killing, screwing and taking drugs. They decide to carry out a heist, stealing three million and attracting the attention of various psychotics, who chase them through a blood spattered odyssey into the Melbourne underground.

Two crooked gallery officials swap a Picasso for a fake hoping to make a fortune. When thieves break into the gallery to steal the Picasso, an amusing chain reaction snowballs into a hilarious romp.

When Joey, a prisoner on the run, takes Reginald, an accountant, as his hostage, he gets more than he bargained for.

Two brothers become conflicted after one goes on the run and the other has an affair with a Greek woman and takes care of an old rich lady who could be their way out.

Berlin, 1934: John Flaus plays Goethe, the puppeteer whose mechanical clockwork knife-throwing act is under surveillance by a slimy SS agent (Heinz Boeck). The showdown comes at a New York presentation of the show.

Made as an exercise in my animation class at Swinburne University in 1990, Tatlin is rumination on the life & work of Vladimir Tatlin.

The world is a blazing atomic hell. Civilisation is dying in agony... What do you do? ...THROW A PARTY! The Third World War has happened. Bombs are dropping everywhere, even Elwood, Melbourne, Australia. In the ruins that follow, three survivors find a bomb shelter. Only to find that the survivors in there are having a party.

During the 1860s, Dave Powers, apprentice to a horse trainer, volunteers to ride Archer to the Melbourne Cup race. Their start is 600 miles from Melbourne, and the journey is anything but easy. Of course, the pair have numerous adventures along the way, and in the end Archer competes in the Melbourne Cup race.

A detective tracking down anti-nuclear terrorists gets involved with prostitutes and rogue government agents.

Two technicians manning a tracking station on the Victorian High Plains pursue opposite ways of coping with isolation. The ageing Cunningham seems to be rejuvenated by and obsessed with the landscape, while the younger Barker withdraws into the interior and technical world of the station.

The stories involving surfing and drugs are followed in Sydney over two days.

Directed by John Ruane.

A classic Australian underground comedy in which a group of people fight over how to make the truly collective/revolutionary/existential movie. Original intentions get sidetracked but all attempts to set things straight result in yet another, but strangely similar, script. Cast includes: John Flaus, Peggy Cole.