The Turning

Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. The linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people’s lives in a stunning portrait of a small coastal community. As characters face second thoughts and regret, relationships irretrievably alter, resolves are made or broken, and lives change direction forever.

Directed by Anthony Lucas, Rhys Graham, Marieka Walsh, Jub Clerc, Robert Connolly, Warwick Thornton, Tony Ayres, Ashlee Page, Claire McCarthy, Stephen Page, Shaun Gladwell, Justin Kurzel, Ian Meadows, Mia Wasikowska, Simon Stone, Jonathan auf der Heide, David Wenham, The Turning leans on a strong ensemble — Colin Friels, James Fraser, Henri Phillips — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2013.