When a schoolgirl is abducted in broad daylight, a young woman is forced to face her traumatic past.
When a schoolgirl is abducted, single Mum Freya Heywood fears for the safety of her young son, Billy. Triggered by a van repeatedly lurking near her remote home, memories of Freya’s warped childhood resurface.
Set in the gothic isolation of the Australian bush, a forbidding landscape of dark-edged myth and speculation, The Clearing is an emotional and psychological thriller that burrows under the skin and inside the mind, blurring the lines between past and present, reality and nightmare. Adapted from the book In the Clearing by J.P. Pomare and inspired by real-life cult The Family and various other cults throughout history, this is a haunting story of a young woman who breaks the dark cycle of the past and finds redemption.
Awards
Wins
2024 Screen Producers Australia Awards
Telemovie or Miniseries Production of the Year
2023 Screen Music Awards
Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie
2023 Australian Screen Editors Ellie Awards
The Blue Post Award for Best Editing in Drama for Geoff Lamb
2023 ACS National Awards for Cinematography (NSW)
Best Cinematography in a Drama Series – Gold Award
2023 ACS National Awards for Cinematography (VIC)
Best Cinematography in a Drama Series – Gold Award
Nominations
2024 AACTA Awards
Best Miniseries
Best Lead Actress in a Drama
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama
Best Costume Design in Television
Best Sound in Television
2024 AWGIE Awards
Television – Limited Series: ‘Maitreya’ – Elise McCredie
2023 Australian Directors' Guild Awards
Jeffrey Walker for Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Mini-Series Episode
2023 Casting Guild of Australia
Best Casting in a Telemovie/TV Miniseries for Jane Norris
Directed by Jeffrey Walker & Gracie Otto
Created and written by Matt Cameron & Elise McCredie.
Produced by Jude Troy
Executive Producers Jude Troy, Richard Finlayson, Elizabeth Bradley, Matt Cameron, Elise McCredie, Jeffrey Walker
Where to watch: Disney+ globally (a Star Original), Hulu (US)