Sweet Country

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Sweet Country is an acclaimed Australian period Western drama film that explores racial injustice and frontier violence in the Northern Territory during the 1920s.

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instanceOf Western film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Best Direction at the AACTA Awards ⓘ
Best Film at the AACTA Awards ⓘ
Best Original Screenplay at the AACTA Awards ⓘ
Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival ⓘ
linked to: TIFF Platform Prize

Special Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival ⓘ
UNICEF Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards ⓘ
linked to: UNICEF Award
basedOn stories by David Tranter ⓘ
cinematographyBy Warwick Thornton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Australia ⓘ
director Warwick Thornton ⓘ
distributor Transmission Films ⓘ
editedBy Nick Meyers ⓘ
filmingLocation Northern Territory ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
genre Western ⓘ
drama ⓘ
period drama ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Fred Smith ⓘ
Mick Kennedy ⓘ
Philomac ⓘ
Sam Kelly ⓘ
musicBy Bryan Michael Mills ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
premieredAt 74th Venice International Film Festival ⓘ
producer David Jowsey ⓘ
Greer Simpkin ⓘ
releaseYear 2017 ⓘ
runningTime 113 minutes ⓘ
setInCountry Australia ⓘ
setInPlace Northern Territory ⓘ
setInTime 1920s ⓘ
starring Bryan Brown ⓘ
Ewen Leslie ⓘ
Hamilton Morris ⓘ
Matt Day ⓘ
Natassia Gorey-Furber ⓘ
Sam Neill ⓘ
Thomas M. Wright ⓘ
theme colonialism ⓘ
frontier violence ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
racism in Australia ⓘ
writer David Tranter ⓘ
Steven McGregor ⓘ

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