The Furnace Australian Cinematic Release

Set during WA’s 1890s gold rush and filmed in the ruggedly beautiful Yamatji Badimaya country around Mount Magnet in the Mid West, The Furnace received major production investment from Screen Australia and was supported through the Western Australian Regional Film Fund through Royalties for Regions, Screenwest and Lotterywest, which also is the Principal Partner of Perth Festival.

This unlikely hero’s tale navigates greed and the search for identity in a new land. A young Afghan cameleer (Malek) falls in with a mysterious bushman (Wenham) on the run with two stolen Crown gold bars. Pursued by a zealous police sergeant and his troopers, they must race to a secret furnace where they can reset the bars to remove the mark of the Crown.