Dylan River
2021He grew up in a creative family filled with numerous filmmakers and from an early age thought filmmaking was boring and not for him! He couldn’t have been more wrong.
In 2013, his debut documentary "Buckskin", won the Foxtel Documentary Prize at the 60th annual Sydney Film Festival, followed by its airdate on ABC. In 2015, Dylan's first short film "Nulla Nulla" was selected as part of the Berlin International Film Festival.
Dylan currently has been working on numerous solo projects and television series'. His work as a cinematographer fills most of his time, and is still motivated to staying behind the camera. Telling stories close to home, combining life and work as one.
Finding Maawirrangga
Dylan River
Tom E. Lewis, David Nyalik Murrungun
Tom E Lewis knows he must die with all of his Songs. After years of haunting silence, he returns to his Grandmothers’ country to seek the permission of the Jungayi (Lawmen) to learn Thumbul corroboree (Morning Star). With the family’s blessing through ceremony, the spirits, stars and ancestors help Tom prepare to find the mysterious Sandy Island of Maawirrangga by singing.
Finding Maawirrangga
Finke: There & Back
Dylan River
Эрик Бана, Scruff Hamill
The iconic Finke Desert Race, the largest off-road motorsport event in the southern hemisphere and Australia's fastest, deadliest, toughest and certainly dustiest race. Filmed over three years, Finke explores the race from within – competitors, organisers, paramedics, and the drive to win against the desert at all costs. Finke is a visual adventure of inspiration and danger, excitement and spills.
Finke: There & Back
The Royal Hotel
Kitty Green
Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick
After running out of money while backpacking in a tiny, male-dominated town in the Australian outback, two friends resort to a working holiday at the Royal Hotel. When the locals behavior starts crossing the line, the girls find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.
The Royal Hotel
Coat of Arms
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Liam Jurrah, Shingo Usami
A Japanese tourist enjoying a relaxed car journey through the beauty and tranquility of the Australian desert collides with a violent moment in time. The bloodthirsty battle is over as quickly as it begins, vanishing eternally into the desert landscape.
Coat of Arms
