Dylan River

Mystery Road: Origin

Jay Swan, a young officer, takes up his first posting in an outback mining town. A tragic death, an epic love, and the brutal reality of life as a police officer straddling two worlds will change his life forever.

Release Date2022-07-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count16

Coat of Arms

A Japanese tourist enjoying a relaxed car journey through the beauty and tranquility of the Australian desert collides with a violent moment in time. The bloodthirsty battle is over as quickly as it begins, vanishing eternally into the desert landscape.

Release Date2017-08-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Nulla Nulla

Fresh out of the academy, White Cop experiences his first taste of Aboriginal community life, as Black Cop puts him to the test.

Release Date2015-02-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

The Australian Dream

AFL legend Adam Goodes shares the story of his life and career to offer a deeper insight into race, identity, and belonging.

Release Date2019-08-22

DepartmentCamera

JobDirector of Photography

Vote Count10

Black Chook

They were Australia’s bad days. Men killed other men and laughed. All that was left for the children of the dead was to remember. If they had the strength.

Release Date2015-08-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Finke: There & Back

The iconic Finke Desert Race, the largest off-road motorsport event in the southern hemisphere and Australia's fastest, deadliest, toughest and certainly dustiest race. Filmed over three years, Finke explores the race from within – competitors, organisers, paramedics, and the drive to win against the desert at all costs. Finke is a visual adventure of inspiration and danger, excitement and spills.

Release Date2018-06-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count4

The Beach

Filmmaker Warwick Thornton's international success has come at a personal cost. He has reached a crossroad in his life and something has to change. He has chosen to try giving up life in the fast lane for a while, to go it alone, on an isolated beach in one of the most beautiful yet brutal environments in the world, to see if he can transform and heal his life.

Release Date2020-05-29

DepartmentCamera

JobDirector of Photography

Episode Count6

Vote Count3

Thou Shalt Not Steal

On a search for the truth behind a family secret, young Aboriginal Australian delinquent Robyn escapes from juvenile detention and teams up with preacher's son Gidge. Together, they travel to Adelaide seeking answers, while in pursuit are a couple AFP officers, as well as Gidge's father and a madam.

Release Date2024-10-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count8

Vote Count9

Sweet Country

In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.

Release Date2018-01-25

DepartmentCamera

JobSecond Unit Director of Photography

Vote Count192

Ward One

An Old Fella teaches a Young Fella there are more ways than one to heal the spirit.

Release Date2018-07-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

A Sunburnt Christmas

The lives of a struggling family are upended when a runaway criminal dressed as Santa Claus crashes onto their property. A wily teenager seizes the opportunity to save the farm—and bring her fractured family back together.

Release Date2020-12-11

DepartmentCamera

JobDirector of Photography

Vote Count14

Finding Jedda

Betty and Rosalie are best friends living on a Northern Territory mission. When cinema titans Charles and Elsa Chauvel arrive, searching for the perfect star for their revolutionary moving picture, the girls are forced to decide whether to rise up to the occasion.

Release Date2021-08-06

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Finding Maawirrangga

Tom E Lewis knows he must die with all of his Songs. After years of haunting silence, he returns to his Grandmothers’ country to seek the permission of the Jungayi (Lawmen) to learn Thumbul corroboree (Morning Star). With the family’s blessing through ceremony, the spirits, stars and ancestors help Tom prepare to find the mysterious Sandy Island of Maawirrangga by singing.

Release Date2017-06-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Blasko

A pioneer of indie music, Sarah Blasko walks the line between commercial success and artistic integrity with dignity. Narrated by Sarah herself, this film is an intimate portrait of the artist as she writes her new album.

Release Date2017-11-14

DepartmentCrew

JobCinematography

Vote Count2

We Don't Need a Map

Filmmaker Warwick Thornton investigates our relationship to the Southern Cross, in this fun and thought provoking ride through Australia's cultural and political landscape.

Release Date2017-06-07

DepartmentCamera

JobDirector of Photography

Vote Count3

Audrey Napanangka

The story of a Warlpiri woman, Audrey, and her Sicilian partner Santo as they navigate through colonial systems to keep the children they care for together. Audrey Napanangka was born at a time when the world was changing for the people in the Central Australian Desert. Settler colonisation was permeating the desert and forced changes and the fusion of two worlds shifted Audrey’s life forever. Today, Audrey raises young people to walk in many worlds, by centering culture, language, and Law in their lives alongside mainstream education. The intimate footage filmed over 10 years in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Yuendumu and Audrey’s Warlpiri country Mount Theo, showcases a heartwarming story about the power of kinship and family in what is known as Australia.

Release Date2023-05-23

DepartmentCrew

JobCinematography

Vote Count1