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 

Jammed Clips (2007)

We posted several clips on YouTube 19 years ago. The one clip reached 132K views. How the world of viral content has advanced in the last two decades. It is encouraging to know that we live in a time now where a movie can explode across the world with minimal spend.

Publicity - Andrea Buck

As a producer and executive producer, Andrea was instrumental in the films success. She promoted the film to about 40 NGOs such as World Vision. 

With regard to HOSTAGE OF THE STATE, "We've done this all before - and this was before viral social media. Our advertising spend was a few thousand dollars yet our reach was so extensive that we impacted Canberra and even the United Nations. The film was screened at the United Nations in New York by the Australian ambassador and was shown in about dozen film festivals.

Publicity - John L Simpson

John L. Simpson discovered the film at the Dungog Film Festival NSW. Following its release on a single screen at Melbourne’s Nova Cinema, the film achieved what was reportedly the highest per-screen average ever recorded for an Australian feature film, grossing approximately $48,000 per week on a single screen in its opening week. The extraordinary performance generated significant industry attention and established the film as one of the most successful Australian independent films of its time.

Our Capacity to be Cruel

Greg Moore, an experienced counsellor, worked closely with the producers and actors during the making of The Jammed, helping guide the cast and crew through the emotional challenges posed by the film's confronting subject matter. In this brief clip, Moore reflects on society's reluctance to confront its darker realities. He suggests that people often prefer to look away from humanity's enduring capacity for cruelty. These themes lie at the heart of both The Jammed and Hostage of the State.