This motion picture features ''no dialogue'' according to its language entry at Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) website.
Producer Julie Byrne has said of this film: "Part of the nimble and lean production methodology on 'The Mountain' ['The Survival of Kindness'] is to give our largely emerging crew, especially first time HODs [heads of departments], an authentic hands-on production experience in which to upskill, supported by the more experienced members on team. This includes additional support from external mentors for our First Nations crew. Maya, Adam, Damien and Isaac have so much to offer the industry, the benefits are entirely mutual. Now, mid-production, it has been immensely rewarding and exciting to see the entire crew's careers grow before our eyes."
Editor Isaac Lindsay has said of this film: "As a young Aboriginal boy watching 'The Tracker' and 'Ten Canoes', watching the behind-the-scenes of those DVDs trying to find out who made it and and how it was made, influenced me to become a filmmaker and hopefully meet Rolf de Heer one day. The fact that I'm editing for one of his films and it being my first feature film is a dream come true. I'm editing a Rolf de Heer film, I still can't believe it!".
The picture shot in two states of Australia: Tasmania and South Australia.
Official publicity for the film describes it as ''an allegorical examination of race and power''.