Downriver (film)

Downriver
Directed byGrant Scicluna
Screenplay byGrant Scicluna
Produced byJannine Barnes
Starring
CinematographyLászló Baranyai
Edited byAnthony Cox
Music byLawrence English
Release date
  • 7 August 2015 (2015-08-07) (MIFF)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Downriver is a 2015 Australian film funded by Screen Australia,[1] Film Victoria[2] and Melbourne International Film Festival,[3] produced by Happening Films.[4] It is writer-director Grant Scicluna's feature debut.[5] The main cast includes Robert Taylor, Kerry Fox, Helen Morse and Reef Ireland. It is described as a mystery drama in which a teenage killer returns to uncover dark truths in his quest to find a missing body.[6]

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  2. ^ "Three feature films including 'Downriver' to benefit from Film Victoria funding". Cinema Australia. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Short Cuts: Australian film industry news". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Downriver". Happening Films. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  5. ^ "'Downriver' Casts Helen Morse & Robert Taylor". FilmInk. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  6. ^ "PremFundPublicSLATEbackgR24e" (PDF). MIFF Industry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2014.