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.

Georgie está lentamente sufocando em um casamento sem amor com o magnata da pesca Jim Buckridge. O caçador furioso Lu é um símbolo irresistível da emoção que ela deseja. Segue-se um caso apaixonado que revela os segredos sombrios do passado de Lu e o obriga a fugir para o calor escaldante do interior. Georgie segue, determinada a encontrá-lo e trazê-lo de volta.

No áspero e belo interior australiano vive uma fera de tamanho impressionante, com uma necessidade implacável de sangue e destruição. O animal defende seu território com força brutal e mata com uma selvageria crua diferente de qualquer outra já vista antes.

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.

Quatorze anos de idade, Nim, mais determinada do que nunca a proteger sua ilha e toda a vida selvagem que a chama de lar, enfrenta os desenvolvedores de resorts e caçadores de animais. Logo ela percebe que não pode depender apenas de suas coortes de animais e deve fazer sua primeira amiga humana - Edmund, que fugiu para a ilha do continente - para salvá-la em casa.

The ABC telemovie event Dangerous Remedy tells the fascinating story of Dr Bertram Wainer. Living and working in Melbourne in the 1960s, Dr Wainer put his life at risk to expose police corruption in an effort to change the law on abortion and put an end to the illegal operations that were killing young women. It’s a truly inspiring story. Dr Wainer’s determination, even when his own life and that of his family’s was threatened, never faltered. He was living proof that one person can make a difference and change the status quo. With the support of Dr Wainer’s family, the filmmakers have endeavoured to capture the essence of his struggle to expose police corruption and change the law.

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.

Um homem sofre um acidente de carro numa estrada da Austrália, e logo descobre que o outro motorista morreu, que há uma mulher ferida e uma pasta cheia de dinheiro. Quando ele faz a coisa certa e recorre às autoridades, provoca uma série de violentos problemas.

Lucy é uma jovem universitária que vive precisando de dinheiro. Para isso, divide o apartamento com outras duas pessoas e possui uma série de pequenos empregos. Por meio de um anúncio de jornal, entra em contato com uma inusitada agência, que a contrata para prestar um trabalho estranho chamado beleza adormecida. Ela adormece. Ela acorda. É como se nada tivesse acontecido.

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.

A extraordinária história real de Oliver Woodward. É 1916 e Woodward deve rasgar-se de seu novo amor jovem para ir para a lama e carnificina da Frente Ocidental. Nas profundezas das linhas alemãs. Woodward e seu pelotão segredo de Scaleface australiano luta para defender um vazamento, o sistema de túnel labirinto repleto de explosivos suficientes para mudar o curso da guerra.

Após a morte prematura de sua segunda esposa, Joe tem que lidar com sua dor e encontrar uma maneira de criar seus filhos, Artie e Harry, sozinho. Os três decidem jogar as convenções para o alto e viver de acordo com a frase" apenas diga sim." Quando as coisas dão errado, Joe deve encontrar uma maneira a se comportar mais como um pai, mantendo ainda as alegrias de uma vida mais despreocupada.

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.

8 shorts centered around 8 themes directed by 8 famous film directors involved and sharing their opinion on progress, on the set-backs and the challenges our planet faces today.

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.

Durante uma pescaria, Stewart, Carl, Rocco e Billy descobrem o corpo de uma aborígene no rio e só avisam as autoridades três dias depois, quando voltam à cidade. A decisão afeta profundamente suas vidas, principalmente o casamento de Stewart.

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.

Paul Gauguin (Kiefer Sutherland) é um bem-sucedido corretor de ações, que vive feliz ao lado de sua bela esposa Mette (Nastassja Kinski) e seus quatro filhos. Colecionador de quadros, ele resolve abandonar sua profissão ao ter um de seus trabalhos elogiados por Camille Pissarro (Alun Armstrong), um bom pintor que ainda não tinha tido seu trabalho reconhecido. Entretanto esta opção de Gauguin faz com que ele e sua família passem privações. A chegada da pobreza obriga Mette a partir com os filhos para Copenhague, em busca de ajuda da família.

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.

Based on the true story of an Australian woman that was murdered in bed next to her husband.

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.

Baseado em uma história verdadeira, o filme acompanha um padre que, no século 19, se voluntariou para ir até a ilha de Molokai para cuidar dos que foram acometidos por um surto de lepra.

