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Wolfram (2025)

Wolfram poster
Directed by
Warwick Thornton
Genre
drama film, Australian Western
Country
Australia
Rated
M
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An Aboriginal family struggles with exploitation and survival in the Australian outback. The story follows characters from an earlier film as they confront the ongoing impact of colonial injustice.

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What happens

Wolfram is a 2025 Australian Western drama film directed by Warwick Thornton. It is a sequel to Thornton's 2017 film Sweet Country, reprising several of the same characters. It stars Deborah Mailman, Pedrea Jackson, Thomas M. Wright and Luka May Glynn-Cole. The title refers to the Hatches Creek wolfram field in the Northern Territory, where Aboriginal Australian children were exploited for their labour, digging tungsten out of the ground. The film had its world premiere at the 2025 Adelaide Film Festival on 26 October, followed by its international premiere at the main competition of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival on 17 February 2026, where it was nominated for the Golden Bear. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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