Somersault

Somersault (2004) — watch online on iFILM, the Australian drama written and directed by Cate Shortland. After a blow-up at home sends her packing, seventeen-year-old Heidi (Abbie Cornish) drifts into Jindabyne, a ski-resort town in the Snowy Mountains where she is a complete stranger.

She takes a job at a petrol station and starts something with Joe (Sam Worthington), a farmer who is as uncertain as she is. Neither of them has the vocabulary for what's happening, and Shortland keeps the camera close enough to feel it. Shot with a muted, wintry palette that matches Heidi's sense of displacement, the film swept the Australian Film Institute Awards — nine wins including Best Film. Stream Somersault online on iFILM.