Dee directing Masa Yamaguchi (The Jammed)

The Jammed

Hailed by critics, The Jammed was inspired by actual events, the thriller on sex trafficking in Melbourne had a 20-week theatrical run across Australia.


“Revelatory & powerful…superbly delivered" George Palathingal Sydney Morning Herald 4 STARS

"The Jammed is a fast, thudding, ultra-timely expose, a bucket of icy cold water thrown on the groggy, ambivalent face of public conscience” Luke Buckmaster INFILM

“Welcome to the best Australian film of the year” Jim Schembri. The Age 4.5 STARS

At The Movies 

The Guardian June 2015 Review entitled "Indie thriller that became a runaway Aussie success" by Luke Buckmaster:

“The release of writer-director Dee McLachlan’s riveting 2007 thriller… told with shocking street-level realism embodied the excitement in discovering a great indie… notably David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz gave The Jammed gushing reviews… Word of mouth spread and the film went on to achieve the highest-grossing weekly opening screen average of any Australian indie in history.

"The film sparked a national conversation … The Jammed is an Aussie indie through and through -– and an oxygen-depleting thriller to savour and revisit.”

VIDEO - Margaret Pomeranz & David Stratton 


2007- FULL MOVIE

The Jammed 

 “The best Australian film of the year” David Stratton. At The Movies
CAPTURED ON SET

SASKIA BURMEISTER

MASA YAMAGUCHI

SUN PARK AND EMMA LUNG

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AWARDS

IF Awards 2007 -Best Feature Film - Dee McLachlan, Andrea Buck, Sally Ayre-Smith 

Best Script - Dee McLachlan 

Best Music - Grant Innes McLachlan

7 Nominees - Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 

2008 Short Poppy Gold Award

Interfaith Signs Award (BIFF)

Nominees - Best Lead Actress - Emma Lung, Veronica Sywak. Best Supporting Actress - Saskia Burmeister.  Best Editing - Dee McLachlan, Anne Carter.

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BEHIND THE SCENES

ADRIANO CORTESE   & SASKIA BURMEISTER

VERONICA SYWAK

the making of the movie

Behind the Scenes 

The film, incredibly, was shot with a consumer camera at 720p and yet look amazing on huge cinemas screens - thanks to DOP Peter Falk.