Wolfram

The official trailer for Warwick Thornton’s highly anticipated new film Wolfram, set to be released in Australia on April 30, has been released alongside the announcement of a national Q&A screening tour.

Set on the colonial frontier of the 1930s, in the same universe as Thornton’s multi-award-winning Sweet Country, Wolfram follows two swaggering outlaws who roll into a mining town, their cruelty shattering a fragile community and driving three irrepressible kids to break free from their white masters and set off across the Australian outback in search of home.

Starring the brilliant Deborah Mailman alongside Erroll Shand, Joe Bird, Thomas M Wright, Matt Nable and Pedrea Jackson, and produced by Bunya Productions’ Greer Simpkin and David Jowsey, Wolfram is a taut frontier western where Aboriginal child labourers in the wolfram (tungsten) mines confront colonial brutality and injustice.

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Wolfram is written by Steven McGregor and David Tranter and Tranter co-produces with Drew Bailey, and is co-distributed by Dark Matter Distribution and Bonsai Films.

Wolfram had its international premiere in the Main Competition of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2026, where it was nominated for the prestigious Golden Bear.

Director Warwick Thornton will embark on a Q&A screening tour beginning Wednesday 8th April in Darwin, with other cast, including Deborah Mailman at selected events.

7pm | Wednesday, 8 April
Deckchair Cinema Darwin

6pm | Sunday, 19 April
Luna Leederville Perth

6.30pm | Monday, 20 April
Classic Cinema Melbourne
with Deborah Mailman

6.50pm | Tuesday, 21 April
Cinema Nova Melbourne
with Deborah Mailman

5pm | Wednesday, 22 April
HOTA Gold Coast Film Festival Opening Night, Gold Coast
with Deborah Mailman

6.30pm | Friday, 24 April
Dendy Newtown Sydney 
with Deborah Mailman

2.30pm | Saturday, 25 April
Randwick Ritz Sydney
with Deborah Mailman

6pm | Sunday 26 / Monday 27, April
Palace Nova Adelaide
Tickets and guest details TBA

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