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?

Desconhecido chega em um bar em uma noite de muita chuva, logo demonstrando ser extremamente excêntrico e estar totalmente perdido. Assim, a dona do estabelecimento o leva para casa e neste momento é descortinado um flashback da vida do desconhecido, que desde criança já dava indícios de ser um brilhante pianista. Protagonizado por Geoffrey Rush, vencedor do Oscar para Melhor Actor de 96, "Shine", foi um dos mais significativos candidatos ao Oscar conquistando 7 nomeações. Numa noite de inverno David entre num bar. Embora claramente excêntrico, ele é um excelente pianista, despertando desde logo a atenção e a simpatia de todos. A sua vida sempre foi caracterizada pelo domínio avassalador do seu pai que sempre pretendeu transformá-lo num grande pianista apesar do seu excessivo protecionismo. Desafiando a autoridade do seu pai, aceita um convite para ir estudar para Londres. Apesar de toda a sua genialidade David tem bastantes dificuldades de adaptação o que transforma sua vida num caos.

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.

Porpoise Spit, Austrália. Muriel Heslop (Toni Collette) tem 22 anos e nunca teve muitos amigos, já que as roupas que usa são fora de moda e, ainda por cima, vive ouvindo as canções do ABBA. Além disto, está acima do peso e nunca demonstrou muitos talentos. Sua vida muda ao conhecer Rhonda Epinstalk (Rachel Griffiths), que também é excluída do meio social. Sonhando com uma vida livre, elas fogem para Sydney. Apesar das críticas de seu pai, Muriel acredita que possa enfim encontrar a felicidade e coloca como primeira meta se casar. É quando ela conhece e se apaixona por um famoso nadador.

Two women escape to the mountains where they enjoy each others company, apparently disappointed with their male partners.

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.

Golpista sai da prisão e vai para cidade costeira com novo plano em mente: recolher fundos para expedição em busca de tesouro perdido e fugir com o dinheiro. Mas tudo se complica quando sua expedição vira notícia, seu ex-companheiro de cela aparece e, ele se apaixona por uma mulher.

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.

Tom Selleck em sua mais corajosa interpretação nesse novo estilo de faroeste com filmagem panorâmica de épico (Los Angeles Times). Tiroteios intensos, paisagens incríveis, fugas alucinadas – todas marcas registradas do faroeste clássico – são reinventadas neste filme de ação que revitaliza o gênero e se mostra um verdadeiro vencedor” (The Hollywood Reporter). Ao chegar à Austrália sem nada além de uma sela e um amado rifle, o atirador americano Matthew Quigley acha que foi contratado para matar cães selvagens. Mas quando percebe que sua verdadeira missão é “eliminar” os aborígines das terras de um rico e poderoso barão do gado, Quigley recusa o trabalho e passa de caçador a caçado. Forçado a declarar guerra a seu ex-empregador, Quigley prova que ninguém faz um atirador de olhos de lince de bobo, ninguém, menos a misteriosa beldade (Laura San Giacomo, Sexo, Mentiras e Videotape) que cavalga a seu lado e captura seu coração.

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.

In the 14th century a village seeking escape from the Black Death are guided by a boy's vision to tunnel into an abandoned mine and emerge into 20th century New Zealand.

Colin Rogers é um escritor de roteiros bem sucedido e disposto a escrever qualquer tipo de filme, desde que seja bem pago. Mas um dia decide que só vai escrever roteiros com valores e mensagens de acordo com a cultura australiana. Mas não será fácil manter a decisão, pois os produtores de cinema querem algo que possa ser exportado para os americanos.

The year is 1933. Ruby Rose (Melita Jurisic) is an Australian woman living with her Welsh immigrant husband Henry (Chris Haywood) in the Tasmanian highlands. Cut off from her superjudgmental family, for whom Henry had once worked as a humble farm hand, Ruby remains isolated in her tiny house. Superstitiously terrified of the dark, she begins developing her own folklore about the inky blackness that surrounds her each night; this folklore eventually develops into Ruby's own personal religion, created to ward off the evils that she imagines lurk in every corner. Only by venturing out of her house and rekindling her relationship with her embittered father is Ruby able to exorcise her fears. Almost hypnotic in its stark beauty, Tale of Ruby Rose is proof enough that writer/director Roger Scholes deserves to be far better known.

