The Nightingale

Set in 1825. Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

I wanted to tell a story about violence. In particular, the fallout of violence from a feminine perspective. To do this I’ve reached back into my own country’s history. The colonisation of Australia was a time of inherent violence; towards Aboriginal people, towards women, and towards the land itself, which was wrenched from its first inhabitants. Colonisation by nature is a brutal act. And the arrogance that drives it lives on in the modern world. For this reason, I consider this a current story despite being set in the past. I don’t have all the answers to the question of violence. But I feel they lie in our humanity, in the empathy we hold for ourselves and others.

PRODUCTION 1: Kristina Ceyton - Causeway Films
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2040 - Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
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kristina@causewayfilms.com.au
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PRODUCTION 2: Bruna Papandrea p.g.a. and Steve Hutensky p.g.a. - Made Up Stories

PRODUCTION 3: Jennifer Kent – p.g.a.

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