Director : Brendan Fletcher

Australia / 2011 / 97 min / 35 mm / colour / Road Movie

Script : Brendan Fletcher & Greg Tait, Dean Daley-Jones, John Watson
Cinematography : Allan Collins
Editing : Claire Fletcher
Music : Alan Pigram, Stephen Pigram, Alex Lloyd
Production : Alan & Stephen Pigram, Brendan Fletcher, David Jowsey
Cast : Dean Daley-Jones, Lucas Yeeda, Greg Tait, Ngaire Pigram, John Watson

TJ is a mad bastard, and his estranged 13 years old son Bullet is on the fast track to becoming one, too. After being turned away from his mother’s house, TJ sets off across the country to the Kimberly region of northwestern Australia to make things right with his son. Grandpa Tex has lived a tough life, and now, as a local cop in the outback town of Five Rivers, he wants to change things for the men in his community. Cutting between three generations, Mad Bastards is a raw look at the journey to becoming a man and the personal transformation one must make. Developed with local Aboriginal communities and fueled by a local cast, "Mad Bastards" draws from the rich tradition of storytelling inherent in Indigenous life. Using music from legendary Broome musicians the Pigram Brothers, Brendan Fletcher poetically fuses the harsh realities of violence, healing, and family.