Sweet Country (2017 film)

Sweet Country
Film poster
Directed by	Warwick Thornton
Written by	David Tranter Steven McGregor
Produced by	Greer Simpkin David Jowsey
Starring	Sam Neill Bryan Brown Hamilton Morris
Cinematography	Warwick Thornton
Edited by	Nick Meyers
Production company	Bunya Productions[1]
Release dates	6 September 2017 (2017-09-06) (Venice) 25 January 2018 (2018-01-25) (Australia)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	Australia
Languages	English Arrernte

Sweet Country is a 2017 Australian drama film, directed by Warwick Thornton. Set in 1929 in the sparsely populated outback of the Northern Territory and based on a series of true events, it tells a harsh story against the backdrop of a divided society (between the British settlers and Aboriginal Australians) in the interwar period in Australia.

It was first screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival in September 2017 and after winning the Special Jury Prize award there, went on to win several awards internationally.