Buoyancy

"Detailing with precision an innocent child’s descent into the world of forced labour, Rodd Rathjen’s excellent feature debut Buoyancy is a brutal and painstaking account of the South-East Asian slave trade. A thrilling film which finds fleeting moments of beauty..."

"Sarm Heng gives a very appealing, natural performance as the naive Chakra, who witnesses some terrible things and eventually finds the strength to stand up against his oppressors."

"Buoyancy is a compelling, grisly coming-of-age adventure, one that plunges headlong into that compromised rite of passage of a boy becoming a man, and the moral abandon of an innocent becoming a monster. It's one of the strongest Australian debut films of recent years."

"Taking its tone from the gruelling ebbs and flows of trawler life, Buoyancy’s world is one of unrelenting harshness."