“A harrowing edge-of-your-seat adventure tale with social punch.” – Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter

About the film:

Australia’s official submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature. 14-year-old Chakra is sold as a slave laborer to the captain of a Thai fishing vessel. The captain’s rule on board is cruel and arbitrary.

Images courtesy of Kino Lorber

About the filmmakers:

Writer-director Rodd Rathjen’s debut feature film. Producers Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings are the team behind writer-director Jennifer Kent’s critically acclaimed debut feature The Babadook (2014) and her follow-up The Nightingale (2018).

MAJOR SUPPORT
Ohio Arts Council
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Columbus Foundation
Campus Partners

WITH HELP FROM
G&J Pepsi
WOSU Public Media