tammer continued making his own independent films all through this time, producing a series of award-winning films in the 1980s, including "mallacoota stampede" (1981, 60 mins), "journey to the end of night" (1982, 70 mins), and "hey marcel ..." (1984, 17 mins). a cherished project on the film scholar and actor john flaus, entitled "flausfilm", was begun in 1988 and finally completed in 2009.