Limbo (2023)
Director: Ivan Sen Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Mark Coe, Natasha Wanganeen, Nicholas Hope, Rob Collins, Simon Baker
Country: Australia
Language: English
About the film:
World Premiere, 2023 Berlin Film Festival
Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about the murder begin to unfold, the detective gains a new insight into the unsolved case.
“This is outback noir — oblique, secretive and as hard-boiled as the ground is hard-baked”
—Guy Lodge, Variety
About the filmmaker:
Ivan Sen is an Indigenous Australian filmmaker whose stories have been praised at Sundance, Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, and other festivals around the world. He drew on his own background for his feature film debut Beneath Clouds (2002), which won the Premiere First Movie Award at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival and the 2002 Best Director Award from the Australian Film Institute. His documentary Yellow Fella (2005) and feature film Toomelah (2011) premiered in the Un Certain Regard selection at Cannes. In 2012, he won the Byron Kennedy Award. His other works include feature films Goldstone (2016), Expired (2022), Mystery Road (2013), and Limbo (2023), along with a number of short films, documentaries, and series. He is co-founder and director of Bunya Productions.
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