THE MOUNTAIN / THE SURVIVAL OF KINDNESS

In a cage on a trailer in the middle of the desert, Black Woman is abandoned, left to die. But Black Woman seems not ready. She escapes, journeying through pestilence and persecution, from desert to mountain and finally to city, on a quest for an unknown beginning.

ROLF DE HEER

Rolf de Herr is a Dutch Australian producer and director. His first film as writer/director was the children’s picture Tail od a Tiger (1984). He later scored a cult hit with Bad Boy Bubby (1993), which won four AFI awards as well as a Grand Special Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival. His next two films, The Quiet Room (1996) and Dance Me to My Song (1998), were both selected for official competition at Cannes. His subsequent movies have included The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001) and The Tracker (2002). Ten Canoes (2006) and Charlie’s Country (2013).