EMU RUNNER

By Imogen THOMAS

ORATION FILMS - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2018

A spirited young girl in small town Australia forms a meaningful bond with a wild emu as she tries to cope with her beleaguered father, a naïve social worker, and her own painful grief in the aftermath of her mother’s sudden death.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2018
Discovery
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • AUSTRALIA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 95 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Imogen THOMAS
    • Synopsis
    • ‘Emu Runner’ is about the impact a mother’s death has on an Indigenous family living in an isolated community. The story is seen through the eyes of Gem, a spirited nine year-old girl, who deals with grief by forging a bond with a wild emu, a mythical bird of her ancestors. It is a bond she will do anything to keep, but one that puts her at odds with the young and inexperienced social worker.