Get to the Wire
“Without freedom. Without family. Without options.”
In a dystopian future, an Australian-Iraqi woman held captive in a chaotic and brutal British immigration detention centre takes up severe measures to survive and reconnect with her estranged family.
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Cast
12 people
Maia Abbas
Judy
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Taj Aldeeb
Livia
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Majid Shokor
Kasim
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James Cerche
Jonathon
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Pitch Black
Petra Glieson
Jennifer
Tegan Crowley
June
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Plague
Vivian Nguyen
Ivy
Helena Marrion-Cole
Sam
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Elmira Jurak
Davi
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Teagan Nowicki
Bennie
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Felicity Steel
Ana
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Shylie Arzouan
Samhita
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Paul Burns Director · Daniel Witt Editor Annika Rigg Production designer
Budget $8.6K · United States release April 22, 2023 · Produced in Australia
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Budget
$8,571
Production
Swinburne Film and Television School
Production
Australia
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Languages
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English
Release dates
United States · April 21, 2023
Premiere · RiverBend Film Festival
United States · April 22, 2023
Limited theatrical · Beverly Hills Film Festival
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