Iris Feature 2016
Downriver
This powerful film is the first feature by 2012 Iris Prize Winner Grant Scicluna
DIRECTOR:
Grant Scicluna
CAST:
Reef Ireland, Kerry Fox.
RELEASE YEAR:
2915
Australia , 99 min
James, 18, has been released from juvenile detention after serving time for his involvement in the suspected drowning of a young boy in a river years earlier. Ravaged with uncertainty, dealing with an estranged family and forced to face the dead boy’s mother, James is set upon a journey of self discovery. Shocking revelations and danger surround the boy’s death brim to the surface. Old friendships are questioned, family ties are tested and lives are put on the line as James must find his path to the truth. It’s a path that will lead him Downriver…