MYSTERY ROAD, SEASON 1, EPISODE 1-2
Film - Series Spotlight Filmfest 2018

MYSTERY ROAD, SEASON 1, EPISODE 1-2

Directed by Rachel Perkins

Info

Director: Rachel Perkins
Section: Series Spotlight
Country: Australia
Year: 2018
PT: MYSTERY ROAD, 1. STAFFEL, EPISODE 1-2
OT: MYSTERY ROAD, 1. STAFFEL, EPISODE 1-2
Language: English
Version: Original version
Cast: Judy Davis, Aaron Pedersen, Deborah Mailman, Colin Friels, Wayne Blair
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

MYSTERY ROAD, SEASON 1, EPISODE 1-2

In Boulder Ridge deep in the Australian Outback, detective Jay Swan is searching for two young farmhands who have disappeared. As it becomes clear that the teenagers didn't just wander off and get lost, Jay, always a loner, must take it upon himself to work with tough local cop Emma. The breathtaking expanse of the Australian landscape conceals secrets from the past which cast shadows that extend into the present.

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Meet the director

MYSTERY ROAD, SEASON 1, EPISODE 1-2

Rachel Perkins

Rachel Perkins was born in Canberra in 1970. A descendant of Aborigines, she founded Blackfella Films, the country's first indigenous production company, in 1992. She uses fictional as well as documentary material for her work in film and television. In 2014, she completed the TV documentary BLACK PANTHER WOMAN, which deals with abuse within the indigenous civil-rights movement. Feature films she's directed include RADIANCE (1998), BRAN NUE DAE (2009), JASPER JONES (2017), and the multiple award-winning ONE NIGHT THE MOON (2001), about the case of a girl who disappeared in the Outback.

Credits

Screenplay: Michaeley O'Brian
Director of Photography: Mark Wareham
Composer: Antony Partos, Matteo Zingales
Costume Design: Joey Charlton
Sound: Trevor Hope
Producer: David Jowsey, Greer Simpkin
Production Company: Bunya Productions
Co-Producer: Sally Riley, Ivan Sen, Kym Goldsworthy
World Sales: all3media International