Exposing one of the most shocking events in sporting history, THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM charts the remarkable and inspirational story of sporting hero Adam Goodes, as the prism through which to tell a deeper and more powerful story about race, identity and belonging. Walkley award-winning writer Stan Grant and BAFTA award-winning director Daniel Gordon join forces to tell this remarkable story of one of the most decorated and celebrated players in global sports. A man who remains a cultural hero; the very epitome of resilience and survival, who continues to fight for equality and reconciliation in a society where discrimination and racism prevail now more than ever.

Daniel Gordon is a British documentary film director best known for his double BAFTA winning and critically acclaimed feature documentary, HILLSBOROUGH, which is the definitive account of the Hillsborough Stadium Disaster. Daniel’s previous films include aseries of ground breaking documentaries from North Korea including, ‘CROSSING THE LINE’, (Premiere: Sundance Film Festival); feature documentary ‘9.79*’ investigates the infamous and controversial 1988 Seoul Olympic men’s 100m final, won by Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, who was subsequently stripped of his gold medal after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. (Premiere: Toronto International Film Festival); I SCORED A GOAL IN THE FIFA WORLD CUP FINAL, a series of 34 short documentary films featuring testimony from the only 34 men alive today to have scored a goal in a World Cup Final, and feature documentary GEORGE BEST: ALL BY HIMSELF which premiered at the 2016 60th BFI London Film Festival.