Writer and Director Warwick Thornton has assembled a collection of the most poignant, sad, funny and absurd ghost stories from around Australia. He will bring them to life with the help of some of Australia's most iconic actors as the storytellers.
Acting
Veteran cast transforms simple storytelling into haunting performance
Direction
Thornton's visual poetry elevates spoken word to cinematic experience
Cinematography
Australian landscapes become characters—beautiful and menacing
Director
Warwick Thornton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Thornton, a Kaytetye man, frames these tales within Indigenous concepts of Country—where spirits aren't metaphors but active presences in landscape.
The film originated from Thornton's own collection of ghost stories gathered across decades; several actors chose which tale they wanted to perform.
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