AARON PEDERSEN

HIGH GROUND (2021)
Starring Simon Baker, Callan Mulvey, Jack Thompson, Aaron Pedersen, Caren Pistorius, Ryan Corr, Jacob Junior Nayinggul, Esmerelda Marimowa, Witiyana Marika and Sean Mununggurr. Directed by Stephen Johnson.

The journey of Gutjuk, a young Aboriginal man orphaned in childhood. Gutjuk is recruited by a former soldier to track down the most dangerous outlaw in the territory — his uncle.

REVIEWS High Ground - Australia's cycle of violence

DIRT MUSIC (2020)
Starring Kelly MacDonald, Garrett Hedlund, Ava Caryofyllis, David Wenham and Aaron Pedersen. Directed by Gregor Jordan.

Georgie Jutland is barely holding it together these days without a drink. Once a nurse, now she’s trapped in the backwater fishing port of White Point with local crayfish baron, Jim Buckridge and his two sons, whose dead mother she can never hope to replace.

One hazy night she sees the lone figure of Lu Fox appear in the mists of the bay. A long time ago he was a dirt musician, but now he survives as a poacher - an unwise choice given Jim’s iron-grip on the local fishing trade.

Georgie is instantly drawn to Lu, and the pair begin an intense affair. What Georgie doesn’t realise is that the Foxes and the Buckridges have a long, murky history.

Fearing Jim’s fury and haunted by his tragic past, Lu flees north to Coronation Island, a place dear to Georgie’s heart. Discovering Lu has fled, Georgie decides to follow him north with the unlikely help of Jim.

REVIEWS Dirt Music - A typically flawed Tim Winton adaptation

GOLDSTONE (2016)
Starring Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jacki Weaver, David Gulpilil, David Wenham and Tommy Lewis. Directed by Ivan Sen.

Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons enquiry. What seems like a simple “light duties” investigation opens into a web of crime and corruption. Jay must pull his life together and bury his personal differences with young local cop Josh, so together they can bring justice to Goldstone.

REVIEWS Goldstone - An impressive piece of Australian noir

THE DARKSIDE (2014)
Starring Deborah Mailman, Bryan Brown, Claudia Karvan, Aaron Pedersen, Sacha Horler and Ben Quilty. Directed by Warwick Thornton.

Aboriginal people live on the threshold of two worlds – one of everyday reality and the other of spirits, demons and entities. They can live an ordinary life with dead ancestors and demons all vying for space. Although they might seem stoic and complacent, with the clash of these two worlds the reality is we should all be scared shitless.

MYSTERY ROAD (2013)
Starring Hugo Weaving, Jack Thompson, Ryan Kwanten, Aaron Pedersen, Tony Barry and David Field. Directed by Ivan Sen.

In an outback town, Jay Swan an Indigenous, cowboy detective returns home to solve the murder of a teenage indigenous girl, whose body is found under the highway trucking route out of town.

He is alienated from both the white dominated Police force and the Indigenous community, including his teenage daughter who he discovers is connected with the murdered girl.

REVIEWS Mystery Road - Up the garden path