Sweet Country (2017 film)

Sweet Country
Film poster
Directed byWarwick Thornton
Written byDavid Tranter
Steven McGregor
Produced byGreer Simpkin
David Jowsey
StarringSam Neill
Bryan Brown
Hamilton Morris
CinematographyWarwick Thornton
Edited byNick Meyers
Production
company
Release dates
  • 6 September 2017 (2017-09-06) (Venice)
  • 25 January 2018 (2018-01-25) (Australia)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguagesEnglish
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Sweet Country is a 2017 Australian drama film, directed by Warwick Thornton. Set in 1929 in the sparsely populated outback of the Northern Territory and based on a series of true events, it tells a harsh story against the backdrop of a divided society (between the British settlers and Aboriginal Australians) in the interwar period in Australia.

It was first screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival in September 2017 and after winning the Special Jury Prize award there, went on to win several awards internationally.

  1. ^ "Made in SA Showcase". SAFC. Retrieved 13 March 2019.