[5] The main cast includes Robert Taylor, Kerry Fox, Helen Morse and Reef Ireland.

It is described as a mystery drama in which a teenage killer returns to uncover dark truths in his quest to find a missing body.

[6] James is a young man who has epilepsy and has recently been granted parole from the juvenile detention centre in which he has spent the last eight years.

When he was ten, he drowned a little boy, Chris McCarthy, in a river at a caravan park, although the body was never found.

She dismisses the idea and mentions that Anthony and another boy, Ray, killed one of her dogs a few years back.

Finally James visits Amos, who owns the local shop and has been blackmailed by Anthony for many years.

Amos reveals that Anthony and his brother Joe once had a younger sister, Bettina, who suddenly disappeared one day and the family never spoke of her again.

His attempts at conversation, relating a story Anthony told him about a drowned baby, raise Gianni's suspicions.

Joe and Anthony then arrive and attempt to blackmail James into abandoning his search by beating Damien.

[10] Downriver is an expansion of Scicluna's short film The Wilding, which won the Iris Prize in 2012;[11] it was developed through Screen Australia's Springboard production funding[12] and features Reef Ireland in the lead role.

[20] Laura Henderson from The Conversation said it was "a tangled, tense and mercurial work [...] a visually stunning piece, with superb performances and an utterly gripping story".