Limbo


Simon Baker
Limbo by Ivan Sen
AUS 2023, Competition
© Bunya Productions

Simon Baker, Natasha Wanganeen
Limbo by Ivan Sen
AUS 2023, Competition
© Bunya Productions

Limbo by Ivan Sen
AUS 2023, Competition
Indigenous Australian film director Ivan Sen is renowned for his depiction of magnificent screen landscapes. In Limbo, he juxtaposes the low sky with the mounds above and holes below ground around the opal-mining capital of Coober Pedy. The result is a serene “desert noir” that is as convincing as a detective story as it is a subtle portrait of the First Nation’s deep-seated experiences of everyday racism. A genre film suffused with bleak nostalgia.
With
- Simon Baker (Travis Hurley)
- Rob Collins (Charlie)
- Natasha Wanganeen (Emma)
- Nicholas Hope (Joseph)
- Mark Coe (Zac)
- Joshua Warrior (Oscar)
Crew
Director | Ivan Sen |
Screenplay | Ivan Sen |
Cinematography | Ivan Sen |
Editing | Ivan Sen |
Music | Ivan Sen |
Sound Design | Thom Kellar |
Sound | Nick Rowan |
Art Director | Adam Head |
Costumes | Theodore Benton |
Make-Up | Toni Ffrench |
Assistant Director | Richard McGrath |
Casting | Ivan Sen |
Producers | David Jowsey, Rachel Higgins, Greer Simpkin, Ivan Sen |
Executive Producers | Simon Baker, Cecilia Ritchie, David Chiem |
World Sales
Produced by
Bunya Productions
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Simon Baker
Ready or not? – The actor is about to sign his Star Portrait.
Limbo · Competition · Feb 23, 2023

Group Photo
The film team at the Photo Call.
Limbo · Competition · Feb 23, 2023

Natasha Wanganeen
The actor showed the flag of the First Nations of Australia on her shirt.
Limbo · Competition · Feb 23, 2023

Ivan Sen, Rob Collins, Natasha Wanganeen, Simon Baker
The director (left) with his protagonists in the Berlinale Palast.
Limbo · Competition · Feb 23, 2023

Natasha Wanganeen
The actor on the Red Carpet.
Limbo · Competition · Feb 23, 2023

Fans, Simon Baker
The actor was a highly sought after guest at the Red Carpet.
Limbo · Competition · Feb 23, 2023

Group Photo
The film team with the Management of the Berlinale (left an right) on the Red Carpet before the Premiere.
Limbo · Competition · Feb 23, 2023

Ivan Sen, Natasha Wanganeen, Rob Collins
The director (left) with his protagonists, carrying her political message on the Red Carpet.
Limbo · Competition · Feb 23, 2023

Simon Baker
Limbo · Competition · Feb 23, 2023
© Jens Koch

Rob Collins
Limbo · Competition · Feb 23, 2023
© Jens Koch

Natasha Wanganeen
Limbo · Competition · Feb 23, 2023
© Jens Koch

Ivan Sen
Limbo · Competition · Feb 23, 2023
© Jens Koch
Rob Collins, Natasha Wanganeen, Ivan Sen, Simon Baker
Limbo
Competition · Press Conference · Feb 23, 2023
Press Conference at full length
Limbo
Competition · Red Carpet · Feb 23, 2023
Director Ivan Sen on his film
Limbo
Competition · Berlinale Meets | Interview · Feb 23, 2023
Ivan Sen

The director made his feature film debut with Beneath Clouds which screened in the 2002 Berlinale Competition where it won the Premiere First Movie Award. In the same year, he was recognised as Best Director at the Australian Film Institute Awards. Since then, he has made a number of documentaries including Yellow Fella which premiered at Cannes in 2005. He returned to Cannes in 2011 with his feature film Toomelah. In 2012, he won the Byron Kennedy Award. His series Mystery Road, based on his feature film of the same name, was presented in the 2020 Berlinale Series.
Filmography
1995 Warm Strangers; short film · Shifting Shelter 1; TV documentary 1996 Tears; short film 1997 Journey; short film 1998 Wind; short film · Vanish; TV documentary 1999 Dust; short film 2000 Shifting Shelter 2; TV documentary 2002 The Dreamers; TV documentary · Beneath Clouds 2005 Shifting Shelter 3; TV documentary 2003 Who Was Evelyn Orcher?; TV documentary 2005 Yellow Fella; TV documentary 2006 Aunty Connis; TV documentary · A Sister’s Love; TV documentary 2007 Embassy Days; TV documentary 2008 Firetalker – Life and Times of Charles Perkins; TV documentary 2010 Dreamland · Shifting Shelter 4; TV documentary 2011 Toomelah 2013 Mystery Road 2016 Goldstone 2019 Loveland 2023 Limbo
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2023