Movies: Peter Hehir

In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together and eventually become tanned teenagers in love....

After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals....

Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and we watch him and his brothers, Stevie and Glenn, for the next 24 hours, it becomes clear this day w...

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

A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it....

The story of the end of a friendship between two teenage girls, told backwards over the course of nine months....

A young man in a depressed satellite city, meets a woman who offers him love and hope....

A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in the middle of violent battles between the rising trade unions and fascist groups....

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 situati...

With his mother dying of lung cancer, Sal, in his 30's and with Down Syndrome, embarks on a journey to find his father - a rock band singer that his mother had a one-night stand with - 30 years ago....

Rikky and her brother Pete struggle to keep their lives from spinning out of control in small town Australia....

In the tradition of Sunday Too Far Away, this independent film is based on the classic Australian play by John Power. Pic tells the story of a group of miners living in a camp in outback Australia. They swear, brawl, gamble, and drink heavily. Centra...

Peter Hehir plays full-time loser Sid McCall, professional vagrant and alcoholic on the skids. Haydon Samuels is his young son Christopher who lives with him. At the insistence of those who seek to help, child welfare workers are called-in to retriev...

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

Set in Tasmania, a boy is sent to stay with cousins while his mother is ill and discovers a wilderness adventure....

Sally visits her brother Martin, the hour before he is due to be hanged for murder. What is the hold these two have on each other physically and emotionally?...