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.

Confrontado por um aluno, o advogado Michael Thornton se dá conta de que não é feliz e decide mudar de carreira. Ele abandona o rígido e tedioso mundo do Direito e passa a investir na profissão de ator. Sua ambição é Shakespeare, mas tudo que ele consegue é uma ponta na televisão. Incentivado pela esposa, Helen, e pela atriz Mary McAllister ele continua acreditando.

A convent teacher spreads a little happiness and makes enough money to support her crippled brother's habit by selling her favours regularly on a cross-country night sleeper. She makes sure she is in control of each encounter until one client reaches her more than she expects.

Animated retelling of Cervantes' classic.

The place is Melbourne, Australia 1978. The punk phenomenon is sweeping the country and Dogs In Space, a punk group, are part of it. In a squat, in a dodgy suburb, live a ragtag collection of outcasts and don't-wanna-be's who survive on a diet of old TV space films, drugs and good music. And the satellite SKYLAB could crash through their roof at any moment...

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.

Uma paródia da história real dos exploradores William John Wills e Robert O'Hara Burke, que atravessaram o deserto da Austrália em camelos em 1860, quando nenhum homem branco havia feito tal façanha.

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

O executivo Robert Becker (Eric Roberts, de Star 80) é um funcionário excêntrico da Coca-Cola em Atlanta, na Geórgia, que é encarregado de ir à Austrália descobrir qual o motivo de uma pequena comunidade não consome o produto. Durante a missão, ele vai procurar o rei dos refrigerantes local oferecendo uma proposta de parceria a qual não tem interesse em ceder. As coisas se complicam quando o homem da Coca-Cola começa a se apaixonar por sua secretária temporaria Terri (Greta Scacchi, em sua segunda aparição no cinema), que parece ter conexões com o vale.

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."

Uma repórter ecologista desaparece no deserto australiano quando fazia uma matéria sobre a matança de animais. Seu marido sai em sua procura e encontra um javali gigante que ataca na região.

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.

Alan Arkin interpreta o Captain Invincible do título, um super-herói que caiu em desgraça durante o McCarthysmo e foi viver para a Austrália. Trinta anos mais tarde, o governo dos EUA volta a chamá-lo para combater o seu arqui-inimigo, Mr. Midnight (Christopher Lee), que reapareceu. O problema é que, entretanto, o outrora paladino do bem só pensa na bebida.

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

Mike loves his fast cars and his hot women. When he fancies the girlfriend of the local street racing king, Fox, he gets way in over his head in racing for his girl, his money and his life. Through racing, sex, nightclubs and small road trips the film depicts what it was like to be a teenager in Australia in the 1980's.

Tim Burstall directs then-up-and-comers Mel Gibson and Sam Neill in this action-packed Cannes Film Festival selection about the grim realities of World War II, a gritty drama based on actual events. Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific, Capt. P.G. Kelly (Gibson) and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who could hold the secret to peace.

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 viveu os primeiros 18 anos de sua vida no alto das montanhas, na fazenda de sua família. Agora, depois da morte de seu pai, ele precisa trabalhar, juntar dinheiro para garantir a posse da fazenda e assim se tornar um homem respeitado.

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.

Durante a Guerra dos Boers, na África do Sul, três tenentes australianos estão sendo julgados por atirar em prisioneiros Boers. Apesar de terem agido sob ordens, eles estão sendo usados como bodes expiatórios pelos ajudantes do General, que espera se livrar dessas práticas irregulares da guerra. O julgamento não transcorre tão bem como esperado pelos ajudantes, isso porque a defesa resolve empreender uma forte luta no tribunal.

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).

Two best friends, Vietnam War veterans-turned-stuntmen, are sent as spies to the Philippines on a top secret mission for the Australian government.

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.

After the death of his brother on the road, unemployed and unstable drifter Arthur Waldo stays for a while in the rural Australian town of Paris as the guest of the mayor, who hopes he will become a permanent member of the Paris population. Arthur soon realizes the quaint hamlet has a sinister secret: they orchestrate car accidents and rob the victims. Survivors are brought to the local hospital, lobotomized, and used for a local doctor's experiments.