In Australia’s high alpine wilderness, ecologist and cinematographer Dr. Dan Hunter sets out to track one of the continent’s most misunderstood animals—the dingo. The journey begins in the remote Gudgenby Valley, where Dan captures a rare and powerful hunting sequence that reveals the dingo not as a pest, but as a vital apex predator essential to ecological balance. Moved by this moment, he ventures deeper into the snow-covered ranges to explore the dingo’s role in one of Australia’s most fragile ecosystems.
As Dan ascends into the high country, he is joined by alpine photographer Charles Davis, who acts as a guide through this unforgiving wilderness—an environment he knows intimately, though even here, the dingo remains elusive.
Threaded throughout is a quiet, unfolding conversation—sometimes spoken, often unspoken—between Dan and the land itself. That voice is carried by Peter Swain, a Kuma man and spoken word artist, whose poetic narration gives voice to Country, illuminating the cultural and spiritual bond between dingoes, people, and place. His words echo through the landscape, grounding Dan’s scientific search in something older and deeper.
Dingo Mountain is a meditative, cinematic journey—part science, part poetry, and a call to see the wild, and ourselves, differently.
