As part of our Opening Night Gala, DFF will host Director Jim Loach’s English/Australian co-production Oranges and Sunshine.

This film tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, an inspirational social worker from Nottingham who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times: the deportation of thousands of children from the UK to Australia.

The film stars Emily Watson as Humphreys, with Hugo Weaving and David Wenham rounding out this stellar cast. The film is produced by Camilla Bray in the UK, but also by Australia’s own Oscar winner Emile Sherman and his See-Saw Films partner Iain Canning, who brought us The King’s Speech.