Meet the Creators of LIMBO
Featuring Actor Rob Collins and Producers Greer Simpkin and David Jowsey
Friday 9 February
2:30pm AEST
In this character driven film, Ivan Sen (Goldstone, Mystery Road) explores the struggle for fairness and recognition faced by Indigenous Australians in the Australian justice system.
Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about the murder begin to unfold, the detective gains a new insight into the unsolved case from the victim’s fractured family, the surviving witnesses and the reclusive brother of the chief suspect. A poignant, intimate journey into the complexities of loss and the impact of the justice system on Aboriginal families in Australia.
Starring Simon Baker (Breath, The Mentalist) and Rob Collins (Mystery Road, Cleverman) and produced by Bunya Films' Greer Simpkin and David Jowsey (Mystery Road, Sweet Country), we invite you to join cast and creatives from this film, for a behind the scenes peek.
Featuring
Rob Collins
Rob Collins is known for some of the most popular shows on Australian television, including Total Control, Mystery Road, Cleverman and Glitch. Having studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art from 2011 to 2013, he made his professional stage debut in 2013 as Mufusa in the Australian stage production of The Lion King and went on to play 'Lysander' in Sydney Theatre Company's A Midsummer Night's Dream. He made his feature film debut in Undertow (2017) and in 2017 was awarded the TV Week Logie Award for Best New Talent. HIs feature film roles include Top End Wedding, The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson, Scarygirl and Limbo, which has earned him a nomination in the 2024 AACTA Awards for Best Supporting Actor in Film.
Greer Simpkin
Greer Simpkin is Co-Managing Director of Bunya Productions and Bunya Entertainment.
Since joining Bunya, Greer has produced the award-winning feature films Limbo, Sweet Country, Goldstone, High Ground, Loveland, The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson and was an Executive Producer on Jasper Jones. Greer Is currently producing Rebel Wilson’s debut feature The Deb and the tv series Ladies in Black.
Greer has produced all three series of award-winning television drama series Mystery Road as well as the SBS mini-series True Colours and the ABC Comedy In Limbo.
The Mystery Road franchise has won a total of 15 AACTA Awards and a TV Week Logie Award for Most Popular Drama. The series has been a ratings hit; the second series was the highest rating Australian drama on free to air in 2020, the third series Mystery Road: Origin was the highest rating drama on ABC iview in its 15 year history.
Prior to joining Bunya, Greer was Deputy Head of Fiction at ABC Television. Greer was instrumental in commissioning a large slate of drama and comedy including The Code, The Slap, Rake, Paper Giants, Cliffy, Jack Irish, Please Like Me, Devil’s Dust, Miss Fisher, Dr Blake and Mabo. Greer was also an Executive Producer of The Code, Hiding, Parer’s War, Serangoon Road and The Secret River.
David Jowsey
In 2008, David Jowsey formed BUNYA Productions with auteur filmmaker Ivan Sen. David produced Toomelah by Ivan Sen, selected in Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2011. David produced the 2011 Sundance selected feature Mad Bastards by Brendan Fletcher and Satellite Boy by Catriona McKenzie which premiered at Toronto 2012 and Berlin 2013. David produced Ivan Sen's Mystery Road film which received a Special Presentation at Toronto 2013. In 2015 David produced Jasper Jones, based on the best-selling novel and directed by Rachel Perkins, as well as Ivan Sen’s Goldstone which premiered in Toronto’s 2016 Platfom Section. David Jowsey produced Sweet Country by Warwick Thornton, which won the Special Jury Prize at Venice 2017 and the Platform Prize at Toronto 2017. In 2018 David produced the award winning series Mystery Road. David produced High Ground in 2019 which premiered at Berlin. Across 2019/20 he produced Mystery Road Series 2 which premiered in Berlin Series, as well as the features Loveland by Ivan Sen and The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson by Leah Purcell which premiered at SXSW. In 2021 David Jowsey produced True Colours a mystery drama series and Mystery Road Origin the series prequel, which premiered at Toronto. Most recently David produced In Limbo a comedy series for ABC TV and Limbo by Ivan Sen with premiered in Competition at Berlin.
Ruari Elkington - Moderator
Dr Ruari Elkington’s industry engagement and academic research has been driven by questions about how screen content connects with discrete audiences in markets increasingly under pressure through creative and commercial tensions. His screen industry experience centred on the acquisition, marketing and distribution of documentary, feature film and innovative digital content to theatrical and online audiences. In 2018 Dr Elkington was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to investigate new initiatives connecting Creative Industries students and online video creators in collaborative work. His real-world engagement is evidenced in his 2019 peer reviewed appointment to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Expert Network (Future of Information and Entertainment) building on his AMP “Tomorrow Maker” award and funding. In 2023 he was awarded a Queensland Smithsonian Fellowship to work with social video creators to communicate cultural heritage collections to new audiences.
He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries at the Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice Faculty and a Chief Investigator within QUT’s Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC). In 2022, alongside his Resilient Screen research colleague Dr Tess Van Hemert, Dr Elkington co-designed and led the largest recent national audience survey of Australian cinemagoing in partnership with Palace Cinemas.