High Ground (2020 film)

High Ground is a 2020 Australian film directed by Stephen Maxwell Johnson (director of Yolngu Boy), and produced by David Jowsey, Maggie Miles, Witiyana Marika, Greer Simpkin and Stephen Maxwell Johnson.[1] It premiered at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival on 23 February 2020 with a gala screening, and was selected for the Berlinale Special section.[2][3][4][5] The film will have a local release in Australia on 9 July 2020.[1][6]

High Ground
Directed byStephen Maxwell Johnson
Produced byDavid Jowsey
Maggie Miles
Witiyana Marika
Greer Simpkin
Stephen Maxwell Johnson
Written byChris Anastassiades
StarringSimon Baker
Callan Mulvey
Jack Thompson
Caren Pistorius
Ryan Corr
CinematographyAndrew Commis
Production
company
High Ground Pictures Pty Ltd
Distributed byMadman Films
Madman Entertainment
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Release date
23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Plot

After fighting in WWI as a sniper, "Travis", now a policeman in northern Australia, loses control of an operation that results in the massacre of an Aboriginal Australian tribe in 1919. After his superiors insist on burying the truth, Travis leaves in disgust, only to be forced back twelve years later to hunt down Baywara, an Aboriginal warrior whose attacks on new-settlers are causing havoc. When Travis recruits mission-raised Gutjuk, the only known massacre-survivor as his tracker, the truth of the past is revealed and Travis becomes the hunted.

Cast

Includes:

Production

The film was shot on location in the Kakadu National Park and in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. The film was a High Ground Pictures production. It was financed by Screen Australia, Maxo Studios, Screen Territory, Film Victoria, Bunya Productions and Savage Films.[7]

References
  1. "High Ground". Facebook. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. Elsa Keslassy (22 February 2020). "Berlinale Gala Player 'High Ground' With Simon Baker Sells to Samuel Goldwyn (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. Guy Lodge (23 February 2020). "'High Ground': Film Review". Variety. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. Stephanie Bunbury (24 February 2020). "'People weren't ready': Australian massacre aired at Berlin festival". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  5. Stephen Dalton (23 February 2020). "High Ground: Film Review Berlin 2020". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  6. "Bunya's High Ground official Australian release date revealed". Bunya Productions. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  7. Elsa Keslassy (2 November 2018). "Playtime Acquires Australian Action Film 'High Ground' with Simon Baker (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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