FILM SYNOPSIS:

Based on the book by Doris Pilkington Garimara, Rabbit-Proof Fence is the true story of Molly Craig, a young Aboriginal girl who joins her sister and brother in an escape from a government institution, set up as a policy to train Aboriginal children as domestic workers and integrate them into white society.

With grit and determination Molly guide the girls on an epic journey, one step ahead of the authorities, over 1,500 miles of Australia’s outback in the search of the rabbit proof fence that bisects the continent and may lead them home.

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:

The films of Director Phillip Noyce include CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, PATRIOT GAMES, DEAD CALM and THE BONE COLLECTOR. He also directed and co-wrote NEWSFRONT, which won Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay awards in Australia.

Noyce was 17 when he made his first film, the 15-minute BETTER TO REIGN IN HELL, utilizing a unique financial scheme selling roles in his movies to his friends. One of Noyce’s film school projects brought him to the attention of producer David Elfick, who hired him to co-write and direct NEWSFRONT. The award-winning hit film was the first Australian film to be selected to screen at the New York Film Festival and it opened the London Film Festival.