The shorts in the film were written and directed by Indigenous filmmakers Kodie Bedford, Perun Bonser, Rob Braslin, Liam Phillips, and Bjorn Stewart.
[2] It later had its Canadian premiere on 24 October 2019 at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, where it screened at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario.
[6][7] SciFiNow commented that "It’s never an easy task putting together a range of shorts in this format and finding the desired outcome, but with a lean running time of 75 mins, Dark Place provides an enjoyable and intriguing variety of themes and genres.
"[8] The Alliance of Women Film Journalists commented upon the themes of colonialism, writing "Scout typifies what it is that largely makes Dark Place so special; the directors of this anthology understand the power of horror to address real issues in a contemporary Australia haunted by an ugly and at times terrifying colonial past.
"[9] Starburst held similar opinions and noted that the last short, "Killer Native", was "a high point, despite being tonally out of sorts compared to what has come before.