The Inland Road

After falling out with her Mom, sixteen-year old Tia hitchhikes down the country to find her father. But her plans are t... (more)

After falling out with her Mom, sixteen-year old Tia hitchhikes down the country to find her father. But her plans are thwarted when she gets caught up in a nasty car accident. Her father refuses to take her in, instead telling her to go home and sort things out with her mother. But Tia has other plans.. She seeks out the strangers involved in the car accident and moves onto their farm, but relationships blur and boundaries are tested as the family attempts to cope with the loss of a loved one. A heartfelt story about a teenager searching to belong.. Nominated for Best Film in the Generation 14plus competition at the Berlin International Film Festival. Winner of a Special Jury Mention for Direction at the Seattle International Film Festival.. "... [A] Sensitively observed drama is shot through with kindness, compassion and compelling stillness, viewing even the most thoughtless actions and thorny behavior in an understanding light that adds resonant emotional depths to the open-ended payoff." - David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter. (less)