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Detective Travis Hurley 'arrives in a small Australian outback town to investigate a 20-year-old unsolved murder of a local Aboriginal girl. Forming bonds with the victim’s fractured family, Travis unravels a series of hard truths, highlighting the complexities of loss and injustice experienced by First Nations Australians.'
Source: Screen Australia.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Buried in Memory: Trauma and Colonial Amnesia in Ivan Sen’s Limbo
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , August 2023;
— Review of Limbo 2023 single work film/TV'On the tail of a series of sublime and haunting Australia Crime pictures to release in the post-pandemic era, Limbo joins a canon of thoughtful, skilfully made films that present a harrowing subtext about Australian society, and the inherent violence that permeates it, focusing on the Indigenous Australian struggle for the excavation of an ongoing history of oppression by the hands of White Australia. It is written, directed, scored and shot by Ivan Sen—an Indigenous filmmaker with a pedigree of thoughtful films, such as Mystery Road (2013), Toomelah (2011), and Beneath Clouds (2002), that express the entanglements and tragedies that adopt Indigenous perspectives as well as utilising stark outback and rural settings.' (Introduction)
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Actor Rob Collins Says His Character in Outback Noir Film Limbo 'Very Familiar' to Him
2023
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , July 2023; -
Tension in Remote Recall
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 May 2023; (p. 9)
— Review of Limbo 2023 single work film/TV -
New Ivan Sen Film Limbo Expands Mystery Road's Focus on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
2023
single work
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , May 2023;'Growing up, Ivan Sen was fascinated by cops. Living with his Gomeroi mum and siblings in a housing commission area of Tamworth known (affectionately, he says) as "Vegemite Village", his life was entwined with the justice system.'(Introduction)
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Limbo Review – Simon Baker Is Transcendent in Another Beautiful Film from Ivan Sen
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 18 May 2023;
— Review of Limbo 2023 single work film/TV
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Limbo Review – Simon Baker Is Transcendent in Another Beautiful Film from Ivan Sen
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 18 May 2023;
— Review of Limbo 2023 single work film/TV -
Tension in Remote Recall
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 May 2023; (p. 9)
— Review of Limbo 2023 single work film/TV -
Buried in Memory: Trauma and Colonial Amnesia in Ivan Sen’s Limbo
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , August 2023;
— Review of Limbo 2023 single work film/TV'On the tail of a series of sublime and haunting Australia Crime pictures to release in the post-pandemic era, Limbo joins a canon of thoughtful, skilfully made films that present a harrowing subtext about Australian society, and the inherent violence that permeates it, focusing on the Indigenous Australian struggle for the excavation of an ongoing history of oppression by the hands of White Australia. It is written, directed, scored and shot by Ivan Sen—an Indigenous filmmaker with a pedigree of thoughtful films, such as Mystery Road (2013), Toomelah (2011), and Beneath Clouds (2002), that express the entanglements and tragedies that adopt Indigenous perspectives as well as utilising stark outback and rural settings.' (Introduction)
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New Ivan Sen Film Limbo Expands Mystery Road's Focus on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
2023
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , May 2023;'Growing up, Ivan Sen was fascinated by cops. Living with his Gomeroi mum and siblings in a housing commission area of Tamworth known (affectionately, he says) as "Vegemite Village", his life was entwined with the justice system.'(Introduction)
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Actor Rob Collins Says His Character in Outback Noir Film Limbo 'Very Familiar' to Him
2023
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , July 2023;
Awards
- 2024 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Indie Film
- 2023 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Screenplay
- 2023 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Director
- 2023 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Film
- 2023 winner Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Director
- Australian Outback, Central Australia,