Greg Dolgopolov, academic, festival organiser and genre nerd, is seriously impressed by Mystery Road. The plot issues that some people find? Nuts to that, he thinks, on the way to discussing the distribution details.
It was only two years ago that Ivan Sen brought his remarkable Toomelah to the competition program for the Sydney Film Festival. This time he is back, but now with the opening night film. It is the first time in 60 years that an indigenous film has opened the Sydney Film Festival. Judging by the warm reception that the film received from the sold out audience, Sen has hit the right balance between a mainstream genre film, featuring some of Australia’s best known actors, and a stylish, evocative and sophisticated arthouse project.
