A troubled detective travels far afield in Irish-Kiwi drama ‘The Gone’

Diana Huia (Acushla-Tara Kupe) and Theo Richter (Richard Flood). Credit: Geoffrey Short / Kotare Productions
The Gone is streaming now at SBS On Demand.
Diana Huia (Acushla-Tara Kupe) and Theo Richter (Richard Flood). Credit: Geoffrey Short / Kotare Productions
The Gone is streaming now at SBS On Demand.
When it came time to consider the curation approach for this year’s Sydney Film Festival Selects collection, SFF Festival Director Nashen Moodley decided not to overthink it. In perusing the list of past SFF favourites that have since made their way to SBS On Demand, his “shortlist” was 60 films, before he stopped himself. “I…
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