VAN DIEMEN'S LAND

AustraliaFocus on World Cinema2009 / Colour / 104 min



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PRODUCTION TEAM

Production company : Maggie Miles, Jonathan auf der Heide, Noise & Light Film, P.O. Box 336, North Balwyn, Victoria 3104
Director : Jonathan auf der Heide   Script : Jonathan auf der Heide, Oscar Redding
Photography : Ellery Ryan   Editor : Cindy Clarkson
Cast : Oscar Redding, Mark Winter, Arthur Angel, Paul Ashcroft, Torquil Neilson, Thomas Wright


VAN DIEMEN'S LAND

In the early 19th century, Van Diemen's Land -- today's Australian state of Tasmania -- was a dreaded penal settlement regarded as the end of the world. Its entrance, Macquarie Harbour, was aptly named "Hell's Gates" by the prisoners unlucky to be sent there. In 1822, Alexander Pearce and seven fellow convicts of English, Irish and Scottish descent, attempt the impossible in a fateful bid for freedom. They flee a labour camp only to find the wilds of Tasmania a much crueller reality. As the provisions run out and hunger takes over, first national allegiances and then selfish impulses begin to fracture the group -- with horrifying consequences...

Jonathan auf der Heide

Born in Tasmania, Australia, Jonathan auf der Heide developed an early ambition to film the shocking story of Alexander Pearce. He acquired the skills by attending the VCA School of Film and Television at Melbourne University, and worked as assistant editor on Paul Cox's SALVATION. He has directed several shorts: Incase (2001), Skeletons (2005), Gristle (2005), Sailor Boy (2006), Four Legs in the Morning (2006), Hell's Gates (2007).


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