Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line
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Legendary music and activism are front and centre in this exciting documentary, created with unfettered access to seminal Australian rock band Midnight Oil, who emerged from politically charged 1970s Sydney to become global icons
Across a 45-year career ‘The Oils’ helped shape modern Australia with anthems like “US Forces”, “Beds Are Burning” and “Redneck Wonderland”. Featuring unseen footage and interviews with every band member, alongside signature moments including the outback tour with Warumpi Band, their Exxon protest gig in New York and those famous “Sorry” suits at the Sydney Olympics, Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line traces the journey of Australia’s quintessential rock band.
Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking.Special Guests
Paul Clarke
Director, Executive Producer
Paul Clarke is a Logie-nominated Australian documentary filmmaker with a long list of credits. Clarke has profiled politicians (Whitlam: The Power & The Passion, 2013), cultural icons (Brilliant Creatures: Robert, Germaine, Clive, and Barry, 2015), and musicians (John Farnham: Finding the Voice, 2023), and he created and executive produced the award-winning ABC quiz show, Spicks and Specks.
Mikael Borglund
Executive Producer
Mikael Borglund is an Australian executive whose career spans over four decades of screen credits. He is a founding director of Beyond International, the production company behind Mythbusters (2003-2016), Beat Bugs (2016-2018), and Halifax: Retribution (2020). Borglund’s feature credits also include Lantana,The Musical Mind (2023), Russell Crowe’s Poker Face (2022), and James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenge 3D (2014).
Carolina Sorensen
Producer
Carolina Sorensen is a critically acclaimed Australian film producer with seasoned credentials across theatre and screen projects. She recently produced I’m Wanita, which premiered at Hot Docs International Documentary Festival in 2021. Sorensen has collaborated with Paul Clarke on the feature documentaries Mother of Rock: Lillian Roxon (2010), and the ABC series Wide Open Road (2010).
Martin Fabinyi
Producer
Martin Fabinyi is a film producer and author specialising in profiling musical icons. The founder of Regular Records, Fabinyi produced Cut (2000) and executive produced Andrew Dominik’s Chopper (2000) and greg McLean's Wolf Creek (2005). He joined Beyond International in 2010, where he continues to profile Australian music icons.
- Program Strand
- Official Competition, Opening Night, Official Competition
- Year
- 2024
- Classification
- Unclassified 15+
- Country
- Australia
- Language
- In English
- Director
- Paul Clarke
- Producer
- Executive Producer: Mikael Borglund, Paul Clarke and Martin Fabinyi, Carolina Sorensen
- Screenwriter
- Paul Clarke
- Editor
- Gretchen Peterson
- Premiere
- World Premiere
- Genre
- Australian Films, Documentary, World Premieres, Politics & Economics, Music, Biography
- Company Credits
- Production Company: Blink TV and Beyond Entertainment. Australian Distributor: Roadshow Entertainment
