Feature Film: “Sweet As”

directed by Jub Clerc

Australia//88min//Focus: Australia

*This will be be screened in English (Original Version).

*Chrystal Bear at Berlinale 2023

In remote Pilbara country in Western Australia, troubled 16 year old Indigenous girl, Murra, finds herself abandoned after an explosive incident with her drug fuelled mother. On the cusp of being lost in the ‘Child Protection’ system, an unusual lifeline is thrown her way by her uncle Ian, the local cop, in the form of a unique Photo Safari. Before Murra knows it, she is careening down a dusty highway with a minibus full of ‘at risk’ teens and two charismatic team leaders. Will this be the lifeline Murra needs or a catalyst for her demise? An uplifting coming-of-age road movie about unconventional friendships, first crushes and finding who you are on the road less travelled.

Review: https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/reviews/sweet-as-review-uniquely-australian-2607727/

SWEET AS is the only feature film to have shot in Karijini National Park – an iconic area known

for its spectacular gorges, dramatic waterfalls and colours ranging from pindan red-orange

to jade green water. Jub took a small crew on a filmmaking adventure, descending down

vertical rock canyons to film the gorges from the inside, capturing a breathtaking world of

swimming holes, ancient rock formations and towering waterfalls