SUGAR PINE FALLS is about growing up fast Monty and his little sister are being driven halfway across the country by their mum Hannah in another attempted escape of Montys alcoholic father Monty is 16 and cant yet shake the responsibility of looking after his emotionally erratic mum When they arrive at the Sugar Pine Caravan Park Monty forms an unexpected friendship with James an intriguing and artistic older boy James has a heaviness weighing on him and takes to the Montys awkwardly insightful presence as a much needed distraction But SUGAR PINE is a dark place where everyone has something to hide and happiness is fleeting A body lays limp beneath a waterfall and as the film unravels the awful truth will be revealed