The film stars Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Jack Thompson, Ryan Kwanten, Tony Barry, Tasma Walton, Damian Walshe-Howling, David Field and Robert Mammone
Few feature films successfully mix reality and fiction. Fay Al-Janabi finds out how filmmaker Ivan Sen wove the two together in his tale of indigenous life.
The DreamWorks film opened at number one
The controversial film opened strong in North America
The Indigenous film Toomelah and erotic flick X have opened in Australia
Daniel Connors, the film's young star, was also nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in the APSAs
An Australian film set in the remote Indigenous community of Toomelah
ABC TV's first Indigenous-produced contemporary drama series is expected to create over 250 jobs