“The opening sequence is not a wide shot; it's a shot of a billy can boiling. The black tea goes in and then the white sugar goes in, and it all gets boiled together; it's a metaphor for the landscape and the society and a time and a place.”
'Sweet Country' was named Best Film at Wednesday's AACTA Award Ceremony, with the period Western also taking home Best Direction for Warwick Thornton and Best Lead Actor for Hamilton Morris.