Warwick Thornton’s latest feature, the 1940s-set 'The New Boy', sees Cate Blanchett star as a renegade nun, Sister Eileen, who runs a mission for Aboriginal children.
An air hostess escaping a cult, an Afghan refugee saving his family, an Australian father escaping a dead-end job and a bureaucrat trying to contain a national scandal each struggle – to the limits of their sanity – with an immigration system that is itself struggling.
Cate Blanchett's portrayal of a famous composer who is caught up in a public scandal has won the Best Actress prize at the Venice International Film Festival on the weekend.