We Bury the Dead
dir. Zak Hilditch · 2026
Ava Newman navigates a desolate Australian landscape, haunted by the ghosts of her past and the reanimated corpses that litter the terrain. As she searches for her missing husband amidst the chaos of a military body retrieval program, the film immerses viewers in a relentless atmosphere of dread and emotional turmoil.
Ava Newman, an American physiotherapist, volunteers for a grim Australian military body retrieval program following a devastating experimental detonation. Driven by unresolved guilt over her fractured marriage, she desperately seeks her missing husband, Mitch, in the restricted southern zones. Abandoning her assigned unit alongside fellow volunteer Clay, Ava navigates a desolate landscape populated by reanimating, single-minded corpses. Her fixation leads her into a tense captivity with Riley, a unhinged soldier harboring a pregnant, reanimated wife. After escaping, Ava pushes onward to her husband's last known location. She confronts the bitter reality of their final days, ultimately forming an uneasy alliance with the shifting environment and Clay to find an impossible sign of life amid the decay.
