Director Ivan Sen’s Mystery Roadfollows a rookie cop, Jay Sawn (Aaron Pederson), who travels to his hometown in rural Australia to uncover the suspicious murder of a young indigenous girl. Swan stands alone, neglected by the majority of white cops, the town and his own teenage daughter. Opening this year’s Sydney Film Festival, Sen’s unapologetically Australian drama brings to the fore a dark underworld of violence and racial discrimination to expose the tortured personal histories of many living in outback communities.

Mystery Road opens in cinemas on Thursday October 17 and we’ve five double in-season passes to give away. For your chance to win, just email [email protected] and tell us who Pederson stars alongside in the film.

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