Wolfram

Wolfram (2026)

Family is everything.

1930s Australia, the colonial frontier: two swaggering outlaws roll into a mining town and unleash a wave of cruelty, leading three kids to break free from their white masters and set off across the 'sweet country' of central Australia in search of a safe home.

Date of release
2026-04-30
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Adventure, Western, Drama, Thriller
Director
Warwick Thornton

Casting

Interesting facts

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.

Production

Wolfram was written by Steven McGregor and David Tranter, and produced by Greer Simpkin and David Jowsey of Bunya Productions, along with co-producer Drew Bailey. Thornton served as director and cinematographer, while frequent collaborator Nick Meyers edited the film.

It is a sequel to Thornton's 2017 film Sweet Country, set four years later, and features some of the same characters. Its genre is mixed: drama / history / Australian Western. The story is based on some of writer Tranter's Alyawarra family history, told from the perspective of the women and children. Thornton's great-grandmother and her daughters also worked at Hatches Creek.

Funding was provided by Screen Australia, in association with Screen Territory, NITV, Screen NSW, and the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund.

Filming took place in Alice Springs, with post-production done in New South Wales.

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