Bay of fires (Sydney)

AACTA is proud to present a special preview screening of the upcoming ABC drama, Bay of Fires, produced by and starring Marta Dusseldorp (Wentworth), who will join us after for a Q&A.

Filmed on Tasmania’s rugged west coast, the multi-award-winning co-creative team of Dusseldorp, Andrew Knight (Jack Irish, Rake, SeaChange), Max Dann (Spotswood) with directors Natalie Bailey (Retrograde, The Unusual Suspects) and Wayne Blair (Total Control) bring to life a bold and often shocking story laced with dark humour and curve-ball twists.

Anika Van Cleef (Marta Dusseldorp) is the last person you would expect to find living in a remote community in Tasmania. Betrayed and in serious danger, she has no other option but to trust a stranger and move her family to Mystery Bay – a town so remote it eludes GPS. But Mystery Bay unlike is anything life has prepared them for - a place where locals hide more secrets than they do, and outsiders are viewed with suspicion bordering on the murderous.

You can view the trailer here:

Star, co-creator and producer of the eight-part series, Marta Dusseldorp (Jack Irish, Janet King, Stateless, A Place to Call Home) leads an all-star cast including Kerry Fox (Conversations with Friends), Toby Leonard Moore (Billions), Imi Mbedla (Australia’s Got Talent), Ava Caryofyllis (Dirt Music), Rachel House (Heartbreak High), Yael Stone (Orange is the New Black), Pamela Rabe (Wentworth), Ilai Swindells (Retrograde), Roz Hammond (Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell), Tony Barry (Harrow), Bob Franklin (Please Like Me), Stephen Curry (June Again), Nicholas Bell (Elvis), Matt Nable ( Mr Inbetween), Nikolai Nikolaeff (Stranger Things) and newcomer Mitchem Everett.

Bay of Fires is an Archipelago Productions and Fremantle Australia production for the ABC. Major production investment from Screen Australia in association with the ABC and Screen Tasmania. Financed with support from VicScreen. Producers Marta Dusseldorp and Yvonne Collins. Executive Producers Greg Sitch, Andrew Knight and Brett Popplewell. ABC Executive Producers Sally Riley, Alex Baldwin and Louise Smith. Fremantle will distribute the series internationally.