Yolanda Ramke & Ben Howling

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Australian filmmakers who co-directed the feature film Cargo (released on Netflix), the feature adapted from their earlier short.

Co-directors of Cargo; the feature was adapted from a short film that was highly praised on YouTube. Yolanda Ramke is credited as a screenplay writer on Cargo. The feature stars Martin Freeman and Simone Landers and is set in the Australian outback.

The DeBaser review sees Cargo as an apocalyptic sci‑fi/zombie film that leans heavily on Australian landscapes and Indigenous themes. The reviewer finds the film not particularly original and gives it a low rating, while acknowledging strong settings and Simone Landers' performance. Overall a mixed, mostly critical appraisal.